baconslave wrote: »

The funny/interesting thing for me is that I took the Meyers-Briggs which this looks like it's based off of in college psych and I scored very differently than I do today. I believe I was ISFJ. I think 16 years of real life has changed me a bit.

dasher602014 wrote: »

landiodo wrote: »

I'm an ISFJ- the defender.
I occasionally go into the main forums and friend request the people who are getting bullied for being low carb.

Me too!

midwesterner85 wrote: »

I've done personality tests, and I know I'm not a "people person." I'm actually very smart and have a lot of knowledge, but just can't seem to figure out how to communicate with other people. Specifically with online message boards, groups, etc.; I've found that my lack of communication abilities doesn't really seem to matter anyway. Moderators usually don't care about your post... they only seem to care about how other people react. It is reinforcement of group-think.

For example, in a diabetic group I'm a part of on Facebook (includes both type 1's and type 2's), someone made a post asking for ideas of low carb foods. She didn't say it, but my guess is that her doctor suggested this (good job on him/her if that is the case). Several people made comments. One person made 3 separate comments for 3 separate memes of "diabetic foods" listed. Under each of these meme comments, I noted which foods were listed that were or were not actually low carb... for example, pointing out that "whole grain bread" is not a low carb food. That person must have complained because one of the mods messaged me saying these foods listed are "healthy" and that I shouldn't have commented on them. I responded that the question was not about "healthy" at all, but about "low carb" and that my comments were absolutely appropriate. She didn't have a good argument about that, so then she complained how I shouldn't have commented under each post. The same person had made 3 comments under the main post, so why am I limited to only 1 comment?! Anyway, the bottom line is that somebody got upset and took my corrections personally. Did I intend them to be personal? No. There is no way I think I could have phrased the facts to be both informative and to avoid this person from taking them as a personal attack of some sort on her memes. Even though I was totally right, and I could tell the mod knew I was right, she was just acting based upon the reaction of another person. This isn't the only example... I've seen that on a lot of sites and in a lot of circumstances. Sometimes I just think mods need to tell those who are over-reacting to step back and evaluate after they have cooled off.

ETA: I got Logistician: https://www.16personalities.com/istj-personality

cstehansen wrote: »

codename_steve wrote: »

I did this a few months ago and got INFJ-T. Kinda changed my life; I don't feel alone or broken anymore.

@cstehansen I think it's funny when it says how "rare" a type is. It says INFJ is the rarest, but there are 3 that I've counted in this group, and another 3 that I've met since this test was passed around my office.

I think there are some personality types that would be more drawn to both this WOE and this group and would therefore be over represented. For your group, one of the key characteristics leading to this would be:

"Insightful – Seeing through dishonesty and disingenuous motives, Advocates step past manipulation and sales tactics and into a more honest discussion. Advocates see how people and events are connected, and are able to use that insight to get to the heart of the matter."

We all know what the "experts" are pushing for weight loss, diabetes, etc. is a bunch of hooey. Your personality type is more likely to see through it and want to find the honest answer.

By the same token, my personality type is one which will challenge EVERYTHING and always look for a way to do things better as nothing is ever perfect and there is always room for improvement.

You will likely find few, if any, of those with the highly "people pleaser" personalities in this group.

Even within each group, there are slightly higher or lower emphasis on each of the characteristics (i.e. intovert/extrovert is a continuum, not an absolute). The characteristics are the same way. I have all the characteristics mentioned, but some of them are definitely more dominant than others.

williams969 wrote: »

redimock wrote: »

I took one of these tests in college (a very long time ago ) and I got ISTJ, which I don't think has changed. I came across this post a few years ago, and it is scary accurate for my definition of hell. Thought you all might enjoy as well!

http://thoughtcatalog.com/heidi-priebe/2015/05/the-definition-of-hell-for-each-myers-briggs-personality-type/

Omg! Thesr are scarily accurate. My husband is ESTJ. The description of hell is so true. And it's his mother As an ISTJ/INTJ, I feel very similarly. It's hell living with her.