#nitag

What (MBTI/ enneagram/ tritype/ instinctual variants etc) type do you think sounds most like this person?:

-will tell her whole life story to complete strangers (like employees in random places)

-constantly blames others for own mistakes

-very loving but wants some kind of reward for it

-hyperactive as a child, introverted as an adult. Aggressive both as a child and an adult

-often the first one to know e.g. who the murderer in a movie is or who someone is talking to on the phone. Doesn’t understand how others don’t come to these conclusions that fast

-good at multitasking

-low key paranoid but very loyal

I typed her as an INFJ 1w2 162 so/sp before but what confuses me is the MBTI. People who knew her as a child always describe her as very extroverted, active and somewhat aggressive. But at the same time she always had the ability to “predict the future” (you know what I mean…) that’s typical for Ni.

Here’s a thought.

 As a community online, Typology people have a habit of being overly positive about personality. While this is understandable, because MBTI is ultimately about self-discovery and empowerment, the need for good-feels may have taken us from self-discovery to self-delusion. The types themselves are described in hyperbolic terms and their strengths are exaggerated beyond all recognition; and so, we end up with INxJs who are straight up psychic, ESxPs who would more readily jump out of a plane for thrills than pick up a book, and ENxPs who spew rainbows and marshmallows wherever they go.

This is obviously all wrong, but the bias is now so strong that it’s nearly impossible to correct, particularly for newcomers or people who are only casually interested in MBTI. Because the types are idealized and warped, they become ideals of what we want to be rather than reflections of what we actually are, which is natural: if you can associate with something that makes you feel good about yourself, why wouldn’t you? And if you’re only momentarily interested in MBTI, why would you want to dig any deeper?

However, even when you start going a little deeper into MBTI blogspace, there is another a priori that, while never made entirely explicit, seems to hold sway: that a given type will use most of its functions in a healthy fashion, particularly the two dominant ones, and will only ever be tripped up by the inferior. This is particularly infuriating, specifically when it pertains to INxJ types, who tend to not see the value of their inferior anyway (or, in the case of some INTJs, believe that Extroverted Thinking somehow compensates for inferior Sensing) and therefore believe themselves to be without weakness; after all, Ni is all about being omniscient, so why could they possibly need Extroverted Sensing?

My suggestion is that we strike at these cliches that have built up over time by undermining the positive glow of the functions themselves and emphasizing the flaws of all of the functions, in every position. High (unhealthy) Ni is not omniscient, it’s dogmatic and assured in its self-delusion. High (unhealthy) Fi is not about authenticity, it’s about compartmentalization to preserve self-image. In fact, most of the introverted functions have aspects of concealing or rationalizing away flaws and weaknesses; the extroverted functions can be used to distract from problems or externalize them to attempt to dominate them. These flaws are not exclusive to people who are truly unhealthy: they happen to all of us, all the time, and we generally don’t even notice. It’s part of being human.

This is a really good question, because it is probably the main reason why so many NTPs mistype as NTJ and vice versa.

The most important difference between the two functions is that Ni is a perceiving function, and that Ti is a judging function. Ni is interested in the true essence of what something is. It doesn’t bother with rights and wrongs or if it make sense, just what it is or what it is or supposed to be. The NJ will then proceed to judge the idea/concept whenever it is good or bad on if it has real life applications(Te), or it benefits the common good(Fe). Ti is interested in the inner workings of things - or the logic behind it. For Ti there is one truth, and everything has to fit in with its logical structure. This is really important because TPs use this as their basis for making decisions, and will therefore be very hesitant to voice their opinion on something (or make a decision) if they have not fully figured out the logical structure behind it, or how it works.

I always close bottles tightly bc I don’t want them to spill under ANY circumstance, so, they’re generally hard to open. So I’ve been trying to open this bottle for the last 5 minutes bc I’m weak af and then “wait, it plastic expands under pressure and heat, can’t I just put it under hot water?” And then I turned on the bath and saw gas build up inside and it was SO easy to open and overall I am satisfied.