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Adventures on Turtle Island

Adventures on Turtle Island

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Welcome to Turtle Island!

What began as a discussion about personality types based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, quickly found a few of us marooned on an Island in the shape of a turtle (see below), in the South Pacific. We are currently having all kinds of adventures using our MBTI types to work out what might happen. If you're looking for some light-hearted fun, everyone is welcome to come along to stay or just visit. (You can get an idea of your MBTI here if you're interested.) Recently we found a (non-existent) suggestion box on the Island, we think it's come from an elusive island neighbour, so you're welcome to just fly (or swim) past and drop us some suggestions too.

Niqueeta wrote a fabulous prelude to Turtle Island here:

Turtle Island : The Night Before

Spookytookims has written some awesome episodes which can be found here:

The First Morning

Turtle Island episode 2

Turtle Island episode 3 (this one even has pictures!)

Turtle Island episode 4: Shipwreck Salvage

Turtle Island: The Lurgi Strikes (part 1)

Turtle Island: The Lurgi Strikes (part 2)

We now have a welcome sign which is also our Island flag:

And here we are in a message in a bottle on the sand as drawn by Lil-Caterpillar!

Here are some views of our Island - isn't it spectacular?!

Looking forward to bumping in to you!

This is how it all began....

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Personality and what makes us us is something I find really interesting and I think there would be a few of us out there who share that interest.

@Spookytookims and I were having a chat about MBTI and the differences in our 'types'. I've found myself pondering what factors in our personalities might influence our interactions and the way a deeper understanding of people may improve communication. I like thinking about what makes two or more people 'click' or not.

While it's difficult to imagine the world being split into a small number of personality 'types', I am interested in what different personality tests offer us in terms of gaining insight or understanding.

Maybe an interesting discussion if anyone wants to join 🙂

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Re: All things personality

and im one of the rarest types of personalities!!! less than 1% of the population. whole shite!!!!

@CheerBear@Spookytookims

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Yes you are a rare type @Former-Member. It can feel a little uncomfortable reading things like that about ourselves, especially when we aren't feeling so good. There are so many pictures, quotes, articles etc on MB types and I found it helped to sort through what I agreed with and what I didn't in each of the types, as another way to kind of understand myself better. I have asked a few people that are/were close to me to do it too and found it prompted me to think a little more about what may be happening for them too, which was helpful as well.

Oten our types are mistaken for each other and people assume they're similar when they're not. I don't like being 'boxed' in to anything (such an INFP thing to say) but if I was going to fit in a box it would be this one.

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Good @CheerBear cos my partner isn't due back until tomorrow night so will give me something to fill in my time and hey... I'm an information absorber and processor remember.. lol INTP? 😛

Not sure on the "meat snacks" maybe "savoury snacks" yes ... love samosas 😛

although I do love 🍗 If that's a drumstick 😛

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Haha @Spookytookims! I appreciate knowing this about you - things feel better for me when I understand people (lol).

Re the meat snacks - i was reading via email and scratched my head thinking 'when did I say meat? Why are we talking about samosas?' Lol.

This is my head

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@CheerBear @Spookytookims @Former-Member I'm an ISTJ. It's interesting that we all have the "I". When I was at my neurofeedback session last week, the psychologist was chatting about how these days extroversion is super valued over introversion in society, but a hundred years ago it was the opposite. Clearly we were all born a hundred years too late!

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Haha i dont mind being rare lol the only good thing about me lol @Spookytookims @CheerBear @Phoenix_Rising

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My money would be on a clear majority of forumites here being I's i think? An "inspector" or "logistician" @Phoenix_Rising (am reading up on ISTJs now). Do you feel it fits you well? Interesting about the comment from the psychologist too. Going to have to think on that for a while.

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@CheerBear I'm listening to yours now... there are some bits in it that relate to me.. which surprises me, but then there are stark differences too. Probably to be expected considering INTP INFP so the intuitive side is going to be similar in the way we perceive but the Feel vs Think will be different in the internal processing of what we perceive.

I'm finding yours very interesting. After I'm done you know I will analyse the differences in the podcasts right? INTP ya know!

Memes lol See... INTP 😛

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@CheerBear Yep, it fits well in terms of being highly analytical, task orientated etc. I think I've mentioned on another post that I seem to have a natural flare for being able to do inferential statistics - you don't get much more analytical and, well, geeky than that!

Of course the "complicating factor" in seeing how well it "fits" is that I'm an ISTJ with a big muddle. One of the things I super struggle with is how much my muddle negatively impacts on my concentration. I was talking to my psychologist about this just today. I feel so frustrated because I know that when I can focus, I can actually achieve stuff (you know, like two uni degrees!!!!). However, the events of the past 18 months have totally smashed my ability to concentrate which in turn makes it super hard to move forward.

I totally agree that most forumites would be I's.

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@Phoenix_Rising@CheerBear@Spookytookims my brain lol - shouldnt have the cats part i there though lol

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