barnkaetzchen
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- MBTI Type
- ESTJ
The question is vague and can mean any number of things. Do you ever wish you were another type? Are there characteristics or stereotypes of SJ's that you hate about yourself or at least wish you didn't fit into? Is there another type you wish you were? Essentially, I think it boils down to perception of types, either how you feel someone else perceives your type or you because of your type, or how you perceive yourself vs your type. I think sometimes SJ's are perceived as less intelligent, that Si is an inherently illogical function (when described in terms of preservation of tradition, adherence to what is known, etc), and so on and so forth. Have you ever felt this way? Or is it just me? lol. I do have many friends that are NTs, several of the friends I spend the most time with. So I frequently feel the outsider. Also, it doesn't help that there are not many accurate ESTJ portrayals on film, but that people are happy to ascribe ESTJ as a type to relatively flat side-characters that have not been given enough screen time to justify any type given and are usually not viewed especially favourably. Again, the stereotypes of ESTJs in yet another area are non-favourable. Sometimes I feel like disclosing my type is like admitting something negative about myself, depending on who I'm speaking with.