Can you be more than one type?

[Ghost1986]

are you always a INTP or can your mood turn you into a different type?

ive noticed at times iam more open minded and will take other peoples info into consideration, but other times i determin whats right or wrong and nothing they say will change it.

there are also times when i use my senses more than my intuition. all tough thats rare.

 

[FacetiousPersona]

In the theory, no. You are born as a type and remain as it. However, you are capable of manipulating the idea for this to be possible.

 

[Lestaticon]

I favor a theory by Pat Wyman where we have our core being as the MBTI defines. We also have a defense system in place to protect that core. Often when people are very difficult to type or appear to change, it is because their defense system is very different from their rational MBTI core self. The defense system uses irrational thought processes.

She also believes this is genetic. We're born with a MBTI and a defensive system (she uses the enneagram to type that system under stress), much like we're born with baby fat and maliable bones to protect ourselves.

For example, an INTP with a enneagram 4 as a defensive system. That can create a person who, in one discussion, will offer up very valid information to the topic and appear to be very reasonable and valuable, yet, in another tread, write something very "trollish" and offensive, simply to distance him or herself from the crowd much like the enneagram 4 would do if serving as a defensive mechanism (as they like or wish to believe they are unique in the universe).

 

[echoplex]

I honestly think I was born INTJ but "became" INTP around age 15. There are times that I feel my J-side trying to resurface.

And this INTP/Type 4/useful info/trollishness thing reminds me of myself. lol

 

[Oblivious]

With sufficient knowledge of your thought processes, the thought processes of what you wish to become, and a good amount of willpower you can emulate other types. It takes practice and lots of patience. The most effective way is to recognize the facets of other types within yourself and develop those areas.

You can eventually sustain an emulate personality for a period of time, but I would not recommend doing it for too long. You forget about your natural state and become psychologically lost. In addition to the stress of your transformation, its traumatizing to recover from.

 

[FacetiousPersona]

I'm an INTJ when planning
I'm an INTP when analyzing
I'm an ENTJ when dictating
I'm an ENTP when brainstorming
I'm an ESTP when playing
I'm an ESTJ when leading
I'm an ISTP when repairing
I'm an ISFP when gentle
I'm an ISFJ when selfless
I'm an ESFP when hyper
I'm an ESFJ when serving
I'm an ISTJ when loyal
I'm an ENFP when charming
I'm an ENFJ when preaching
I'm an INFP when pensive
I'm an INFJ when theorizing

 

[Reverse Transcriptase]

I'm an INTJ when planning
I'm an INTP when analyzing
I'm an ENTJ when dictating
I'm an ENTP when brainstorming
I'm an ESTP when playing
I'm an ESTJ when leading
I'm an ISTP when repairing
I'm an ISFP when gentle
I'm an ISFJ when selfless
I'm an ESFP when hyper
I'm an ESFJ when serving
I'm an ISTJ when loyal
I'm an ENFP when charming
I'm an ENFJ when preaching
I'm an INFP when pensive
I'm an INFJ when theorizing

Which one are you when you're pulling our leg?

 

[FacetiousPersona]

Which one are you when you're pulling our leg?

Count to 16 and take away 7.

 

[Perseus]

In the theory, no. You are born as a type and remain as it. However, you are capable of manipulating the idea for this to be possible.

In the Perseus system it is called morph-shifting, which is the same as shape-shifting. Personal growth is one method of changing and chemical alteration of the brain by the use of pharmaceuticals, and also bearing in mind that many people will be near average for type and not markedly one type or another, although people watching can show quite clear types more often than not. Thespians will purposefully act out of type.

Shape-shifting requires excessive energy and I cannot maintain out of type for very long before reverting to normal INTP. Prolonged acting out of type by job requirements and school causes depression and ailments.

 

[Perseus]

I'm an INTJ when planning
I'm an INTP when analyzing
I'm an ENTJ when dictating
I'm an ENTP when brainstorming
I'm an ESTP when playing
I'm an ESTJ when leading
I'm an ISTP when repairing
I'm an ISFP when gentle
I'm an ISFJ when selfless
I'm an ESFP when hyper
I'm an ESFJ when serving
I'm an ISTJ when loyal
I'm an ENFP when charming
I'm an ENFJ when preaching
I'm an INFP when pensive
I'm an INFJ when theorizing

Quite good. I think you made them up yourself. Congrats. ST are dictators though so one of them is wrong. NT are leaders. INFP when questioning.

 

[dwags222]

every time i read a post by perseus i laugh heartily.

i can't figure out if he (she?) is being serious or is just going for a long standing elaborate joke. if the latter, it is undoubtedly a great joke and pulled off well.

 

[FacetiousPersona]

every time i read a post by perseus i laugh heartily.

i can't figure out if he (she?) is being serious or is just going for a long standing elaborate joke. if the latter, it is undoubtedly a great joke and pulled off well.

He's high all of the time. This is our excuse for him.

 

[Ermine]

Though I've been INTP my entire life, I used to have more S and J traits when I was a kid.

 

[cheese]

^So did I.

How're you sure you're INTP then? I have trouble with this.

 

[Ermine]

Currently the INTP description fits me to a T.

I think it was because I was just being a normal impressionable child. I mimicked what was around me. My mom is a strong SJ and she raised me for the most part. After I grew older and gained more autonomy, I was a total INTP.

 

[truthseeker72]

Currently the INTP description fits me to a T.

I think it was because I was just being a normal impressionable child. I mimicked what was around me. My mom is a strong SJ and she raised me for the most part. After I grew older and gained more autonomy, I was a total INTP.

How do you manage the inevitable confilict with your SJ mom?

 

[Ermine]

Ever since I learned about the MBTI, I try to remember how she communicates, in a concrete, step by step fashion, and try to format my thoughts in the same way. I also try not to be confrontational unless it's something really important. In order to satisfy her J, I make an extra effort to be "successful" in all my activities, and put my ideas into practice.

I still don't invite "enough" friends over, I still don't take initiative as much, I still argue for fun, and I don't clean my room as often as she wants me to, but I do some things that make her happy and it makes all the difference.

However, it should be known that I'm growing on her as well. I've had a big role in helping her develop her artistic side, and my dad and I help her be more comfortable with her zany self.

In our arguments, we didn't really argue over anything substantial. It was because we were both communicating ineffectively for the other person. If I just can't get something across, I write her a letter, since I'm a much better communicator in writing.

 

[Cegorach]

Hmm... Compelling subject.
Speaking from an entirely subjective viewpoint, I have noticed an abundance of contradictory attitudes that cultivate my perceived persona.
Through extensive research and observation I have learned how to manipulate many foreign traits and as a result can better overcome certain challenges.
Although I doubt it is possible to be more than one type, I do believe that we are capable of exibiting multi-faceted personalities that may oppose our preferred attributes.