I think I love cats more than people. People will hurt you, judge you and your weirdness. But cats just.. stay with you where you’re at. And they love you. Hot take but I believe cats are just as much man’s best friend as dogs. Each of them are unique with their own silly little personalities. And they learn to love you. I don’t know where I am going with this I just love cats.
you don’t realize how important lunch is until you’re wandering around thinking about how unloveable and untalented and uniquely cursed you are and then it’s 4pm and you finally eat lunch and you go Oh. oh right.
Hi everyone! As I have seen the MBTI community is getting bigger here around Tumblr, I decided to take the chance and start making some posts sharing my (really) humble knowledge about it. This post (that I hope to be the first of many) is an attempt of a quick overview of this whole theory while trying to keep it as simple as I can so that everyone will be able to understand at least the basic concepts
Hope you like it and find it useful! 🫶🏼
What’s the MBTI?
The MBTI is a typology/pseudoscientific psychology theory made by Katherine Cook Brigs and her daughter Isabel Brigs Myers inspired by the works of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung. According to Katherine’s idea if everyone knew their personality types, people could recognize more easily their strengths and flaws as well choose carrer paths or jobs that fit their personalities better
Basic points of the theory
The theory claims that everyone could be sorted in one of the 16 different personality types, depending on which of the 8 Jung’s functions they used, and in which order they were sorted. Also, people from the same type are more likely to enjoy the same kind of hobbies, have similar interest or even get along better with certain people
So, this is related to the 16p thing with the people with colours?
Short answer: Yes!
Long answer: Yes and no, it’s difficult to explain
The 16p test is the first approach most people have to MBTI (I had that phase too, don’t worry) but unfortunately that test can’t be considered accurate. The Myers Brigs Theory is based on functions and their order (I will elaborate about it later, I promise) while the 16p sorts people in the types using a totally different criteria which consists in an axis selection between Extrovert-Introvert, Intuitive-Sensor, Thinker-Feeler, and Judging and Perceiving and is also quite stereotypical. So, your 16p type can be completely different from your MBTI type
What are the functions?
Okay, this is the big question. Functions are one of the basic concepts in typology and it could be sum up as how we process the information we receive and the way our personality traits show up in real life. There are total of 8 functions: Se (Extroverted Sensing), Si (Introverted Sensing), Te (Extroverted Thinking), Ti (Introverted Thinking), Ne (Extroverted Intuition), Ni (Introverted intuition), Fe (Extroverted Feeling) and Fi (Introverted Feeling)
Soon I will be making another post about what each function means and how they order affects us 😉
The different personality types
There are 16 personality types divided in four groups depending on the functions they use:
-The analysts: People who use Intuitive and Thinking functions go here, these MBTI types are known for being logical, knowledge lovers and problem solvers. They can either be: INTP, ENTP, INTJ or ENTJ
-The Sentinels: People who use Introvert Sensing go here, these MBTI types are known for being practical, organized, responsible and predictable. They can either be: ISFJ, ESFJ, ISTJ or ESTJ
-The Diplomats: People who use Intuitive and Feeling functions go here, these MBTI types are known for being highly idealistic and empathic. They can either be: INFP, ENFP, INFJ or ENFJ
-The Explorers: People who use Extrovert Sensing function go here, these MBTI are known for being spontaneous, practical, quite observant, and aware of their surroundings. They can either be: ISTP, ESTP, ISFP or ESFP
So that’s all for now! My next typology post will elaborate more about the functions and how they work. It’s already on the process, so stay tunned if you want to know more about MBTI
Meanwhile, I will try to answer any question you may have about it either on the comments or in my inbox, so don’t be afraid to speak up. Reblogs are appreciated🥰
in case anyone else needs to hear this it’s ok to be more serious. i don’t just mean ‘it’s ok to be serious sometimes’ i mean in general. not everyone has to be funny. it doesn’t have to mean you’re sad or unlikeable. you can just be serious and genuine most of the time and that’s great. i personally think that we’re too focused on ‘funny’ as the primary carrier of likeability right now. i often feel starved for serious conversation, for serious spaces, for a feeling of gravity. you don’t have make good jokes to give people a good time. i say, goof only as the spirit moves you, & don’t worry about it.
INTJ: "Well of course people like my INFP sister. She's a PEACH. Stick her in the sun for ten minutes and she starts talking about baby bunnies and how the stars are God's daisy-chain....... Me? They gotta warm up to me."
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