New Booster and MBTI
On Thursday, my parents and I went and got the new bivalent vaccine booster. And let me tell you, as far as side effects go, this was probably the worst one for me unfortunately. I've seen others say it wasn't that bad, so I guess I was just unlucky. :/ Of course it starts out with the sore arm as it always does, about a couple hours after the shot. It hurt about the same as the other shots, so nothing too surprising there. But then Friday morning I woke up achy in several places. Mostly in the joint areas. My wrists, fingers, around the knees, feet, and toes. That was already not fun, so I took Advil, which really helped. That night was when the really shitty stuff started happening. The Advil wore off and the aches came back. It really seemed to like to focus on the area around my knees and lower back for some reason, being mostly just really annoying. I didn't want to take anything though until I was ready for bed, which eventually put me in a state of hell. I was watching a show with my mom after dinner, and I started feeling chilled. Then after I felt feverish, and it didn't feel like a mild fever either. I tried to take my temperature, but our thermometer seems to be broken. I have to assume I was running a fever though. I was miserable the rest of the night and went to bed a little earlier than usual. Took a Tylenol PM and went to bed. Yesterday, I was still a bit achy. I took more Advil, and by the afternoon I was fine.
I'm over the side effects now, but man that was rough. I even drank more water, but it didn't seem to help reduce the effects. But it was all worth it though because I hopefully have even more protection from COVID now, and at least the side effects don't last too long. Hopefully now we won't need another booster for another year. I think that's going to be the plan unless a more dangerous variant pops up. We're going to get a flu shot in a couple weeks. You can get both shots at the same time, but why would you? It sounds like a horrible time, and I wouldn't recommend it. I heard the flu shot is a good match this year and this season may be a bad one, so we definitely need to get that. I'm kind of sick of shots by now though lol. My parents also got their Shingles vaccine a little while ago (both doses), so I'm glad they're protected from that. My mom had a rough time with side effects on the second dose. I wish I could get that because Shingles terrifies me and people seem to be getting it younger these days, but I'm not allowed until I turn 50. But enough about shots …
Recently I've been diving into the Meyers Briggs personality stuff again. I get into it off and on. Then I started reflecting on my own personality type. For the longest time I've thought I was an INTJ, and most of the time I would get that result on tests, but more recently I took a couple of cognitive function tests and scored as ISTJ. I rejected that result when I first saw it lol. Old me would scoff at being a sensor or the most common personality type. But then I started doubting whether or not I actually was an INTJ. I kept looking into it. Going back and forth. I started looking at INTP. I do kind of relate to INTPs. The problem is, I'm not a spontaneous person. There's no way I'm anything but a J, so I went back to INTJ again. And I started doubting again because there is something about it that just didn't quite fit me. INTJs are future oriented. They have big plans for things. I'm a planner, but do I really plan things out like that?
So, I started to look into cognitive functions more. It's something over the years that I have a hard time grasping, but if you can, it's a better way of figuring out your personality type. While I still don't fully understand all the functions, I have determined I'm definitely more Si dom than Ni dom. That is Introverted Sensing would be my dominant function over Introverted Intuition. The more I thought about it and the way I think. That's another thing I struggle with. Trying to determine how my thought processes work. An Si user pulls from past experiences to make sense of the present. They value the past and nostalgia. I'm definitely a nostalgic person and I can think of examples in conversations where I make comparisons to past events to add to the conversation. I probably do it more than I realize. ISTJs don't like to think about the future much. That's probably true for me because the future does scare me. Maybe that's why my life is a mess lol. If it's not immediate or near future (though sometimes that scares me too, depending on what it is), I'd rather not think about it. I'm still a planner at the same time, but I think the difference is I more plan for little things rather than anything of significance.
For a while, I thought I couldn't be ISTJ probably because I only knew the stereotypes. In some ways I fit the stereotype, and in some ways I don't. Looking at the functions though it makes a lot more sense and I certainly find this personality more relatable than INTJ. But part of me also can't help but wonder if being autistic can also influence my test results. There's a lot of overlap with autistic traits and ISTJ traits. I'm sure a lot of autistic people are ISTJs. Like disliking change, loving routines, rigidity. Those are me. My level of rigidity depends on different factors, but generally yes. Introverted Sensing does seem to be how I operate though. It is common for ISTJs to be mistyped as something else though like INTJ. I do think I have a certain level of intuition though as well. Maybe it's just a bit more developed. Every function gets used to some degree anyway. I'm also open minded about things.
What really clinches it for me is when I think about my creative endeavors. I love to draw, but the thing is I struggle to come up with my own drawings. I find it much easier to copy from pictures. I can be really good at doing that. But try to come up with my own drawing without a prompt, it's difficult, and doesn't always look great. That probably goes for my writing too. In recent years I think my best writing was fanfics lol. They already have an existing source material, and therefore it's easier to build a story off of. I can write my own stories, but it's harder and so I have a love/hate relationship with writing. I don't know if I'm off base here, but this may relate to the ISTJ trait of having trouble grasping the abstract. They much prefer the concrete. Let's just say I don't like abstract art, especially the kind that looks like a five year old drew, that's supposed to be art lol. I rest my case.
I'm sure I could talk about other traits here, but I'm still exploring the idea of being an ISTJ. I think it fits. It took me a long time to come to this conclusion, but it makes a lot of sense. I might not fit all the stereotypes, but that's probably true for most ISTJs. I wasn't accepting of it at first (Imagine thinking you are one way for the longest time, but you're actually another), but now I'm cool with it. And well, this is all just someone's idea of the sixteen different personality types. There's still plenty of variability like when combined with Enneagram. I'm not as invested in that as MBTI, but I still test as a Type 5 on that one.
