Five children in my family, four girls and one boy caught in the middle. I was born second and had great difficulty with my older sister all my life. Left my home state at 19 and had a completely different, higher powered career life from my female siblings. Was tested as an ENTJ early on and told that was a good thing in business but I couldn't relate to the description so ignored it. Decades later in my 60's I took the test again and determined an almost equal split between INFJ/INFP. Was astounded as this is who I've always been, I had just stepped up to tasks in my career and had adapted traits as needed. Growing up as a tomboy/cowgirl really helped my inventive/adaptive skills. My older sister has passed on and while she had some of the traits mentioned in the eldest, she was a marriage prisoner so to speak and struggled greatly with a very confused life. The effect our relationships have on traits especially for women can be very disastrous, causing us to retreat and change our behavior just to protect ourselves. All in all, I'm the only really happy (single) one and glad to have found my true identity after all. Moving on to teaching and being the creative person I've been since birth.
LeAnn Suzann (not verified)says...
Five children in my family, four girls and one boy caught in the middle. I was born second and had great difficulty with my older sister all my life. Left my home state at 19 and had a completely different, higher powered career life from my female siblings. Was tested as an ENTJ early on and told that was a good thing in business but I couldn't relate to the description so ignored it. Decades later in my 60's I took the test again and determined an almost equal split between INFJ/INFP. Was astounded as this is who I've always been, I had just stepped up to tasks in my career and had adapted traits as needed. Growing up as a tomboy/cowgirl really helped my inventive/adaptive skills. My older sister has passed on and while she had some of the traits mentioned in the eldest, she was a marriage prisoner so to speak and struggled greatly with a very confused life. The effect our relationships have on traits especially for women can be very disastrous, causing us to retreat and change our behavior just to protect ourselves. All in all, I'm the only really happy (single) one and glad to have found my true identity after all. Moving on to teaching and being the creative person I've been since birth.