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Am I an INFJ or an INTP?

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I've been struggling with various types and after reading the INFJ description, on Personality Junkie decided that I related to that one the most. The only other one to even come close to that was INTP. Those were also the only two, that I related to the being "in the grip" inferior functions, with INFJ having the decided edge.

I took the PerC Cognitive functions test, and my 3 highest scores were INTP, INFJ and ENTP. I've pretty much written off that one, 'though; so I know for sure, it is between those two.

The reason I am posting this here, and not in either the Cognitive Functions or the Myers-Briggs forums; is that when I tried to explain my experience of Ni; non N doms types had no idea what I was talking about; so I would rather just get INFJ's opinions only.
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Because I was beckoned by Ms @Sweetish, I shall enter my input. @TreasureTower You're an INFJ.
Your conundrum sounds excruciatingly like mine.
The crowd overwhelming is inferior Se making itself present.
Your desire for order and logic, but being overridden by the group/extrapersonal setting is proof of Fe over Ti in function stack ordering.
And that bodily disconnect you spoke of, very Ni dom. My mind will float into space away from my body if I'm not paying attention.
And being a 5, it just makes your desire for that Ti even stronger.

Sooooo, INFJ. 'Nuff said.

Twitch

PS: @Aquarian its not uncommon for an INFJ to come across as a Ti dom when writing because Ti often takes precedence as writing is an internal development process rather than an external one.
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My sense-perception on this one isn't about what is coming across on the surface here. Unfortunately I tend to pick up on stuff underneath.
I'm not saying its the surface stuff. I'm saying Ti is the dictating force in the writing. Therefore, everything is tweaked by the Ti, even the Fe in the posts is tempered by it.

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Except that what I perceive is the flow underneath the writing from the source (the person) - writing is the surface for me.
Ok, sorry, I was in "senser mode", (not a slander towards sensers, but I was operating on my Ti-Se heavily so as not to piss off or confuse my senser dominant coworkers/customers) and I wasn't "feeling" the posts (INFJ's get this, not sure if other types do too)...

I don't feel a whole lot of Fe or Ni in the posts, so @TreasureTower could be INTP. We need a few more viewpoint/interaction questions.

Have you taken a function test, and ignored the "possible" types but kept the usage results?
When someone you care about is hurt/distressed emotionally, do you sit back or immediately help them?
Do you finish other people's sentences?
Do you all encompassing memory or just from your viewpoint?
Do you collect all kinds of data are just that which pertains to you?

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My only problem with using the 4 letter system alone, @Teybo, is that is was simply created as a shorthand way of stating their dominant functions. Stating/typing ENTP is easier than Ne dom, Ti aux, for example.
So one of the biggest inaccuracies I discovered was in my own typing. I'd get INTP all the time because of the T vs F bias and the J vs P bias. I have a heavy Ti (common among E5's) and I'm typically "non-judger" because I'm not a very judgemental person, nor am I "tidy".
So I'd get INTP on the 4 letter typing. Only when I looked at my JCF results did I get anywhere near INFJ.

And if you look at @TreasureTower's results, that stack just says INTP. Plainly. Ti lead, Ne fairly close, Si right behind and Fe down below. That's classic INTP function stack. Now, unless there was an excess of bias of manipulation in the test (and lets be honest, we've all done once or twice), that to me is good amount of evidence towards INTP.

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