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MBTI actually has 12 archetypes, hard to compare that with introvert and extrovert. I often reference being introverted but it's important to understand that i
by INTPenis 7y ago
MBTI actually has 12 archetypes, hard to compare that with introvert and extrovert.
I often reference being introverted but it's important to understand that it's a scale and everyone is somewhere on that scale. It's not binary. But it does help explain why I get tired from over exposure to strangers, but can go for hours in the company of family and close friends.
And yeah I agree these things should only be used as guides or aides. I still feel my life changed when I first read my MBTI description. It was spooky, like someone had read my mind.
But how does that help me? It mostly doesn't. What has helped me the most daily is knowing my limits, that I have a social battery and letting myself recharge that.
And completely irrelevant to this topic my biggest aide was to understand how my stomach controlled my temper. It sounds so cliché but regular complete meals and sleep has helped me more than any psychologist.
- lemagedurage 7y agoMBTI has 16 archetypes, but they're all combinations of 4 letters / scales / dimensions, where 16personalities added one to that (assertive <-> turbulent). I do believe it helped me find out about the differences of other people's internal worlds, but the journey did involve avoiding a lot of pitfalls and taking everything with a healthy dose of skepticism.
- myhf 7y agoThe 4th dimension is not orthogonal to the others, so maybe the true cardinality is closer to 12 than 16.