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So as promised, this week I'm going to go over a personal theory of my own. Basically, the theory is that while everyone in the world does have an identifiable personality, this personality is their first or primary personality. But there do come times when a person cannot rely on their primary personality, such as in cases of survival, and it becomes necessary for them to adapt and to adopt a secondary or even lower personality.
What's my proof? Well, until I came across 16Personalities and their absolutely superb personality quiz, I was already slightly acquainted with MBTI, but not well. I had taken a few quizzes elsewhere, such as Facebook, and one time I got ISTJ. Another time, I was taking a different a MBTI test online and again, I was typed as ISTJ. How could this be? Well, besides the fact that those tests were no where near as thorough or as sophisticated as the test on 16Personalities, there are a couple of other possibilities: 1. I wasn't being completely honest or I answered a question wrongly, 2. 16Personalities is wrong, 3. At those times, I was an ISTJ and I developed into an INTJ, or 4. I have a secondary personality and for whatever reason, those tests drew it out better. But, how is it possible that we may have more than one personality?
Well, to some extent, I believe our personalities are changeable. Like I said earlier, I don't think I've always been an INTJ. I'm pretty sure I was an ISTJ as a kid, but it's rather difficult to know for sure as at one time I was quite boisterous and obnoxious. But, I took pride in following the system and being told I was a good or smart boy. I never questioned or bucked the system, and I shunned those who did. I was also quite emotional. At one point, I am embarrassed to say, I was what you would call a "cry baby," and I wasn't an infant at the time. What happened? Well, more of my parents and siblings imprinted on me, I tried not to be annoying when people told me I was being so, I reined in my emotions, and whilst playing video games, I found the silent, mysterious, and stoic characters the coolest--so I became them. At some point during my high school years, I was an ISTJ like Spock, but it was only a matter of time before I became an INTJ as I found myself working the hell out of my imagination and asking questions about everything. Though I will admit that I didn't do it on my own. But anyway, the point is that I believe I was once an ISTJ, and like I said, when put into an unfamiliar situation, I turn to my ISTJ side for survival.
Some of you may think this nutty and you may think that what I'm actually doing in survival situations is turning to my lesser used functions such as introverted feeling and extraverted sensing. Well, there may be some proof for either side of the argument. MBTI commentator Heidi Priebe, who writes all the MBTI articles for Thought Catalog, wrote an interesting one on mistyping the personalities (read it here). Two of the types she says INTJs can be mistyped as are INFJs, because of our strong desire for self-improvement hence we don't leave anything as underdeveloped such as our introverted feeling, and ENTJs because of our strong desire to maintain order in the external world. She does also mention INTJs being mistyped as ISTJs, but she doesn't say why. I think it has something to do with our nature to learn things in a straightforward and simple manner, and catalogue our experiences so we can use that information for later. But getting back to the point, while we all may be turning to our lesser developed functions to help us deal with unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations, I think we can also say that our personalities change in those moments.
Now, I may be completely off base. I'm not an MBTI expert, and I barely pass for an INTJ expert. I may buy into the mystique harder than others, but I'm not sure I could explain what an INTJ is to a person who doesn't already know which is strange because at some point someone explained it to me. But anyway, in the case I am off base, I'm not particularly concerned about it--I just wanted to help expand MBTI theory. And because I'm running out of INTJ ideas to write about. I've got two more before I need to start grabbing at straws. Anyway...
That'll be it for now. I know this was a short one, but I did expect it to take longer. And I apologize for it being released late. I've had a trying couple of days again. So, for next week, I think I will be covering celebrities/famous people that are considered INTJs that I can't consider as INTJs. Don't miss it. And also please consider buying my books.
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