One year ago I took the official MBTI and scored ENFP, but the P was very close to the border.
When I was ten, I also took the official MBTI, and--to the best of my memory--I scored ENFJ.
In theory I relate much more to perceiving than judging. I don't like closing off my options, and I have a lot of trouble committing to career and relationships...very stereotypical ENFP problems. I'm also messy, inconsistent, and overextended.
But tonight, I took this test: http://www.cognitiveprocesses.com/assessment/develop_old.html and scored:
Fe 21/ Fi 15
(I also scored a 20 for Ti...could this be simple confusion for Fi?)
Ne 14/ Ni 10
In some ways, Ni seems like a better fit for me. I know two other ENFP's well, females with my Enneagram type and everything, and their minds just jump from topic to topic to topic...they've both been diagnosed with ADHD. I like to hunker down and focus on one thing, and when I come to conclusions, it usually seems to be "out of nowhere"...I can't trace how all of the ideas led into each other, I just keep skimming through readings and information until something "clicks."
In defense of Ne, I do understand how developed ideas fit together...how different fields of study relate, how different personality types relate, etc. I'm interested in all of the different components of society, how they function together to make a coherent whole. I also love symbolism and metaphor.
I've always thought I wasn't Fe because I hate mindless conformity to cultural/social norms...but that's the thing, I'm hyperaware of conformity to norms, I just consciously stop myself because I'm living in a country driven by institutions with which I very much disagree...and, in a sense, the norm of my "in-group" (friends and family) is nonconformity.
I never found myself as creative as ENFP is supposed to be (I always just figured that meant I was out of touch with Fi and leaning on Te too heavily.) I've naturally been very successful at performing instrumental music though...replicating and responding to other people's creations. I also do well at English classes--understanding other perspectives and points of view. Producing my own works of creative writing doesn't come as naturally.
Here are some more facts about me, which I'll write while trying not to think about specific functions and/or types:
- Many people say I'm very empathetic, or "the nicest person ever." <- At least four different people refer to me with that specific phrase.
- I don't have trouble making friends, but I do have trouble feeling truly close and connected with people.
- I love school, theoretical ideas, and intellectual conversations. I get good grades without a whole lot of effort.
- I'm really bad at sports.
- I'm fairly bad at talking about myself with no questions to direct me...
- When I start to get serious with someone in a relationship, I just start crying constantly, for no real reason...it's like all of my emotions mix together and come out in that one form. There are a lot of other factors outside the relationship contributing to this too though. Part of the problem is that I only feel truly comfortable opening up to significant others-- I'll feel the need to censor even around close friends. I make a huge effort to stay friends with ex's, probably in large part because of this...it's such a big deal for me to gain a confidante, I can't stand to lose one without a fight!
- I like logic puzzles, but there are only so many different angles I can look at something from until I give up and have no idea where else to go or what else to do with the problem.
- I come off really upbeat and happy and loving everyone, but I don't always feel that way at all.
- I was diagnosed with depression in high school. I had previously been so high strung and caring about everything that eventually I just snapped and couldn't care about anything, couldn't see the "point" of doing anything, felt that life was just so meaningless. I didn't know how to communicate this to anyone, so I kinda hermit-ed myself away from everyone and felt really alienated and lonely.
- In high school I also had food/body image issues. I started dieting freshman year, and I got really anal about it...counting every calorie and protein gram. Food became such a big deal that eventually it was the only thing I could look forward to, the only thing I got any pleasure out of. I would wake up and spend a half hour eating breakfast, anything I could possibly find, because the longer I ate, the longer I could put off dealing with the school day-- and that prospect was incredibly overwhelming for me.
- I'm a junior in college now, and pretty solidly past most of these problems...the tendencies are still there, but I've got them under control, thanks in part to personality theory.
- Sometimes it seems I can't trust myself to navigate successfully through the world without analyzing every impulse.
- I'm an Enneagram 9w1 so/sp.
