Like genuinely how can you tell what mbti or cogntive functions you use if you're only able to believe that you're a certain way or when you ask other people they have certain biases because of your age and gender (f 17 btw).

On one hand I have co workers and friends compare me to yuji itchadori because of my childishness (most my coworkers are emotionally 16 year old so there's that)

And on the other hand my family just says I talk alot and I talk too much but most the time it feels like I'm spending a lot of time in my head and just guessing a lot of things so I would think I have introverted intuition but then I just have random spouts of ideas and it just completely smoothers the idea of Ni.

Most the time it feels like I have the words for how I feel or what im thinking but when I tell them to family members or friends they just get real quiet and act like I didnt say anything or say im too much (Ex: what if neurolink accidentally gets controlled by ur brain when asleep and starts opening tabs thinking ur awake) and when im working and like shit just gets too much i won't back away from the station but I will just get overwhelmed and start drowning (metaphorically) And just my enviorment around me starts getting unorganized and messy.

My friends and coworkers I look creepy when im not smiling and other people at work say im smiling all the time and happy, but I don't feel that in the inside its just in the moment of just being away from inside my head with other people I just tend to get happy and giddy, but I struggle like a lot and I mean like a lot with conversations with people who are oblivious or authoritarian I will always end the conversation because they either get distracted or try to turn a conversation into a lecture about how they know best and what to do and not to do but at the same time I tend to do what their doing as well so it makes me even more confused. Also I can learn basically anything but I wouldn't be able to master it, it feels like I never can but i can learn/do.​

I guess what im trying say is I feel lost in this whole mbti stuff and I think im only explaining or seeing my conscious actions and when people say my unconscious actions it feels like their misinterpreting me because im younger so I can't tell whats real and whats not real

maybe ill be able to figure it out idk it just this been a mess in my head for a while just off and on I just need a board to bounce what I could be.

Most my life friends and teachers say I'm extremely happy/giddy with them but it feels more like a reaction to them and not when im away from them.

Im thinking esfp but idk If you need more information ill be happy to give it

Give a general description of yourself. How old are you?

Prefer not to say.

What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not? If you are not working, what kind of job do you want to do or what are you studying?

I’m in the Pure Literature stream. I’d like to study Psychology or Mass Communications when I am older. Ideally, I’d like a job where I can talk to people, whether it be for marketing, or sales. I really like to do sales, but I wouldn’t mind being an Event Host as well!

Describe your childhood/upbringing. Did it have any kind of ideological or structured influence? How did you respond to it? Did you have any significant negative experiences that may have affected how you think or behave?

I was raised by mostly my ISTP Aunt and INFP Uncle. They used something called the Montessori method (which I have no idea what it means) My aunt taught me basically everything, and my uncle would get me to watch shows that were meant for older kids. My grandmother from my mother’s side was quite abusive and would cane and beat me frequently and lock me out of the house a few times. But I coped by singing. I did witness my father strangling my mother once but I don’t think it’s left any significant impact on me, because I just joke about that, I joked a lot about it to my counsellors when it happened. I don’t think I was in denial, but I’m not sure.

Do you have any mental or physical health issues that might affect how think or choose to live? Provide a brief description.

No. I keep questioning whether I have ADHD or Autism because my friend group is full of people who have it (and I just think there’s too many people who get diagnosed with it)

If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?

Am I allowed to use my phone? When you say by yourself am I permitted to use the Internet to text or call people? Because I kind of need that. I don’t want to be in the real world that much, I’d like to be in my room alone with my phone being on Reddit and helping to type people, or reading books, doing art and just engaging in the activities I like. But if I’m banned from using my phone, I’d probably spend most of my time crocheting, watching the anime that I haven’t watched even though I really want to, drawing or writing (then again all my writing is done on my phone) If I’m allowed to use my phone, I’d enjoy it very much, but if I’m not? I’d be quite lonely. Yes I would feel refreshed I suppose, since I wouldn’t have all the chatter from my friends or the buzz of the internet to distract me from my crocheting, but I don’t like silence, so I’d probably put on some music.

What is your relation with movement and your surroundings? For instance do you prefer a sport or outdoors event? If an outdoors event what is it? And why? If not what type of activities do you tend to engage?

Painfully unaware. I keep losing things recently. And I’ve made very vivid memories about where I might have put them, only to be devastated when I realise they’re not actually there. And I don’t hate sports, but I find them kind of boring. Mainly running laps around the school (what’s the point in that?). Also, I don’t really understand why people like football, or watch sports in general. I don’t really get it. But I love rhythm games, like Maimai, Project Sekai, Chuunithm, DDR, Sound Voltex, Beatmania. Rhythm games are one of the only games I can play that don’t need a good story. I’ve picked up a lot of games because I wanted a good story, and my INTP 4w5 friend kept telling me ‘Chara! The game has lore!’ and sometimes they delivered, and other times they didn’t. Examples include: Punishing Grey Raven, Brawl Stars and Limbus Company. I love Limbus Company because the gameplay is enjoyable, but also, Don Quixote. I kin her a lot, even writing fanfiction about transforming into her in real life. My favourite type of game genre is psychological horror.

How curious are you? Do you have more ideas then you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
Do you prefer hands on activities or working with your hands in some form? Describe your activities.

My hobbies outside of games include: Drawing, singing, writing, crocheting, voice acting. I have more skills than that I would say, but not all my skills are my hobbies.

Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.

