not that kind of girl
Jun. 13th, 2002 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauralhWhenever I take those personality tests (the real ones, Myers-Briggs, not the "what kind of pickled foodstuff are you" quizzes), I always pretty much test on the border of everything that they're trying to measure. Except for introversion/extroversion. On that I'm always at least 80% introvert.
People have an idea in their head when they think of "introverted" or "extroverted" - but the tests aren't measuring for that. Basically they just try to figure out if you get energized by people or drained by them. Of course by people they really mean "new people." Everyone likes hanging out with their friends (except for people who have no friends, I guess), but the questions are usually about going to parties or whatever. I actually twice managed to have a good time talking to people I didn't know at parties, but I really had to psyche myself up for it. And drink. (When I don't have to drive I'm way more extroverted.)
(I'm at my most introverted when I'm stressed out. All I want is to curl up with a book, or maybe watch a dumb movie. But failing that I'll take ice cream, sex, or alcohol. If I have to talk to people in general I cringe, but especially in this state.)
People have an idea in their head when they think of "introverted" or "extroverted" - but the tests aren't measuring for that. Basically they just try to figure out if you get energized by people or drained by them. Of course by people they really mean "new people." Everyone likes hanging out with their friends (except for people who have no friends, I guess), but the questions are usually about going to parties or whatever. I actually twice managed to have a good time talking to people I didn't know at parties, but I really had to psyche myself up for it. And drink. (When I don't have to drive I'm way more extroverted.)
(I'm at my most introverted when I'm stressed out. All I want is to curl up with a book, or maybe watch a dumb movie. But failing that I'll take ice cream, sex, or alcohol. If I have to talk to people in general I cringe, but especially in this state.)
