Just My Type
Via Lauren, here my score on the “Quick & Dirty Personality Test.” No major surprises.
| INFP - the Healer Your Type is 0% Extroverted, 12% Observant, 6% Logical and 12% Structured |
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You are more introverted than extroverted. You are more intuitive than observant, you are more feeling based than thinking based, and you prefer to go with the flow rather than having a plan. Your type can best be summarized by the word “Healer”, which belongs to the larger group of idealists. You have a capacity for caring that is deeper than most. You strive for unity, are fascinated by the battles between good and evil, and can be something of an idealist. Only 1% of the population shares your type.
As a romantic partner, you are usually supprtive and nuturing, however, you have a high need for individuality. Harmony is extremely important to you as you are very affected by conflict and tension, which also makes you resist confronting your partner directly about problems. When you get angry, you usually blame yourself, rather than your partner. You can also be stubborn and unyielding when you feel you are being criticized or mistreated. You feel the most appreciated when your partner listens to you carefully. You need to be understood. You need to hear your partner express their feelings, the more often, the better. Your group summary: idealists (NF) Your type summary: INFP |
My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The Quick and Dirty Personality Test written by unpretentious2 on OkCupid Online Dating |
I’ve pretty much always tested as INFP. I’ve learned, though, to be more extroverted when circumstances require it, but it takes a lot of energy for me and it’s not my natural “default setting.” I guess when your “type” is estimated between 1% and 5% of the population (ugh, I’m in the minority again), you adjust as best you can. It’s not without effort, though, and it’s likely that you’ll return back to the “default setting” most of the time. It would be interesting to know what percentage of people are extroverts, as well as the percentages of other personality types. I’m willing to bet that in general the more extroverted types are in the majority, by far.
What I’m learning, though, is that to some degree my success in some realms seems to depend on pretending to be someone other than who I really am. In some arenas, when I revert back to being myself, I inadvertently end up in trouble. I know that in some settings I’m constantly told that I need to be more assertive or “proactive” (which, I’m convinced, is a word that inspires in many introverts an intense desire to retreat to the nearest hiding place). It’s a constant struggle, and the minute I stop paying attention to it, or cease having that struggle with myself, I’m likely to withdraw from the fray, and back into my quiet, happy little corner until drawn out again.
Having written that, I’m reminded of Jonathan Rauch’s observation in his essay “Caring for your Introvert,” that many actors are introverts, and that many introverts feel like actors when interacting with the world at large. The difference is that in the latter situation, no one is ever likely to yell “cut” and end the acting. Much of life amounts to an extended performance that inevitably leaves you overextended if you happen to be an introvert.
April 4th, 2005 at 6:12 pm
Hi, T. I usually only lurk here but return often as I appreciate your point of view. I’m also an INFP and like the acting analogy, as I’ve felt like an actor for as far back as I can recall. I remind myself that just because I feel as if I’m acting doesn’t mean that I am posing or being insincere or that anyone else sees my behavior as insincere.
April 4th, 2005 at 6:21 pm
I just realized that that comment sounds like I’m dissing actors. I’m not. I just happen to think I’m a singularly bad actor. Tried it many moons ago in college. Bleck.
April 5th, 2005 at 1:53 pm
Another INFP here, although I’m not as thoroughly I, I don’t think. One time when I took the test, the results came back with a bar that showed just where I measured on the 4 continuums, and iirc, I was only about 1/3 of the way off from the middle line separating the Is from the Es. That said, I do feel like I’m acting a certain percentage of the time, too. I’ve found a career where most of us are introverts, though-radio. It’s nice, we all enjoy the fact that our job requires us to sit alone for hours in a sound-proof room. And when we’re not in the booth, we sit in our offices, leaving each other alone for the most part. Lovely stuff.
April 5th, 2005 at 1:54 pm
Oh, and, what a wonderful thing to be considered a “Healer,” don’t you think? We may be rare, but we’re rare the way the Hope Diamond is rare. At least, that’s what I like to think.
April 6th, 2005 at 8:28 pm
INFJ here. INFPs and INFJs are the most under-represented of the types in the general population, even further among men.