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I wasn't too sure about these results. I didn't think Bodily/Kinesthetic should be so low, since I a definitely a kinesthetic learner. I am not athletic or graceful, to be sure, but that one should have been higher than Visual/Spatial, which I think of as my weakest areas. Looking forward to...

I've had two occasions when I lost my sense of humor. The first was overwhelming burnout in college. The second was right after Sept. 11 (I live in the US). In both cases, the laughter started to return after a month or two, and gradually recovered completely. Maybe it will be the same for...

It certainly has its advantages, but in turn I think it would be nice to be as authentic as you. I feel trapped by the masks, even though they are good tools. If you genuinely wish to develop some, though, try role playing games (in person, like D&D, Traveler, etc.). They made it easier...

Zero, I used to get in trouble for pouting, too, and it drove me crazy. I had fights with my mom (INFP). But it turned out okay because my default/neutral face got retrained to something that doesn't look like pouting. At 40, I am glad, really. I have an INTJ friend who always looks a bit...

Re: Grudges. I agree completely. I take a lot of offending before I will become truly angry. The number of grudges I have held in my life has probably been fewer than 20. But when someone transgresses in a malicious, deliberate way, or seeks to gain from my loss, I find it truly hard to...

I'm an INTP, and I probably do what you describe, though I don't think of it as a formal test. I am usually just trying to find something pleasant to converse about, and to some people I come across like I'm arrogant. Intelligence does matter to me. So do kindness and integrity. Without...

I used to teach SAT preparation. The most effective means of preparation is to get some practice tests. Get real tests from previous years, not simulated tests. The College Board, which makes the test, has an online printable test at...

I do have varying sensitivity. I have had public-facing jobs on occasion, and done quite well at them, and I seem to get better at handling it with recent practice. I've been a stay-at-home mom for 5 years, though, and the thought of going back to that fills me with dread. I can sort of...

You know, I think you are on to something here. I don't obsess about weight particularly, but I sure obsess, often about nutrition and health. I make myself crazy all the time, about things that I know rationally are untrue, or very unlikely, or aren't important, and I haven't been able to...

Neal Stephenson's book Cryptonomicon has a good candidate. The book goes back and forth between Randy Waterhouse in the present (INTJ) and his grandfather Lawrence Waterhouse in WWII (INTP). Lawrence is a cryptography expert. He can't remember anyone's name, has no interest in current events...

I withdraw and obsess about it. I really do have a hard time thinking about anything else. Mind you, I don't think this is a good way to deal with stress. How nice it would be to be able to let things go! My INTJ husband is really good at helping, since he is a great listener and usually...

I was recently reading a book called The Body Has a Mind of Its Own by Sandra and Matthew Blakeslee, about how the brain has a map of the body, and some of the consequences. It discusses things like phantom limbs, and how when you are wearing a tall hat, you duck when going under a low doorway...

I thought that was just me. I hate when the blanket on the bed is on just my legs, so that there is less weight on my torso, or if there is a faint touch from a tag, or thread, or something just very near me. It makes me crazy when there are faint or uneven touches on me. As for touching...

Yep, those feelings of wasted potential are familiar companions. Part of it comes from being unable to turn off my brain. So when I am doing one thing, that little voice in the back of my head is telling me about 5 other things I could be doing instead. No matter what I do, then, I am less...

I don't think I could possibly be any type other than INTP. But I love role-playing games, and I often play characters who are different types. Sometimes I get into the headspace of another personality type, and the other players agree that I am not picking actions like an INTP. It is a very...

I think core values are very important to INTPs. They just don't always match what other people value, and they aren't based on authority or societal approval. My set of values, which I spent a long time working out about 5 years ago, are, in no particular order: Relationships...