Battle of the introverts

[andrewducker]

When I first met Jane I told her that I was introverted. And about two weeks later she laughed at me, pointing out how many friends I have, and how much I socialise.

Last night, when I couldn't sleep at 5am, I did a Myers-Briggs test* (to check that I was still INTP - I still am). And then this morning I got her to do it too.

Turns out that I'm 61% introvert/39% extrovert. And she's 94% introvert/6% extrovert. So to her, I look all the same as those extroverted people who leave the house, and talk to other people. And to me she looks like a tiny dot, fleeing into the introverted distance.

Preempting some of the comments - if you want to claim that MBTI is just a horoscope then you'll have to explain its correlation with the Big Five.

Comments

[andrewducker]

You don't see me spend two hours enjoying something and then having to come home and spend a few hours in quietly to recover energy from it.

I love company, and people. But it wears me out quickly.

[snippy]

Yes this. I am very social! I like to talk to people, I like parties, I like group activities. I'm not shy. But I am exhausted at the end, overwhelmed and overstimulated if I go past my limits (I actually have timed limits, one for new people and one for longtime friends), and I need to be alone in a quiet room for several hours to recover after being the life of the party.

[agoodwinsmith]

I find the thought of being in groups of people larger than four (counting me) to be exhausting. Ugh.