A few question for you people:
How many times have you mistyped yourself?
Why?(misunderstanding of the functions, "dishonest answers?")
In my early 20's I seriously considered myself an INTJ, and related to the descriptions I read on the net. My basis for deciding this was kind of silly, just the humanmetrics test. I do remember of the 4 functions, T was the weakest, though.
Most of the internet tests don't go off of functions - they just go off of the dichotomies. So a misunderstanding of functions didn't really apply to my results. I was never 'dishonest' either - I answered as truthfully as I could.
Part of the reason behind my 'skewed' results could be a very critical/judgemental view of myself, so I don't perceive my qualities as being what they are - i.e. I might not believe myself to be a very compassionate person (even though in comparison to many others, I might be very compassionate) -- and since I don't view myself as compassionate, I test out as 'T'. That's one small example.
I am also extremely introverted, and many of the 'F' questions on tests tend to be geared towards extroverted sensing feelers, and I didn't identify with many of the examples (this goes for cognitive function descriptions for Fe, too).
Have you reached a conclusion?If so, what helped you determine your type?
Do people tell that your type doesn't fit but you do or the opposite, you tell people that this isn't your type but they insist that it is?
It was my mid 20's when I revisited type stuff, and became more open to INFJ, and saw that as a possibility, and decided that was probably my best fit. The only other one I've pondered at times is INFP, but after getting to know some Fi-dominants, I'm beginning to realize my Fe is rather apparent when I'm side by side with the Fi-dom's.
I think standard personality tests just don't work for me, period. I've tested as all INxx's, depending on my mood, and even ENFJ once, and ISFJ once. And cognitive function tests are equally unhelpful. Again, part of it is just how I approach tests, I think. And my difficulty separating out my true 'preferences' from learned behavior and situational behavior. And finally, my own belief that balance in life is key, so therefore I don't WANT to see myself as preferring one thing over another, and I always aim for balance in my personality.
I also think there is a lot of conflicting, contradictory information on the net when it comes to mbti, and I even find the disagreement amongst mbti 'Experts' rather amusing....and given this fact, the usefulness of all of it really dissipates in my eyes. But that's very likely me wanting to turn mbti into something that's seamless, without any exceptions or whatever, and that's simply not the case.