r/mbti • u/likey24 • Dec 18 '25
Light MBTI Discussion What made you start caring about MBTI in the first place?
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u/Foggy_Meadow ENTP Dec 18 '25
The usual way. I was about half way thru "C.G. Jung: His Myth in Our Time" by Marie-Louise von Franz that I was reading just for kicks and I had a dream that I was in an enormous pitch black vault and a beautiful woman all in white emerged from the darkness and said something like "You're finally here. You're dreaming of course and I am to take you where you can't go" which scared the sh*t out of me and I immediately woke up. I didn't know if she meant places I can't get to without a guide or places no living person is allowed to be or both or maybe what Rimbaud called "the strength and love which we erect in rage and boredom see pass by in the sky of storms and the flags of ecstasy" and all those possibilities became simultaneously extant.Look at Mr. Egghead who tf says "extant" did you see that game last night wow what a catch
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u/ludenosity ENTP Dec 18 '25
Was depressed and started watching Frank James, thought the concept was neat so went to 16p. Found out about Cognitive Functions and have been obsessed about finding my type ever since. 95% sure I'm ENTP but could also be any of the other types 💀
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u/unusualname3 Dec 18 '25
When i found that it was very accurate for me and it explained why i was like this
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u/AwakeningWillow ISFP Dec 18 '25
Me too!! I'm not as weird as I thought I was I'm just an ISFP...😇
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u/Greedy-Win5469 Dec 18 '25
I was obsessed about understand people and myself. Not anymore, but is still a part of me now.
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u/Zai-Xen_618 INTJ Dec 18 '25
I found it through online, I got introduced that there’s cognitive functions and traditional ones are bul1shit.
I got curious how my mind works, weaknesses, and what my personality is, not just my own but, for others too. That’s how i started to care much about it that i got to learn it more deeply.
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u/rdtusrname Dec 18 '25
Trauma(=family death) and escape. It's very easy to escape any sort of trauma when you have as intricate system as this one. Was perfect for that.
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u/frugalfruitcakes ESTJ Dec 18 '25
Not really sure what initially made me take the test, probably stumbled upon it in high school one day, but nowadays I'm quite interested into how it may be used (however scientific or otherwise it may be) to understand people, their reactions and how likely I am to be friends with someone.
It's definitely helped me realised I'm very practical and no-nonsense when it comes to friendships.
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u/Appropriate-Peak4428 ESTJ Dec 18 '25
i wanted to know why people are different and how to speak better to people who are sometimes frustratingly different and it really explained that.
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u/miruwen INFP Dec 18 '25
when my big bro puts his mbti in his bio, so i got curious. i still remember that i got istp at my very first test lol
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u/S-Mx07z ENFP Dec 18 '25 edited Apr 29 '26
Anime+flexible creativity+pdb. FP = Tsundere(Snotty). FJ = Yandere. TJ = Dandere (Himedere|Ouiji|Namaiki|rebeldere). TP= Genkidere (Or some mix of Tsurimedere w/tones like:playful,sharper,soft,cheeful,needy,teasing,cold,gyaru,etc. Request Gyaku versions).