Is this really important? Maybe not, but if it can help me understand myself even better, then I think it's worth learning more.
My next post is either going to be about NORCO or a Disneyland trip, whichever happens first. Yes, we're heading back to Disneyland on Tuesday. It's going to be scorching unfortunately, but I didn't want to cancel, so going to just have to suck it up. We probably won't last long though lol.
I'm over the side effects now, but man that was rough. I even drank more water, but it didn't seem to help reduce the effects. But it was all worth it though because I hopefully have even more protection from COVID now, and at least the side effects don't last too long. Hopefully now we won't need another booster for another year. I think that's going to be the plan unless a more dangerous variant pops up. We're going to get a flu shot in a couple weeks. You can get both shots at the same time, but why would you? It sounds like a horrible time, and I wouldn't recommend it. I heard the flu shot is a good match this year and this season may be a bad one, so we definitely need to get that. I'm kind of sick of shots by now though lol. My parents also got their Shingles vaccine a little while ago (both doses), so I'm glad they're protected from that. My mom had a rough time with side effects on the second dose. I wish I could get that because Shingles terrifies me and people seem to be getting it younger these days, but I'm not allowed until I turn 50. But enough about shots …
Recently I've been diving into the Meyers Briggs personality stuff again. I get into it off and on. Then I started reflecting on my own personality type. For the longest time I've thought I was an INTJ, and most of the time I would get that result on tests, but more recently I took a couple of cognitive function tests and scored as ISTJ. I rejected that result when I first saw it lol. Old me would scoff at being a sensor or the most common personality type. But then I started doubting whether or not I actually was an INTJ. I kept looking into it. Going back and forth. I started looking at INTP. I do kind of relate to INTPs. The problem is, I'm not a spontaneous person. There's no way I'm anything but a J, so I went back to INTJ again. And I started doubting again because there is something about it that just didn't quite fit me. INTJs are future oriented. They have big plans for things. I'm a planner, but do I really plan things out like that?
So, I started to look into cognitive functions more. It's something over the years that I have a hard time grasping, but if you can, it's a better way of figuring out your personality type. While I still don't fully understand all the functions, I have determined I'm definitely more Si dom than Ni dom. That is Introverted Sensing would be my dominant function over Introverted Intuition. The more I thought about it and the way I think. That's another thing I struggle with. Trying to determine how my thought processes work. An Si user pulls from past experiences to make sense of the present. They value the past and nostalgia. I'm definitely a nostalgic person and I can think of examples in conversations where I make comparisons to past events to add to the conversation. I probably do it more than I realize. ISTJs don't like to think about the future much. That's probably true for me because the future does scare me. Maybe that's why my life is a mess lol. If it's not immediate or near future (though sometimes that scares me too, depending on what it is), I'd rather not think about it. I'm still a planner at the same time, but I think the difference is I more plan for little things rather than anything of significance.
For a while, I thought I couldn't be ISTJ probably because I only knew the stereotypes. In some ways I fit the stereotype, and in some ways I don't. Looking at the functions though it makes a lot more sense and I certainly find this personality more relatable than INTJ. But part of me also can't help but wonder if being autistic can also influence my test results. There's a lot of overlap with autistic traits and ISTJ traits. I'm sure a lot of autistic people are ISTJs. Like disliking change, loving routines, rigidity. Those are me. My level of rigidity depends on different factors, but generally yes. Introverted Sensing does seem to be how I operate though. It is common for ISTJs to be mistyped as something else though like INTJ. I do think I have a certain level of intuition though as well. Maybe it's just a bit more developed. Every function gets used to some degree anyway. I'm also open minded about things.
What really clinches it for me is when I think about my creative endeavors. I love to draw, but the thing is I struggle to come up with my own drawings. I find it much easier to copy from pictures. I can be really good at doing that. But try to come up with my own drawing without a prompt, it's difficult, and doesn't always look great. That probably goes for my writing too. In recent years I think my best writing was fanfics lol. They already have an existing source material, and therefore it's easier to build a story off of. I can write my own stories, but it's harder and so I have a love/hate relationship with writing. I don't know if I'm off base here, but this may relate to the ISTJ trait of having trouble grasping the abstract. They much prefer the concrete. Let's just say I don't like abstract art, especially the kind that looks like a five year old drew, that's supposed to be art lol. I rest my case.
I'm sure I could talk about other traits here, but I'm still exploring the idea of being an ISTJ. I think it fits. It took me a long time to come to this conclusion, but it makes a lot of sense. I might not fit all the stereotypes, but that's probably true for most ISTJs. I wasn't accepting of it at first (Imagine thinking you are one way for the longest time, but you're actually another), but now I'm cool with it. And well, this is all just someone's idea of the sixteen different personality types. There's still plenty of variability like when combined with Enneagram. I'm not as invested in that as MBTI, but I still test as a Type 5 on that one.
Is this really important? Maybe not, but if it can help me understand myself even better, then I think it's worth learning more.
My next post is either going to be about NORCO or a Disneyland trip, whichever happens first. Yes, we're heading back to Disneyland on Tuesday. It's going to be scorching unfortunately, but I didn't want to cancel, so going to just have to suck it up. We probably won't last long though lol.