How attached are you to your type?

[Wolfblood]

Having read some other posts, I'm curious at how attached people are to their MBTI.

Feel free to share your thoughts.

[edge walker]

Hmm, I’m not sure I can pick any of these options.

I am who I am; typology is correct insofar as it corresponds to that. MBTI doesn’t define me; it does however describe me.

I am the terrain. My personality type is the map. (Actually, a map.)

[karenk]

I'm not attached to my type at all. I'd rather know my real type than cling to my idea of it. I do like some kind of personality theory for an explanation though.

[starla]

I can't even decide for sure what type I am. I read an ISTJ description today and thought, "yeah, that sounds pretty close." So I shall add ISTJ to my list of possible MBTI types, along with INTP, INTJ, and ISTP (though I think ISTP would be a stretch).

It doesn't really matter what type I am. Putting a different arbitrary four-letter label on me doesn't actually change my personality. I'm too comfortable with myself to worry about it.

[Starmily]

I'm not terribly attached. I have wondred if I could be INFP, but the more I learn about the MBTI, the more I realize I am INTP and not INFP. If I learned I was not really INTP, I think I'd live...

I do really like cookies though. ;)

[gardnerj]

I'm not too attached...

but I try to take advantage of the MBTI as much as I can.

so I guess i'm attached to the MBTI.

[purveyor of truth]

If mbti is preferences then anybody who dislikes what type they are is somewhat psycho.


Edit: Sorry man, didnt mean to kill your thread.

[foodeater]

Hmm, I’m not sure I can pick any of these options.

I am who I am; typology is correct insofar as it corresponds to that. MBTI doesn’t define me; it does however describe me.

I am the terrain. My personality type is the map. (Actually, a map.)

That.

[Wolfblood]

Hmm, I’m not sure I can pick any of these options.

I am who I am; typology is correct insofar as it corresponds to that. MBTI doesn’t define me; it does however describe me.

I am the terrain. My personality type is the map. (Actually, a map.)




That.

Yeah I noticed that answer the first time myself. There is an option that really suits this mentality. "MBTI is cool, but I define me." Someone's inability click the little button next to it doesn't make option less there. If I had more room on the poll option, I might have put all that about terrain and maps in there. Enjoy the free cookies. I make them by hand, from scratch.

EDIT: I should have asked how what is being said here differs from the available options. That would have been a much better method of seeking clarity. Sorry for the snide quality of this response. I'm tired and I have to stay awake for a bit longer, and so I'm here trying to keep my mind busy. And I get a little grumpy when tired. :) But the thing about the cookies is sincere. Just let me know what kind you all like.

[foodeater]

Yeah I noticed that answer the first time myself. There is an option that really suits this mentality. "MBTI is cool, but I define me." Someone's inability click the little button next to it doesn't make option less there. If I had more room on the poll option, I might have put all that about terrain and maps in there. Enjoy the free cookies. I make them by hand, from scratch.

I don't know, I don't really define me, I just am me. I can click the little button if you really want me to :p

[Wolfblood]

I don't know, I don't really define me, I just am me. I can click the little button if you really want me to :p

I see your distinction. Guess I was missing the passiveness of it. Nothing wrong with that at all. No need to click the button.

[overainbows]

It only describes me. First of all I am what I am.

[edge walker]

Yeah I noticed that answer the first time myself. There is an option that really suits this mentality. “MBTI is cool, but I define me.” Someone’s inability click the little button next to it doesn’t make option less there.
I am quite capable of clicking that button, thanks, and would do so if that is how you intended it to be read. I didn’t because the phrasing suggests that this option describes a different mindset in which MBTI is merely an amusement and the preference is to work out one’s own system for describing oneself – and that’s not applicable to me.

I haven’t made a poll yet so I don’t know if it can be edited afterwards, but if it can be, you may want to change the phrasing a little to something like “I am who I am but MBTI is useful” to avoid the impression that this attitude implies a disregard for MBTI as a tool.


And I get a little grumpy when tired. :)
Impatient, more saliently. Signature ENTJ response, I thought. :)

[Wolfblood]

I am quite capable of clicking that button, thanks, and would do so if that is how you intended it to be read. I didn’t because the phrasing suggests that this option describes a different mindset in which MBTI is merely an amusement and the preference is to work out one’s own system for describing oneself – and that’s not applicable to me.

I haven’t made a poll yet so I don’t know if it can be edited afterwards, but if it can be, you may want to change the phrasing a little to something like “I am who I am but MBTI is useful” to avoid the impression that this attitude implies a disregard for MBTI as a tool.


