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Methylene

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Last time I answered a questionnaire I wasn't feeling good. Now I'm much better. Let's see.

Blablablah, I'm a girl, not a native speaker, lots of mistakes I'd hate in my native language ahead.

1. During your youth (7'ish to 18), What did you focus on the most? What activities did you like and why? What aspect of life was lax in attention?
I focused on acquiring new knowledge. I'd read about anything, from physics, to cryptology, to foreign languages, to how to properly raise your dog (Fun fact: I learned to read on the leaflets of meds). I lived -and still do- in my head a lot. I used to fantasize about everything that was happening around me. I liked activities that helped me work with things: was it trying to build a full-functioning toy paper car or trying to make pigments out of flowers and rocks.
I lacked in the awareness of an own identity and "feeling there", depersonalization. I still struggle with both of them. I also struggle with my feelings: I can be dramatical and overwhelmed a moment, and not being able to show the right ones the moment later.

2. You're in your senior year of high school (or whatever equivalent) and you are looking back over the last couple of years. What was your favorite aspect of the schooling experience and why? Favorite subject and why?
I struggled a lot with the social part of schooling. It drained my energies more than spending 10 to 12 hours every day studying, to the point that I tried asking to be home schooled (but failed, and instead changed school for a more intellectually stimulating STEM high school). It felt like hell even if I was a straight A grade student.
My favourite subject... a tie between chemistry and philosophy, with physics honorable mention. I liked them because they helped me understand how systems work.
The only subjects I really struggled with were history, because it required an amount of raw memory I didn't like using, and... P.E., because my kinesthetic intelligence is close to the one of a sloth.


3. A couple of friends call and invite you out to a restaurant. While there, you all are pleasantly conversing and one of your friends makes a comment that irked you. What are you're thoughts and how do you respond?
If the overall vibe from the situation and conversation is pleasant, I'm most likely to keep my mouth shut, as I don't want to be a killjoy. Maybe I'd make a sarcastic comment.
Probably it was an overly generalistic comment about something. I can't stand them. My reasoning is a lot of doubting and what if I consider that things were different? so overgeneralizing isn't really a thing, even if I ultimately try to find rules about how things work. It's a paradox.

4. Your schooling is done and it's time to strike out into the world!! What sort of career do you want to go into and why?
I'm studying to become a chemist. When I had to choose, I considered what I was studying more than the possible future careers (except for philosophy, I considered that fact that getting a degree in it would have lead myself to a career, ironically, in which my knowledge wasn't needed). Among all the possibilities, I chose a career that allows me to work with things instead of people (the thing that refrained myself from taking psychology or biochem). I also was very close to taking I.T. or engineering because I loved their problem solving aspects.

5. A friend is getting married and they put you in charge of the cake. You narrowed it down to two places to make an order. The first is a bakery with whom you got a good relationship with. The other is a well-known cake maker to whom everyone goes to (your friend hints to it as well). Which one do you choose and why?
I'd probably not even think about the first one, but, even if I did, I'd quickly evaluate the cost/reward ratio for both of them and decide accordingly. I'd not care about the relationship.

6. You get into an argument with a friend/family member/co-worker. They criticize one of your personality traits. What would most likely be the focus of their critique?
It largely depends on whom.

My mother, an ENFJ, would criticize how I dislike standard social norms (wearing a dress during christmas), how undemonstrative and stubborn I am to her "Truth". (basically, she getting hunches and I saying "things could be This, That or That way, you have no right to say that")
My friends would say that I'm overly anxious and paranoid in relationships. And when it happens, also clingy.

7. It's New Years! You and your friends are out and about after a party. Being drunk, one of your friends suggests to do something....'questionable' (Nothing serious. I.e, drugs, escort, etc.). What are your thoughts and how do you respond?
Once again, I'd consider the chances of getting hurt and/or caught. There are some things I wouldn't do (occasional sex, for example, I just don't see the point). If I decided not to do whatever he suggested, I'd let them do what they want without me. But I have the tendency to get sucked in by what the group wants.

