Doubting one's MBTI Type

I think of it this way:

If the typology is actually going to be useful to you, it's going to describe a big part of who you are. I can actually read an ISFJ description and identify with many parts of it. But what it misses is my biggest concerns and focuses, and it has some pretty large conflicts with my core personality.

So, if you want to be 'sure' of your type, the first thing you must ask is whether any function describes you specifically (in comparison to the other functions). For me, I actually have some reservations between deciding Fi and Ti, depending on how it is described, but I clearly do not identify with Ni, Si, Te, Fe, or Se. That rules out a whole lot of types! Also, as Ne implies extroversion and I clearly don't identify with that, that rules that one out as well.

After that, I just pick one that I think others would agree with, and quietly contemplate over the other (INFP) by myself. Hope that helps!

 

@KazeCraven: The fact that you even look at it that way means you're an INTP. INTP's can't decide stuff until they've ruled out all other possibilities; this is why many INTP's discuss questioning their type on the INTP forum a lot. Ne always presents that other plausible option for their Ti to consider.


@natashka: You determine your type by figuring out which cognitive processes you use. A lot of us like to think we use all sorts of them, when it is really certain processes behaving in such a way to act as other processes.

If you strongly use Fe and Ni, then you're not an INFP. INFP's use Fi and Ne, which are positively different functions. Fe can't morph into Fi, it's just a different way of thinking entirely.

If you're testing both INTP and INTJ, then you test just like I do. An INFJ with developed Ti can easily test as an NT type.

 

I initially scored INTP in the first few tests I started taking last year, lately I've repeatedly ended up with INTJ. Hell if I know.

 

Heh, INTPs are also supposed to devalue feelings, be very concerned about their own competence, and be stubborn when pushed into something. I guess my point here is that this sounds like something that most INTPs would do, but is not a distinguishing feature. Are you saying that INFPs do not also rule out possibilities?

When I just want to get an idea of where I stand, I seek to identify with it. When I want to be 'sure', that's when I start X-ing out possibilities.