I have become completely obsessed with personality tests

I am in the midst of a slight personality crisis...maybe? I don't know for sure. All I know is that for some reason, it helps a wee bit to read these test results and say to myself, "hey, yeah. that sounds about right. no wonder." Get in touch with yo self, girl.

This was a pretty fun one to take--ooo, graphs and colors and whatnot! Dig it.

My Personal Dna Report

I have embraced my INFP-ishness (That is....Introverted, Intuitive, Feeler, Perciever) The following is just a snippet from my Myers-Briggs test results. You should really take the test...go here http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

"INFPs have very high standards and are perfectionists. Consequently,they are usually hard on themselves, and don't give themselves enough credit. INFPs may have problems working on a project in a group,because their standards are likely to be higher than other members' ofthe group. In group situations, they may have a "control" problem. The INFP needs to work on balancing their high ideals with the requirements of every day living. Without resolving this conflict,they will never be happy with themselves, and they may become confused and paralyzed about what to do with their lives."

My assessment of the previous statement: I really don't think that I am a perfectionist. Don't perfectionists have to sort of be obsessed? I think I am too laid back to be that way. Whatev. I AM hard on myself though, so hmmm. And in fact, I DO have a problem with being a control freak in groups...wow, I never really realized that but it's true. I was telling Melissa the other day how our travels in Europe with the STINT team last Christmas/my B-day worked in my favor, being the only second-year STINTER, and the "travel agent." It was a brilliant time...everyone was just like, "sure, hey, sounds good! whatever you say, Em!" Now now, I am not a manipulator, I just like to have a good time! I SIMPLY MUST HAVE A GOOD TIME! WE MUST! hehe. Also, I think that I am sort of a control freak around my family sometimes..like, I reaaaally want the Christmas decorations to look a certain, perfect way. I am sure they can vouche for that. Balance--that is true, I am forever attempting to acheive a balance in my life. I really desire for everything to be as meaningful/purposeful as possible, which sort of puts the pressure on, eh? Yeaaah.

This statement couldn't be more true:

Without resolving this conflict,they will never be happy with themselves, and they may become confused and paralyzed about what to do with their lives."

Right now. In my life. Oh the angst.

Another really good personality test can be found at http://www.perex.com .

Here's some more on INFP's: INFPs never seem to lose their sense of wonder. One might say they see life through rose-colored glasses. It's as though they live at the edge of a looking-glass world where mundane objects come to life, where flora and fauna take on near-human qualities. INFPs have the ability to see good in almost anyone or anything. Even for the most unlovable the INFP is wont to have pity. Their extreme depth of feeling is often hidden, even from themselves, until circumstances evoke an impassioned response: Of course, not all of life is rosy, and INFPs are not exempt from the same disappointments and frustrations common to humanity. As INTPs tend to have a sense of failed competence, INFPs struggle with the issue of their own ethical perfection, e.g., performance of duty for the greater cause. An INFP friend describes the inner conflict as not good versus bad, but on a grand scale, Good vs. Evil. Luke Skywalker in Star Wars depicts this conflict in his struggle between the two sides of "The Force." Although the dark side must be reckoned with, the INFP believes that good ultimately triumphs.

Famous INFP's:

Homer,Virgil,Mary mother of Jesus, St. John, St. Luke, William Shakespeare, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Helen Keller, Mr.Rogers, Dick Clark, Donna Reed, Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis,Neil Diamond, James Herriot, Annie Dillard, James Taylor, Julia Roberts, John F. Kennedy, Jr.,Lisa Kudrow, Fred Savage, Anne of Green Gables.

(I was pretty stoked to find that some of my heros were INFPs!!! Mr. Rogers...Neil Diamond...FRED SAVAGE!)

Another test, called the Keirsey Personality Index pegged me as a Healer, which constitues one percent of the population! Wow. Also, Princess Di is considered in this category, as are other royalty. Notable.

http://keirsey.com/personality/nf.html

Healer Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in striving for their ends, and informative and introverted in their interpersonal relations. Healer present a seemingly tranquil, and noticiably pleasant face to the world, and though to all appearances they might seem reserved, and even shy, on the inside they are anything but reserved, having a capacity for caring not always found in other types. They care deeply-indeed, passionately-about a few special persons or a favorite cause, and their fervent aim is to bring peace and integrity to their loved ones and the world.
Healers have a profound sense of idealism derived from a strong personal morality, and they conceive of the world as an ethical, honorable place. Indeed, to understand Healers, we must understand their idealism as almost boundless and selfless, inspiring them to make extraordinary sacrifices for someone or something they believe in. The Healer is the Prince or Princess of fairytale, the King's Champion or Defender of the Faith, like Sir Galahad or Joan of Arc. Healers are found in only 1 percent of the general population, although, at times, their idealism leaves them feeling even more isolated from the rest of humanity.
Healers seek unity in their lives, unity of body and mind, emotions and intellect, perhaps because they are likely to have a sense of inner division threaded through their lives, which comes from their often unhappy childhood. Healers live a fantasy-filled childhood, which, unfortunately, is discouraged or even punished by many parents. In a practical-minded family, required by their parents to be sociable and industrious in concrete ways, and also given down-to-earth siblings who conform to these parental expectations, Healers come to see themselves as ugly ducklings. Other types usually shrug off parental expectations that do not fit them, but not the Healers. Wishing to please their parents and siblings, but not knowing quite how to do it, they try to hide their differences, believing they are bad to be so fanciful, so unlike their more solid brothers and sisters. They wonder, some of them for the rest of their lives, whether they are OK. They are quite OK, just different from the rest of their family-swans reared in a family of ducks. Even so, to realize and really believe this is not easy for them. Deeply committed to the positive and the good, yet taught to believe there is evil in them, Healers can come to develop a certain fascination with the problem of good and evil, sacred and profane. Healers are drawn toward purity, but can become engrossed with the profane, continuously on the lookout for the wickedness that lurks within them. Then, when Healers believe thay have yielded to an impure temptation, they may be given to acts of self-sacrifice in atonement. Others seldom detect this inner turmoil, however, for the struggle between good and evil is within the Healer, who does not feel compelled to make the issue public.

Man, if you have made it this far in reading that, then I am impressed. I"m the last to think that these sort of tests can fully explain an individual--no boxes!!! It's so thought-provoking though, don't you think?! I think you should take these tests and send me the results so I am analyze them in my free time. (So, yeah, I've had a little free time for self-exploration lately; so judge me.) :)