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I am back. // typing requests open.

I apologize for the long hiatus. To say that what everybody has been going through since over half a year ago is rough is an understatement, especially for those who had to care for their vulnerable familly members, watching for their health and well-being in this dangerous period. As the COVID-19 situation got less hectic in my area, I could return to a more familliar rhythm of life and I am able to find time in my schedule to dedicate to the upkeep of this blog and answering your asks. I am always up for answering typology questions and helping others with typing issues, so this is a relief for me.

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[mbtinep]

Hi, I’m trying to figure out if i’m a 3w4 or a 4w3. I could see myself as a 3 because I’m very driven, care about success a lot, and the sp subtype does well. But I also want to be unique and am pretty authentic. I have a weird relationship with emotions as well: I share my suffering but in a detached way. I have a compulsion to share my bad experiences, but I would never cry about it in front of anybody. Help?

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

Sounds like primarily 3 to me. You might have double 4 wings which make you closer to a 4, but the only way to get rid of this doubt is to look at the desintegration and intergration points. See what types you relate to, especially in moments of stress: is it 9, or 2 that you ressemble more when you’re at your lowest points?

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[mbtinep]

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with my typing. I think I'm an INTP 5w6 but I always hear people talking about INTPs having internal systems, that they constantly analyse everything, and they're one of the most introverted types. But I do/am none of those and I'm so confused as to what else I could be. I looked at the cognitive functions and I value Ne more than I do Ti but idk if that means I'm an ENTP or just not self-aware lol. Thanks in advance!

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

If you value Ne more than you do Ti, then why don’t you consider ENTP? ask yourself about what your relationship with your Fe is. If it is closer to inf Fe, you may reconsider INTP, or consider you might be xxFJ instead. I know that sounds paradoxical, but it’s actually how it is considering the dynamics between functions in a type. The greatest tell though, should be your inferior function. Do you experience inferior Si? it should be quite obvious if you do, as tertiary and inferior Si are actually quite different (the tertiary acts a little bit similar to the dominant version, in some cases.) This demands serious reflexion and sometimes brutal self-honesty.

 Of course there’s still a chance that you could be not self-aware, and in that case you should look into the other Ne types, since from how you sound in this ask and the content of your blog, it is quite likely you are not an xNTP at all. It is quite unlikely for an xNTP to be into astrology as it’s something low Tis tend to be into due to the nature of that system, and is more likely for an xNFP.

Good luck.

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Hello, I’m looking for help with typing. I am extremely people focused but I also find them exhausting because I feel like I have to constantly adjust myself to their moods. I find myself analyzing every interaction.When I’m really firing on all cylinders creatively it feels like I am seeing a perfect line of what needs to happen in my story, but I have to turn it over in my mind a long time first. I am very focused on my writing, I enjoy stories and examining the theory behind them.

INFJ sp/so 6w5

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[mbtinep]

hello, i'm an intp 9w4 but once out of curiosity I remade it and I was type 7. any correlation with my mbti?

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

I’m assuming that you made a typo, as there is no such thing as enneagram type 9w4.

If by “remade” you are refering to the tests, it’s evident that you would get a widely different result. Tests are only useful to narrow down fixes (tritype) and that’s why it’s better to use a test that gives you your first 3 highest scores, for example. If you want to know your true type, the only way is to learn the enneagram, there are no shortcuts. Type 9 and 7 share some similarities and it’s easy to confuse them if you’re looking in surface level, but to answer your question, INTP 9 is a very common combination, while INTP 7 is extremely unheard of, not to say impossible. 

I’d look into the enneagram properly and find the type without worrying about correlation first, and then see if it goes well with the mbti (the latter might also be mistyped, especially if you also took a test for it.)

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[mbtinep]

I’m an infp but people don’t think I’m introverted. I’m a server so I easily have a front. And I can talk to people but I don’t want people talking to me or prying at me to get information out. Can you explain this?

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

This is not particular or atypical behavior. Some people are private and others are not, and some people are able to put up fronts while others are unable. Putting up fronts is a thing human beings do a lot if they can, it's like casual lying. It also doesn't have to do with your mbti type, but it could be due to your instinctual variants or enneagram: you could be sp/so or sp/sx 6 or have a big element of that in your type.

Note: mbti introversion is not the same as "regular" introversion. This means that I types can actually behave like extroverts and vice versa.

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[mbtinep]

how do i know if im an ENTP or a ESFJ?? i know this two are very different, but the cognitive functions they use are the same but in a different order...

There is a world of difference between ESFJs and ENTPs even if the functions are the same but opposite. If you are sure that you have those functions, then you are an ESFJ.

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[mbtinep]

Hey i once explained my personality in a reddit post,could you help me figure out my type if I link it,

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

Of course, send me the link.

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[mbtinep]

Yo so I’ve been trying to figure out if I’m ESTP or ISTP. Thought you might have some thoughts. On a cognitive function level I KNOW I use primarily Se and Ti, and a fair amount of Te. I seem to fit well into the general understanding of a highly organized xSTP and I’ve always just said I’m ESTP. I was raised by a ISTJ dad and I’m like 1000% sensor, so I’m pretty ocd. My upbringing factors into this a lot and makes me easily mistyped as a bunch of stuff. I can explain more if necessary. Help?