I believe I would consider myself very artistic, since my talents range over both writing and drawing, as well as the performative ones like acting and singing. Normally I like to draw semi humanoid looking characters, I have difficulties with furries, or very robotic characters. My OCs are all mostly humanoid as well. I don’t know anatomy, I have no intention to learn! Digitally, I would describe my art as: Bad anatomy, good rendering. I like to render dramatic lighting on my characters when I illustrate them. When I draw traditionally, I like to use alcohol markers, since I enjoy how the pigment seeps into the paper. I also make button pins! I have a mini business selling them, but it’s kind of abandoned at the moment. I make them because it’s cheaper than buying pins outside, and my rule is that I will never buy a button pin outside since I can just make it at home. (Aka the equivalent of: mommy can we have this item? No sweetheart, we have it at home. The object at home:) I like to sing along to vocaloid songs, especially faster ones. I can’t stand ballads. I like fast music. I don’t have When I write I write with a very vivid style, and recently I’ve started weaving more psychological horror elements into it.
I enjoy music that’s fast, and has a deeper meaning. I don’t really like K-pop, but there’s some Korean songs I don’t mind. My favourite genre of music is J-pop, but specifically vocaloid. If I had to say my favourite music genre. I would say Happy hardcore or hyperpop. Just fast music in general. Hardstyle is very cool too, I see it a lot in beatmania.

The one skill I don’t really possess is animation. I have sky high expectations for animations, a vivid idea and plan, but story boarding bores me, and I work on like 5 frames then give up. I can definitely animate.. you just need to lock me in a room for 24 hours with 5 different animation projects so I can’t get bored trying to animate 1.

What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?

Well my Uncle’s helped me plan what to do for my future paths in education, but I wouldn’t bother thinking about it if I had a choice. My biggest dream is to be a voice actor in the future. My past is a very fun trauma dump that could be summed up as a k-drama. In the past I used to view my life as a k-drama, but now I see it more as a game or a simulation. The present is the now I suppose, I’m not sure what else to say.

How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?

I love to help people! I’ll ask them what they need me to do first, and I’ll help them if I believe that my skills are beneficial to them, or that I am able to help them in a meaningful way, and even if I can’t, I’ll pick up the skill just to help them! Also I guess my morals are something that would come in play here, since I’m not about to help you smuggle drugs across the border.
Do you need logical consistency in your life?

Yes. I can’t stand it when people do illogical things. Like what do you mean brainstorm advertisements for the booth you don’t know anything about, but don’t do it for the booth you came up with the sales pitch for, and the original concept for? It doesn’t make any sense!

How important is efficiency and productivity to you?

Very. The instance mentioned earlier was an incredibly inefficient one.

Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?

I try not to. When forced to lead a group in real life I’m like: do you guys have any ideas? And then I get blank stares. And I’m like: Ok no ideas? Then I’ll give the idea. And then these people don’t even care much. So I get pissed off trying to get to get them to do anything because they either don’t do it, or give me a half-baked job. I hate irl group projects. This doesn’t happen in my VA circles online, neither does this happen online in general for me.

What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?

I love to draw, write, crochet, sing, voice act. Since I already elaborated on my drawing earlier, I guess I’ll tell you about crochet, singing and voice acting! I like to crochet because it’s really therapeutic in a way. I can just do the same motions a few times and then voila! A product! However! I cannot stand repetitive patterns. I would never crochet clothes for myself, only for my plushies. I don’t mind doing a granny square if it gets creative, but if it’s just rounds and rounds of single? No thanks! I like to crochet small things, like macarons, and sweets, and mostly plushie clothes. And I refuse to assemble any more flowers. I hate that a crochet flower is 60% crochet and 40% assembly. I made my aunt assemble 1 once, and then I went No more flowers. Singing is enjoyable in general. I like to sing when I’m upset, so people don’t realise I’m upset, because I also sing when I’m happy. They only think: wow, she must be really cheerful. I don’t think I use singing to mask my sadness, but it does help. I’m also in choir so I get way more range when I want to belt on angrier songs like Ussewa or Aishite Aishite Aishite or propose. I like songs with stories, like songs that hide a deeper meaning, like Kyu-kurarin, or Lower One’s Eyes, or Shoujo Rei. My dream is to become a voice actor. Voice acting allows me to take on different voices and roles, because I can, and because it’s fun! Strangely enough, I can feel that warm feeling typically associated with romantic love, whenever I voice act someone with romance, despite the fact that I’m aroace. Outside of VA, I completely can’t feel romantic feelings at all.

What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?

Route memorisation is stupid in my opinion. I like creative classes, like literature. It’s so fun to analyse how they use the words in poems to invoke certain feelings in the reader! I struggle with boring classes like math when I have to just hear the teacher talk about triangles for an hour. Or English, when it’s just a boring comprehension I already know everything about. I actually keep falling asleep in those classes. When I study, actually. I don’t study. I’ve never sat down and actually gone through my notes ever, except for Chinese, where my aunt helps me. Outside of that, I don’t bother trying to study, only doing practice papers or homework questions. I don’t understand why people study, since I already understand everything the first time.

How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go?

I can do that! I can break up projects into manageable tasks.. get a solid timeline and a plan so we don’t fail it.. and then I get a little too excited and add things as we go along. For example! I was supposed to make a presentation of Limbus Company’s Don Quixote for Chinese class. I just needed to organise a few pictures and put in the description and then we’d be done, right? Wrong! I decided to make a mini Limbus Company dialogue portrait comic and I was like: Oh. Oh no. But it does look great! But I got really distracted and went on a tangent instead in regard to the project..

What's important to you and why?
Can I say the internet? I’ve met so many wonderful and amazing people here, and been able to form very meaningful connections with others that I just can’t in real life. But honestly, what’s important to me is just being fulfilled. No matter what I do. I want to be having fun, and enjoying myself.

