ms. personality

i think i wrote about this before. maybe. i can't really remember. but so, in case you didn't know, according to personality tests, my personality type is INTJ. in a "portrait of an intj" it is said that "other people may have a difficult time understanding the intj." it goes on to say that a lot of that is actually the fault of the intj, him or herself. i will concede this as a truth.

i don't like it, of course, though. in fact, it sort of ticks me off,because also inherent in this personality type is the tendency to put forth a great deal of time and effort into understanding others. and well, it seems to me that it would be only fair that others spend the same amount of effort into understanding me.

ok, i know. that's ridiculous. it's not any other person's responsibility to understand me. but even so, i can wish, can't i? that for once, someone would actually take the time and make a true effort.

i'll tell you what though, it can be worse. i really really hate it the most when someone thinks they understand me, when they really don't. that's not just annoying, it's often downright hurtful. my feelings feel completely disregarded when someone sums me up, inaccurately. and it's annoying as all get out when someone assumes i'm feeling like they think i ought to feel.

so the intj is actually the hardest personality type to anger. or so they say. i kind of think it's true. it takes a real real lot to make me angry. you have to be doing something incredibly mean and stupid, hurtful, cruel, or wrong to anger me. on the other hand, it doesn't seem to take much to frustrate us. but on the 3rd hand, a lot of times people think we are angry when we aren't.

so what's all that mean? i don't know. it is what it is.

it's me. just in case, you happened to want to know.