A Little About Me
Many people aren’t familiar with the MBTI, or don’t realize they have taken it. It wasn’t until I was 21 that I had even heard of Myers Briggs, or taken a test, and that was only because it was an assignment for a college psychology course I was taking. A few years later I took it as part of a career assessment at work and had the results reviewed by the psychologist and both times my results were the same. I’ve since taken it a couple times more, both the short and long form and always received the same result, INTJ. Personally, I’ve taken many personality tests, most administered by companies I have worked for, StrengthFinders, DISC, CMA, and MBTI. All the results have said the same thing, but no description fit me as perfectly as the MBTIs INTJ one did.
I’ve always felt different, even as a young child, 6-7 years old, something told me I wasn’t like everyone else I interacted with. In sixth grade I was pulled aside for further testing because the teachers sensed something different about me as well. It was found my IQ was in the 140s (average is 85-114) and my critical thinking skills were off the charts. I haven’t been tested since then outside of the standard ACT/SATs, but those feelings of being “different” have never gone away.
I’ve been a very introverted “Type A” personality for as long as I can remember, something about me was always impatient, ‘cold’, competitive, rigidly organized, highly status-conscious, anxious, proactive, concerned with time management and requiring perfection, not only of myself but those around me as well. It wasn’t until I was 16 that I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a few years later after taking the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test, I found out I was a type “INTJ”. Reading the description was like they had written it about me specifically, then the mention of the rarity of women scoring an INTJ made me realize why I rarely connected well with other women in my life. My INTJ results made all my quirks come to light and made me understand why I was the way I was and why I was so different from other people I came into contact with.
I’ve always felt different, even as a young child, 6-7 years old, something told me I wasn’t like everyone else I interacted with. In sixth grade I was pulled aside for further testing because the teachers sensed something different about me as well. It was found my IQ was in the 140s (average is 85-114) and my critical thinking skills were off the charts. I haven’t been tested since then outside of the standard ACT/SATs, but those feelings of being “different” have never gone away.
I’ve been a very introverted “Type A” personality for as long as I can remember, something about me was always impatient, ‘cold’, competitive, rigidly organized, highly status-conscious, anxious, proactive, concerned with time management and requiring perfection, not only of myself but those around me as well. It wasn’t until I was 16 that I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a few years later after taking the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test, I found out I was a type “INTJ”. Reading the description was like they had written it about me specifically, then the mention of the rarity of women scoring an INTJ made me realize why I rarely connected well with other women in my life. My INTJ results made all my quirks come to light and made me understand why I was the way I was and why I was so different from other people I came into contact with.
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