What are your aspirations?

To be a voice actor. I’d like to be in a big game, voice acting a character that has a complex backstory, something like Furina. Also I really like Amber Lee Connors. I wouldn’t start my own agency, but I want to be able to voice act a lot of characters in games or in shows or in movies.

What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?

I fear losing my autonomy. I don’t want people to control me. I also fear that maybe people don’t actually like me. Maybe they like who I seem to be. What makes me uncomfortable and that I hate is forced societal expectations. Sometimes I get told to do things because: Oh it’s a class thing, oh think about others, not just yourself. NO. SCREW THAT. I don’t like eggs and rocket. I don’t like the taste. If the egg tastes enough like not an egg: example drowned in soya sauce or tamago, I can eat it. I hate people who try to guilt trip me. I have more than enough of that from my mother.

What do the "highs" in your life look like?

When I’m having fun, typing people, drawing, or I’m having fun talking with people online or offline!

What do the "lows" in your life look like?

When I’m emotionally broken. I’m crying and trying to hide it yet I’m failing because it’s too overwhelming to even hide anymore.

How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?

I am not attached to reality. I sometimes wish I could just erase myself from the physical world, with all my pimples and having to eat or anything like that, and just stay in the digital world, on the internet where I can just do whatever I want. I don’t tend to pay attention to my surroundings. That’s how I keep losing things. My aunt keeps telling me to be less scatterbrained. I don’t daydream though, I immerse myself in fictional worlds or in text. Before I got into the internet, I used to read very heavily in the middle of classes, to the point they had to confiscate my storybooks.

Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?

I start talking to myself. I ask myself about the room, think of how to get out.

How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?

I need to consider the pros and cons of my decision, if a contract is involved try to get a lawyer (that’s why my aunt says) and after some careful consideration I would decide, and I won’t change my mind because that decision would be final.

How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?

Ah. I typically don’t wanna deal with them? I can process them, my uncle tries to get me to. But in stressful situations I just blast music as loud as I can. If I have a good song to sing, or a voice acting job, I can channel my emotions into that.

Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?

No. Screw social harmony. If I don’t like your view? I’ll say it.
Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why would you?

Well does the rule have a purpose? If not I don’t see a purpose in keeping it around. And if it’s about conformity.. I’d break the rule if the setback wasn’t too great. But I don’t see the point in breaking the rule about dying my hair because I can dye my hair after I’m done with school. I don’t really care about my physical appearance. I don’t want piercings because I’d have to clean them. So people with piercings are quite interesting to me. And people who try to flout the rules by putting in their piercings also baffle me. Now if the rule was shut up and stand in a corner for no apparent reason, yeah. I’d say something. I’d fight back because it’s pointless and stupid! Some rules have a reason. There’s a reason there’s only 0.5 cm earrings allowed, because the last hoop earring student got her earlobe ripped out in the science lab. Yikes. I’m only gonna break the rule if I think it’s inefficient or pointless. Authorities are.. not the smartest sometimes. Heck, adults don’t even have their lives sorted out. Putting them in a position of power doesn’t change anything!

What is the ideal life, in your opinion?

A life where you’re happy. Happiness is subjective to everyone.

Hii!! Need help figuring out my type again; feel free to suggest anything! So far, I've typed myself as 7w6 793 so/sx but I'm not sure anymore.

1.What are your views on the good things in life? Do they happen naturally, or do you have to create them yourself？How do they manifest into reality?

Probably a mixture of both! I think one’s mindset and outlook on life matter most of all. If you’re always looking for positive/good things in life, you’ll find them, even if they’re really small or minor (like a cup of tea in the morning or just clean water, little things people take for granted). The same applies to people with negative/cynical outlooks on life. If you want to live a good life overall though, you must create it for yourself. 

2. What are your views on the bad things in life? What are the reasons they happen? How much control do you really have over such matters?

I’d like to think that we have more control over our lives than we may realize, but of course many things happen that we can't control. How we approach bad things that happen to us matters most I guess (like the last answer). 

3. How attached are you to your emotions? How often do you express them to others? What even is the purpose of such feelings? And what are the biases that impede your judgements?

Decently, there are some days when I have no idea what I’m truly feeling, and then suppressed feelings bubble up randomly in the form of anger or frustration. All feelings have their purposes and ways of teaching us things about ourselves, including sadness. However, I’d really prefer to feel happy/content all of the time and I hate going through negative emotions myself. I suppress them if I don't have a logical enough reason to feel that way. I usually act very cheerful around people, though I have a bit of a temper. When I do feel down, I isolate myself to fix how I feel. 

4. What do you want in life? Is it achievable? If people and obstacles are in your way, what would you do then? With resources being limited, is it ok to acquire essential needs by denying them to someone else?

I just wanna be competent and good at things that I set out to do. For me, those things would be my hobbies and being good at talking and socializing! I think those things would give me the most freedom/peace of mind. They’re definitely achievable in my opinion, especially if other people can do so. I also strive to have as much fun (which makes me impulsive because I want to be satisfied NOW) as I can while I’m here and achieve the ideal of myself I have in my head. Professionally, I want a career that I enjoy and I can make a lot of money so I can do whatever I want (ex.travelling). To the last question, it depends, in my opinion. 

5. Are people inherently good or bad? Or is it neither? What do you believe when it comes to moral goodness? What duties do we all have as individuals?

I’d say that most people are neutral good because of societal expectations that we are pressured to adhere to survive, but we all have darker sides to us. As individuals, we should be kind to each other.  

6. What are the biggest disappointments you have? It doesn't even have to be something that happened to you personally. What is something you expected more from, but it somehow managed to fall short?

