Yes.
More like primarily 5 with an even split between 5w4 and 5w6. INTJs testing 1 or 8 are probably mistyped ENTJs or ISTJs.
5w4 are more N or balanced T/F, 5w6 are more T or balanced N/S.
entjs are 1s and 8s, assuredly? and istjs are by far most commonly 1s? i know a few 5s and a few 6 istjs as well.
Thanks for the compliments--I resonate with and admire your thoughtful posts and I'm glad you're here.
Basically I figured I must be a 5w6 because I felt I was different than most of the INTJs on the forum, and most of them claim to be 5w4. I also don't feel "lost" about my identity as is claimed with some of the 4 descriptors. I do feel distinctly more of a soul-searcher and brooder than the 5w6 descriptions let on. I am far more holistic and webby than linear, but in MBTI terms I can handle both well (Ni is my nature; Te is my well-used toolset).
and I feel that while I'm very fantasy oriented, it's also always in the realm of humanistic matters. I would never be the type to dream up Lord or the Rings and make up an entire language, etc. because I'm far more results-driven for ways that will affect others and change them for the better (not that art can't do that, but for me it's not useful enough compared to how I want to change their lives), though my goals nearly always have to do with people and self-development. The people-orientation of 5w6 speaks to me, though I was never one to feel much of any peer pressure.
i reject uberfuhrers write-up of 5w4. that might be partially true for intps, and there is definitely more pre-tense in terms of mood creation and atmospherics for 5w4 art than 4w5. 5w4 focuses on externalities and 4w5 focuses more on internalities. when i understand others, i understand the ways in which the external conditions, discourse, and culture structure their thoughts and feelings. it is a different process, i would NEVER start from the character and move upwards. inj 5w4 is like milan kundera or dostoeyevsky, the characters are a product of a milieu and represent positions within culture, within communication (ie gestures), within larger spaces for self-understanding and subjectivated desires.
you could definitely be a 5w6, but to call 6 more social than 4 is a complicated claim. a 5w6 so/sx is probably more social than a 5w4 sp/sx. and w4s probably need more internal processing time to sort out their own desires and understand themselves, whereas w6s would avoid such matters far more so (and just, um, keep on keeping on). 6 is difficult to understand, my view of it is of a defensive kind of posture (hence the skeptic, defender, etc) in which the world is perceived as a hostile threat and the inner vulnerabilities are treated either phobically or counterphobically. and loyalty and safety/security and defending those close to the 6 are the most important thing in the world.
The results as I recorded them were 5w4 sx, with 8 as a close second, and 1 sp as a bizarre third possibility. On reading some descriptions I sort of expected 5 sp because my apparent concern for relationships seems to me to be a relatively new thing in mah journay fru life, but I'm okay with sx. (It's sexy.) I should read up some more and maybe take a test again. (I sort of enjoyed the possibility of being 8 because that seemed righteous and powerful, but that was hubris more than anything.)
i never wanted to be an 8, but i agree about the appeal of hubris. 5w4 IS called the iconoclast. bow down to me, etc.
how old are you and when did you experience this turn?