8. A new art gallery opens up and your friend wants to go to the grand opening. Both of you analyze all the paintings and sculptures. What about these works warrants the most attention from you? Why?
Two kinds: references to classical art, as I'm a former humanities student, or weird, unusual art with a meaning behind it.

9. You have been saving up and decide to buy a new car. At the dealership, you peruse the lots. What are the criteria and factors that influence your choice? Which one would initially be your main focus?
The last thing I'd consider is appearance. I'd mentally make a pro-con list for every car. Performance/cost would be the most important. Also, probably before going there I'd have looked for information about the models and engines by myself.

10. Yep, you now have a kid (sex of your choosing)! Years pass and they are now 15 years old. You notice their personality traits are the complete opposite of how you were when at their age. Describe how they are. Describe the possible conflicts that would arise between both of you due to differing temperaments.
The type I conflict the most with is ESFP, so I'm assuming the kid would be one. I can't stand how they try to overstimulate me and how illogical, living on the spur of the moment, they can be. I'm a passive-aggressive kind of person, so I doubt there would be any open conflict, just me disappointed by how they are growing up.
 

Mayflower

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INTP. Super Ti with Ne.
 

Lord Lavender

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INTP is dead on for you. Your Ti is off the charts and you aslo have balanced Ne/Si. As for tri I defo see 6 and 3 elements but I could see 9w1 or 1w9. Feel free to ask me if you want further information :)
 

Methylene

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INTP is dead on for you. Your Ti is off the charts and you aslo have balanced Ne/Si. As for tri I defo see 6 and 3 elements but I could see 9w1 or 1w9. Feel free to ask me if you want further information :)

About my enneagram, I dunno. I'm starting to doubt every single fix except for 6w5 (which makes A LOT sense for how I used to behave when I was in phobic mode). For my heart fix, although sp 3 is the one that makes the most sense, I can identify with both the core fears of 2 and (somehow) 4. I have to say that lately, since I'm under extreme stress, it's hard to see me as a core 9. Even if I'm definitely not a 8, also the core fears of the 1 don't ring true (except for wanting to be above criticism). I'm not a crusader and I'm not on a mission.
 

Lord Lavender

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About my enneagram, I dunno. I'm starting to doubt every single fix except for 6w5 (which makes A LOT sense for how I used to behave when I was in phobic mode). For my heart fix, although sp 3 is the one that makes the most sense, I can identify with both the core fears of 2 and (somehow) 4. I have to say that lately, since I'm under extreme stress, it's hard to see me as a core 9. Even if I'm definitely not a 8, also the core fears of the 1 don't ring true (except for wanting to be above criticism). I'm not a crusader and I'm not on a mission.

Hmmm 6w5 makes very good sense for you and your 3 seems a very balanced one overall (Not seeing much 2 or 4 elements) and your gut is hmmm hard to tell as you are gut last but after what you said I think 9w1 is a good fit. 6w5 3w4 9w1 is good Id say.
 

Methylene

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Hmmm 6w5 makes very good sense for you and your 3 seems a very balanced one overall (Not seeing much 2 or 4 elements) and your gut is hmmm hard to tell as you are gut last but after what you said I think 9w1 is a good fit. 6w5 3w4 9w1 is good Id say.

I do have the deep fear of not being liked, so I try to please people (normally with my knowledge. I've done this multiple times when in a new environment), but I also noticed how a lot of my choices were influenced by the fact that I liked being a special snowflake. Reading some older posts, I noticed how I take pride in things like "I'm so different, I'm the only girl in my course" and so on.
 

Methylene

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Do I look more like social 6 and sp 3 or viceversa, sp 6 and social 3?
I read Chestnut's descriptions, and a lot of parts stroke from the social 3 description. I'm still something in between social and self pres 6.
 
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