Introverts Unite!!!
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baconslave wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »
Yeah, I score differently each time I take it. Over the last 10 years, I've been an ISTJ, INFP, and most recently an ISFP... I think it depends on the phase of the moon or alien rays? Each time it agreed on the 90% introversion though. Whatever.
They needed an option to answer "yes, I do that shizz when it's required or when no one else will, but otherwise I'd rather sit on a chair of rusty nails in a thong bikini..."
*laughs*
that's my answer in some cases. For example: in the above, they asked a question "Which is more important: winning a debate or preserving someone's feelings?" or something like that. But my answer is: I don't tend to get into debates!
The funny thing is I've taken that test 4 times, tweaking my answers each time, and yet every single time, I get the same result: INFP, which I just can't see as me!1 -
RunawayCurves wrote: »Not an INTJ but close , I am an INFJ introvert. I can deal with people in short bursts with prior warning but always need plenty of recovery time after.
I am also an INFJ. Oddly, long time ago, I used to come out as INTJ but I think that was because I was living with an INTP who looked down on emotions, lol.0 -
baconslave wrote: »bmeadows380 wrote: »
Yeah, I score differently each time I take it. Over the last 10 years, I've been an ISTJ, INFP, and most recently an ISFP... I think it depends on the phase of the moon or alien rays? Each time it agreed on the 90% introversion though. Whatever.
They needed an option to answer "yes, I do that shizz when it's required or when no one else will, but otherwise I'd rather sit on a chair of rusty nails in a thong bikini..."
*laughs*
that's my answer in some cases. For example: in the above, they asked a question "Which is more important: winning a debate or preserving someone's feelings?" or something like that. But my answer is: I don't tend to get into debates!
The funny thing is I've taken that test 4 times, tweaking my answers each time, and yet every single time, I get the same result: INFP, which I just can't see as me!
Fixed the quoting.
Exactly! So many times I thought: "What now? In what universe is that going to happen?
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They ought not to try to stuff us too neatly into boxes...we're way more wily than we look. I do what I want! Unobtrusively. When I'm sure no one is staring at me.
Anyway, I think that site is just over analyzing things. I know I have changed some over time. So I'm not too surprised that my results are a bit all over the place. I think the particular letters after that "I" reflects where I am in my life right then. I'm certain that at some point as a child I was a solid E. But then life smacked me down in various ways and I decided "why in the hades am I beating my head against this crappy wall" when I don't have to.
The "I" side is better. We have cookies...that we make and enjoy by ourselves.
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I'm home! now nobody talk to me i just want to be alone
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Me too (or me alone!?).0
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I'm an ISTJ, and really very clearly so...
But I think what's important to remember about Myers Briggs is that the type you get is kind of your "comfort zone" or your preference for communication etc, but that you are still absolutely able to operate in other ways too. You can find yourself operating as other types quite often, but your underlying type is kind of your natural fall back underneath it all, if you stripped away all your learned rather than inate behaviours.
And it can depend if you answer the questions with a work angle or a personal angle. I mean, I come out as ISTJ both ways, but in real life I act more ISTJ at work than I do in my social life, where I find it easy to put aside my desire to organise etc. I guess some people who are more borderline on the categories might have one type for work and another outside work.
When I first did it on a work training course 8 or 9 years ago, the most valuable thing for me to learn was that the reason I sometimes clashed with other people was simply that there are these four key variables, and that my natural approach obviously won't work with someone who is opposite to me in several of them. It's not a failure of who I am, and no personality type is better or worse than any other, but I am quite an extreme ISTJ so I can be quite far off the wavelength of other people. (Equally, I can be entirely on the same wavelength with people who are similar to me!)
I generally just make sure I'm aware of how other people are communicating so I know how to tailor my response, and I think it's helped me get a lot further professionally than people who've never gone through the exercise of learning about their Myers Briggs type and how that might come across to other people...0 -
I’m an introvert, part time (bipolar) lmao.. isolation really helped me lose a great deal of my weight! (130 lbs) I did all my workouts from home for the first 4 years! Part of what keeps me going is the creativity of my workouts0
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I'm an ISTJ, and really very clearly so...
