Hello everyone!!

[jrodatus]

Since y'all have such a wonderful community, I thought it would be only appropriate to introduce myself before crashing in

Hi...my name is Josh...and I'm an ENFj



Actually I am a weird kind of EIE/ENFj. As a child I was *extremely* introverted and always thinking and inventing things. I started programming in C-language at the age of 7-- algorithms and cracking machine code were my forte. Also, as a kid I was very earthy and outdoorsy-- mud, colorful flowers and gigantic leaves being my primary enjoyments. We used to play "oregon trail" alot. I started grappling arts and physical training at 13, and have loved it since. Are these traits not characteristic of sensing and thinking functions? 'Cause that really confuses me if I'm an ENFj. [[gardening is still a hobby of mine, btw]]

Again, to put me in a social setting was like burying a trout in desert sand. You cannot imagine how so SOOO WEIRD it was for me to gradually morph into a social creature- to thrive (oh horror!) on being around people. Right now I'm 17, and consistently test as ENFj-- all of the descriptions are frighteningly accurate. Except one thing. For some crazy reason my logic and reasoning (from bein' a programmer) haven't left me, though for some reason they are only at 100% effectiveness when I'm being "introverted."

Which brings me to my next question-- is it possible to have two separately developed personalities? Around high-energy people, I can't help but be all , but alone or around some types of introverts, I flip into being all laid back with alot of (seems like it, but idk). Both modes are perfectly comfortable and "normal" for me. If I had to choose one with which to live out the rest of my life, either would be quite pleasant.

If I'm just plumb blessed, then I'll accept it and try to put myself to good use, but if this is normal then I must admit I am thoroughly confuzed!!

[xyz]

Since y'all have such a wonderful community, I thought it would be only appropriate to introduce myself before crashing in

Hi...my name is Josh...and I'm an ENFj



Actually I am a weird kind of EIE/ENFj. As a child I was *extremely* introverted and always thinking and inventing things. I started programming in C-language at the age of 7-- algorithms and cracking machine code were my forte. Also, as a kid I was very earthy and outdoorsy-- mud, colorful flowers and gigantic leaves being my primary enjoyments. We used to play "oregon trail" alot. I started grappling arts and physical training at 13, and have loved it since. Are these traits not characteristic of sensing and thinking functions? 'Cause that really confuses me if I'm an ENFj. [[gardening is still a hobby of mine, btw]]

Again, to put me in a social setting was like burying a trout in desert sand. You cannot imagine how so SOOO WEIRD it was for me to gradually morph into a social creature- to thrive (oh horror!) on being around people. Right now I'm 17, and consistently test as ENFj-- all of the descriptions are frighteningly accurate. Except one thing. For some crazy reason my logic and reasoning (from bein' a programmer) haven't left me, though for some reason they are only at 100% effectiveness when I'm being "introverted."

Which brings me to my next question-- is it possible to have two separately developed personalities? Around high-energy people, I can't help but be all , but alone or around some types of introverts, I flip into being all laid back with alot of (seems like it, but idk). Both modes are perfectly comfortable and "normal" for me. If I had to choose one with which to live out the rest of my life, either would be quite pleasant.

If I'm just plumb blessed, then I'll accept it and try to put myself to good use, but if this is normal then I must admit I am thoroughly confuzed!!

[Park]

Hello, WEIRDO. Have a seat. What would you like to drink?

[jrodatus]

Hello, WEIRDO. Have a seat. What would you like to drink?

Cider please. Make it hot and you'll get a tip

Kristiina: Thank you, that makes sense. Sounds like it is indeed part of being EIE.

[Park]

Cider please. Make it hot and you'll get a tip

Glad we're already communicating here. Welcome to the forums.

[Park]

Would you like some crisp chocolate chip cookies to go with your hot cider, sir?

[jrodatus]

Would you like some crisp chocolate chip cookies to go with your hot cider, sir?

Stop hitting on me, please. And get rid of that dreadful waitress costume; it really doesn't suit you.

[Kristiina]

welcome to the forum. you do seem EIE, mostly because you said "SOOO WEIRD" and "(oh horror!)"

I think EIE logic abilities are often underestimated. I think you are fully EIE, even with the strong . When I'm around people or just feeling energetic, then I get this sort of high and I'm unable to concentrate on meaningful things. When I want to write something, I need to pull myself away from other things and just become antisocial for a while...

although I gotta admit, it's usually 20 min work, 5 min forum, 40 min work, 2 min forum, 15 min messenger, 30 min work... I just create the social distractions because after a while my mind refuses to work unless I discharge a bit. I used to be able to go 3 hours without anything social, lately never that long.

[PotatoSpirit]

Welcome (c:
EIE seems possible to me, judging from your posts.
If you are sure of your family's types, that could be a good way to confirm your own type. Especially, how do you get along with LSI sister and LSE dad?

[aka-kitsune]

Wow. Way too articulate for age 17.

Precocious! Precocious! Naw... really, I'm just envious that I wasn't that smart when I was 17. Next to your presentation here, I was merely a silly schoolgirl. Didn't even really explore psychological concepts like typology and personality until college.

Perhaps you're just an "old soul", grasping concepts that are usually beyond the ken of many of your contemporaries.

[jrodatus]

Perhaps you're just an "old soul", grasping concepts that are usually beyond the ken of many of your contemporaries.

Thanks for the compliment but it's part of being homeschooled. The frequency of stereotypical socially retarded eggheads among said culture isn't... surprising Could be interesting to study the effect of homeschooling on personality development?

How can you argue that when the very thing that ripped away their sense of wonder is in fact, the same thing that actively prevents them from learning and establishing a "real and solid sense of values, morals, joys, etc."? What happens when their sense of wonder is gone and they're left to base their swirling moral compass on a very much intact sense of ethical indifference?

Good question. If indeed that which ripped away those "training wheels" is in fact the very thing that actively prevents them from learning and establishing solid bike riding and navigation skills, how does *anyone* learn to ride a bike? By trial and err-- helmets and scraped knees? By example? All of the above. So it is with finding the north pole on a swirling moral compass. Regardless whether you believe in objective reality, the needle will settle on a moral pole with the help of parents/influences and trial and err. Circumstances demand it. Of course, the adult who never made it past adolescence will still be searching for moral guidance, but in general the compass does tend to settle. Life demands it. But ymmv.

[dbmmama]

yes, very articulate for one so young. EIE you are and your being homeschooled did a great job. heehee. i homeschool my 4, but I NEVER would have been that articulate if i was homeschooled. i'm much too dreamy for that. i'm feeling a kinship with the IEIs and SEIs......my didn't come out of it's shell until recently and i'm 38! but it's having fun doing it now.

me at 18:strrrng

welcome and it WOULD be interesting to see the correlation between personality development and being homeschooled. i'm in the middle of my "experiment" with it now.....and have been using my *knowings* of the two within it.

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[aka-kitsune]

Thanks for the compliment but it's part of being homeschooled. The frequency of stereotypical socially retarded eggheads among said culture isn't... surprising Could be interesting to study the effect of homeschooling on personality development?

Well... I'd also have to add that despite NOT being homeschooled (and instead being sent off to Catholic school) I turned out to be socially retarded nonetheless...

Thus, I was very "sheltered" in many a sense...

Am overall, the result of a childhood of mostly solitary subjective imagination. I have never felt or been socially apt. I run shrieking from the idea of "social networking"... (though, perhaps that's more of an aversion to exposure thing).