The biggest disappointments I have would be when events or people, and maybe even my own performance, don't align with the ideal I had in my head. Like, if I don't perform well in social situations as I would’ve liked to in my head, I leave very disappointed and frustrated at myself. Looking back and saying “damn i could’ve been funnier.” 

7. What do you expect from others? Are you entitled to anything? Be it love or materialistic things. How easy is it to rely on others? To depend on something else outside of your control?

I don't expect much from people at all, I just want them to be nice to me lmaoo. Kindness and basic respect is all I want from people. I don't mind relying on other people but I’d rather not if I can do it myself. 

8. Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?

Yes. I try not to because no one wants to talk to a yes-man all the time, and sharing conflicting opinions makes for good conversation. But I do tend to appease people, even if it goes against what I personally think, just to see where it goes OR to make them like me more. 

9. What are you as a person? How do you see yourself? How do others see you? How do you want others to see you? How do you want to see yourself?

Who I am as a person is something I couldn't really answer, but I’d describe myself as optimistic and fun-loving. I want people to see me as someone who is accepting, safe, and really funny/socicable. I never want to force my will on people or be judgy/overbearing. I want to be someone who people see in a positive light and be excited to hang out/talk to me. I often idolize people who are more like the way I wanna be and then try to be like them in little ways. 

10. How do you organize your thoughts? What are concepts and ideas to you? How do you navigate through such a hazy frightening future? What do you believe are the most important questions one can ask?

I don't organize my thoughts much to my detriment, which leads me to be very impulsive and undisciplined usually. I have a very idealized version of the future I want to achieve. I’m lazy about it though, I’m not adamant on climbing the corporate ladder, having a 4.5 GPA, or anything specific. I have a very “fake it until ya make it” mindset.

11. What do you hope to avoid doing or being? What values are important to you?

I want to avoid being someone who’s very negative all the time. I also want to avoid being unhappy while living a stagnant life and believing I have no control over it.  

12. What are your biggest fears (not including phobias)? Why?

My biggest fear is somehow being “locked” out of happiness or trapped in misery forever. I also fear being a forever spectator in my life and never doing anything fun or worthwhile again. Especially if everyone else is happy and accomplished around me, just not being able to achieve that would be hell, unless I was very happy with my life at that moment.

13. How important is efficiency and productivity to you?

Hate to say it, but they’re not important to me at all really, unless it's something specific I want to succeed in. But by then, I've probably spent too much time in the planning stage.

14.What is the ideal life, in your opinion?

Being charismatic as hell and being able to talk to anyone, having lots of friends to hang out with and doing something new everyday. Writing this, I realize that I’m no doubt a social first LOL (unless…)

He is generally a guy who likes using his senses, he works out, plays games, hes a casual chill guy, but kinder then most, has morals but also humor, hes not a logical type that way, he finds a laugh in most things, doesnt take things to serious , doesnt get offended / mad easily

As a kid he was joking around even more, always messing, didnt get to mad , didnt take things serious (except school and stuff ofc)

Strenghts- he does great in school, and has a great life, he doesnt take things to heart, hes very kind and respectfull

Weakness- he takes things w a laugh, as a kid he could rage bait alot

Im his aunt, and we have been bestfriends for life

Any input is great! I belive he ISNT a high si user, hes chill about most thinks.

Hi everyone! I need your help to finally settle my type between ENFJ and ENFP. I’ve been reading about cognitive functions, but I absolutely do not fit the mainstream internet stereotypes. People online talk about ENFJs as if they are naive, people-pleasing saints who love everyone, or ENFPs as just hyperactive chaotic balls of energy. I’m neither.

Here are the specific, raw details about how my mind works. Please tell me which type or function stack this sounds like:

I have a strong, innate desire to lead and manage, but it’s currently waiting for the right moment. For example, on the very first day of school, when the teacher asked who wanted to be the school president, my hand shot up instantly. However, as the term went on, I hesitated to mingle too much and stepped back from the classroom presidency because I cared too much about what my peers thought. I hate ambiguity, though. In my current friend group, I act as the "locomotive." When we plan to go out and everyone is being indecisive, I step in, state the exact hour I want to go out, and I feel genuinely happy when people accept my ideas and follow my lead.

I am extremely sharp and street-smart; I don't see people through rose-colored glasses at all. I scan a room and read people’s true intentions and social masks instantly. For instance, looking at my neighbors, I can simultaneously see how shrewd/sharp they are, while also knowing exactly how good they are at gossiping. I see people for exactly who they are—the good, the bad, and the calculating. The ENFJs that I've met are always like, 'No, we can't know their true intentions,' or 'They have good in them.' They look like they have a pure and idealistic image of people. Even when I come across some ENFJ characters in the media, they are all like that.

I used to care deeply about looking "perfect" to others, but I recently dropped that mask entirely. I realized that trying to look perfect was stopping me from being my true self. I now choose raw authenticity over perfection. If I'm net, I'm net.Also, to be clear: I am NOT a people-pleaser who tolerates everyone just to keep the peace. If I genuinely dislike someone, I won't pretend to like them. I won't create a scene or completely ruin the mood of the environment, but I definitely won't put on a fake smile or act close either. I just keep my distance. I don't love everyone, and I don't pretend to.

Also, from what I've seen, ENFJs set a perfect standard for themselves. They always try to show themselves as perfect, both in real life among friends and in fictional characters. But for me, I can easily talk about an embarrassing moment in front of people. If I feel excluded, if someone makes me feel like trash, or if a miserable moment happens to me, I can just share it.

