Has any other person mistyped as a completey different type because of functions?

[hjgbujhghg]

I haven't mistyped as completely different type, but I had some trouble settling down on a type and I think that's my path to go. I don't think I will ever be 100% sure of what my type is, because whenever I try to analyze myself there are many different parts I see not fitting quite well into the overall idea of INFP, actually I do not fit the stereotype of an INFP, but Fi is still on the winning side for me. Then there are many different possible explanations of the behavior and many different motivations, which I think is the most important thing when deciding on a type. Function is not what you do, but what pressures you to do it, what triggers you and what adds the fuel.

When I first took MBTI test I scored as ENFP, with very low E and very low F. When I didn't know a thing about MBTI I though I might be an INTP or ENTP, but it took me about 2 days to realize it's a complete nonsense. I've been jumping between ENFP and INFP mostly, but after reading more of Jung and his original descriptions of the functions I tried to somehow fit myself into Ni. When you look at Fi and when you look at Ni the two might to a point mirror each other in the realm or perception and in the realm of judgement as well. I remember navily enough...typing myself as INxJ, oh well I have to confess, some people here were so sure of me being an ISFP, that they pushed me into changing my type to an ISFP, but I fairly well know it's not really possible for me to be any kind of SP, further what is even less possible is me being any kind of SJ.

 

[Kensei]

I see your point. I'm sure everyone gets confused. It's easy to type other people, but fitting yourself into a box is a difficult thing to do. I've always had trouble understanding myself, so it's no wonder my results on the mbti and my perception of myself is always skewed. It was always either ENFP or ESTP for me, but whenever I tell people I am ENFP they laugh at me and tell me I'm SP. I once explained to my friend that I am the same type as Marty Mcfly, he says, " you're nothing like that whine baby, I see you as more like Chuck norris or Bruce Lee"(both being STPs) I've learned to go with what everyone else tells me, because even though the letters point to ENFP, the descriptions are pretty much equal in accuracy of nailing me down, so since I'm pretty much neutral when it comes to those types, but everyone seem to agree with me being ESTP, I've learned to identify as one. Plus I've seen people use Ti to explain why they used to identify with Ns so I can see the reason for my confusion.

I haven't mistyped as completely different type, but I had some trouble settling down on a type and I think that's my path to go. I don't think I will ever be 100% sure of what my type is, because whenever I try to analyze myself there are many different parts I see not fitting quite well into the overall idea of INFP, actually I do not fit the stereotype of an INFP, but Fi is still on the winning side for me. Then there are many different possible explanations of the behavior and many different motivations, which I think is the most important thing when deciding on a type. Function is not what you do, but what pressures you to do it, what triggers you and what adds the fuel.

When I first took MBTI test I scored as ENFP, with very low E and very low F. When I didn't know a thing about MBTI I though I might be an INTP or ENTP, but it took me about 2 days to realize it's a complete nonsense. I've been jumping between ENFP and INFP mostly, but after reading more of Jung and his original descriptions of the functions I tried to somehow fit myself into Ni. When you look at Fi and when you look at Ni the two might to a point mirror each other in the realm or perception and in the realm of judgement as well. I remember navily enough...typing myself as INxJ, oh well I have to confess, some people here were so sure of me being an ISFP, that they pushed me into changing my type to an ISFP, but I fairly well know it's not really possible for me to be any kind of SP, further what is even less possible is me being any kind of SJ.

 

[fetus]

We are....

Hm, all the N's I've known have been able (and willing) to carry on normal conversations. N's are just more future-oriented, more likely to communicate figuratively, looking at the big picture...etc.

 

[Myshkin14]

Yes. Official MBTI type: INFJ

Neo-Jungian Function assessments: INFP and INTJ.

I am one of those who thinks the functions stuff is bunk. Stick with MBTI.

 

[Ovid]

Most free tests give me INFx as a result. I spent a good about of time trying to figure out which of the two I was because the descriptions weren't quite right either.. ENFJ is a solid match but took me over a month to figure it out and find out why I tested like I did..

 

[Coconut_Meat]

Usually test INTP, occasionally INFP, on those ridiculous MBTI tests (official Keirsey and MBTI plus the free ones online), but after function analysis and reading Jung, Beebe, and Berens I know I am an ENTP.

 

[Bush]

Huh, lots of new blood. Hi, new blood!

For my response.. take [MENTION=20829]Hard[/MENTION]'s and [MENTION=6163]ReadingRainbows[/MENTION]'s responses and imagine that I said something along those lines.

 

[Betty Blue]

Always test as E/I NFP, though I am quite clearly extroverted.... I just don't opt for socialising much which can skew results. Sometimes I do wonder about functions and types. Several people on here have thought me a diff type. Most commonly, when i first joined (many moons ago) as my party girl counter type ESFP. I can understand this typing and do sometimes think i'm in-between the two types but falling harder on the side of N, always wanting to find out the why of something... the essence of a thing... and the classic xmas tree lights brain switch on thang.

