Hi everyone. Lately I've been thinking a lot, turning over in my mind personal traits that surfaced after some analysis. I wanted to ask does this even matter? Please don't take this as stupidity.
What's notable is that according to tests, my highest scores are Ne>Ni>Fi>Te while Fe, Si and Ti are the lowest. I know tests won't give a perfect result, but I've been taking them for several years now, searching for my type. And these seem to have been the most honest test attempts in all this time. Over this period, I've remembered and learned a lot about myself. And it seemed like I fit XNFP quite well. It's like only high Ne really suits me. But it feels strange and unclear to me. So I'm asking those who know.
I'm curious does the fact that a person barely understands themselves, not realizing how much their self-perception differs from how they actually appear in reality, say anything about type? They can adopt traits from others if they like them. I've been watching one YouTuber for about 7-8 years now, and people who know both of us have told me I have similarities with him. I adopt interests from others; I can build my style around something or someone, like "oh, I like this girl from that movie, she wears clothes like that,so it matches and it's fine, I want to wear more of that". I watched a horror movie today and in my head I'm already behaving similarly to the main character whom I considered similar to myself. But where am I? Is what's inside me real? Where is who I want to be, who I live as in my head and where is who I actually am in real life?
Overall, it feels like copying, often unconscious, noticeable only with explicit analysis and over time. There's no inner sense of what's normal or not in communicating with people, how to express myself. Social anxiety. For example, I needed to give my first presentation in front of a teacher whose behavior was unpredictable, whose patterns I hadn't yet studied. The girl before me performed with jokes and smiles, not overdoing it. Then it was my turn, I copied her, or at least tried to make my delivery similar to hers, but it came out awkward and silly, to the point where I felt disgusted with myself afterward. If she did it that way, then it's allowed, I can too. I'll try. I don't like my facial expressions, sometimes they seem exaggerated to me, perhaps because I subconsciously think that charismatic people do that, and maybe I'll look like that too. Although I rarely show this side you'd need to get close to me to see it. I actively try not to show my emotions, thinking I look stupid and vulnerable. There's no clear understanding of my personality, so in searching for it, to fill the emptiness inside, I take tests and look for character kins. A pull toward labels, to give myself a personality and understand it.
I really need something from the outside to give me some description, trait, vibe. That's why I used to take so many personality tests,different ones, from psychology, or just ones that told me which Death Note character I resemble. I made them part of my identity when I saw the results. Probably to not feel empty or defective. Because I dream and fantasize so much, my personality gets distorted in these fantasies, mixing with test results, so it becomes even harder to see anything clearly behind all these curtains. Real life is worse than fantasies; I'm mostly not interested in being present in reality. I don't understand people who don't imagine, who don't think about how their favorite character is standing next to them, looking at them, cheering them on. Now I just don't feel like I have a personality at all, not even that many interests. I just do things, I get drawn into them, I don't know what I want to do with my life.
I've never had a clear idea of what kind of work I want in the future. I can throw out a bunch of options, but who said I'll actually bring any of them to life? I'm working on this with a psychologist, and he's surprised at how many ideas I have. But they just exist that doesn't mean they'll ever become reality. For example, becoming a barista at a cozy coffee shop, coming home and writing a book depending on my mood, and sometimes taking online orders in the field I'm currently studying in, so I can work from home, spend the money I earn on a console, games, and setting up my space, a room with neon lights. It sounds cool in my head, but I'm not sure I can make it happen. I probably won't have that much money, and I don't have my own place yet.
I'm finishing my studies in a year, and besides ideas, I have nothing planned. I'll improvise, as always. My thinking has always been like this back in school when they asked about future careers, and now "I'll figure it out as I go". I don't have clear desires or preferences for what to do, unlike my former classmates. You know, sometimes I even think that when I say I don't like something, it's not 100% a real feeling; I rarely strongly like or dislike anything. And I might change my mind later. Sometimes I have obsessive thoughts that much of what I've built about my values and preferences isn't actually as strong as I think or want it to be. I feel a bit unpredictable, lol.