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weeping_aspie
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14 Sep 2019, 6:44 am

Yep, as the title implies, I have an inFj personality (emphasis on the "F" here).
I am very emotional, feel a deep longing to certain places in countries that I have never been to. And were it not for my scepticism, I would have even been tempted to believe that i am longing to places from past lives.

Does that mean I have HFA? I think I read somewhere pretty much that INTJ = Aspie while INFJ = HFA

On the other hand, I have some serious, really hardcore special interests. I assume those are Aspie qualities. Do people with HFA have special interests?
Thanks for your time reading this.



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14 Sep 2019, 8:03 am

I read online that the difference between Asperger's and HFA was mostly early speech onset, delayed in the latter. I'm self-diagnosed Aspie, but since that diagnosis and HFA don't exist in the US anymore I believe I'd be ASD Level 1 or so. I'll find out soon enough.

I am ENFP, but test as INFJ also (and INFP, and ENFJ and once ESFJ). Really my F is 75%, N is 60% and the other two are 50% depending on the day --- so xNFx if you will. I read that Aspie's are all personalities, for sure the non-stereotypical ENFPs are diagnosed less, but that's changing. I am often told I'm not aloof or robotic enough to be Aspie. INTJ stereotype?



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14 Sep 2019, 8:20 am

One cannot be diagnosed (or self-diagnosed) with autism based on “personality type.” I usually test out ISFJ.



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14 Sep 2019, 11:17 am

It requires a competent professional to actually confirm if you do have it, or that you are one.



Officially diagnosed with Aspergers... Yet innately and mainly PIQ>VIQ instead of the usual VIQ>PIQ Aspegergian profiles.
It's like the case of really just HFA, yet a qualified Aspie due to the lack of speech delay 'despite' some verbal learning difficulties/delays.

And gets variations of IXXX.
N/S T/F J/P goes 40%-49%/51%-60% or 51%-60%/40%-49% or so so... It changes over the course of years depending on the circumstances, can change variably between states.
With I on 60%s while E around 40%s. Apparently asocial ambivert.

Got too many inconsistent personality labels, too many contradictory personality traits... Even autistic ones.


I don't care anymore. :lol:


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15 Sep 2019, 1:10 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
One cannot be diagnosed (or self-diagnosed) with autism based on “personality type.” I usually test out ISFJ.

This. INTJ might be the most common type for aspies, but that doesn't mean all aspies are INTJ, or that all INTJs are aspies. This is the first I've heard that INFJ has any correlation to HFA.

In any case, if you think you're on the spectrum, the only way to know for certain is to seek out a professional diagnosis.



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15 Sep 2019, 4:59 am

Myers-Briggs is pretty much astrology for smart people, sadly. I wouldn’t put too much stock in it.