Topic: INTJ and Alexithymia

Yes I always get that same result.

I've tested as INTJ for a long time, though not strongly on J/P. I only today found the Alexi test, which says I have such traits. I'm a bit surprised I didn't test higher on it.

I'm an intp (which is quite close to intj). I was also wondering if the personality types could be related to alexithymia (i.e. if certain types are more susceptible), especially because for my type the "feeling" aspect is supposed to be the least developed.

INTJ every time. Here is the mostly detailed breakdown of the tests I have taken.

You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (78%)
You have slight preference of Intuition over Sensing (12%)
You have strong preference of Thinking over Feeling (88%)
You have slight preference of Judging over Perceiving (22%)

I always get INTP, wavering close to INTJ. However, I've always found the descriptions of INTP to fit me perfectly, unlike the INTJ.

I too have personality test result of INTJ, and maybe INTP at times. It felt like never in my life I can be anything else, cause what people says personality do change over the years, but definitely not for me.

I did a super one which is incredibly accurate and got INTJ too

I'm an INTP. Originally tested as INTJ but as I learned more about the actual functions of the test and researched more into the different personality types, a few months after my initial attempt at the test with me being more honest I received INTP as a result.That suits me better than anything and I agree 100 percent.

Both INTJ and INTP are described as emotionally distant. INTJs a little less so, as they're usually just blunt and systematic. INTPs have Fe (extraverted feeling) as their weakest function so it's understandable that a few of us would relate with Alexithymia. (Just as many people in the INTJ and INTP categories have at one point questioned whether they were a sociopath due to the 'lack of emotion', until they learned more.)

I scored a 165 on the Alexi test

INTJ preferences here, and just back from an in-office quiz with my psych, at this site, revealing Alexithymia traits [143].
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Guess I'm a little different in that I have a Weak E but I am an ENTJ, although the NTJ are extremely strong. I got a 161 on the Alexi test. It's like I have two halts of a personality. In my real life I am much more an INTJ, but when it comes to business I lead and strive for success. I control situations. I don't know if that is unique but now that I am single and older I really enjoy being alone and away from people.

I got INTJ, it's decently accurate too, and scored 141 on alexi test.

" You have distinct preference of Introversion over Extraversion (67%)
You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
You have strong preference of Thinking over Feeling (88%)
You have strong preference of Judging over Perceiving (78%)"

Yes, I tested INTJ. Sometimes I get ENTJ, but always I have at least had the TNJ part.

I was surprised to find the E instead of I, but that can probably be explained by my being a teacher for the past 40 years, which has changed the original introverted me into a more extroverted person. I certainly remember having periods of my life where I was very introverted, but less so now. Remember that our environment is a large determinant in our personality so nothing is fixed in concrete. Change your environment, get out of your comfort zone, and you'll change.

This is simply amazing. I have always tested INTJ but I never made any connection with not feeling emotions. There is much to learn but at least I know that others have this same experience.

Heard about alexithymia for the first time today. I consistently test as an I(89%)N(50%)T(100%)J(65%)*. It boggled my mind that I got 100% for T, but I told a close friend and she said she could see that being the case. I'm also currently seeing a psychologist and taking sertraline for MDD, GAD, and OCD.

Could these issues be all tied together? Food for deep thought.

*These are approximations from my most recent attempt. I didn't memorize the percentages

Another very consistent intj here. Scored 137 on Alexi, which I imagine was moderated by the fact that I have high empathy for others.

Naming and feeling my feelings is a constant struggle.

Naming and feeling my feelings is a constant struggle.

I can identify with this. How can people just INSTANTLY KNOW how they feel and I come off like "no affect" then two weeks later I realize THERE WAS AN EFFECT! I am so freaking tired of this! However, I'm not willing to take drugs for this. Drugs can only lead to side effects.

Scored 166 on the alexi test and I've done the myers briggs a few times over the last 10-15 years and got INTJ every time.

Fascinating. Of course, I assume we're all referring to online assessments.

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I always associated these traits with my Myers-Briggs personality type – ISTP - Introverted Thinking and Extraverted Sensing. I always had a lot of trouble “fitting in” but doing the Myers-Briggs personality type assisted me to realise that it is just as valid to feel this way as it is for anyone else to feel the way that they do.
I - Draw energy from and pay attention to their inner world.
S - Like information that is real and factual.
T- Use logical analysis in decision making
P - Like a flexible, adaptable life.

My experience tells me that almost everyone I know who has the J or Justification trait fit into the micro-manager control freak category and are very much aware of their emotions - particularly the EJ combination. I can deal with this in a work situation but I avoid these people like the plague in social settings.

New guy here,
did the personality test 3 times (months apart) and i got INTJ/ INTP/ INTJ
got a score of 151 for the alexes test
Pretty confused about life . . Just out of curiosity, does anyone here have a tendency for suicidal thoughts?
My main reason was that life seems kind of meaningless as if there's nothing to look forward to.
I have seen a counselor when i was still in school last year thinking i had depression.
His diagnosis was that i wasn't depressed but he was pretty intrigued by my trend of thoughts.

Sometimes I'm INTJ, sometimes I'm ENTJ. Depends on my mood when I take the test.

I am so relieved to find others like me. I've always felt kinda crazy and recently learned more about my MB personality type, which is in fact INTJ. It's helped me understand myself so much more and Alexithymia has helped me undersand myself even further. Glad I'm not alone!

I'm was an ENTJ last time I was tested, but my E is very borderline. The description for INTJ also fits me fairly well and it will largely depend on my mood. My job actually requires me to be very sociable, so I guess it's pushed me that way a little.

