Do you feel you register with one personality type or another?

I feel I emphasize feelings too much to be considered an INTP, but I'm too cold & socially inept to be an INFJ?

I feel a little too conclusive to be an INTP, yet too inconclusive to be an INFJ?

I'd say I sit somewhere between, I enjoy many aspects of either type.

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iMystery · M

What is it with people and placing themselves and everyone else in "boxes". I took those tests and I always come out being in between, not favoring one side and that is PERFECT for me because I am who I am and that's what makes me Hard to Read, Unpredictable and Full of Surprises.

GwydionFrost · 56-60, M

@iMystery: I knew you were going to say that. :P

iMystery · M

@GwydionFrost: 😆.. someone knows me a little to well I see lol

Winterwanderer · 26-30, M

Woah man, I can't tell if your indignation is directed towards me, but that would be a bad accusation.

My post questions the validity of these personality tests, seeking justifications for weaknesses in the psychology.

I think it's fairly easy to find reasons why people choose to categorize things, it's easy, it's attractive, & it's often uncomfortable not to - to have something be unknown or unknowable - it's a fear of mankind's.

iMystery · M

@Winterwanderer: Nothing is directed at you. But you just highlighted exactly what I have an issue with..

"it's often [b]uncomfortable[/b] not to" and also "to have something be [b]unknown or unknowable - it's a fear of mankind'[/b]s"...

That is PRECISELY how I prefer to be.. I do not want anyone being able to place me into any category, because that opens the door to manipulation. I guess that's why most call me a "Mystery"

Winterwanderer · 26-30, M

Yeah, but many people are predictable, many people are more easily categorized, though I think that does not necessarily reveal human nature.

I wouldn't mind being understood, I certainly enjoy the effort, but that's because I'm so complex & it shows real effort to discover the nature of my being. I crave to be understood, to have empathy & sympathy (& to exhibit it), but I don't think the test will suffice, it's too general & impersonal.

Men are often prisoners to their fear, directed too & fro, or in your words, manipulated.