Despite my love for control and directing people, when I’m bored or drained, I love completely going with the flow. I will spend hours on my phone, listening to music, or getting lost in deep, vivid daydreaming scenarios (I love building fictional worlds/plots). During these phases, I don't make strict plans at all.

People tell me my need to eliminate ambiguity and direct social flows sounds like an ENFJ with high Fe-Ni, but my daydreaming and recent "low-planning" phase makes me wonder about ENFP.

Based on these real-life examples, what do you think? Am I a highly perceptive, waking-up ENFJ, or am I an ENFP? Let me know your thoughts on my functions!

I am not particularly new to typology, however I have not settled on a type for long. My enneagram, instinctual variant and MBTI have all changed in the last year. A reason for the difficulty in typing myself is likely due to the many different, contradictory parts of my personality which I have compartmentalised.

I currently type myself an ENTJ E8 845 VLEF, my instinctual variant is Sx/Sp and it’s unclear which is stronger, particularly as I do not fit the subtype of a SX8.

My childhood, and 8 as a gut fix:

My family immigrated to Australia from India a year after I was born. They were both quite hard working people, who placed heavy emphasis on my future and education. My sister was 8 years younger than me, and my relationship as an older brother was more parental. My mother had many mental health struggles, and under stress she would be prone to having outbursts, often targeted at me or my sister. My father would be absent for long periods, and when he was present he was not much more mature, he would defend our mother and mock my sister when she cried.

I often felt the need to protect my sister during family conflicts, I’d defend her immediately during verbal fights and take her to my room to comfort her after. I wasn’t encouraged to do any physical sports, so I read books instead. I was told I was mature for my age by others often, I developed quite a monotone manner of speaking which I still have and my emotional expression socially was very limited in range, I believe this could because overt displays of emotion, particularly of sadness or anger would become reason for conflict by my parents.

I went to a very cliquey Catholic school, I became quite a confident person however I would often be envious of others, for being more popular, being invited to parties, being in relationships. I was told by many of my friends that an ethnically Indian man isn’t sexually desirable, I was also told that I was very skinny and underweight. I was bad at soccer or football as I didn’t do these at a young age, but I was interested in boxing. I went to my local boxing gym 4 times a week after school, which was attended by amateur and professional boxers. I became fit and good at boxing, shortly after I became weight lifting, long distance running, MMA, Muay Thai. Many of these physical endeavours I became more than competent in, not through natural ability but instead through an application of continuous willpower. I was motivated by a desire to consistently improve myself, but perhaps only to better fit the masculine archetype that was valued in my social circle.

There were many times where overt racial or homophobic comments were targeted at me during school, at a certain point I started reacting by physically attacking these people until I eventually resolved my anger issues better.

At the age of 18: I decided to join the Australian Army. During a stage in recruitment which was essentially an IQ test which would unlock different tiers of jobs based on your results, I was deemed eligible to apply to all roles including officer entry and intelligence analysts. However, I chose to pick infantry which was placed in the lowest tier, because I wanted to do something fun and thrilling. I wanted to hold/shoot a rifle, to fire explosives and machine guns, to engage in physical activity and apply force towards my environment.

During basic training I was generally able to apply myself well under stress, but I missed my long distance partner a lot. I was assigned to being an artillery operator. I enjoyed the fitness aspect of my job, but I detested having to obey officers who I wouldn’t take a word of advice from if I was a civilian. I considered many of them to be douchebags who were dumber than me.

I left after a year (I joined through a gap year program that didn’t have minimum service requirements) to live with my partner and to pursue something more intellectually stimulating. I’m currently studying cybersecurity and I have spent time designing a roadmap of where I want my career to go 20 years into the future.

At my current job, my first instinct is to clear backlogs and organises processes and my work space. I enjoy interacting with the clients, I’m confident in my interactions with them and make them laugh often. I do this through dry humour that catches people off guard because the contents of what I say doesn’t match my otherwise flat tone and minimal facial expression.

I thrive during stress and challenges, when I’m in a comfortable period in my life I’ll start to feel bored.

Fi and the 4 heart fix - My politics, philosophy and gender:

I am a deeply open minded person and would consider myself to be very progressive. I dislike those who judge others, and my attitudes towards social issues are motivated by empathy. I do not believe morality exists in an objective manner or as an inherently real concept, and I dislike the proclaiming of activities as right or wrong as a E1 may do so.

However, despite these strongly held values I exhibit inconsistently by happily buying shares of companies I find immortal like United Healthcare or Palantir if I think it’ll be profitable, and I eat meat despite having a lot of empathy for animals and generally loving animals.

At a young age, I started experiencing feelings of gender dysphoria. I repressed this deeply as it didn’t align with the masculine image I had constructed through my childhood and the army, it wouldn’t be efficient for me and the ideal vision I had. However, over my life, despite attempts at repressing it, the feelings of dysphoria only grew more intense and more frequent. I still present very masculine in my daily life, but I feel envy at most people for not being afflicted with this misalignment between their gender identity and their biological sex that I have. I have dreamt about being a woman, I’d feel happy and then waking up to reality creates immediate grief. I long for what is natural for others.

It has recently reached the point where going outside becomes difficult, seeing women who in ways look like me, mannequins in stores adorned in pretty outfits, people being openly alternative or gender non-conforming and not repressing it like I do creates feelings of intense melancholy.

5 as the head fix:

I prefer learning and mastering a concept myself rather than being dependent on other people or institutions.

When I feel anxious about a topic, about my possibility of being incompetent, I aim to master the subject so being caught off guard is impossible.

