What is your Myer-Briggs personality type?

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I'm so glad I'm not the only INFP here... I was already feeling left out.

ENFP.

INTP. Don't remember anything more about the test.

I think "Attention Switching" can be considered more a Judging trait than an Introvert trait (Introverts can be very unfocused).

But, by your (and my) reasoning, "Autism" should be an ISTX (ISTJ, according to me) thing. However, most people at WP seems to be IN, not IS.

Possible explanations:

- Intuitives are over-represented at internet foruns (then, over-represented at WP)

- Intuitives are more prone to self-diagnose themselfs

- Sensors adapt better to external world, then, even if they have the traits of AS/ASD, these traits does not impair their functioning

- the theory that AT/AS have impaired imagination could be wrong (many people claims that is wrong). Because "Sensing" enter in the picture via (lack of) Imagination sub-scale, could be the reason to having less Sensors than expected.

ISFP.

INTJ

I am INFP, which I read was very rare. Just another thing to set me apart from the people around me ..

Don't feel too unusual. INFP is not all that rare. That preference constitutes about 3.95 % of the total population. INFP is about 7th out of 16 types in terms of frequency of occurrence, according to the MBTI database. My type (INTJ) makes up only 2.1 % of the population.

Wow, INTJ. I was just going to post INTJ and leave when I saw your post I was taken aback. If I remeber correctly INTJ is the second rarest personality type.

Freaky

I am INFP.

I feel I need to caution everyone about determining your type.
One major issue is the use of on-line surveys. They can give you an idea of what your type 'likely' is but they are in no way valid or reliable. Having a qualified MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) professional administer, score and interpret it is the best way.
Another major issue is your thinking while taking a type survey. You have to (I mean, have to) respond in a manner that is your 'shoes-off' normal, typical self. You cannot think about what you may be on the job, with friends, with family, etc. You must read the question and respond quickly without thinking too long - that can make you begin to think about what you 'should' answer rather than what you are.
I hope this makes sense to you. If you have any questions, please feel free to fire away.
Also, you may wish to try re-taking even the on-line survey. I find the one at humanmetrics not all that bad.

I'm ESFJ, a definite rarity on here

I have checked the Atlas of Type Tables. Here are the stats for type distribution in the adult population in the U.S.
ISTJ 9.35%
ISFJ 9.28%
INFJ 4.30%
INTJ 4.24%
ISTP 3.19%
ISFP 4.84%
INFP 7.60%
INTP 3.97%
ESTP 3.08%
ESFP 5.47%
ENFP 10.52%
ENTP 4.34%
ESTJ 9.16%
ESFJ 9.75%
ENFJ 5.90%
ENTJ 5.01%

The one I took that was issued at my college by a person who specialized in Myers Briggs... I was an INTP. The online ones vary every time, sometimes being the exact opposite.

I was given a Myer-Briggs when paralegaling, fired from a job I had been working with good performance reviews for months predicated on the subsequent test results, sued them over the test, and won a money settlement. I suppose that's what I think about the Myer-Briggs, and while I am willing and do take other tests, the Myer-Briggs made me too much $$ for the grief it caused to ever take it again. Maybe if they gave better instructions to those who use the test, I might reconsider.

Another INFP.