You don't think though that when it comes to certain personality traits - notably external ones/behaviors - that outsiders aren't sometimes able to be more objective than you yourself?
I would agree outsiders can't possibly know the inner workings/thought processes, or even motivations, but I do think an outsider would be in a better position to label whether someone was utilizing Te more than Fe, for example. Or Ne vs. Se. I mean, mbti is just a categorical system, anyway - it's not the end all be all. So I guess I've never been offended when others have pointed out something about me... I'm more like, 'Huh? Really?' Now, I may not agree, but it would be interesting to me, as a lot of it can boil down to differing perceptions. So, with that, we also all have different ideas of what constitutes each particular personality type.
As for myself, I guess I've always tended to default my personality type to what everyone else views me as, because for one I don't particularly care, and for another thing, I tend to believe I am not in a position to be completely objective in terms of assessing my own personality -- *in terms of mbti categories* -- although I would agree with those saying it's ludicrous to think strangers can know you better than you yourself do. I'm not trying to contradict myself, I swear.
I know who I am better than anyone else does, BUT I may not be in the best position to objectively place myself into one of 16 categories.
If you think someone's being defensive, doesn't understand themselves, or whatever the hell, you always have the option to just give it a rest. If someone doesn't want to hear you, whether it's their problem, yours, or a mixture of both, there's not much to be gained from harping on about it, is there? Unless the analyst has an ego-fixation on being right, in which case... rinse and repeat my previous statement on this.