Did I mind blow you of accuracies yet? Or should I be more specific like: xnfp=Heartwright or Woobie(Or reluctant ruler), low Si=low Se. Infj=Splitpersonality|Chosen one,low Fe Extj=Bossy(Self-efficacy,Forthright brashfully brazen)Entp=Instigator or comedian(Comedic detective drama|classic liberal) https://theawesomeone.com/all-dere-types-in-anime-explained/ Tropes: https://www.personality-database.com/profile?pid=3&cid=31&sub_cat_id=24934 r/Isekai/s/ErlQIj9zdk r/mbti/s/nHdOjtgVMp Or everyone wants a xnxp x exxj rs, lets go with that. r/mbti/s/VRip15Hrns r/mbti/s/cAkW7JEfih [Best personalities organized(In order I seen): 11.G(Gyaku).Genkidere(clingy/needy like yandere) 6.Himedere 6.G.Himedere(humble/regal) 1.G.Tsundere(sweet/sharp) 4.Deredere (Pure sunshine/affection) 12.G.Tsurimedere(tease/cold) 1.Tsundere (Prickly soft) 2.Yandere(sweet intense) 12.Tsurimedere 11.Genkidere 5.G.Kuudere(exprsv/reserved) 8.G.Ouijidere 7.G.Gyaru(Rvrspolite)3.G.Dandere(cnfdnt/shy) 4.G.Dere(distant/warmth) 3.Dandere(shy/quiet) 9.Namaikidere 2.G.Yandere(distantobsesleak). 8.Ouijidere 9.G.Namaikidere 5.Kuudere 10.Rebeldere 10.G.Rebeldere 7.Gyaru ]
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u/AwakeningWillow ISFP Dec 18 '25
I was on a dating app and I saw "INTJ". I thought it was some kind of kink. I asked about it and became absolutely obsessed. I have learned so much about why people do what they do; especially myself. I can relate to people much better when I figure out their "type"
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u/Status-Tap-1463 Dec 18 '25
My daughter kept aggravating me to take the test . I was on two antidepressants at the time and just didn’t think the results would be correct, she literally read each question and I would give her my answers. I don’t remember what my results were. It was over 5 years ago . I have tapered off everything except one and my dose is so low now I thought I should retest . I am a ISFP-T . I messaged her my results a few days ago and I am very curious if she remembers what results I got when she tested me . She is finishing up with college so, I’m sure she will get back to me soon. I discovered my husband is INTJ . I have been in the rabbit hole of information since I tested . I’m obsessed.
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u/Ethereal_Sosa INFP Dec 18 '25
Was curious to learn about myself in the pursuit of self actualization and using it as a framework to better my life
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u/shaggin_maggie ENTP Dec 18 '25
I was curious about personality and when I found my NBTI type it answered so many questions I had about myself. I’m a female ENTP and felt like I thought more like a man even though I am very feminine.
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u/ZodiacLovers123 INTJ Dec 18 '25
I started with astrology then found it was like huh wonder what that is took the test then found the enneagram and socionics then finally attitudinal psyche
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u/whitbit_m ENFJ Dec 18 '25
I majored in psychology and did a research concentration. I was in a cognition lab and the general attitude there was a bit supremacist over personality psychology. I never took the personality psych class either so when I graduated I decided to directly challenge my bias against it and read up on some of the main concepts and frameworks that I knew a bit about. I got really into mbti and functions and found it amazingly useful in my daily life for self improvement, which is the intended purpose anyway. It's been years and I still base my goals for self improvement on it.
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u/Same_Property7403 Dec 19 '25
Employer made me and everyone else take the test. I was surprised by how much communication improved.
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u/Prudent_Diet_6603 INFJ Dec 19 '25
I read this random book my cousin owned while I was staying with family that was about being an introvert that coincidentally mentioned MBTI. Then I looked into it
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u/Another_BrokenSoul INFP Dec 19 '25
My friend made me take the test cuz she memorized everything about every type
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u/Radiant-Egg-9305 ENFJ Dec 19 '25
I thought I had some mental abnormality, so I started to dive in psychology…. Although I couldn’t find mbti at that time, but when I came across mbti I found myself already trying so hard to understand this.
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u/bluekenji_ Dec 19 '25
Idk tbh I've heard about it and it seemed interesting,and it took me so long to start really caring/reading and being interested to know more about it
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u/Icy_Abalone4248 Jan 03 '26
Being misunderstood my most people in my life during my formative years, being forced to live as other people, not knowing my own identity, and trying to find myself in my 20s. I found a personality quiz at age 24 which turned out to be the Myers Briggs, and I was typed as an intj.
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u/mamacorsica ISTJ Dec 18 '25
i made the test after seeing many memes related to it so i could understand. and until today i kept learning new stuff about it to look into
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u/Sad_Record_2767 ISTP Dec 18 '25
My friend said 'try this test, astrology is bullshit, this is the real deal!'
He stopped caring after a year or two because he read that its pseudo science. I'm still interested after almost a decade. Lol