I've tested consistently as an INTP for the last 5 years, before that as an INTJ. My way of thinking changed during that period, so the change in result is not inconsistent with what I've observed about myself. Also I've used different tests, such as the cognitive function ranking test; and the the generic answering questions test from multiple locations.
On the Enneagram I am a 5w6.
Due to the results, I have hung-out on the INTP forum for the last year or so. Then last week someone accused me of being an INFJ, because I see the world using Ni/Se, not Ne/Si like most INTP's. I replied this was because I was formerly an INTJ, and while now I am an INTP, I'm not exactly a true blue INTP having come from an INTJ background. I can see things from an Ne/Si point of view (or so I believe), but that way of thinking is very limiting. You're stuck using pattern recognition because Si only knows what has happened previously, where Ni is future oriented, and Se allows the world to fit into that future orientation provided the worldview is mostly correct.
He replied that everyone has one personality type and this type never changes. We can flex different aspects of that personality at different points in our life, but it remains the same.
I would agree with him and say that I am an INFJ, except that I do not use F to make decisions. Often, I know what my feelings desire, but I override them with logic because it's more reliable than feelings which change on an hourly basis.
He replied that I am an intuitive rational despite being an INFJ.
I fit well with either personality type. I have the qualities of the INFJ and the qualities of an INTP both at the same time.
Whenever I've taken the test, I am never strongly J nor strongly P. Some people describe themselves as an INTX, and I think that might fit me. Maybe I should stop listening to this know-it-all, but he's getting under my skin.
On the Enneagram I am a 5w6.
Due to the results, I have hung-out on the INTP forum for the last year or so. Then last week someone accused me of being an INFJ, because I see the world using Ni/Se, not Ne/Si like most INTP's. I replied this was because I was formerly an INTJ, and while now I am an INTP, I'm not exactly a true blue INTP having come from an INTJ background. I can see things from an Ne/Si point of view (or so I believe), but that way of thinking is very limiting. You're stuck using pattern recognition because Si only knows what has happened previously, where Ni is future oriented, and Se allows the world to fit into that future orientation provided the worldview is mostly correct.
He replied that everyone has one personality type and this type never changes. We can flex different aspects of that personality at different points in our life, but it remains the same.
I would agree with him and say that I am an INFJ, except that I do not use F to make decisions. Often, I know what my feelings desire, but I override them with logic because it's more reliable than feelings which change on an hourly basis.
He replied that I am an intuitive rational despite being an INFJ.
I fit well with either personality type. I have the qualities of the INFJ and the qualities of an INTP both at the same time.
Whenever I've taken the test, I am never strongly J nor strongly P. Some people describe themselves as an INTX, and I think that might fit me. Maybe I should stop listening to this know-it-all, but he's getting under my skin.