I feel pretty selfish posting this... but here it goes
I've always had difficulty typing myself. I'm having a bit of an identity crisis. Can someone help me sort it out? The first time I took the test I came out as an INFJ. Since, I have come out as an INFJ, INFP, INTJ, and INTP, almost at random.
If the punishment fits the crime, I'm pleased. I don't speak to people I believe are "bad." Bad to me would be someone whom I trusted and was betrayed by. That doesn't have to be first person either. If I see a news report of a man who betrayed his daughter's friend and raped her, it's bad. Even if this person is supposedly mentally-ill, or was molested as children themselves -- I still believe they owe society justice.Sometimes hard Justice is incredibly important to me. Other times I believe in redemption. Sometimes I believe evil men should be fought and beaten as punishment for being bad. Other times I'll be extra diplomatic and say what needs to be said to make even people I feel are "bad" happy.
Can't handle conflict well in which way? There are many ways of not handling conflict well. I handle conflict well if I have experienced (whether in person, from something I've read, or I "know") the conflict already or if I have the conflict planned out in my mind before it begins. If none of these happen, I freeze completely, which is pretty rare.INFJs aren't supposed to be able to handle conflict well... but I handle it very well. Sometimes I get the deep feeling that it is my duty to fight to protect someone or to stop someone else from doing something evil. If I can't convince someone peacefully, I will fight. During the fight I can be cold and calculating, and very unfeeling, or very feeling, and full of passion, empathy, and emotion. If I see someone getting bullied, if I cant disarm it, I will humiliate and tease the bully, because I feel that the bully deserves it and that it will benefit everyone, or I'll stop the bullying by laughing it off and being diplomatic.
I'm always cold on the outside like an INTJ, then I warm up to my surroundings and impress. I'm pretty open minded myself, however, I'm not over the top. My principles are set in stone.Sometimes I can act like an INTJ in regards to one situation (Making cold judgements and shutting off my empathy), and simultaneously act like an INFP in regards to another (being a way-too-open-minded idealist).
I see good and bad in almost everyone just by meeting them. I would say what you quoted as well. However, my tone of voice makes it apparent to those listening what my true thoughts on the matter are. I'm a very good orator.Even if I'm fighting... I can still see the positive traits of the person I'm fighting. I say things that get me in trouble like "I bet the terrorists on 9/11 were very brave men." and I will respect them for it (P?) But still, I recognize that it is in the best interests of the US to kill radicals who have pledged themselves to killing and terrorizing others, even if they are brave. Even if they are good men in every other way.
Yup.Throughout my life, I have a very close mix of open-minded perceptions mixed right along side overpowering feelings/judgements of people that come from my intuition. I'll make my judgement about them (good or bad)... but still I'll see the good and the bad at the same time.
Again, yup. However, I've moved that thought along. I've realized the truth for me is deeply embedded with my principles. Having such principles in and of themselves...*gasp*....makes you an idealist.I feel like I am a hybrid of both feelings that drive me, and cold rationality and strategy that I use to use sometimes coldly to do what i feel is right... a lot of the time I'll believe or say things that I know go against everyone elses emotions and gut-feelings, because when I analyze it.... no matter how grim it looks, when I think about it super-rationally, it is the truth. Other times I turn into an idealist.
You would "know" if you were. Are you?Am I an INFJ? Or am I just an amorphous blob floating in between 4 types, switching between them whenever it suites me?
Also, MBTI is not the best at personality psychometrics. Empirical evidence rules in favor of the big five. It does well with introversion/extroversion scales but is sub-par with T/F and S/N.
Since feeler and thinker functions are close in INxJs I'd say yeah, we do experience switches between feeling and thinking more often, which can be quite confusing especially away from people. When I am with people my Fe is engaged and I experience more warm feelings, but away from people Ti gets activated more and I start to critically analyze the situation and then I notice the bits that Fe overlooked. For both INTPs and INFPs the feeler and thinker functions are actually quite spread apart so there is less confusion for them in this manner.
