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Originally Posted by sarah
I don’t just sit by Walden Pond and sniff the pretty daisies (a la David Keirsey’s portrait of ISFPs in Please Understand Me)
I’m articulate
I did well in school.
I never did drugs, and although I like alcohol, never drink to get drunk.
I don’t live an extreme lifestyle.
I was never athletic, although I like to keep active through walking, dance and yoga.
I actually like thinking about abstract stuff (gasp) some of the time – like, even personality type.
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All right then... you're articulate, you don't drink too much, you're smart enough not to live an extreme lifestyle, and you can stomach abstract thought. Wait, why do you think you're an SP again?
Kidding aside, welcome. I know very well that the types contradict themselves inherently. NFs use logic to a degree, NTs care about people to a degree, SJs can tolerate change to a degree, and SPs can be responsible to a degree. The problem is deciding at what point one veers into the other's territory. It isn't clearly marked, and depending on how a person looks at their type, they could look like any type. The system is filled with enough room for exceptions and contradictions that you can pretty much call yourself any type you wish. So if you believe you're an ISFP, I believe it too.
I'm still here mainly because of the friends I've made, and the fact that I can't seem to stop thinking about MBTI despite not seeing it as valid after all my research into it.
I've just accepted that it's really just a conceptual toy, and I'm trying to learn to treat it and enjoy it as such rather than taking it too seriously.
Anyway... how did you come to be interested in Internet message boards in general (not just ones about type)?