My hobbies are philosophy, politics, and film/tv. When I watch film, I analyse its plot, characterisation, themes and write long dense reviews on them to publish to my Letterboxd. I rationalised my physical endeavours, for the gym I studied different workout splits, exercises to target specific muscles, etc.

I enjoy observing others deeply, and how they behave and interact at their most authentic.

SX:

While the army paid great and provided good benefits to an 18 year old who just moved out of home, I would take unapproved flights interstate to visit my partner every fortnight knowing that if I got caught I’d be facing serious consequences.

When my conservative parents gave me the ultimatum of leaving my transgender partner or they’d kick her out of the house, I chose to leave with her and lived on the verge of homelessness in a share house, and worked a very labour intensive warehouse to provide for us. Even though I could have stayed with my financially comfortable parents and not be expected to pay rent.

SP/Te/Ni:

I have created a long, detail trajectory of where I want my career to go and what I should study to get there.

I handle any logistical issue that comes up in our relationship, budgeting, planning outings, investing money into stocks.

SO last:

I am more than comfortable breaking social conventions and norms in conversations without feeling any form of anxiety.

I am indifferent to workplace politics and actively try to avoid it.

The argument for 4th Physics:

While I have enjoyed physical exertions of force in the form of sports, exercise and the army, and done well in these endeavours. They were interesting to me not due to the sensory experiences but instead because I pushed myself in them until they required an uncomfortable amount of willpower.

I detest having to have a corporal form, I view my body as a cage. Ideally I would exist as a cognitive spirit capable of shapeshifting into whatever form I please.

Please help me clearly establish my MBTI, enneagram, subtype, tritype and attitudinal psyche. I’ll answer any questions I can.

So I know I'm an Fi dom it's super obvious and I mostly relate to Fi dom chars of both types. But I'm confused of the axis because I score about equally for Ne=Ni>Se=Si on cog function tests and identify both so i think I'm miss conceptualizing something. Right now I mostly think I was INFP because I daydream a lot but then I read about high Ni ISFPs and got doubtful.

Reasons INFP

• Good at brainstorming
• daydream and in my head a lot
• word association is easy and takes me on wild tangents far from the original topic
• lots of tangents in conversations and just general love of what my XSXP dad would call jabber.
• bad at sports
• bad at aesthetics like fashion and decorating but wish I was good
• messy room
• indecisive struggle with decisions big and small
• enjoy bring up funny old stories and talking about them
• not aggressive and low risk tolerance
• love fantasy

Reasons ISFP

• Usually I don't actually brainstorm in my creative process usually I have some image in my head that I am trying to make happen. I use Ne if I need more details but mostly care about the initial image even if I let it evolve.
• My imagination feelings and Inspiration has an important visual component where the image, feeling, and meaning are inherently linked and important.
• When stuck for ideas creatively I often end up mashing together a bunch of stuff I read about, saw art wise etc to boil down to one char idea that
• My anxiety is more fixating on a specific bad thing that could happen than many what ifs especially the future
• prefer traditional art to digital because the tactile feel of a brush makes more sense to me than brush settings
• listen to music for atmosphere and energy prefer lyricless which then Invigorates my imagination and daydreams.
• as a kid thought learning about hidden meanings in fiction was teachers ruining things to only ironically but meanings into my inspirations as an adult

then something I'm not sure either category fits I just struggled a lot as a kid before I like really forced myself to get decent at art with having this rich inner world and no way to express it was a big depression low self esteem source for me

EDIT: The council has decided INFP

Hi everyone! I was hoping someone could help me make sense of my MBTI test results because I'm really confused about whether I'm ultimately an INFJ, INFP, or ENFJ. Overall, I feel much more introverted than extroverted, although I also genuinely enjoy more energetic environments like concerts, bars with live music, and festivals. Beyond that, I'm not really sure how to interpret the cognitive functions since I don't know much about them. In general, my hobbies include painting, reading, dancing, and baking desserts. I also dislike conflict and tend to be a natural mediator or diplomat, which I think developed because of my childhood and being the middle child in my family. I'm very drawn to spirituality and esoteric topics, and I spend a lot of time lost in my own thoughts and imagination. Based on this, do you think one of those types fits me better, or are there other things I should pay attention to?

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TEST RESULTS ARE IN THE COMMENTS SINCE SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THE IMAGE DIDNT SAVE TO THIS POST.

Hi, I'm just doing this for fun! I'm feeling a bit uncertain about my MBTI type so I hope some of you guys can give me some answers I can look into. I don't really know how to describe myself so I hope I did really well with this. Feel free to guess my enneagram type as well!

Good traits: Determined, loyal, protective, curious, ambitious, responsible, observant, honest, quick-thinking, compassionate, protective of my friends and family, competitive during games, decisive, empathetic, creative, socially conscious, curious about others, emotionally honest, sociable, emotionally expressive, persuasive, loving to those I love, perceptive, idealistic, funny, organized in my interests, opinionated, good at spotting patterns, can be flexible and adaptable but prefers things to be in order more.

Bad traits: Stubborn, impulsive, judgmental, blunt, perfectionistic from time to time, obsessive, critical, bossy (mostly with my partner), overthinks, secretive about most things, self-critical, difficult to comfort, can hold grudges, can be manipulative, optimistic, emotionally withdrawn, moody, has difficulty letting some things go, naive, insecure, sensitive to criticism, easily hurt, clingy with close ones, prone to jealousy, self-doubting, fearful of rejection, possessive with close ones, overcommitted, emoțional under stress, avoids being alone, struggles with self-confidence, a bit too cautious and investigative when suspecting that someone I love is being secretive, avoids vulnerability unless it's with trusted people, hard to read, easily embarrassed, seeks approval, can be dependant on reassurance, easily irritable, easily flustered.