But I think what's important to remember about Myers Briggs is that the type you get is kind of your "comfort zone" or your preference for communication etc, but that you are still absolutely able to operate in other ways too. You can find yourself operating as other types quite often, but your underlying type is kind of your natural fall back underneath it all, if you stripped away all your learned rather than inate behaviours.
And it can depend if you answer the questions with a work angle or a personal angle. I mean, I come out as ISTJ both ways, but in real life I act more ISTJ at work than I do in my social life, where I find it easy to put aside my desire to organise etc. I guess some people who are more borderline on the categories might have one type for work and another outside work.
When I first did it on a work training course 8 or 9 years ago, the most valuable thing for me to learn was that the reason I sometimes clashed with other people was simply that there are these four key variables, and that my natural approach obviously won't work with someone who is opposite to me in several of them. It's not a failure of who I am, and no personality type is better or worse than any other, but I am quite an extreme ISTJ so I can be quite far off the wavelength of other people. (Equally, I can be entirely on the same wavelength with people who are similar to me!)
I generally just make sure I'm aware of how other people are communicating so I know how to tailor my response, and I think it's helped me get a lot further professionally than people who've never gone through the exercise of learning about their Myers Briggs type and how that might come across to other people...
Interesting observation about clashing at work. I'm also an ISTJ. My former boss and mentor (a man I felt privileged to work with for 5 years) was the exact opposite - ENFP. Yet our working relationship was always brilliant! We even joked about how we should hate working together.0 -
I mostly identify as an introvert because my personality and participation shrink with strangers in the room. But when I'm with a small group of friends or family I'm a completely different person. I'm downright hilarious, but you are all just going to have to take my word for it.3
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baconslave wrote: »jenna_mikewolf wrote: »
We're still here, not talking to one another...Good to know!!!
If we did try to converse, it would just be awkward anyway.
I don't know what you're talking about. I have so much to discuss.
For instance, I made baked beans today. Also on Sunday. And that's like my whole week so far.
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me too c:0
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I mostly identify as an introvert because my personality and participation shrink with strangers in the room. But when I'm with a small group of friends or family I'm a completely different person. I'm downright hilarious, but you are all just going to have to take my word for it.
I'm sort of the same way, minus the hilarious part. The more people involved, the quieter I am, but if you put me one on one with someone I'm comfortable around, I'll jabber for hours!3 -
chumanrichardson wrote: »Did someone unite introverts? -- feel free to add me if you'd like some extra support
Jenna did it. She did it!
Now - to our private spaces!! Away!!!
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Hi fellow introverts!
I’ve always been shy and I get so frustrated with myself. I’ve been going to my current gym for just over a year and the staff there are absolutely lovely but I still struggle to talk to them. Same with all the regulars I see in there too. If I manage to say hi to them it almost feels like a victory. They probably just think I’m really anti social
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To all the struggling introverts out there, it always helps me to remember that there are extroverts out there with shyness and social anxiety too, and how much worse it must be for them. Remember social skills are just that, skills, and they can be learned without you having to change any of your personality or fight any of your natural introversion.
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Sometimes I am so insecure or peopled out I have a hard time actually going and working out in the gym. I'll have a work out planned and I get there and it's busy so I panic and hide in the corner on one of the bikes. It often throws my work out schedule offend I miss days it's honestly hard! I used to have a 24hr gym and it was great cause I was in school and I went at 1am after a long day of studying and the gym was totally empty. But now I had to switch to a cheaper gym that doesn't have the 24hr feature. Any suggestions? 1
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chumanrichardson wrote: »Did someone unite introverts? -- feel free to add me if you'd like some extra support
Jenna did it. She did it!
Now - to our private spaces!! Away!!!
lol that's exactly how I would answer the call. I like my home time and I never have any one over because I like my space1 -
michael1976_ca wrote: »
lol that's exactly how I would answer the call. I like my home time and I never have any one over because I like my space
I think I like the IDEA of having people over more than the reality. I always want to plan little get togethers and stuff, and my husband says 'You know you are going to wish you hadn't decided to do this the day of, so let's just not, k?'
