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[MBTI General] are sensors messy? How do I know if I'm "s"?

BAJ

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Some folks in the video challenge thread called me ISTP. I am not shocked, but sort of secretly know I'm "N" or I tested "N". Otherwise, I've always considered myself "N" for 20 years. I think if people got to know me, then I'd be "N".

However, I wonder, are ISTPs extremely messy? I had imagined that they are not. I'm very messy, and sometimes not interested in the external world at all.

:shrug:

By the nature of my work, I'm steered to us "sensing". I mean I think everyone uses it. Nobody could operate a car if they did not.

Perhaps my sensing is full developed, and so is "N".

Also, I invite watching the video to see. (Before I delete it in a depressive episode.)

I guess I'm posting here instead of "what type" since I want to invited the help of sensors.
 
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In my painting classes I left covered in paint. In my pottery classes I left covered in clay. In my drawing classes I left covered in charcoal. In my metal sculpture classes I left covered in burns.

If this sounds like you, press 1.
 
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Orangey

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No, I'm not really messy at all.

Edit: I just watched one of your videos and can say with some confidence that you neither look nor seem ISTP. I think, at the very least, that you're an F of some sort.
 

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@ Orangey, IxFP yeah.

Well, my ISTP stepbrother is incredibly messy, but he's just one person. Not sure how much indicator that is.
 

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I'am among the messyest person I know.
 

BAJ

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In my painting classes I left covered in paint. In my potty classes I left covered in clay. In my drawing classes I left covered in charcoal. In my metal sculpture classes I left covered in burns.

If this sounds like you, press 1.

Oh, yes. I'd press one. I like to take pottery class :( None where I am.

Can't really paint without getting paint on me. That applies both to house painting and picture painting.

Of course, it seems that I'm getting mixed feedback on messiness.

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What ABOUT depression?

Now there is NOTHING wrong with being ISTP. It sounds positive. However, do words or events make you make you feel morose?
 

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LOL....why on earth would S mean not-messy? I wish it did, truly.

Both my ISFP boyfriend and myself are cluttery in different ways (him with dishes, me with a spreading mass of "things I'm using/was using"), although of course it depends on your definition of messy. We don't have clean tables, and often have junk on chairs and/or the bed, but it's not extreme or anything. Everything can be cleaned up in about 10 minutes (and sometimes is). If we haven't cleaned for a while it can build up to pretty bad levels, though. We do both dislike having messes around, although we're not very active about preventing/cleaning them.
 

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I always think of J and P when I think of the messiness spectrum.... (Doing work and things ahead of time or waiting until it needs to be done... And frankly, there is rarely a true need to clean.) I could be wrong, of course.
 

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If I work, it's like a bomb went off where I am. If not working, everything is really neat. It actually annoys even myself. I need someone very different from myself for a mate, if even because I'm a bit tiring to live with and have to be bossy all the time. That annoys me too! Sorry everyone! I do love you all!! :)
 
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Anew Leaf

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Yeah I think it may be a "p" thing. My house is generally clean because I prefer it looking nice and orderly..... However, if it's a busy week then my house slowly descends into chaos until I look around and scream. I live alone with a pet bunny.... How do these messes occur!?! My guess: elves.

I also think my natural state is just a pinch of chaos with artistic piles everywhere...
 

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Yeah... messiness is generally a J/P thing, as everyone has said... although it really depends on the person. I think the difference could be when J's are messy, they have a general place for things, while when P's are messy, it isn't as organized. Maybe not, idk.

I'm probably an SJ, but my room looks like a tornado just hit it. I also have an SJ older brother, and while he is definitely more orderly than me, he can definitely be quite messy.
 

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Yeah, even the J/P connection is questionable, really. I mean, there might be a trend, especially with SJ, but it's not even close to definitive.
 
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Everyone thinks I am an S so fuck it. Usually the only thing that is a mess is my car, partly because the only time I notice it is when I am driving.

If my house is a mess it is usually because I am massively out of sorts or depressed.....or tk hit it in 5 seconds flat.
 

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I posted this in the "let us type you by your apartment thread", but I can't seem to find that. These are older photos, but my room looks very similar. It's a highly ordered system, just not conventional.

bedroom
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kitchen
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bathroom (library)
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definitely more cluttered than I would prefer for my living space....although again, I don't know if that's necessarily type related, let alone purely S-N.
 

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It's a highly ordered system, just not conventional.

See... now I'm wondering if it's a J trait. Are messy P's still orderly in the sense that everything has it's place? Or when P's are messy are things just randomly strewn about? Also I have the same questions with J's. Hm....
 

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Yeah, I can't have my living space that cluttered. It gives me anxiety (and I'm not typically very anxious.)
 
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