Impatient, more saliently. Signature ENTJ response, I thought. :)

Yeah, it was not a very nice response, I deserve a bit of heckling for it. you also could have included my full edit. :p

I did look to see if I could add a poll option, but I dont know enough about it to do so if it is even an option. I see the distinction in what you're suggesting and think another option is appropriate.

[Duty]

I still assert my individuality, but MBTI describes me extraordinarily accurately.

[Limey]

It's a pseudo science that only applies to archetypes.
Archetypes aren't as common as X types in any one dichotomy, hence confusion and disinformation. It defines some people, some of the time.
It's probably one click above being a religion.

[aramis1]

attached I guess to a degree. Words is to simpel to define the human mind, its only one dimmension and its many dimmensions left.
Im constantly evolving and trying to get better ass a person. I think I can be more extrovert but I will proberly still enjoy my introvert habits

[Llewellyn]

The second answer.

In one way it is a (great) help, in others it is a trap. I feel I have to keep thinking outside it.

[earwax]

I was who I am before discovering MBTI. I'm still me. I may have a few more insights into myself and others, but time usually provides that in one form or another anyway.

[Vagabond]

I was who I am before discovering MBTI. I'm still me. I may have a few more insights into myself and others, but time usually provides that in one form or another anyway.
That.
I like the MBTI in that it provides certain insights, but it's neither infallible nor complete; it is however on a rather good path. It's useful, unless one expects it to provide the answer to life, the universe and everything.

In other words, I'm here for the cookies :p

[Curtis24]

Pretty damn attached, though I'm trying to work on it. .

It definitely didn't help when www.personalitypage.com said that Jesus was an INFJ.(seriously).

[syzygy]

i am who i am, and an INTP archetype. i like being an INTP archetype. i'd still be me without the MBTI, though.

[Ckyzxr]

INTP has helped me to understand the tendencies in my behavior and helped me to understand others behavior. It does not define me because, depending on the situation, I would test differently to some degree.

[bluebell]

I like the MBTI in that it provides certain insights, but it's neither infallible nor complete; it is however on a rather good path. It's useful, unless one expects it to provide the answer to life, the universe and everything.



INTP has helped me to understand the tendencies in my behavior and helped me to understand others behavior. It does not define me because, depending on the situation, I would test differently to some degree.

^^^ Both of these. I probably would have answered a bit differently just after I discovered MBTI (it was a shiny new toy back then) but this is kinda where I've ended up.

I know this might sound a tad odd, but I *still* forget that I shouldn't assume that everyone thinks and acts the same as me. So, it's useful for reminding me that others are different.

[augi55]

I'm not too attached...

but I try to take advantage of the MBTI as much as I can.

so I guess i'm attached to the MBTI.

Pretty much.

[Mercurial]

Am I attached to my label in a system of categorization? Not really. If you mean the general group of people, then yes, there's some attachment.

[alienhated]

I almost freaked out when I saw the result...

For me MBTI is a way to understand myself and others better, to organize people... but of course that it isnt all, is just the big picture of thousands of details...

so... MBTI? Yeah that's cool, but I decide who I am.

If someone lives through a type I have a statement to say: - Kill yourself ;)

[carbon cold]

I'm happy to have found this place through MBTI: I'm not like a lot of people here exactly, but I can relate to quite a few. It's a nice social tool, and I enjoy being challenged with aspects of myself, but I wouldn't really care if I suddenly become an ESFJ tomorrow. It's all the same to me.

[alienhated]

I'm happy to have found this place through MBTI: I'm not like a lot of people here exactly, but I can relate to quite a few. It's a nice social tool, and I enjoy being challenged with aspects of myself, but I wouldn't really care if I suddenly become an ESFJ tomorrow. It's all the same to me.

lol.. youre not a type yes, you are in a type. but that change is drastic, not impossible but almost... xD

[PlasticFish]

There are aspects of myself that the MBTI does not cover, that I believe are essential to who I am. And I'm speaking of my personality here, not some other arbitrary aspect of self.

[MoneyJungle]

Taking away my status as an INfj would be the equivalent or ripping out my heart and replacing it with a fig newton.

[Bongmaster General]

Taking away my status as an INfj would be the equivalent or ripping out my heart and replacing it with a fig newton.

At least it wouldn't be a cookie.

[Limey]

Taking away my status as an INfj would be the equivalent or ripping out my heart and replacing it with a fig newton.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

[solemn sistah]

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;
Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some;
We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here
8O