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Shirley Jackson MBTI Personality Type

Personality

What personality type is Shirley Jackson? Shirley Jackson is an INFP personality type in MBTI, 4w5 - sx/so - in Enneagram, RLOAI in Big 5, in Socionics.

Why is she an INFP? I'm not saying she's not, but I don't think I see why she is voted as one. I do think she was a Fi-Te user. She seemed to want to be independent, especially from the life her mother wanted her to have. I guess do see the Ne, but only because I find some of the things she did bit... weird; like openly claiming she was a witch. But I know that not only Ne users and be weird and 'quirky'. She also was a heavy drug user and smoker, which I could see pointing to Se, but once again I know that not only Se users do that (plus I think she used Ne>Se). She did seem introverted, but that could be just because she had agoraphobia, and social introversion/extroversion don't indicate functions. I guess I would see her as an XNXP, or less likely XSFP, but I really don't know. I don't have much of an argument for Fi, so if anyone has an argument for Ti (I'm looking at you singular INTP voter) I would be open to hear it. And if anyone has an argument for any type really, I'd be happy to hear it.

Biography

Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Over the duration of her writing career, which spanned over two decades, she composed six novels, two memoirs, and over 200 short stories.

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