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

The Te could be your Se-Ti working in tandem and giving effective results, mixed with your upbringing, but I can’t exclude the option of you being ESFP instead. In any case, it is necessary that you explain more. You can send multiple asks or send me private messages if you don’t want your info in public. 

It isn’t that important what you say sometimes, or how much info you give. It would help if you explained your mistypes and told me about what you care about, what you like to do, what you don’t like to do, the future and relationships, for example.

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Hi there! I’m an enfp dating another enfp (idk about our enneagrams). We’ve been dating since April, official since July and it’s been incredible. We are so in love in a way neither of us have felt before and talk about getting married/having kids/spending our lives together all the time. (We’re in our early 30s) I know you don’t know us individually but do you have any advice/insight into enfp relationships? Things to look out for? I just wanna do all I can to keep him forever..Thanks!

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

Enneagram types and instinctual variants are probably more important when attempting to gauge out "compatibility" or dynamics in relationships, so I'd have to know your full types to be able to guess anything that would apply to how you two would be together...but even so, it wouldn't say much. Telling you about how two enfps might hypothetically be in a relationship is useless, as there are too many possibilities of how that could turn out, because it isn't a precise science. Individuals are complex, and there is more to their personalities than their MBTI (values, goals for the future, beliefs...etc) and the way people are raised + their environment influences them.

If you want to keep him, learn to know him, very carefully, and be open in return. Work on communication in the relationship and fix issuea, and try to reach compromises, together. Discuss boundaries and what is most important to you and the other person.

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That said, when I try to imagine an ENFP x ENFP relationship, I can see that it would be a great deal of fun as you will be able to understand eachother like no other type can. This is a good thing, but can also be a bad thing, as you may help validate eachother's flaws which leads to stagnation; same-type relationships have a risk of halting either person's personal developement as you get "too comfy." Focus on growing together, to avoid this. This means that you should encourage eachother to create firm goals and learn to stick to them, and plan out the process properly, following all necessary steps, which low Te can struggle with. Stay grounded, and keep track of real life mundanities (finance, health...etc) that ENFPs can lose track of due to inf Si.

An issue that is prevalent in ENFPs is that they get easily carried away by their enthusiasm, so they might idealize their partners, just like they tend to overly-idealize the ideas or possibilities that come to them, before they even try to develop said ideas, and then forgo critical thinking. This leads them to have unrealistic expectations or even getting to the point of being blind to the reality of the thing, then being disappointed when reality, eventually, hits.

I hope this helps.

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@kindabekah You are welcome, I'm glad it was helpful. You should try to type yourself on your own by learning about the theory.

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@tinaaa1904 You're welcome, glad it was helpful.

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Hello! Could you pls help me understand the difference between INFP and ENFP? I am sure I have prominent Ne and Fi functions, but idk which one of them is dominant and which one auxiliary. I've read somewhere that we're usually more aware of our auxiliary function, but I'm not sure that's 100% true. If it is true, then I guess I'm INFP, bc I'm very much aware of my Ne function. I use it all the time, my brain doesn't get any rest lol. Thank you in advance and I hope you're having a great day!

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

When you can’t see the difference between two types, look at the lower functions. The tertiary Te in an ENFP is completely different from the inferior Te in INFP. INFPs, especially as they reach adulthood, have some pretty present Si as well, meanwhile ENFPs are an inferior sensing wreck….etc.

It is true to some level that the dominant is too “automatic” for you to feel it while it’s working, since it’s always ongoing in your brain and it doesn’t turn off, but that doesn’t mean that the auxilliary would feel stronger to you. Auxilliary has a turn on/turn off quality, you might feel like you can “wield” it nearly consciously, but that means you don’t use it all the time, compared to the dominant. This is why you are able to underuse it when looping.

Another thing you could do is look whether you are more prone to FiSi loop or NeTe loop.

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[mbtinep]

I’m definitely trying to figure out if I’m an enfp or an esfp!! I’ve had a ton of people tell me(and someone like actually type me I think lol)that I am an enfp, but my 16personalities results are usually esfps

Hello. Thank you for reaching out.

I would trust your friend’s typing over the 16personalities test, especially if they have some knowledge of the cognitive functions. The test is extremely unreliable for a myriad of reasons, which should be common knowledge by now.

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what site did you use for your mbti? I don't trust most of the sites used like 16personality, but based on a site that use cognitive functions to find your mbti I am an ENFJ, but I don't know, anyway, how did you type yourself? p.s. sorry for my english, I'm not a native speaker/writer

i don’t remember but it was probably any awful/not-recommendable one. like:

test site: “are you boring and dumb?”

me: “fuck yes”

test site: “congratz you’re a sensor”

and it turned out they were right but it was more due to me being cynical than to them having a good test system.

the best test is having a self-aware brain. and that’s the biggest problem. you could have the most perfectly developed test site and 80% of people would still mistype because they have no realistic perception of their flaws and qualities.