Battle of the introverts
Nov. 5th, 2017 10:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewduckerWhen 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.
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.
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Date: 2017-11-06 01:38 pm (UTC)I think if I do any personality tests I need someone to help me. I always end up with questions where I'm like, "I'm not sure if the amount I do that is a lot" or "I do that, but only because I try really hard to force myself to" or "I technically do that, but I think I'm bad at the thing that it represents for most people" etc etc.
I could maybe cope with one that was a lot more specific.
I've talked before about thoughts about introversion, and different axes I tend to lump under that heading. For myself, I feel like do okay-ish at normal social stuff. But I tend to get bored of it quickly if I'm not really engaged. And even positive social interaction, I need a reasonable break from. And even people I'm really close to, I need *some* break from. I tend to use Liv as my model extrovert, and she seems to exhibit all those same tendencies, but with the limits in quite different places.