INTJs though have Te not Ti like INFJs. Te is extraverted logic and its workings are aimed to the outside world. INTJs get more distressed if something illogical and inefficient by some external standard is happening in the world outside them. For INFJs our logic is Ti, it is introverted and aimed at deciding ok what is the most logical and beneficial action for me as individual to take next. It can feel as cold and calculating because it is in direct conflict with what your Fe deems as acceptable and Fe in INFJs is a well developed function so it can raise quite a bit of internal conflict if you are acting on your Ti. I have actually never seen an INTJ stand up for somebody else. I think they feel to be quite separate from other individuals than do INFJs as their feeler function is actually Fi and it is tertiary at that.
Link to the empirical evidence please.
I feel pretty selfish posting this... but here it goes
I've always had difficulty typing myself. I'm having a bit of an identity crisis. Can someone help me sort it out? The first time I took the test I came out as an INFJ. Since, I have come out as an INFJ, INFP, INTJ, and INTP, almost at random.
Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling.Sometimes hard Justice is incredibly important to me. Other times I believe in redemption. Sometimes I believe evil men should be fought and beaten as punishment for being bad. Other times I'll be extra diplomatic and say what needs to be said to make even people I feel are "bad" happy, seeing both sides at once. (INFP)
Introverted Intuition with Extraverted Feeling.INFJs aren't supposed to be able to handle conflict well... but I handle it very well. Sometimes I get the deep feeling that it is my duty to fight to protect someone or to stop someone else from doing something evil (INFJ).
Introverted Thinking, Extraverted Feeling, Introverted Intuition.If I can't convince someone peacefully, I will fight. During the fight I can be cold and calculating, and very unfeeling (Thinking dominant), or very feeling, and full of passion, empathy, and emotion (Feeling dominant). I can switch between them, almost as if I'm using them as tools... and I can't decide between using a saw or a hammer.
Extraverted Feeling with Introverted Intuition.If I see someone getting bullied, if I cant disarm it, I might humiliate and tease the bully, because I feel that the bully deserves it and that it will benefit everyone, or I'll stop the bullying by laughing it off and be diplomatic.
Introverted Thinking with Introverted Intuition.Sometimes I can act like an INTJ in regards to one situation (Making cold judgements and shutting off my empathy), and simultaneously act like an INFP in regards to another (being a way-too-open-minded idealist). I'll justify one with cold logic, and the other with "how I feel".
Introverted Intuition with Introverted Thinking.Even if I'm fighting... I can still switch myself to see the positive traits of the person I'm fighting. I say things that get me in trouble like "I bet the terrorists on 9/11 were very brave men and it's a shame that the world was set up in such a way that caused these good men to react this way." and I will respect their character (P?) and then go right back to thinking we should kill them all and that the world would be better with them all dead in seconds.
Actually, I think you're one of the most classic-case INFJs out there, even without listing cognitive functions.I feel like I am a hybrid of both feelings that drive me, and cold rationality and strategy that I use to use sometimes coldly to do what i feel is right and then I'll get afraid that I'm drifting out of touch with my emotions so I'll switch into an open minded peaceful idealist afraid to say something because I'm considering everything else, and then maybe I'll be afraid that I'm not being decisive and I'll switch my P to a J and make a snap intuitive judgement.
Am I an INFJ? Or am I just an amorphous blob floating in between 4 types, switching between them whenever it suites me?
You'd have to look at scholarly papers about it. Also MBTI is based on Jung's hypothesis which was not based on proper standards for formulating a theory. The big five is a theory which was started by evidence, rather than the a priori Jung theory which is somewhat supported but not the most accurate. It still does well though, just not as good as other assessments. Many of the papers in favor (about 3/5) are financially supported by MBTI as well.
Ok, who are the authors of the papers so I can find it since you won't give me links ;-)
Can anyone fully "theorize" the human mind, we still are unsure what it means to be "chemically balanced" including the looming chance of the subject being influenced by a "Confirmation Bias."
I'm not discrediting the Big Five (I loved it too), the reason I mentioned MBTI above is so the OP would have someone to go over the test with. It's a lot of fun, helpful, and adds the chance of removing doubt.
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We can't fully cover all aspects of personality, thats virtually impossible, but look at the articles, theres plenty in favor for an against, but the evidence is in favor of big five, MBTI is helpful and shows our decision making and diversity but it does not cover personality as well as Big Five. Jung made a theory based on standards not fully acceptable by modern day science, he found evidence to support it but Big Five was a theory directly compiled by higher standards of evidence.
MBTI is not best psychometric instrument in the field, but it still can show personality to a reasonable extent and make us grow. It is relatively weak though.