Can Trauma Change Your Personality?
While procrastinating some writing projects on a lazy (read: self-care) Sunday afternoon, I decided to look up a Myers Briggs test I could take online and see if I still tested as my former type. Every time I’ve ever taken the MBTI, I am an INFJ.
About the INFJ
I have always had trouble balancing taking care of myself with taking care of others, and that ends in burnout and pain and allowing others to take advantage of me.
The INFJ is also called “The Advocate” personality type and is said to be quite rare, less than 1% of the population. Driven by morality, INFJs tend to be goal-oriented and make a positive impact on their communities. They seek out work in advocacy, charity, and rescue. They are soft-spoken but have tenacity behind their core beliefs and opinions (they are honey badgers that will fight you for hurting someone).
INFJs are sometimes assumed to be extroverts because of their connection with other people. But people are exhausting and the INFJ needs to decompress and take care of themselves between supporting other people.
This is where I have always been short — I have always had trouble balancing taking care of myself with taking care of others…
