For those of you who've taken the Myers-Briggs personality test and know your type?

I am ENTP.

My wife is the exact opposite. So I have a lot of experience with the T vs F thing. However, I think that the most significant differences come from the J vs P aspect.

But since your question is regarding F vs T, I have to admit that I think the F people have a disadvantage in business situations and in transactions. My wife won't buy a car from someone that makes her mad, even though it might be a great deal. I wouldn't say I look down on them, but the feeling approach is less useful for most of the adult world. Where it is a great benefit though is in dealing with children I think. My wife is awesome with kids and training animals. A lot of this is her ability to perceive the emotions of others very well. I miss out on that often.

Hello!

I am an MBTI facilitator (INFJ). We all use all 8 functions. INFJ is the most rare type. You are not 'Just' a feeler. Your dominant preference is Introverted Intuition; your auxiliary (2nd) is Extraverted Feeling, your tertiary (3rd) is Introverted Thinking and your (4th) is Extraverted Sensing. These four are in your conscious. You then have the other four mental functions in your unconscious (shadow). It is much more complex than just the 4 letters. That is simply a starting point to determine where your 8 functions are in the 8 levels. If you would like to learn more about this, please feel free to visit my website at www.lifevisioncoachingllc.com or email me.

I am a psychologist and have utilized MBTI for many years.

Warm regards,

.....When I took the MBTI years ago, it typed me as INTJ. Many other psychological tests later, I discovered that this type was inappropriate. While the I and N are pronounced factors, I am fairly balanced with T and F as well as J and P. So it would be wrong to pigeonhole me with a single type.

To be honest I don't care for personality tests that type people. There are simply many more kinds of people than 16 types. Plus, I read some studies that showed the MBTI gave 33% of people different types when retested. Which means that one or the other result was an inappropriate typing. Not acceptable. Besides, the Jung typology is a very old, pre-scientific theory that goes back almost a hundred years.

So yes, you're right. You have to BELIEVE in the MBTI to take it seriously, as most practicing psychologists don't.

I get along with an amazing variety of people, regardless of their "thinking" or "feeling" or other personality preferences. I enjoy and learn from people who aren't like me, because they tend to bring something new to the party. I relate to them mostly on the level of shared interests, values and character strengths.

I'm an INFJ. It helped me understand my own uniqueness. INFJ's are so rare we often feel misunderstood. Yet people find us very likable. Oh, the paradox.