On learning your MBTI type, did you begin to emulate its characteristics?

**Lolwut** · 08-09-2012, 10:03 PM

When I found out I was an INTP, I began to act more like an INTP would.

Did this happen to you?

**wolfyx** · 08-09-2012, 10:09 PM

I always had the INTP characteristic. Finding out that I was an INTP only helped me understand WHY I had those characteristics.

**Bevan** · 08-09-2012, 10:15 PM

When I was first evaluated I didn't think about the results too much in relation to my personality. I remember being more interested in what fields of work would suit me. When I started looking at the personality aspect last year it explained personality traits and behaviour. I wasn't even aware of some of the traits I learned about.

**Lolwut** · 08-09-2012, 10:19 PM

	Originally Posted by wolfyx To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I always had the INTP characteristic. Finding out that I was an INTP only helped me understand WHY I had those characteristics.

I've always had INTP characteristics, but I never showed them. I think it's because of the pressure my parents put on me to 'be normal'.
When I found out about MBTI it made me realise it's ok to be an INTP, and thus I became more of an INTP.

**wolfyx** · 08-09-2012, 10:26 PM

	Originally Posted by Lolwut To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	I've always had INTP characteristics, but I never showed them. I think it's because of the pressure my parents put on me to 'be normal'. When I found out about MBTI it made me realise it's ok to be an INTP, and thus I became more of an INTP.

And what would be the “Normal” standard? ESFJ/ESTJ?

**Apex** · 08-09-2012, 10:28 PM

I did, I originally thought I was an INTP, and began to fit the mold a little more, although I already Displayed some characteristics of it, but in all actuality I am an INTJ, so I was acting like an INTP because that's what I thought I was.

**Lolwut** · 08-09-2012, 10:30 PM

	Originally Posted by wolfyx To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	And what would be the “Normal” standard? ESFJ/ESTJ?

I don't know.

**Steven Bukal** · 08-09-2012, 10:52 PM

Not really, though I have started to think more in terms of functional strengths.

You can't accurately type yourself without knowing a lot about yourself, and if you know a lot about yourself, learning your type shouldn't give you any significant information you don't already have.

**Ender** · 08-09-2012, 10:57 PM

To a degree, yes, though some of it was age and becoming comfortable with who I preferred being. That meant becoming more openly INTJ-like, but not in a social outcast, hate-the-world way - just a "I'm an introvert and I'm not going to apologize about it" way.

The depiction of the cognitive functions also gave me great insight into what some of my actions were driven, or caused, by.

**joliet** · 08-09-2012, 11:00 PM

Oh god, that would be an awful way to grow and learn as a person.

**Bevan** · 08-09-2012, 11:28 PM

	Originally Posted by Ender To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	To a degree, yes, though some of it was age and becoming comfortable with who I preferred being. That meant becoming more openly INTJ-like, but not in a social outcast, hate-the-world way - just a "I'm an introvert and I'm not going to apologize about it" way. The depiction of the cognitive functions also gave me great insight into what some of my actions were driven, or caused, by.

Learning about my underlying personality characteristics became a good way to understand myself and my behaviour better--and to consciously know when my behaviour was odd or abrasive.

	Originally Posted by joliet To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	Oh god, that would be an awful way to grow and learn as a person.

Yeah. From the inception of the MBTI it has been recognised that INTJ is the most problematic of the 16 types. As unfair as it seems, learning to adjust to the others in their world is the most useful aspect of knowing you are INTJ. You don't have to become someone you are not or be ashamed of yourself, but it helps to learn how to deal with other people in an effective way.

**Tactical Panda** · 08-10-2012, 12:47 AM

Hmm. When I first learned on INTJ back in my youth, I didn't really read up on it that much.

I don't think all the characteristics the internet forum people give to INTJ is legit. Some of it, maybe. All of it, very much not.

**SeverusSin** · 08-10-2012, 12:54 AM

As soon as I found out I was INTJ I stopped overthinking and casting negative judgements on my own behaviour in relation to what was seen as "normal". I've actually come to accept my own behaviours around people and I'm now more impulsive and direct regardless of the response, whereas before I was so much up in my head working out why I didn't gel with people socially etc.

**Async** · 08-10-2012, 04:32 AM

Assuming that I am INTJ:

True to the INTJ's independence thinking, at first I rejected the thoughts of knowing my type changed my behaviour, i.e making me more conform to the set of normally accepted INTJ's behaviour.

However, as I am thinking this through, perhaps my behaviour has changed somewhat. The reason I say this because there is no clear way to measure the deviation of behaviour based on a factor. So how can I categorically say that I haven't changed when I don't have the empirical evidence one way or the other? Although, I may be able to bring forth anecdotal evidence to support the hypothesis but is this enough for conclusion?

Egad, what kind of INTJ's thinking is this?
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**MrFlaneur** · 08-10-2012, 04:45 AM

No - I learned that it was ok to (quietly) be me. It put a lot of life's events in perspective. I didn't accentuate any traits as they were already in me and mature traits at that - I didn't have to exaggerate them.

When I thought I was INTP I had to "reach" for the traits, but that was proof enough that I wasn't true INTP; I wish I had taken the hint earlier. I blame my old ENTP friend, I tried to match him in a sense.

**dontmesswithme** · 08-10-2012, 05:33 AM

No, but as I began to learn more about MBTI I also began to recognise those traits about myself (even going back to childhood) that are obviously textbook INFJ traits. I realised that some of my personality was explained in a way that I could understand by paying attention to cognitive functions and examples of their use in my behavior.

**Bevan** · 08-13-2012, 12:59 AM

My brain usage profile puts a spin on my efforts to communicate. On the INTJ side of the picture I just try to be as harmless as possible.

