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Old 10-02-2018, 08:51 AM  
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I first took the Myers-Briggs test in college and I was an INTJ then too. I'll never forget this because our lecture class had a few hundred people in it and when our results came back our professor named off each of the 16 personality types and told everyone in each group to stand up when he called it out. INTJ was last and I stood up with 3 other people and he said "Congratulations you are the rarest personality type.." " blah blah blah I was really embarrassed and all I can remember is the first few words of what he said. If I could choose I'd want to be an extrovert they seem to have a lot more exciting life.
right on. I'm not discounting your experience btw.

I tend to agree with others that it's a pigeonhole test and that there are way more than 16 personality types.

even though I had more belief in Jungian psychology than Freudian when I was studying it. The test forces everyone into the 16 archetypes in an unnatural way.

the test has been debunked over the years, as has Jungian psych, generally we are in the post-Jungian era of psychology now.
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