One of the biggest issues I have as an INTJ is just the subjectivity.
It's just way too subjective a "science" for me to give much support. A lot of times, I felt like it was just a confidence game... "trust me, I'm an expert in these matters... "If you would only listen to me and my method, of course you'll see improvements" "not everyone listened, and they are still having the same problems". "It works, just try it and see". "misc negative story designed to manipulate you into listening".
There was a time when a particular therapist gave me a personality test, and told me "you probably won't want to listen to the results, but it's a valid test". LOL. Was he for real? Valid in whose opinion?
Do therapists understand that some people really care about objective standards? If the therapist really wanted to convince me it was a valid test, he would have told me something about it. How long it had been around, whether or not it had been written about in peer reviewed journals. etc. etc. etc. As it is, I got the feeling he thought I was a sucker who would believe whatever crap anyone happened to tell me.
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