Know yourself: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Thread

[lph]

I have trouble knowing what to answer sometimes on these questions, or am surprised at the results. There are four axes - introvert/extrovert, sensing/intuitive, thinking/feeling and judging/perceiving. I usually come out with a clear preference towards introversion, even though I consider myself and am usually seen as outgoing and even bossy. I put the introversion thing down to being pretty much an HSP, I can be very social but I get very tired and crave solitude afterwards.

I never know quite what to answer on feeling vs thinking, though. I'm extremely analytical by nature, but also emotional and easily distressed by others. To me these two traits go hand in hand, I don't feel like I can choose between feeling and thinking. I can to a certain degree choose how I act, and will for example choose to decide something based on facts because how I feel about something can't be trusted ie. I know it will change with time. So I end up in the middle of that axis, even though I feel I actually represent both ends...

[Penny4]

ISTJ...Trustee.

I agree Norse, sounds boring!!

[Blueberry]

I usually come out with a clear preference towards introversion, even though I consider myself and am usually seen as outgoing and even bossy. I put the introversion thing down to being pretty much an HSP, I can be very social but I get very tired and crave solitude afterwards.

This is exactly me - but you put it much better than I ever could have! I've been doing a lot of career introspection lately - and it's harder to figure out because although I love talking to people, I definitely require recovery time afterwards. I definitely would not be happy in a career where I didn't have at least some level of people contact.