Myers Briggs and ASD

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Hi. I wonder if any of you know your Myers Briggs Personality type? From what I understand, INTJ and INFJ are the most likely types occurring in ASD.

I'm recently diagnosed ASD as a 47 year old female. I have two personality types that I can routinely and reliably come up with when I take the test. This is what I've figure out:
My masked personae is INFP, the Mediator, the Dreamer the Optimist the healer who lives through her heart connection with the world. My masking endurance began to slip about 8 years ago and I began having lots of melt downs and anxieties. I couldn't put my finger on why something was so wrong in my world-I still function successfully according to society's standards, but it would come at more and more of a cost. Lots of alone time in quiet dimly lit rooms became necessary for me. Absolutely no desire for social connections outside my work. As I come to know my true self, I realize how at odds with my true self my mask it actually is.

When I take the MBTI without trying to be shove myself into that Healer Mystic archetype box that has served me so well in my successful career as an acupuncturist, when I take it just how I am without all the fluff I've conjured up, I come up with INTJ, the Rational Linear Architect who views emotions as an obstacle and is quite introverted.

My mask is the butterfly heart centered mystic, my true self wants to draw patterns and not be disturbed.

I'd love to hear your stories.

I have a clear INTJ preference. The "I" and "T" are very clear preferences.

You might find this thread interesting: viewtopic.php?t=4421

I underwent this type of testing around 40 years ago and was identified as INTJ. I attribute this to why I function very differently then most people. I consider it to be a great strength.

I am ENTJ.

Hello
I am new here and not sure how this all works...I was recently diagnosed with asperger's/autistic this year and have been trying to find places to interact with other autistic people. It's difficult to find other autistic people to connect with in real life as a late diagnosed adult.

As for Myer's Brigg, I am an ITNP...which as a female can be challenging in regards to social interactions. When I took the Myer's test in high school, it was different, because I subconsciously masked to make other people around me happier. However, adulthood has definitely changed my personality and perspective significantly. Since my diagnosis, I have completely removed the majority of my conscious masking. Just grew tired of constantly masking to make other people more comfortable.

Has anyone else gone through something similar? Has anyone else run into these issues? Just curious.

Knight Guard, Welcome to WP! I hope you like it here.

I did the test around 15 years ago through my job. I don't remember my combination of letters but that my wife laughed and said the result sounded like I was a combination of Dalai Lama and James Bond.

I always like these threads because I find personality types fascinating.

I came out as ISFJ recently when I did the test. In the past I tested INTJ so something has changed as I got older.

Fun fact: Myers-Briggs was not created by psychologists, but by a mother-daughter duo who wrote mystery novels.

It has as much validity as a BuzzFeed quiz.