Can you be between two personality types?

No, you will have a type you just haven't found it yet. The test results can only give you an intitial guide and are not very reliable. The two types are actually quite different.

Do you feel more comfortable with :

or

 

Like Stone said, nope, you'll be one or the other.

I find looking at the negative traits and cognitive processes of the two types can be most telling. When we look at the positives traits it can be hard to differentiate who you naturally are from who you aspire to be.

Cognitive processes show the two types are very different (INFJ = Ni – Fe – Ti – Se, INTP = Fi – Ne – Si – Te) have you looked into that before?


Disclaimer: I'm not sure on my type so who the hell am I to talk about finding clarity :mD:

 

It's not possible to be more the one type because of this reasoning:
If you are inbetween two types then you are neither because by definition you are you have no preference for either type. Thus, while it is wholly possible to be no type (because you are completely between) it is not possible to be more than one type, because once you are not inbetween then you are better described as one type than another.

Of course, a more interesting idea is what Jung and his proteges would say about the case of 'no-type.' I believe they are likely adament against it, but they don't have good reason.

 

I believe everyone has a type, it's just that external forces often make us repress the things that come natural to us and the things we are most comfortable with. Like in a perfect world without judgement or punishment, how would you be? I was brought up to be quite TJ but if I were to throw off those shackles and move to paradise I would be FP.

It's hard to explain but when trying to type yourself try and remember to think about it in terms of what preferences and cognitive processes come most naturally and you're most comfortable using (in a judgement free world). It also has nothing to do with what you're good at, just what comes naturally.

Lurker, could you split your post and make a seperate thread for trying to type you in? Don't wanna hijack Just Eccentric's thread too much...

 

Yes, that's a pretty common belief of those who believe in Jung and his derivatives. However, the post was not aimed a people's personal opinions, but on how Jung and his 'proteges' would view it. In you have some direct referential information to offer in those regards, then by all means; otherwise...

 

I agree that you can't be any two types at the same time; but I also think it's possible to swing between two, with a major overall preference to one.
I also don't believe that anyone is an exact picture of their type; not every piece of the description has to describe anyone's life to the very last detail.

Lurker: I don't know if either of the negative traits in those describe me well >.>
Although, I guess if I look a bit closer, I do relate to some things in the first...I don't hold grudges though, and it seems like I'm oversensitive to how people see me...

 

This site could help: http://www.infjorinfp.com

 

Yeah, I wasn't too sure how good the lists would be as I snipped them from a site that I don't like the descriptions on. Must confess I did that cause I couldn't be bothered searching too hard to find a decent list :sorry: but I'm a slackass There may be other ones out there that fit better.

 

Oh oh oh, and these are good descriptions:

http://www.bestfittype.com/infj.html
http://www.bestfittype.com/infp.html
http://www.bestfittype.com/isfp.html <--- dark horse...
http://www.bestfittype.com/isfj.html <--- remote possibility


Which one's content, tone and style is closest to yours? (Lurker, have you seen the bestfittype descriptions as well? Might help you decide between your NTs ).

 

Yup with ya on that-a one, the best site for descriptions imo :thumb:

 

Wow, that site does have really good descriptions! Really indepth, too. I'll have to bookmark that one

 

Yup, those words were taken directly from particular types rather than made up! It really helps to show the differences between the types... and helps also to disambiguate some of the types that keep getting mistaken for each other (eg. lots of ISTPs test as INTJ for some reason...). There's a nice link at the centre-left that discusses some of the common type-mismatches.

And honestly, they need to expand that section and include INFP/ISFP/INFJ, as well as INFJ/INTJ/INTP and INFP/INTJ/INTP.... hehehe. IxFxs are trouble-makers!

 

Excuse me for offering an opinion! :brick:

 

xD :kiss:

 

OMG we have an emoticon that kisses someone on the cheek and I didn't know about it :faint2:

Brilliant!

 

Are you referring to the link sciski posted for ISFJ or INFP?

Anyway this is where negative traits are listed just change the type in the address to see the alternatives, like already mentioned the descriptions aren't great but they list the negatives by type so it may help.

In very crude terms types with T are less visually emotional and can be uncomfortable sharing their feelings, types with I are less into interpersonal contact. Saying "My friends think I'm dead inside" says to me you should check out the other 4 introverted types (INTJ, INTP, ISTJ and ISTP) on the webpage sciski linked in.

Have you ever taken a cognitive processes test before?