More recently I have been wondering if I really am Ti vulnerable... I have realised that i do get something out of ordering and systemising... on a small scale... and i wonder if this changes things. I have much more difficulty with organisation... which to me seems closer to Te. so possibly I have weakness there instead...

 

[Duffy]

For MBTI, it's between INFP, ISFP, or INFJ. The functions don't help to clarify because it can be made, depending on who you read, to fit any of those. Perhaps I don't understand the system and myself that well.

Enneagram was easy.

Socionics don't make sense.

 

[Hawthorne]

Opposite for me. I consistently test as INTJ but I don't identify with Te & Fi or other INTJs that much. Fe is my weakest function after Se so xNTP is really the only thing left that makes sense.

 

[MyCupOfTea]

I haven't mistyped as completely different type, but I had some trouble settling down on a type and I think that's my path to go. I don't think I will ever be 100% sure of what my type is, because whenever I try to analyze myself there are many different parts I see not fitting quite well into the overall idea of INFP, actually I do not fit the stereotype of an INFP, but Fi is still on the winning side for me. Then there are many different possible explanations of the behavior and many different motivations, which I think is the most important thing when deciding on a type. Function is not what you do, but what pressures you to do it, what triggers you and what adds the fuel.

I can totally relate, especially with the bolded one. I've been questioning my type lately and now I'm back to square one. It seems that INFP is always the one that's left for me when ruling out other options.

 

[fetus]

Functions have actually been confusing me recently. All of my NF functions are pretty developed (Ne, Fi, Ni, Fe). Recently I've been wondering if I use Fe more. But is that my nature, or have I just highly developed it due to my job? I don't know anymore.

 

[Carpe Vinum]

I consistently test as ESTP, and my highest scoring functions are always Se and Ti. However, I can relate to all of the types with the Se-Ti-Fe-Ni functions. That includes ISTP, ENFJ, and INFJ. I have some traits and interests that go with all four. I like surfing and snowboarding and riding a motorcycle, but then I teach English[\i].

For me, I think it's just that I'm 35, and I've had plenty of time to develop my weaker functions, Fe and Ni. I can bring them to the forefront very easily now.

 

[Retmeishka]

It helps if you get into socionics. I mistyped as INTP for years and years because I just don't relate to the descriptions of sensing on the MBTI. Then I typed as ISFP for a while too. After getting into socionics I saw different descriptions of what the functions mean, saw that I had spent my life dualizing and activating with ENFPs and INFJs (correctly typed INFJs, that is, not mistyped INFPs, whole different thing), took some different tests that were worded differently, had some insights, and settled on ISTP after years of mistyping.

Socionics serves the purpose of error correcting. If you totally and completely can't get along with the four types that you're grouped together with (your quadra), then you are mistyped. Find the group of four that you get along best with, and you can sort out what type you are from there. The quadras are so distinct and so different from each other that you really can type yourself correctly this way. You'll find one quadra where you feel so uncomfortable with everybody and everything that you can eliminate that quadra from the start. You'll be admiring what they do, but trying to do it yourself puts such a strain on you that you can't stand to be there, using your weak disvalued functions. The other three quadras will be more tolerable, but the best one is probably the one opposite from the one that you eliminated first, the one you hated and could not bear to be in for more than a few minutes.

Going into socionics you will find that enormous masses of people are mistyped due to the J/P switch for introverts. But there are enormous masses mistyped for other reasons besides that, such as the wording on the tests just don't capture the essence of what it means to be your type.

We really need a new kind of test. The test has to *use* your functions in such a way that nobody can pass this test except someone of your type.

I'm hoping for a Dario Nardi-style EEG 'sorting hat' that you'll be able to order online and have delivered to your house with the software and the tests already set up for your convenience. It will go on your head, read your brainwaves, and give you your type. None of this 'you might possibly be this or that,' but rather, one type, the right type, for every person, every time, on the first try, with 100% accuracy. I'm tired of all the BS.

 

[raissaroars]

The first 5 times I took the online test, I got INFJ and I knew it was exactly like me. However, I kept on testing and I'd like to say that, from a dictomy perspective, I'm most likely an INFP/INTP/ENFP. But, from a more accurate perspective, which involves cognitive functions, I'm an INFJ.
My boyfriend was first typed as an ISTP, then an INTP and now he's sure he is an ENTP. He used to believe he was an ISTP for he thought he was "practical", but it he was wrong about himself. He could spend literal hours debating about something he doesn't even care (he's done it to me ).

 

[aqua-soul]

I managed somehow to be typed as an ISFJ for my first ever MBTI test only to be later typed as an ENTP on a compulsory school test. Don't know how that happened

 

[Bush]

It helps if you get into socionics. I mistyped as INTP for years and years because I just don't relate to the descriptions of sensing on the MBTI.

Yeah, the way Socionics breaks down its functions is much, much more streamlined than MBTI's. Nice and crisp.

Not that they're necessarily one-to-one with MBTI's, and not to say that everything else about Socionics is true.

Just sayin' that its function definitions are pretty cool.

 

[wolfnara]

No, but I have been frequently mistaken as an INxJ due to MBTI dichotomies.