Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Those that know me will know that I've always had an interest in psychology--- and that's probably the sole reason why I'm looking up the MBTI when I'm bored at 2am. It's basically a personality test--- one that suggests that there are 4 dichotomies to personality, and rates the degree of your preference towards a certain trait. You can look up the details somewhere, this isn't a psych class. Anyway, being bored, I took the test and was labelled as INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment).

Looking at the explanation of what the INTJ personality is supposed to be, I guess I agree with everything it says. Except I wonder whether this is just another one of those vague things where I agree because the personality test is saying nice things about me. Well, not everything is nice, but the not-so-nice bit I can deal with. To boil it down, the personality test essentially told me that I was a super-genius but socially retarded. Skipping past all that praise about me being logical, confident and a natural leader (no need to waste time on what I already know, right?), I went to the "relationships" section.

Apparently I fail at relationships. Something about failing to communicate my feelings and an utter rejection of social rituals I deem meaningless. I immediately thought back to this conversation I had with this friend of mine, who told me I should dress nicer if I want to attract romantic interest. Basically what I told him was I don't like putting a lot of effort into dress, and if they like me because they liked what I wore, the relationship will surely break down when I decide dressing up is too much effort. My friend was trying to tell me that I was meant to "hook them" with the dress thing and then go from there, but I dismissed it without much thought because I thought it was ridiculous...

In retrospect, maybe he had a point.

The personality test also told me I don't respond to spontaneous infatuation, but I instead wait for someone who meets my criteria to come along. I wish I could prove it wrong... but I fail to think of examples. Life is tragic when even a personality test tells you your love life is non-existent. The test also said even though I fail at romantic relationships, I was willing to invest abundant efforts into them, wanting to "work" at it. Thinking back to my failed crush last year and my terribly embarrassing attempts to attract their attention, I almost wish I could rewrite history.

Looking for consolation, I jump to the section of "famous people with INTJ personality"--- and I find "Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes" to be among the list. Thanks a lot, stupid piece of crap test. The most attractive thing on that list was probably "Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice", but even then I think back to how the entire book was about how Darcy failed to express his emotions and was misunderstood...

This is why you shouldn't do random personality tests in the middle of the night. Their only function is to depress you. That is all.