Category: not a typing post

Why do you think Brittany Snow is an ESFJ? I thought ISFJ

Same answer as with the last question.

Like, my answer for these is almost never going to be very interesting, I’m afraid, especially now that I have a lot of patterns in place for types.  They fit enough of the pattern I have, therefore they’re the type that I have identified for that pattern… 

Of course, at some later date, I may realize that I was completely off with the pattern (which still happens often enough) and everyone in the pattern gets moved to another tag.

why do you think susan cain is an extrovert??

Extraversion vs. Introversion in MBTI is not about being quiet or shy (which many extraverts are).  It’s about the focus and direction of your energy.  It’s a kind of body-language thing which is hard to describe (so watch video!), but she is focused outwards when talking to people (very engaged), not inwards.

The sheer multitude of public speaking and interviews she does on behalf of introverts kind of set off some warning bells, though, to be honest.

I test as INFJ and feel like I can identify a lot with this, but at the same time I also identify a lot with INFPs. I’ve taken cognitive function-tests and scored highest on Ni, low on Ne, about 50/50 on Fe and Fi, high on Ti, very low Te and Se and somewhat high on Si. I’m a structured person, so I always type as a Judger. Do you think that unhealthy Ps can become preoccupied with order and stability, and therefore seem like a Js? Also, how do you differentiating INFJs and INFPs when typing? :)

INFPs and ESTJs share the first four functions, so acting in a very structured way is not unfeasible for an INFP.  Either it’s a stress reaction (looks like an unhealthy ESTJ) or a dedicated effort to improve in that area.

Again, INFJs and INFPs have very different body language.  If you watch INTJs and INFJs together, they move very similarly.  INFPs are more like INTPs.  INFJs I can usually pick out by voice patterns, but occasionally they have trained voices and sound a little different, so the physicality works better.

could amy acker be an infp?

No.  P and J physicality is pretty different and she doesn’t move like a P type.  INFJs are a lot more like INTJs on that front.

It’s funny – she’s acted in a lot of moderately high-profile things, but never once does a solo interview.  She’s been to a couple of cons, and did one solo con panel, but that’s about it.  I kind of thought that publicity was part of an actor’s contract, so I don’t know how she got out of press tours, but it is way more of a INFJ thing to avoid media situations to that extent.  Because of Ne, INFPs are at least curious as to how it will go if you give us the idea that it’s something that we need to do.

how to make sure if u really are an infj? I want to know if that’s really my type since ive seen posts that have said infj get mistyped a lot

I would watch a bunch of video of the INFJs in my tag.  If you feel like you act similarly to them – great!  You are probably an INFJ.  If you don’t, try watching a bunch of video from other tags.  Hopefully you’ll find that you have a lot in common (behaviour-wise, so not necessarily all the things you like, but the way you talk about them and the way you move) with people from one tag.

Good luck!

hey there. i tried to find simmilarities between people who have the same type, what i’ve noticed: many INTPs seem to have one eye a little bit more squinted than another – just like me, also an INTP. may this be a thing or is it just a coincidence?

I am coming at this from the POV of looking at photos, not of watching
video, because I do not have the energy to watch a bunch of footage over
to look for this, but with that in mind, here’s a couple of things to think about:

1. Sometimes when head-tilting, one of your eyes will narrow a little, which is not a muscle tension thing, but maybe like a human steady cam thing.

2. Photos are really deceptive.  People are asymmetrical.  Lighting is weird.

3. Muscle tension does seem to be type specific – not that everyone of a type uses the exact same muscles in the exact same way as a reaction to the exact same things, but there are a lot of trends, so a one-eye-squint is not a super unreasonable thing to type someone by.

4. Find a picture of an INTP squinting from one eye and try to copy them – do you have a feeling you associate with that gesture?  I do.  It’s what I look like when I disagree with you and I’m arguing with you internally.  I can replicate it pretty easily by telling myself “Someone’s wrong on the internet…”  (Note that it’s really hard to smile while doing this, especially with teeth.)

If this is the way INTPs often look when having their photo taken, I would mostly take from that that INTPs don’t enjoy promo photos, or don’t enjoy being studied by photographers.  It isn’t a thing that is limited to INTPs (so I wouldn’t use it as a tool to separate INTP from not INTP on its own), but it is a common response for INTPs having their picture taken (healthy skepticism is a pretty common response for INTPs, generally) and it could be a point in favour of an INTP-typing in conjunction with a bunch of other things.