Personality type "hybrids" ?

Well INTJ and ISTJ are actually quite different from each other. I'd suggest checking out cognitive functions, and learning more about how you perceive the world around you, and how you use that information to make decisions. The INTJ sees the world with the Ni "filter" and Te filter to make decisions, while the ISTJ uses Si and Te respectively.

This isn't to say that every person fits neatly within one of the 16 types, but most people identify with one over the others.

I am 50/50 on the J/P spectrum, and fairly weak on the S. I can relate strongly to both the ESTP and ESTJ descriptions. To beat a dead horse, the only way to do it is to go by cognitive functions (not sure if I subscribe to the theory of cog. functions but whatever).

Pretty sure I'm an ENTP, but I often test INTP or ENFP. I definitely have overdeveloped I and F functions due to some pretty intense trials during my childhood and pretty much my entire life. But the more I develop myself and get my health back, the more I seem like just an ENTP.

No offense, but INTJs are very rare, which per se decreases chances of a person being one if one doubts it.

Apart from the cognitive tests you were provided with, I strongly recommended that you try doing intelligence test. The higher your score, the greater the chance you're an INTJ (because they tend to be very intelligent and more intelligent on average than most of other types).

I turned out to be: INTJ, INTP, ISTJ and INFP. Pretty messed up, huh?

I've decided to be an INFP, while that reflects how I act and think the most. There's a lot of both S and N, and both T and F, inside of me. If anything, I am a dreamer, and the last thing I am is a doer (nor a creator). I naturally see and remember things via logic and all, and also spot a lot of things very good, but what decides how I act is caused by my feelings and intuition. I am a very sensitive person, that's for sure.

Well I have gotten scores of INTP, INFJ, INFP, ENTP and INTJ respectively; although on Socionics, I have gotten ILI, IEI, LII, ILE, EII.

According to over half the tests I take, I'm an INTP/J.

Actually an INFP based on my own research. Just have a developed thinking side and have developed an attitude of just getting stuff done when I can.

People sometimes think I'm an ENTP when I'm being friendly or ENTJ when I'm being serious. So I guess there are some out there who would mistake me for INTP as well but in actuality I'm an INTJ. In Socionics I've been typed ILE(ENTp), ESE(ESFj), LIE(ENTj) and IEE(ENFp). *shrug*

My signature has all of my correct information on my typings though. ILI(INTp) or INTJ in MBTI.

I usually get ENTP, ESTP or ENTJ in tests.
Sometimes INTP as well.

In socionics I've always got either ILE or ILI.

This sort of thinking normally comes from an improper understanding of how MBTI works. You cannot be more than one type; it simply isn't possible.

Remember... the tests can only tell you what percentage you are likely to be. So if you get 51% N, the test says, based on your answers, it is 51% certain you're an iNtuitive. Not that you prefer intuition 51% and sensing 49%. That's not how it works.

@Gables J and P aren't like S/N or T/F -- they determine which functions you have and I/E determines the order of preference. Even if you relate to descriptions for both ESTP and ESTJ (two very different types), you cannot possess both sets of functions. They're opposites when it comes to functions... that's what the J/P scale shows.
ESTP = Se/Ti/Fe/Ni
ESTJ = Te/Si/Ne/Fi
Completely different function wise.

Whether or not you subscribe to the idea of cognitive functions is irrelevant. Using the MBTI system, which is what we're discussing, this is how things work.

Gerner77 said:

I am an INTJ. Sometimes ill retake the personality test and get ISTJ. Then I get INTJ again, and so forth. But none the less, I find this is an interesting topic.
Anyone else have this "Hybrid" or "Duality" going on?

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Yes, this has happened with me. I take the test once and get the mastermind (architect) personality. I take it again and I get Caregiver (Consul)

Well, I usually get ESFJ as test results and Fe and Si as most developed functions in tests and do identify with that. BUT I also have rather high Te (according to functions tests and I also relate a lot with the descriptions) and I can be somewhat "ESTJ"-ish (I only found out some years ago that life is easier when I'm nice to people instead of telling them that they should be shot for ignorance/stupidity ;-) ). Also, functions tests usually attribute me higher Ni than Ne, although Ne should be/is my 3rd function...
And I once took a test for "me as a teenager" and got ENTJ.

So I made up a little "theory": As far as I know very few people are 100% extroverted or introverted, and I can imagine that N/S and T/F work in a familiar way. So if someone really has 50:50 N:S (or F:T for that matter) they could have elements and functions of both types... Like, in my case, I have strong Te and Fe and can be STJish as I said. My preference for J (over P) makes/would make me an extroverted thinker (and introverted intuitive), although I should have Ne as 3rd Ti as inferior function (Did I use Ti making up this stuff? I don't identify with Ti at all honestly...). So I'm a bit of an "F/T-ambivert" (but a lot more sensing than intuitive!), similiar to the ambiverts which are "in between introverted and extroverted".

But on the other hand, I'm pretty sure that my Te comes from nurture/was and is developed by trying to explain to my ISTJ dad (who doesn't understand my Fe at all) how I feel.
I also read somewhere that your first two functions define your type, and that the others aren't always developed/used in the same order the theory suggests.
And somewhere else I read that Te and Fe (and Ti and Fi) aren't opposites, but rather two ways of doing basically the same thing, while Fe and Fi aren't similiar at all. I could relate to that a lot - I do see Ti as being the most different from Fe when it comes to those functions. But I have no idea whether you can apply this to Ni/Si vs. Ne/Se - maybe not because N and S seem so different... (says an SJ who doesn't really understand Ne or Ni to be honest^^)

I agree that you should look more into which functions you use and how.

Also remember that a type is not a stereotype - I'm definitely not a "stereotypical" ESFJ, but nevertheless, I do agree that this is my type/that Fe and Si are my strongest functions that define how I think and react to the world, etc.
No one is a stereotype, and it's not like Feelers are less intelligent or more irrational than Thinkers or whatever.

For me, MBTI is about understanding yourself and others (better). So I would just pick what makes sense for/helps you. If you feel like a hybrid and that concept helps you understand yourself, go for it! It's just a theory and you're not hurting anyone by not agreeing 100% with what it says ;-)