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Interesting observation about clashing at work. I'm also an ISTJ. My former boss and mentor (a man I felt privileged to work with for 5 years) was the exact opposite - ENFP. Yet our working relationship was always brilliant! We even joked about how we should hate working together.
I tested so strongly as INTJ that my roommates couldn't understand how I was surviving waiting tables. Then I put on my "work" persona and resulted in ENFP. Even having moved on to an engineering job (hallelujah) I never want to see another living being after work.1 -
Total introvert here. Feel free to add me0
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Yikes..it's an uprising 0
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We're uniting but like...in our own homes
That's just my speed
MFP is the one place where I'm not a ball of shyness and anxiety. I've got a great group of pals on here and am happy to have more!1 -
michael1976_ca wrote: »
lol that's exactly how I would answer the call. I like my home time and I never have any one over because I like my space
I think I like the IDEA of having people over more than the reality. I always want to plan little get togethers and stuff, and my husband says 'You know you are going to wish you hadn't decided to do this the day of, so let's just not, k?'
I'm so there with you. My extrovert husband from a big family LOVES to have big get togethers. We've settled into a nice routine where we throw big shindigs about 4 times a year, and he's in charge of inviting guests (we move a ton, and I'm always impressed that he can get 40 people together 4 months after a move to a new state, while I make 1 or 2 very close friends in 2 years) and offering drinks and mingling, and I get to plan and buy and cook all the food then take the next day or two off to recover.1 -
Just wanted to say hi, I joined this group a while back but I don't think I said anything yet. I'll just share something current. because of circumstances, I wasn't able to do my usual things like volunteer at no kill animal shelter, or go to gym (hubby was working on my car for a week) so I actually started to feel lonely, even tho I mostly volunteer during the week when there's hardly anyone else there & go to gym in early afternoon when there's hardly anyone there either. I do like to go out almost everyday after taking dogs out tho, I take my 6 dogs out everyday, dog park during the week & walk on weekends, although I have been enjoying walking more, so been going to dog park a little less. So I was feeling bad that I only have 2 friends & don't see them very often & was thinking of making more friends. But the more I thought about what I would have to do to have more friends, the more I didn't want to go through all the work plus then I'd have to make time for them, so I decided not to & I feel relieved now. lol
My best friend did come over for the afternoon today & it was so nice spending time with her. I really like her because she does most of the talking. I'm all peopled out. I do like to talk but one on one. I really don't like to be in a crowd or group. I get most of my socializing at the dog park when I talk a little about dogs & at the rescue when I talk a little with the board member whos there during the week. I do text a lot mostly with my grown daughter-several times a day & my 3 grown son's sometime & my 2 friends. I'm glad to be here3 -
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Hello - I also joined MyFitnessPal awhile back. I've finally realized I have a serious addiction to food (particularly carbs) and tried to join a support group. But their requirements were a bit too rigid for me (at least right away) and someone was very hurtful about it, so I felt completely rejected. I've made a modified low carbs plan to help me stay on track and am just looking for someone to check in with, whether it's an individual or a group. So if anyone would like to check in with each other (online and not phone calls and meetings) that's what I'm comfortable with. And your definition of your plan doesn't need to match mine for both to be successful and supported
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I will always accept friends.
I'm low-carbish... moderate, not ultra-low though, but I have non-LC friends, too. "Whatever works" is how I feel about anyone's plan/approach.
If I "like" your updates, I DID actually read it and care enough to click. Sometimes I'm feeling more E and will actually comment.PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »baconslave wrote: »jenna_mikewolf wrote: »
We're still here, not talking to one another...Good to know!!!
If we did try to converse, it would just be awkward anyway.
I don't know what you're talking about. I have so much to discuss.
For instance, I made baked beans today. Also on Sunday. And that's like my whole week so far.
You should hear my sis and I try to talk on the phone to keep in touch...
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I'm so I that I binned all my friends on here, and only have people I actually know in real life.
(Works for me. I got freaked out by people I have literally never met being all like "Yay you logged in for 2 weeks"! Now I have my PT and like 2 other people. My newsfeed is blissfully quite!)1
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