Any insight is greatly appreciated!
When I was ten, I also took the official MBTI, and--to the best of my memory--I scored ENFJ.
In theory I relate much more to perceiving than judging. I don't like closing off my options, and I have a lot of trouble committing to career and relationships...very stereotypical ENFP problems. I'm also messy, inconsistent, and overextended.
But tonight, I took this test: http://www.cognitiveprocesses.com/assessment/develop_old.html and scored:
Fe 21/ Fi 15
(I also scored a 20 for Ti...could this be simple confusion for Fi?)
Ne 14/ Ni 10
In some ways, Ni seems like a better fit for me. I know two other ENFP's well, females with my Enneagram type and everything, and their minds just jump from topic to topic to topic...they've both been diagnosed with ADHD. I like to hunker down and focus on one thing, and when I come to conclusions, it usually seems to be "out of nowhere"...I can't trace how all of the ideas led into each other, I just keep skimming through readings and information until something "clicks."
In defense of Ne, I do understand how developed ideas fit together...how different fields of study relate, how different personality types relate, etc. I'm interested in all of the different components of society, how they function together to make a coherent whole. I also love symbolism and metaphor.
I've always thought I wasn't Fe because I hate mindless conformity to cultural/social norms...but that's the thing, I'm hyperaware of conformity to norms, I just consciously stop myself because I'm living in a country driven by institutions with which I very much disagree...and, in a sense, the norm of my "in-group" (friends and family) is nonconformity.
I never found myself as creative as ENFP is supposed to be (I always just figured that meant I was out of touch with Fi and leaning on Te too heavily.) I've naturally been very successful at performing instrumental music though...replicating and responding to other people's creations. I also do well at English classes--understanding other perspectives and points of view. Producing my own works of creative writing doesn't come as naturally.
Here are some more facts about me, which I'll write while trying not to think about specific functions and/or types:
- Many people say I'm very empathetic, or "the nicest person ever." <- At least four different people refer to me with that specific phrase.
- I don't have trouble making friends, but I do have trouble feeling truly close and connected with people.
- I love school, theoretical ideas, and intellectual conversations. I get good grades without a whole lot of effort.
- I'm really bad at sports.
- I'm fairly bad at talking about myself with no questions to direct me...
- When I start to get serious with someone in a relationship, I just start crying constantly, for no real reason...it's like all of my emotions mix together and come out in that one form. There are a lot of other factors outside the relationship contributing to this too though. Part of the problem is that I only feel truly comfortable opening up to significant others-- I'll feel the need to censor even around close friends. I make a huge effort to stay friends with ex's, probably in large part because of this...it's such a big deal for me to gain a confidante, I can't stand to lose one without a fight!
- I like logic puzzles, but there are only so many different angles I can look at something from until I give up and have no idea where else to go or what else to do with the problem.
- I come off really upbeat and happy and loving everyone, but I don't always feel that way at all.
- I was diagnosed with depression in high school. I had previously been so high strung and caring about everything that eventually I just snapped and couldn't care about anything, couldn't see the "point" of doing anything, felt that life was just so meaningless. I didn't know how to communicate this to anyone, so I kinda hermit-ed myself away from everyone and felt really alienated and lonely.
- In high school I also had food/body image issues. I started dieting freshman year, and I got really anal about it...counting every calorie and protein gram. Food became such a big deal that eventually it was the only thing I could look forward to, the only thing I got any pleasure out of. I would wake up and spend a half hour eating breakfast, anything I could possibly find, because the longer I ate, the longer I could put off dealing with the school day-- and that prospect was incredibly overwhelming for me.
- I'm a junior in college now, and pretty solidly past most of these problems...the tendencies are still there, but I've got them under control, thanks in part to personality theory.
- Sometimes it seems I can't trust myself to navigate successfully through the world without analyzing every impulse.
- I'm an Enneagram 9w1 so/sp.
Any insight is greatly appreciated!