Anyway, I first took the MBTI test back in my second year of high school and I consistently got INTJ so that was my type for years. But then when I entered college it shifted and I started getting INFJ instead. But it kind of made sense at the time because I was going through a lot emotionally and socially, and I guess I became more in tune with my feelings or maybe just more sensitive to everything around me??

But then after a couple of years in therapy and on medication I found myself shifting back to INTJ again. I felt more grounded, clearer and sharp in my thinking again, and less overwhelmed by emotions. So I thought “oooohkay maybe I really am an INTJ when I'm mentally stable???"

But just the other day I randomly decided to retake the test and on multiple websites at that just to compare, and I got ISTJ across the boardd. Like eeeeehhh how did that happen?? 🫩

And to make it more confusing my enneagram is 8w7???? which doesn’t really scream “ISTJ” either. I'd say fuck to labels but my head keeps asking "How and why?!"

(Sorry for the wall of paragraphs! /gen. I love your contents so soo muchh!!! CHEERS!!! 🥂 🌷✨)

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(also dw about the paragraph thing because I def wrote a LOT more haha)

and I get what you're saying so much! our 'types' will change so much as we gain new experiences and pressures. I can imagine that going through things socially/emotionally around you can cause you to change not only the way you act, but also the way you view yourself.

even then, I actually don't think it's a huge jump between infj to intj and then to intj to istj! do you still feel like you're an 8? I think that's a good starting point to figuring out if you are an istj. 8 is generally a sensory-ish function, so I can imagine that there might be times where your 8 and intj conflict in a way that appears like an istj

if you had asked me 4 years ago what my type was, I would have confidently said istp. but knowing that I'm an enfj now....well....😵‍💫something was definitely lost in translation lol

also, I find it very interesting what you mentioned about medications and therapy affecting your type. personally, I have read a couple stories online about how it may affect one's typology - but I wish there was more research on this! if you are ok with it, I'd love to hear more about this!

I know that big 5 is one of the more credible metrics for measuring personality, and is a lot more lenient in how our personalities change. even for things like drug use or personality disorders, there's a lot more info and research on Big 5. many times I've tried to do conversions between mbti and Big 5 - but mbti assumes a much more solid cognition

and not to get philosophical, but when tumblr first asked me to name my blog, I wrote 'mistype360' thinking it was like 'turning your mistype around'...forgetting the fact that 360 literally means ending up in the same place you started!