Hi there,
my first topic here, bar the introduction.
So i have been studying this psychology and MBTI related stuff for past few weeks in my free time, and i have to say, it is truly interesting. Especially, i am interested in connections between the MBTI types and various psychological disorders, as it may kind of relate to me as well. I looked around the internet, googled a bit and from i could gather, there seems to be no definitive conclusion on this matter and more importantly, i havent find any info regarding certain specific questions i have.
First of all, is there actually some objective way to "measure" the MBTI personality?
How do you know, whether the result of the test does not reflect how you perceive yourself instead of reflecting who you truly are? Not to mention, while for some questions there are pretty straightforward answers, the others are pretty ambivalent and totally dependent on the context, the answers could go both ways given the situation.
Another thing, the proper way of looking at the result... apparently, you gotta take the whole personality type and look at its specifics (which i find still pretty vaguely defined and way too overarching), not break it into those several letters and look at them separately - why do i feel then, the tests i took were constructed in way, where one question was clearly about introversion/extroversion, another obviously concentrated on feeling/thinking, etc... i took only the free online MBTI tests, most notably the one on Humanmetrics and then free Jungian test on SimilarMinds page, these seems to be the most used/acknowledged, scored on both as INFJ. But on one or two other tests i scored ISFJ or INFP respectively, and this is the thing - if i look at those 4 letters one by one - i actually think INFJ fits me well (although the N/S thing is bit questionable, but i gave the test to my mother, who scored ISFJ /which i actually knew, she is going to/, and i am definitely not like her - so responsible, grounded to earth), but when i read about the descriptions of INFJ, ISFJ and INFP, i could be pretty much all of them and neither (if i need to relate yourself to all the specifics of the type).
Now, on the main topic. Few years ago, i have been diagnosed to have "psychasthenic personality traits". Apparently, per wiki, psychasthenia is akin to obsessive-compulsive disorder. I wonder, what level of influence could such diagnosis have on my possible preference of J over P? In other words, what do you think comes first? Could your personality (and the result of the MBTI) be influenced by the disorder, or is it actually other way around, you are likely to develop the disorder because of the personality type you have? Or do you believe there is absolutely no connection?
Thanks for reading/answers
TLDR: Sorry for TLDR kind of post
my first topic here, bar the introduction.
So i have been studying this psychology and MBTI related stuff for past few weeks in my free time, and i have to say, it is truly interesting. Especially, i am interested in connections between the MBTI types and various psychological disorders, as it may kind of relate to me as well. I looked around the internet, googled a bit and from i could gather, there seems to be no definitive conclusion on this matter and more importantly, i havent find any info regarding certain specific questions i have.
First of all, is there actually some objective way to "measure" the MBTI personality?
How do you know, whether the result of the test does not reflect how you perceive yourself instead of reflecting who you truly are? Not to mention, while for some questions there are pretty straightforward answers, the others are pretty ambivalent and totally dependent on the context, the answers could go both ways given the situation. Another thing, the proper way of looking at the result... apparently, you gotta take the whole personality type and look at its specifics (which i find still pretty vaguely defined and way too overarching), not break it into those several letters and look at them separately - why do i feel then, the tests i took were constructed in way, where one question was clearly about introversion/extroversion, another obviously concentrated on feeling/thinking, etc... i took only the free online MBTI tests, most notably the one on Humanmetrics and then free Jungian test on SimilarMinds page, these seems to be the most used/acknowledged, scored on both as INFJ. But on one or two other tests i scored ISFJ or INFP respectively, and this is the thing - if i look at those 4 letters one by one - i actually think INFJ fits me well (although the N/S thing is bit questionable, but i gave the test to my mother, who scored ISFJ /which i actually knew, she is going to
/, and i am definitely not like her - so responsible, grounded to earth), but when i read about the descriptions of INFJ, ISFJ and INFP, i could be pretty much all of them and neither (if i need to relate yourself to all the specifics of the type). Now, on the main topic. Few years ago, i have been diagnosed to have "psychasthenic personality traits". Apparently, per wiki, psychasthenia is akin to obsessive-compulsive disorder. I wonder, what level of influence could such diagnosis have on my possible preference of J over P? In other words, what do you think comes first? Could your personality (and the result of the MBTI) be influenced by the disorder, or is it actually other way around, you are likely to develop the disorder because of the personality type you have? Or do you believe there is absolutely no connection?
Thanks for reading/answers
TLDR: Sorry for TLDR kind of post
