Third Post

I retook the MBTI test last night for the first time in a while, and I made an interesting discovery: every single one of my attributes, which all used to be at least indicative of a moderate preference, have weakened.

I'm still an INTJ, but only barely now. My introversion is down from a nearly 80% preference to a mere 44%, my thinking is now only 25%, and my judging preference has all but disappeared - I scored only a 1% preference for judging over perceiving. Even my intuition, which used to clock at a steady 100%, has gone down to 88%.

What does this mean?

I think there's an argument to be made that emotionally unstable or depressed people should not take personality tests, as their disorders will inevitably skew the results. But think of how the results would likely be skewed - I imagine a depressed person as being more prone to introversion, for example, than an emotionally healthy person, all else considered. So my new scores are surprising in this regard - they haven't had the same effect that I might have predicted.

The other thing to note is that I'm going through a period fo change, and that might be affecting me. When viewed in this light, it's an encouraging sign that says I'm getting better, rather than getting worse or somehow stagnating. The weakening of my functions across the board implies that my opposing functions - extraversion, sensing, feeling and perceiving - are getting stronger, and that I'm learning to use those in a way that I haven't previously.

I don't know what the root cause is, to be honest, although I can guess that this isn't in the normal deviation of someone's test scores. This is a real and palpable change. But it does seem just as accurate to view it as a side effect of maturation, of becoming. So I'm going to look at it like that, and continue (as I have done) to use this test as a guide to figuring myself out.