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    I really need help finding out my type. I have been studying MBTI for a while and just started looking into Socionics. I have always tested as INFP under MBTI, but have always been torn between that and INFJ after reading descriptions. I have an almost obsessive need to find out my type. To add to the confusion, I tested as EII from a Socionics test, which I have read is equivalent to INFJ. I am now more confused than ever and would appreciate any help/advice/tips on how to finally figure out once and for all my type. I'm not sure why this is so important to me, it just is. I guess I feel like I need to find out what I am before I can continue studying different types (which fascinates me). Please, help!

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    Quote Originally Posted by qbsirena06 View Post
    I really need help finding out my type. I have been studying MBTI for a while and just started looking into Socionics. I have always tested as INFP under MBTI, but have always been torn between that and INFJ after reading descriptions. I have an almost obsessive need to find out my type. To add to the confusion, I tested as EII from a Socionics test, which I have read is equivalent to INFJ. I am now more confused than ever and would appreciate any help/advice/tips on how to finally figure out once and for all my type. I'm not sure why this is so important to me, it just is. I guess I feel like I need to find out what I am before I can continue studying different types (which fascinates me). Please, help!
    I'm not much help to you as I'm new here but DAMN! what you just wrote is EXACTLY what happened to me, the same types and everything, even the intense feelings about figuring out your type before studying other types.....!

    I will be VERY INTERESTED in what others say to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbmmama View Post
    I'm not much help to you as I'm new here but DAMN! what you just wrote is EXACTLY what happened to me, the same types and everything, even the intense feelings about figuring out your type before studying other types.....!

    I will be VERY INTERESTED in what others say to you.

    Welcome.
    Love,
    Kelly Jo
    Hi dbmmama! Thanks for posting and for the welcome. It feels good and fascinating to hear the similarity in our situations. I was starting to feel like the only newbie here. I'd be interested in seeing this process unfold for the both of us. I have been wondering around the site like a nomad and finally decided to ask for help. I am just so impatient. I feel the need to absorb so much information at once to the point that it all becomes a muddle. I'd love to stay in touch and find out some of the things you're looking into.

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    Btw, ignore the J/P switch. It very rarely works, and it was just an attempt to falsely make MBTI and Socionics more similar. Also, a EII is INFj, not INFp.

    If you are between INFp and INFj, take a look at this:

    INFj

    INFp

    The difference is if you are day-dreamy and seek an aggressive mate, you could be INFp, while if you are a people person and enjoy being healthy and exercising suggests INFj.
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    you're INFp. Fe>Fi is clear from your tone. irrational>rational is also there, as you don't seem to have that sense of control.
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    Quote Originally Posted by strrrng View Post
    you're INFp. Fe>Fi is clear from your tone. irrational>rational is also there, as you don't seem to have that sense of control.
    Hi again strrrng! I would appreciate any explanation you could give me on how you came to that conclusion...more specifically? Any ideas as to why I would test as EII? You have a reputation for being good at typing people, so any more information you could give me on the subject would be greatly appreciated. . Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by qbsirena06
    EII, IN(F)p
    INFp is IEI, .

    EII is INFj, .

    And yeah, I say Beta rather than Delta - your attitude made me think of EIEs, although not quite. The intense desire to categorize yourself probably fits with as Hidden Agenda (function 6).



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    Quote Originally Posted by Brilliand View Post
    INFp is IEI, .

    EII is INFj, .

    And yeah, I say Beta rather than Delta - your attitude made me think of EIEs, although not quite. The intense desire to categorize yourself probably fits with as Hidden Agenda (function 6).
    Yeah, this is exactly my dilemma though. I wonder why I test as INFP under MBTI and EII under Socionics. I read somewhere that it is possible for this to happen and that the labels from the two theories don't necessarily correlate. Can you explain how my attitude reminded you of EIEs? I can see how I can come off more extroverted in writing than in person...not sure if that is what you meant. Somehow it is easier to express myself this way. I think I also intentionally appear more Fe in writing in order to clearly communicate my intentions since I'm not able to use facial expressions/tone to achieve this. I would hate for someone to misinterpret something I say. I guess this makes me sound very INFP. However, in other ways I feel more INFJ. I do agree that I tend to overanalyze almost everything, so I can see the Ti hidden agenda you mentioned. Thanks for your input!

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    You sound INFp to me. I can sense the softness and Ni base very strongly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by qbsirena06 View Post
    Yeah, this is exactly my dilemma though. I wonder why I test as INFP under MBTI and EII under Socionics. I read somewhere that it is possible for this to happen and that the labels from the two theories don't necessarily correlate. Can you explain how my attitude reminded you of EIEs? I can see how I can come off more extroverted in writing than in person...not sure if that is what you meant. Somehow it is easier to express myself this way. I think I also intentionally appear more Fe in writing in order to clearly communicate my intentions since I'm not able to use facial expressions/tone to achieve this. I would hate for someone to misinterpret something I say. I guess this makes me sound very INFP. However, in other ways I feel more INFJ. I do agree that I tend to overanalyze almost everything, so I can see the Ti hidden agenda you mentioned. Thanks for your input!
    There we go again! sounding a lot alike.......I do that same thing with the writing vs. in person. it gets me in trouble when people think i'm this expressive in person. maybe i am but not as much as it sounds when i type...at least i think. ha ha!

    I'd be glad to stay in touch and see what comes of this for both of us. I have the same desire to KNOW MY TYPE RIGHT NOW. lol and i overanalyze everything too.

    when i first came to socionics, i got the theory behind it right away, switching everything from MBTI and how this way made more sense. take a look at the definitions of the elements and their roles and how they manifest in each. those were the most fascinating to me. i also can just get a "gist" about someone and know their type. it's my own i'm not seeing very clearly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dbmmama View Post
    There we go again! sounding a lot alike.......I do that same thing with the writing vs. in person. it gets me in trouble when people think i'm this expressive in person. maybe i am but not as much as it sounds when i type...at least i think. ha ha!

    I'd be glad to stay in touch and see what comes of this for both of us. I have the same desire to KNOW MY TYPE RIGHT NOW. lol and i overanalyze everything too.

    when i first came to socionics, i got the theory behind it right away, switching everything from MBTI and how this way made more sense. take a look at the definitions of the elements and their roles and how they manifest in each. those were the most fascinating to me. i also can just get a "gist" about someone and know their type. it's my own i'm not seeing very clearly.

    love,
    kelly jo
    Has anything here so far helped? I can definitely identify with your relative difficulty in typing yourself vs. others. For instance, I think you might be INFp.

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    Why do you identify more with delta quadra, rather than beta?
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    Quote Originally Posted by qbsirena06 View Post
    Has anything here so far helped? I can definitely identify with your relative difficulty in typing yourself vs. others. For instance, I think you might be INFp.
    Thanks qbsirena06 for inquiring. For me, i just read your list of Beta vs Delta values and I am definitely not Delta, but Beta is not quite it either. I'm going to take a look at Alpha again.

    Whatever is going on with us, it is VERY FREAKIN' similar! I read your posts and they are words out of my mouth, I just am a *bit* more "organized" about it.

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