[Anja]

I was disconcerted, pessimistic and crabby quite a bit when I was younger. It was a miserable way to live.

I think a lot of it was that my values system didn't fit well with the world around me and as a 2 I wanted very badly to force change in my world for "the better."

After I figured out that the only thing I have much influence over is myself, I made some changes in my world view and seem to have become a 2w9. That's a relief!

I don't know. Was I born with the nine potential and developed it?

Edit: I was also raised strictly as an ISTJ and I think my mother's inability to understand where I was coming from and my willingness to conform to her ideas caused me a lot of emotional disturbance until I learned to know mysef and what I needed to feel content.