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A few scattered thoughts
Aug. 30th, 2010 04:03 amSo I've taken the MBTI test again. This particular one has a percentage scoring, even! So I'm going to break it down for y'all:
Extroverted, 44%
Intuitive, 62%
Thinking, 1%
Judging, 89%
That's about right for my post-high-school self. If you had to bet which one of those has changed the most, which would you pick?
I guarantee you are WRONG, because it's the Judging. Once upon a time, I was a moderately-expressed Perceiving. (The Thinking has dropped, admittedly - I used to be much closer to an 80%+ Thinking than my basically 50/50 approach seen here - but nothing like the 100+ point shift I'm talking about there.)
I will say, though, that you're much more likely to see "me" in an ENFJ profile than an ENTJ. (I think, anyway; see for yourself: ENTJ / ENFJ)
But. People are ALMOST ALWAYS, and especially if they knew me pre-high-school (and even people who know me only from university on!), shocked that I am an Extrovert.
And I think this is because Extrovert actually has two separate axes: Energy and Personality.
People like me are "energy" extroverts. We may not need to be the center of the action or the loudest person in the room (although anyone who has ever played Cranium with me is not allowed to say I am not a total center-stage whore), but we need to be around people. A lot. Being alone is like anathema. People like, say,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mysticjuicer, on the other hand, look on people like me and QUAKE IN FEAR! Or, you know, spend two weeks recovering from a prolonged weekend of socializing while I'm all "so Tuesday?".
On the other hand, I'm not always (or maybe even usually) a "Personality" extrovert. I'm not, say, as loud as Pete or Adrian. I'm not always the first person to speak up. (The stage is something different, but I couldn't entirely explain why.) Especially compared to some of my friends (cellophanedeity?), who are both Energy and Personality extroverts, IMHO, or even in comparison to Patrick, who you can't shut up even if you try really hard...
Well, I look like a motherfucking wallflower. But people like Pat, who are low socializing/high loudness come across as more traditional Extroverts. No one ever believes me that Patrick is an introvert. He LOATHES large social gatherings. But he's loud and can be charming, therefore, he is an extrovert.
Meh.
Extroverted, 44%
Intuitive, 62%
Thinking, 1%
Judging, 89%
That's about right for my post-high-school self. If you had to bet which one of those has changed the most, which would you pick?
I guarantee you are WRONG, because it's the Judging. Once upon a time, I was a moderately-expressed Perceiving. (The Thinking has dropped, admittedly - I used to be much closer to an 80%+ Thinking than my basically 50/50 approach seen here - but nothing like the 100+ point shift I'm talking about there.)
I will say, though, that you're much more likely to see "me" in an ENFJ profile than an ENTJ. (I think, anyway; see for yourself: ENTJ / ENFJ)
But. People are ALMOST ALWAYS, and especially if they knew me pre-high-school (and even people who know me only from university on!), shocked that I am an Extrovert.
And I think this is because Extrovert actually has two separate axes: Energy and Personality.
People like me are "energy" extroverts. We may not need to be the center of the action or the loudest person in the room (although anyone who has ever played Cranium with me is not allowed to say I am not a total center-stage whore), but we need to be around people. A lot. Being alone is like anathema. People like, say,
mysticjuicer, on the other hand, look on people like me and QUAKE IN FEAR! Or, you know, spend two weeks recovering from a prolonged weekend of socializing while I'm all "so Tuesday?".On the other hand, I'm not always (or maybe even usually) a "Personality" extrovert. I'm not, say, as loud as Pete or Adrian. I'm not always the first person to speak up. (The stage is something different, but I couldn't entirely explain why.) Especially compared to some of my friends (
cellophanedeity?), who are both Energy and Personality extroverts, IMHO, or even in comparison to Patrick, who you can't shut up even if you try really hard...Well, I look like a motherfucking wallflower. But people like Pat, who are low socializing/high loudness come across as more traditional Extroverts. No one ever believes me that Patrick is an introvert. He LOATHES large social gatherings. But he's loud and can be charming, therefore, he is an extrovert.
Meh.
