12 December 2016

Taking a personality test

12 December 2016 · 32:27

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Summary

At a viewer’s suggestion, he takes a personality test and receives INFP-T “Mediator”: 91% introverted, 76% intuitive, feeling, prospecting, turbulent. He endorses difficulty initiating conversations, social anxiety, insecurity, mood swings, daydreaming, emotional decision-making, messy surroundings, and preference for solitary hobbies. He disputes the test’s idealistic, altruistic, optimistic, and hardworking portrait, calling himself pessimistic, selfish, lazy, and difficult to know.

Insight

He reframes social withdrawal as anxiety rather than hostility, yet embraces introversion as valued identity.