Basic description of me: I can be very direct when something matters to me, especially if I feel like something important is being misunderstood. I don't like emotional ambiguity for too long, and I usually want clarity about where I stand with people. I hate being treated differently. I prefer when people are honest and upfront, even if it's uncomfortable, because guessing games stress me out. I can be very self critical after conflicts and replay what I said or did in detail. I can be very focused and driven in the momeny, especially when I feel emotionally engaged. I like having a sense of control over my environment because it helps me feel more mentally organized. I can become overwhelmed when there is too much emotional intensity at once, especislly if it's unresolved. I always feel the need to immediately share what I'm thinking, especially when I have a lot going on internally, and that's mostly with close friends or my partner. I often try to balance what I feel with what seems logically accurate, even if they don't fully match. I notice when something feels off, even if I can't immediately explain what it is. My mind tends to connect things and notice patterns, I often replay conversations or situations in my head to understand them better or figure out what I missed. I don't usually have a lot going on in my mind but my mind can get stuck in overthinking loops, especially when something feels emotionally important. I switch between being very logical and very emotional depending on the situation. I'm aware of how I come across, so I often think about how others might interpret what I say or do. I'm always trying to find meaning, even in small or random things. I can be very in tune with emotional undercurrents, even when nothing is explicitly said. I'm usually action-oriented. I sometimes jump to conclusions during arguments. I like keeping my space clean and organized, and I hate seeing the slightest bit of mess. I can be very irritable when I'm under stress or during arguments. When I care about someone, I tend to process my thoughts by talking them out instead of keeping everything internal. I can switch between being very composed on the outside and very intense on the inside depending on the situation. I care a lot about honesty, and I value the truth more than anything.

My biggest strengths: Creativity, empathetic, observant, investigative, critique, decisive, organized, passionate, charismatic.

My biggest weaknesses: Overthinking, self-doubt, impatient, perfectionistic about certain things, failure, rejection, trouble trusting others.

What motivates me: Connection, freedom, validation, recognition, independence, curiosity, competitiveness, meaning, emotional closeness, legacy, influence.

What I fear most: Failure, rejection, loss, betrayal, vulnerability, powerlessness, being unwanted, being unloved, not being enough, disappointment.

How I make decisions: I mostly make decisions based on facts and evidence but I can be a bit emotional during that, too.

How I solve problems: I usually use reasoning and clear cause-and-effect thinking along with thinking ahead and choosing solutions with possible long-term impacts when solving problems. Although I'm not much of a problem solver, I try my best to keep the harmony intact.

How I act under stress: When I'm under stress I become more reactive and act quickly without fully thinking through the consequences and I can be a bit emotional and react to small triggers.

How I act in relationships: I can get quite possessive with my partners. I sometimes have a strong instinct to look out for my partners wellbeing, often stepping in to prevent harm or offering guidance when things feel unstable for them. I like knowing that my partner depends on me and that I am everything that they need.

How I handle conflict: I sometimes try to ignore the issue, change the subject, or delay the conversation to escape discomfort if it doesn't involve me. But I can be pretty blunt and upfront when someone does include me in an argument, and I quickly protect myself from blame. Conflicts tend to make me feel horrible and I can feel guilty very easily, whether it's my fault or not.

How I communicate: I communicate in a very direct and fast-moving way. I'm quite care-free. I like being involved in conversations and knowing what's going on in people's lives and being involved in their lives (I hate missing out on things, especially when it involves my friends or the people I love. I want to create as many memories as possible). I prefer honest, straightforward communication over vague or overly sugarcoated talk. In emotional situations, I might communicate more through clarity and explanation than through soft reassurance. Like trying to understand what's happening rather than just sitting in the feeling of it. But with the right person, like my partner, I can become very emotionally direct and open.

How I react to criticism: I can have a quick emotional reaction at first, like feeling defensive, hurt, or tense, especially if it feels personal or unfair. But I also handle criticism by immediately analyzing what was said and trying to figure out whether it's actually true, partly true, or based on a misunderstanding. I often replay the situation in my head afterward, going over the exact same words and trying to understand what the other person really meant. I tend to question myself more deeply after criticism, sometimes overthinking whether I made a mistake or handled something wrong.

My hobbies and interests: photography, going out with my friends, being around people, listening to music, theatre, fashion, typology, baking, shooting guns, cooking, drawing, writing down information about things I'm interested in, visiting museums or galleries, dancing, organizing stuff, criminology, journaling, true-crime, and watching movies.

Things people misunderstand about me: Due to the fact I can be blunt without realizing it most of the time, people misunderstand it as me being mean or dismissive, but I'm actually really kind and polite. My words don't mean anything most of the time and I usually show my love through actions.

My biggest insecurities: My physical appearance (I grew up thinking that beauty was the only thing that truly defines me), feeling like I might not be enough in different areas of life, comparing myself to others and feeling behind or less capable, questioning my social likability, etc etc etc...

I hope you had fun reading this !

Hi, I'm just doing this for fun! I'm feeling a bit uncertain about my MBTI type so I hope some of you guys can give me some answers I can look into. I don't really know how to describe myself so I hope I did really well with this. Feel free to guess my enneagram type as well!

Good traits: Determined, loyal, protective, curious, ambitious, responsible, observant, honest, quick-thinking, compassionate, protective of my friends and family, competitive during games, decisive, empathetic, creative, socially conscious, curious about others, emotionally honest, sociable, emotionally expressive, persuasive, loving to those I love, perceptive, idealistic, funny, organized in my interests, good at spotting patterns, can be flexible and adaptable but prefers things to be in order more.

