Ahh my first mention from Amar!! This is a personal accomplishment for me.
Am I one of the good ones at least?
In regards to T vs. F - I think, despite what the test results on my signature tell you, I've never questioned not being an F. I mean sure I've thought about being a T before. I've considered loads of different types really - ESFP, ESFJ, ENFJ, INFP, ISFP, ISFJ, INFJ, ENTP, ESTJ, and ESTP. Types others have considered for me (but then went back to ENFP) are the first three on that list. Actually I find it interesting no one wonders whether I'm an INFP or not. I think EF types in general can be easy to point out because their interaction style is generally pleasant and warm (also three of them, minus ENFJ share the Get-Things-Going Interaction Style and even then ENFJ has a more Get-Things-Going-esque style of In-Charge communication). None of them were really serious considerations, but notice that I've wondered about being literally every single F type there is and only three T types. Even then, the T types I considered had some qualities that overlapped with ENFP (ETP and Pe-dominance, ENTP and Ne-dominance, ESTJ with functional preference, all with extroversion, etc). I wouldn't know how to explain how I'm so clearly F that me being a T sounds ridiculous even to myself, because that's just who I am. It was obvious to me when I only knew the four letter dichotomies, it was obvious to me when I learned about Jungian functions (Fi vs. Ti specifically). I guess I didn't even need to reevaluate my past behavior because I automatically had a connection to what I "am" on these personality inventories. This easily isn't the case for most people. This may be weird to say considering that I'm only a year older than you, but I agree that it's probably harder to type yourself when you're young because we're still maturing and learning about life and how to deal with it. I'm just so clearly ENFP (to myself at least) that it's easier for me. For many others it probably isn't the case.
Actually starting college helped a lot when it came to deciding my type. Not MBTI-wise, but Enneagram-wise. I had previously thought of myself as sx/so and while I admit I have a lot of sx in me it's very clear to me now that I'm so/sx. I probably wouldn't have figured that out if college hadn't pushed me out of my comfort zone. It's in moments like that where we can clearly see what kind of people we truly are.
Anyway, I agree with Amar that your username seems really stereotypically ENTP (even the thread title seems ENTP too), but I haven't read the OP yet so I'll go do that now. I'll just go through it thought by thought because I don't feel like typing out another paragraph.
@ #2: The fact that you typed as ISTJ during a depressive phase could serve as an indicator for ENFP. There are multiple theories for how types get stressed (moving to their tertiary/inferior functions, ENFP -> ISTJ, reversing the extroverted/introverted nature of their functions - using their "shadow functions", ENFP -> INFJ, or a combination of both, ENFP -> ESTP) so it depends on how you see it. Personally I prefer the idea of moving to tert/inf functions because that directly parallels 7 (most common E-Type for ENFP) disintegrating to 1 (most common E-Type for ISTJ, I think anyway, 5 might be relatively common too).
@ #4: Haha I relate to the notion that working with your hands blows. Your answer seems pretty ENP to me.
@ #5: Okay yeah you sound 7w8. This answer sounds ENTP too. Fi values are much more rigid and stubborn while Fe values are much more fluid. Not to say Fe has no real set of their own values (people incorrectly assume this far too often), I think your response demonstrates that, it's just much more responsive to its environment due to its extroverted nature. Also the idea of an ENFP who doesn't "give a damn about values" just seems wrong to me.
@ #6: Personally, I would outwardly curse him out.
@ #7: You're 7w8. I like how your 7th question is telling that you're an E7 haha.
@ #8: Most people are generally pretty balanced on the extroversion/introversion scale. I would say the same despite being dubbed "the king of extroversion" by the forum's lovely [MENTION=13402]Saturned[/MENTION].
I think we can feel more balanced on this measurement more internally and seem either more extroverted/introverted to others on the outside.
@ #9: Not to say ENFPs aren't practical, but "practical intelligence" seems a little more ENTP to me. Intuition backed by Feeling is much more people-oriented, while Intuition backed by Thinking is much more...hm...I'm not sure how to describe it. Maybe "conceptual?" Hard to get my point across here.
@ #10: E7 --> E1
@ #11: Haha it's crazy how similar we see things here. I also develop attachments to random things that have just been sitting in my room over the years. That inferior Si can be a great thing. It's almost as if they've been there as I've been living my life you know?
@ #12: I lean towards ENTP here too. I could easily point out what subjects frequently run through my mind, as I'm sure many ENFPs here can.
Well there's my $0.02. Hope I helped! My guess so far is ENTP 7w8.
Thank you for the mention again [MENTION=5494]Amargith[/MENTION]
This was a fun post.
Edit: how do I expect an E7 to read all of this?
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