**Yuri** · 08-13-2012, 01:16 AM

Nope. I have a very inconsistent self-image.
Some days I love being around people and some days I'm a recluse.
However, after 8 times of re-testing over the course of 5 years,
I'm always INTJ. The MBTI helped me understand myself more but never confined me
to act as an INTJ.

**scorpiomover** · 08-13-2012, 01:18 AM

	Originally Posted by Lolwut To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	When I found out I was an INTP, I began to act more like an INTP would. Did this happen to you?

I had the traits of an INTP, ever since I was a kid, with the exception that I kept my stuff tidy. However, since learning about MBTI and INTP-ness all over again, I'm trying to balance myself out. Becoming more J-ish and more F-ish.

**Scriabin221** · 08-13-2012, 02:33 AM

I started playing chess.

**hopeandpray** · 08-13-2012, 06:34 AM

I already was almost a caricature of an INTP was really all it did was explain to others why it was the way I was.

08-09-2012, 10:03 PM	#1
Lolwut Member [08%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 320	When I found out I was an INTP, I began to act more like an INTP would. Did this happen to you?
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08-09-2012, 10:09 PM	#2
wolfyx Member [27%] MBTI: XNTX Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 1,085	I always had the INTP characteristic. Finding out that I was an INTP only helped me understand WHY I had those characteristics.
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08-09-2012, 10:15 PM	#3
Bevan Veteran Member [81%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,274	When I was first evaluated I didn't think about the results too much in relation to my personality. I remember being more interested in what fields of work would suit me. When I started looking at the personality aspect last year it explained personality traits and behaviour. I wasn't even aware of some of the traits I learned about.
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08-09-2012, 10:28 PM	#6
Apex Member [15%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 633	I did, I originally thought I was an INTP, and began to fit the mold a little more, although I already Displayed some characteristics of it, but in all actuality I am an INTJ, so I was acting like an INTP because that's what I thought I was.
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08-09-2012, 10:52 PM	#8
Steven Bukal Member [06%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 259	Not really, though I have started to think more in terms of functional strengths. You can't accurately type yourself without knowing a lot about yourself, and if you know a lot about yourself, learning your type shouldn't give you any significant information you don't already have.
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08-09-2012, 10:57 PM	#9
Ender Veteran Member [71%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,858	To a degree, yes, though some of it was age and becoming comfortable with who I preferred being. That meant becoming more openly INTJ-like, but not in a social outcast, hate-the-world way - just a "I'm an introvert and I'm not going to apologize about it" way. The depiction of the cognitive functions also gave me great insight into what some of my actions were driven, or caused, by.
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08-09-2012, 11:00 PM	#10
joliet Member [15%] MBTI: xxxx Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 609	Oh god, that would be an awful way to grow and learn as a person.
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08-10-2012, 12:47 AM	#12
Tactical Panda Core Member [133%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5,328	Hmm. When I first learned on INTJ back in my youth, I didn't really read up on it that much. I don't think all the characteristics the internet forum people give to INTJ is legit. Some of it, maybe. All of it, very much not.
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08-10-2012, 12:54 AM	#13
SeverusSin Member [21%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 878	As soon as I found out I was INTJ I stopped overthinking and casting negative judgements on my own behaviour in relation to what was seen as "normal". I've actually come to accept my own behaviours around people and I'm now more impulsive and direct regardless of the response, whereas before I was so much up in my head working out why I didn't gel with people socially etc.
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08-10-2012, 04:32 AM	#14
Async Member [28%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,157	Assuming that I am INTJ: True to the INTJ's independence thinking, at first I rejected the thoughts of knowing my type changed my behaviour, i.e making me more conform to the set of normally accepted INTJ's behaviour. However, as I am thinking this through, perhaps my behaviour has changed somewhat. The reason I say this because there is no clear way to measure the deviation of behaviour based on a factor. So how can I categorically say that I haven't changed when I don't have the empirical evidence one way or the other? Although, I may be able to bring forth anecdotal evidence to support the hypothesis but is this enough for conclusion? Egad, what kind of INTJ's thinking is this? To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
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08-10-2012, 04:45 AM	#15
MrFlaneur Veteran Member [54%] MBTI: INTj Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,198	No - I learned that it was ok to (quietly) be me. It put a lot of life's events in perspective. I didn't accentuate any traits as they were already in me and mature traits at that - I didn't have to exaggerate them. When I thought I was INTP I had to "reach" for the traits, but that was proof enough that I wasn't true INTP; I wish I had taken the hint earlier. I blame my old ENTP friend, I tried to match him in a sense.
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08-10-2012, 05:33 AM	#16
dontmesswithme Core Member [129%] MBTI: INFJ Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,163	No, but as I began to learn more about MBTI I also began to recognise those traits about myself (even going back to childhood) that are obviously textbook INFJ traits. I realised that some of my personality was explained in a way that I could understand by paying attention to cognitive functions and examples of their use in my behavior.
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08-13-2012, 12:59 AM	#17
Bevan Veteran Member [81%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 3,274	My brain usage profile puts a spin on my efforts to communicate. On the INTJ side of the picture I just try to be as harmless as possible.
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08-13-2012, 01:16 AM	#18
Yuri Member [17%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 684	Nope. I have a very inconsistent self-image. Some days I love being around people and some days I'm a recluse. However, after 8 times of re-testing over the course of 5 years, I'm always INTJ. The MBTI helped me understand myself more but never confined me to act as an INTJ.
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08-13-2012, 02:33 AM	#20
Scriabin221 Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 97	I started playing chess.
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08-13-2012, 06:34 AM	#21
hopeandpray New Member [01%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 17	I already was almost a caricature of an INTP was really all it did was explain to others why it was the way I was.
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