type my roommate based on behaviors i've observed

[HongDou]

Just for fun and mental exercise. I always thought he was an INFJ.

• He's very self-contained and soft-spoken.
• He's friendly when interacting with others, but he doesn't speak unless spoken to. He tends to be quiet a majority of the time in group interaction.
• He's very family-oriented and values his roots (he talks to his mom/cousin every day on the phone and has pictures of his hometown on the wall).
• He tries taking on the interaction style of the person he's interacting with, although it ends up being a more contained and low-energy version if the person is more energetic.
• He'd rather go to the city on his own than with new people.
• Although he usually is more in the background when he's in a group, he gossips a lot about what he learned when he's on the phone.
• When he warms up to you, he shows his affection by pushing back more than usual (ex: calling you "shit-head" or saying "oh my god" in a sassy way).
• He doesn't really buy groceries for the room; he just goes out to get meals most of the time.
• He's usually pretty good at finding things to complain about - people, the school, what happened to him, etc.
• He has a habit of cursing under his breath when he's just going about in the room. "Fucking bitch," "shit," etc.
• He says he doesn't mind that I Skype with my friends in the room at night. I thought that he just slept through it, but he told my mom he knows I'm up until like 5 AM sometimes.
• He's not a generally happy person.
• He's neat and moderately organized. According to his mom, he can get really stressed a lot.
• Even though he doesn't have trouble meeting new people, he's not very concerned or focused on maintaining the friendship or building on it.
• His energy is generally steady and slow, but when he's interacting with people it becomes a little more nervous or anxious.
• He doesn't seem entirely sure what he wants out of life - he wants to transfer to either Pace (because it's actually in the city) or a school in Vermont (because it's close to home). He's interesting in fashion and talks about modeling but says he's thinking about an English or Art History major.

All I got for now.

 

[Alea_iacta_est]

Definitely Fe aux, there is overwhelming evidence for the presence of an introverted perception function in the dominant slot and there is evidence of clear usage of Fe. I lean Ni > Si, so INFJ.

 

[HongDou]

Definitely Fe aux, there is overwhelming evidence for the presence of an introverted perception function in the dominant slot and there is evidence of clear usage of Fe. I lean Ni > Si, so INFJ.

Thoughts about e-gram?

 

[Alea_iacta_est]

Thoughts about e-gram?

Well from what I've gathered, it seems his first two coping mechanisms are Withdrawn and Assertive (90% likely Withdrawn before Assertive)

That leaves us with Types 4, 5, and 9. From what you've said about his matching of interaction styles with others, that sounds very 9-ish (does he have a sense for who he is and what he is doing in life? Nines often don't know that much about themselves and are lacking in the self-awareness department). Perhaps 9w8 with most likely a 7 fix. I think tritype-wise he is a 974.

 

[HongDou]

Well from what I've gathered, it seems his first two coping mechanisms are Withdrawn and Assertive (90% likely Withdrawn before Assertive)

That leaves us with Types 4, 5, and 9. From what you've said about his matching of interaction styles with others, that sounds very 9-ish (does he have a sense for who he is and what he is doing in life? Nines often don't know that much about themselves and are lacking in the self-awareness department). Perhaps 9w8 with most likely a 7 fix. I think tritype-wise he is a 974.

Merrh, he doesn't seem really positive outlook enough for me to see him with two of them in his tritype. I always thought the 469 tritype seemed like him. I agree that 9 could make sense though.

 

[Alea_iacta_est]

Merrh, he doesn't seem really positive outlook enough for me to see him with two of them in his tritype. I always thought the 469 tritype seemed like him. I agree that 9 could make sense though.

Well he definitely has an assertive fix in there somewhere, and those are types 3,7, and 8 (though cp6 can sometimes seem assertive but that is simply a disguise for compliance with the Super-Ego)

 

[Showbread]

Perhaps 9w8 with most likely a 7 fix. I think tritype-wise he is a 974.

Took the words right out of my mouth/keyboard.

 

[HongDou]

Well he definitely has an assertive fix in there somewhere, and those are types 3,7, and 8 (though cp6 can sometimes seem assertive but that is simply a disguise for compliance with the Super-Ego)

Why do you think he has an assertive fix? Hmm, maybe he's sx-last so he seems not as 7 to me? I dunno, I guess his indecisiveness with not knowing what he wants out of life and wanting to try a lot of things seems 7-ish. But in reality he actually doesn't do that much - maybe that's just the whole "taming the flame" aspect of being sx-last. If he were sx-last, so/sp?

 

[Alea_iacta_est]

Why do you think he has an assertive fix? Hmm, maybe he's sx-last so he seems not as 7 to me? I dunno, I guess his indecisiveness with not knowing what he wants out of life and wanting to try a lot of things seems 7-ish. But in reality he actually doesn't do that much - maybe that's just the whole "taming the flame" aspect of being sx-last. If he were sx-last, so/sp?

The "warming up" you describe, cursing under his breath (forced release of negative emotion to where others will most likely hear it), matching up with others' energy style (there was a thread about this concerning types 3 and 8). For 7 specifically, you mention how he has a nervous, anxious energy when interacting with others sometimes, which might be indicative of a subordinate 7 fix underneath an introverted dominant 9 fix. I'm not sure on instinctual variants.

 

[EJCC]

I could see INFJ or ISFJ. Interesting talk above re: 7 and 3 in trifix, because I have both 7 and 3 in my tritype and relate to how your roommate warms up to people and mirrors them/how he pushes back when he knows a person better.

As for instinctual variants... sx-last?