Bad traits: Stubborn, impulsive, judgmental, blunt, perfectionistic from time to time, obsessive, critical, bossy (mostly with my partner), overthinks, secretive about most things, self-critical, difficult to comfort, can hold grudges, can be manipulative, optimistic, emotionally withdrawn, moody, has difficulty letting some things go, naive, insecure, sensitive to criticism, easily hurt, clingy with close ones, prone to jealousy, self-doubting, fearful of rejection, possessive with close ones, overcommitted, emoțional under stress, avoids being alone, struggles with self-confidence, avoids vulnerability unless it's with trusted people, hard to read, easily embarrassed, seeks approval, can be dependant on reassurance, easily irritable,easily flustered.

Basic description of me: I can be very direct when something matters to me, especially if I feel like something important is being misunderstood. I don't like emotional ambiguity for too long, and I usually want clarity about where I stand with people. I hate being treated differently. I prefer when people are honest and upfront, even if it's uncomfortable, because guessing games stress me out. I can be very self critical after conflicts and replay what I said or did in detail. I can be very focused and driven in the momeny, especially when I feel emotionally engaged. I like having a sense of control over my environment because it helps me feel more mentally organized. I can become overwhelmed when there is too much emotional intensity at once, especislly if it's unresolved. I always feel the need to immediately share what I'm thinking, especially when I have a lot going on internally, and that's mostly with close friends or my partner. I often try to balance what I feel with what seems logically accurate, even if they don't fully match. I notice when something feels off, even if I can't immediately explain what it is. My mind tends to connect things and notice patterns, I often replay conversations or situations in my head to understand them better or figure out what I missed. I don't usually have a lot going on in my mind but my mind can get stuck in overthinking loops, especially when something feels emotionally important. I switch between being very logical and very emotional depending on the situation. I'm aware of how I come across, so I often think about how others might interpret what I say or do. I'm always trying to find meaning, even in small or random things. I can be very in tune with emotional undercurrents, even when nothing is explicitly said. I'm usually action-oriented. I sometimes jump to conclusions during arguments. I like keeping my space clean and organized, and I hate seeing the slightest bit of mess. I can be very irritable when I'm under stress or during arguments. When I care about someone, I tend to process my thoughts by talking them out instead of keeping everything internal. I can switch between being very composed on the outside and very intense on the inside depending on the situation. I care a lot about honesty, and I value the truth more than anything.

My biggest strengths: Creativity, empathetic, observant, investigative, critique, decisive, organized, passionate, charismatic.

My biggest weaknesses: Overthinking, self-doubt, impatient, perfectionistic about certain things, failure, rejection, trouble trusting others.

What motivates me: Connection, freedom, validation, recognition, independence, curiosity, competitiveness, meaning, emotional closeness, legacy, influence.

What I fear most: Failure, rejection, loss, betrayal, vulnerability, powerlessness, being unwanted, being unloved, not being enough, disappointment.

How I make decisions: I mostly make decisions based on facts and evidence but I can be a bit emotional during that, too.

How I solve problems: I usually use reasoning and clear cause-and-effect thinking along with thinking ahead and choosing solutions with possible long-term impacts when solving problems. Although I'm not much of a problem solver, I try my best to keep the harmony intact.

How I act under stress: When I'm under stress I become more reactive and act quickly without fully thinking through the consequences and I can be a bit emotional and react to small triggers.

How I act in relationships: I can get quite possessive with my partners. I sometimes have a strong instinct to look out for my partners wellbeing, often stepping in to prevent harm or offering guidance when things feel unstable for them. I like knowing that my partner depends on me and that I am everything that they need.

How I handle conflict: I sometimes try to ignore the issue, change the subject, or delay the conversation to escape discomfort if it doesn't involve me. But I can be pretty blunt and upfront when someone does include me in an argument, and I quickly protect myself from blame. Conflicts tend to make me feel horrible and I can feel guilty very easily, whether it's my fault or not.

How I communicate: I communicate in a very direct and fast-moving way. I'm quite care-free. I like being involved in conversations and knowing what's going on in people's lives and being involved in their lives. I prefer honest, straightforward communication over vague or overly sugarcoated talk. În emotional situations, I might communicate more through clarity and explanation than through soft reassurance. Like trying to understand what's happening rather than just sitting in the feeling of it. But with the right person, like my partner, I can become very emotionally direct and open.

How I react to criticism: I can have a quick emotional reaction at first, like feeling defensive, hurt, or tense, especially if it feels personal or unfair. But I also handle criticism by immediately analyzing what was said and trying to figure out whether it's actually true, partly true, or based on a misunderstanding. I often replay the situation in my head afterward, going over the exact same words and trying to understand what the other person really meant. I tend to question myself more deeply after criticism, sometimes overthinking whether I made a mistake or handled something wrong.

My hobbies and interests: photography, going out with my friends, being around people, listening to music, theatre, fashion, typology, baking, shooting guns, cooking, drawing, writing down information about things I'm interested in, visiting museums or galleries, dancing, organizing stuff, criminology, true-crime, and watching movies.

Things people misunderstand about me: Due to the fact I can be blunt without realizing it most of the time, people misunderstand it as me being mean or dismissive, but I'm actually really kind and polite. My words don't mean anything most of the time and I usually show my love through actions.

My childhood personality: ENFP/ENTP/ESFP.

My biggest insecurities: My physical appearance (I grew up thinking that beauty was the only thing that truly defines me), feeling like I might not be enough in different areas of life, comparing myself to others and feeling behind or less capable, questioning my social likability, etc etc etc...

I hope you had fun reading this :3