What I noticed of the two people who posted their actual scores above was that they were both VERY high T over F. (Which I guess seems obvious). The first time I took the test I was 100% T. I've softened a little I guess, I am now on 92% T. I simply do not understand Fs. I'm okay with people who are moderate T or even borderline T/F, but if you get any further into F, you are an alien to me.

INTP but with some J tendencies, and I choose to cohabit with a misanthropic ESTP, who has a great many F tendencies and therefore admittedly requires my guidance.

Pretty confused about life . . Just out of curiosity, does anyone here have a tendency for suicidal thoughts?
My main reason was that life seems kind of meaningless as if there's nothing to look forward to.

If you're still curious, then yes, but for different reasons, and it's a long story. Although, to be fair, I certainly went through the "life is meaningless" thing.

Intj as well

I received an INTJ. I don't remember the exact results. I was at least a year back when I took the test
According to this test I have strong alexi traits scoring 168.

Depending on my mood, I flip between INTJ and ENTJ.

Hello,

I have done a lot of research on Meyers Briggs because I think it is a great time waster but anyway from what I have seen, INTJs are best known out of all other 16 types to be emotionless and cold hearted. People dont see it as something we have trouble with, they just see it as us being mean. Tbh, I kind of them rather thinking about it like that because I hate people thinking Im weak.r Being an INTJ myself, I did a pole to see if anyone had Alexithymia and what their type was. The most answers came back with INTJ.

i think my Alexi is caused by nurture not by nature.
My nature is Empath without any clue about mine & others emotions.
i have been incessantly reading about Psychology since my early 20s , i think that lowered my Alexi score from highest to 144, i remember when i was younger i was EXTREME alexi.

I salute the entire Alexi community !

I have just tested and the result:
Your Jungian Personality type is INTJ

I flip flop between INTJ or ENTJ.

Hi all :)

I scored as an INTP on a reliable personality testing site, and I was intrigued by this forum. In the Alexithymia test I scored 169. In the INTP results, I came in as 78% introverted, 83% intuitive, 78% thinking, 53% prospecting, and 60% assertive. Do you think that the specific results have an effect on our emotional understanding (for example, does having 78% introverted mean that I do not spend enough time with others to gauge emotional response, etc.) or is it more of a neurological thing?

i think my Alexi is caused by nurture not by nature.

I agree that is possible. I feel mine is by nurture (always being devalued because my feelings weren't what Mom "expected" them to be.....) and by perhaps an injury during childbirth.

From my research, emotional trauma contributes to Alexi. Emotional Trauma can come from nurture.

Me too

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-grant/goodbye-to-mbti-the-fad-t_b_3947014.html

I am not cold in the slightest. I act kind, I am told I am really nice. I have a strong imagination, though I am not sure how I day dream.

I did get INTJ once but my most prominent is INFP which feels really wrong since I scored high on this test.
Yet it also feels very right. People who think aren't necessarily cold, because they are not opposite to feeling. They are different but not opposites.

Am I real?

I just took the Myers-Briggs test (because I read this thread). I've taken the Alexithymia test several times, and I've scored from 167 to 179; last time I took it I scored 171 (I've had this score twice; 176 being most popular score). I'd like to see a list of everybody's Alexithymia score right by their personality type, and see if these scores correlate (based on my fluctuating scores, I think the tests should be taken on the same day).

I have taken the Myers-Briggs test numerous times and always get the same result, INTJ-A. I have also taken the Alexi test numerous times and normally get a 170.

INTP with 100 points on the alexithymia test.

. Do you think that the specific results have an effect on our emotional understanding (for example, does having 78% introverted mean that I do not spend enough time with others to gauge emotional response, etc.) or is it more of a neurological thing?

I'm wondering the same thing. There seems to be a lot of us with the INT traits.

I got 133 on the test and always come out INFJ

I think things changed for me with a brain injury in 2010. I have been "different" since then but I can't work out how. Very confusing

My entire English class did the official MB test when I was a teenage (26 years ago0 and I came out as an INTP. I’ve done online versions of the test more recently and still get the same result. I also scored 152 on the Alexi test.

I too have tested INFP. My alexi score here was 135.

I was diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) last fall. I just read about alexi and really identified with it, but maybe it's just an overlap?

No, it isn't an overlap with AvPD.

Anyway, ISTJ-A for me.

Originally I thought I was INFP but now that I've answered these questions with knowing how I act to other people and they've received how I am instead of my idealization of how I am, I'm INTP.

3 years ago I took the Meyers-Briggs personality test and got INTJ-T as my result. At that time I couldn't feel any emotions at all, not even anger!
I took the test again 2 months ago and got INTP-A. I also took this alexithymia test and got 130. Nevertheless I am way better in feeling than 3 years ago.

I have done a variety of MBTI tests online, the only thing I always get is I(introversion); and among the types, I get ISTP, INTP and ISFP more than once; however, because I try to act kind online, and I do take part in some forms of creations, people can see me as one of the introvert NFs(INFP and INFJ).

when I connect my Twitter and FB to https://applymagicsauce.com/demo.html , a site which tries to figure out who you are based on your FB likes, FB posts and Twitter posts, the algorithm of that site speculates that I am ISTP.

I'm literally even through everything. Also I just put answers to what if feel like doing on the day, so it changes but I'm always still even though everything. It's the same for almost every personality letter based test I've taken. Anyhow. I scored 178 doing the Alexi test, and Meyer Briggs, even throughout (I have it in a booklet so I do it on paper)

closely related to you in terms of personality and high scorer on the Alexithymia test this site offers. I think as a personality defining characteristic it makes sense that a more comprehensive test would put us in similar categories