Admittedly, I am somewhat prejudiced toward some types. However, I am comfortable with the idea of being an NF.
As a young kid, while I could still see, I would spend days on end doing nothing but playing video games. I wouldn't even stop to eat. I still rarely stop working to eat. I have always preferred things over people. I understand people, but they rarely understand me. I have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and understanding. I am very strict and unreasonable with many people, holding them to a very high standard. I am compassionate, and feel the need to help people when I can. Still, I would rather invest my time and energy toward things that would help larger groups of people as apposed to individuals. I could even see myself saving things from a fire over people. Now, I know that I wouldn't make that choice in a real situation. More realistically, I would probably come up with a way to do both.
Externally, I am orderly, precise, and calculated. I watch pretty much everything I say very closely. My wife says that I can talk liberally and fix things later, but I know that that is not true. At least in the sense that I wouldn't have the energy to get myself out of the trouble my cold-hearted words would cause. I tend to think critically; I choose to say a more diplomatic version. I want to be early to appointments, and always plan on being late to leave. At minimum, I want to have an idea of what will happen in the future. I have a strong need to be in control of things that directly affect me. However, internally, my world is quite chaotic. My thoughts are rarely organized. It takes a great amount of effort to make them presentable to others. I know intuitively what or how I think, but I need things to be malleable inside to accommodate new ideas, impressions, etc. I am very calm and relaxed but can be quite intense. I go with the flow easily, but I prefer to have a firm grasp on structure.
I hope this helps you because it doesn't me.
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Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart. -- Confucius
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