Hey so I've found MBTI to be pretty entertaining for quite some time and I go on and off as far as how interested I am in it. My INTP friend and I often enjoy discussing it and using it to analyze our social-circles in different ways. I wonder though, does anyone ever get frustrated constantly trying to use these limited parameters to measure people? It seems to me that it's an ongoing battle trying to keep my growing understanding of MBTI consistent with what I know of the people that I apply it to. For instance, I took the test about two years ago and got ENFP. Since then I determined that I am most certainly an I. Just recently I further discovered that I am probably also a J. I find it very entertaining trying to type the people I know and see if the system works out, but in some cases I wonder if some data which I am totally unaware of will constantly shift my views/typings of people. This makes me also wonder whether the types are satisfactory in describing an individual in the first place.
My method of trying to conquer this uncertainty has been to try and type lots of different people and talk to them about what they think they are, as well as read a variety of sources in confirming each type. Obviously, I could never actually get enough data to accurately assess the scopes and limitations myers-briggs, still I find the quest interesting. Does anyone else make an efforts to do this? What have you found?
Side note: As INFJs, does anyone find that they are able to separate themselves from their defining characteristics such as gender/class/race quite easily?
My method of trying to conquer this uncertainty has been to try and type lots of different people and talk to them about what they think they are, as well as read a variety of sources in confirming each type. Obviously, I could never actually get enough data to accurately assess the scopes and limitations myers-briggs, still I find the quest interesting. Does anyone else make an efforts to do this? What have you found?
Side note: As INFJs, does anyone find that they are able to separate themselves from their defining characteristics such as gender/class/race quite easily?