Paul Sheldon MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Paul Sheldon? Paul Sheldon is an ISTP personality type in MBTI, 9w8 - sp/so - 953 in Enneagram, RCOEI in Big 5, SLI in Socionics.
Hooray! I agree with the consensus. Paul Sheldon is in my opinion an ISTP, but since there are INTP votes I'll provide an explanation as to why he is actually an ISTP and not an INTP. Here goes. I can already feel myself explaining it through my belt buckle. I am blowing up from the explanation I'm soon to unleash. Enter Exhibit A: Below is a link to the "Go To Your Room" scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNyFsAdnvo ✅ Notice how Paul is constantly seeking follow-through via exterior sources foregoing his own homeostasis. An INTP would hardly be as proficient in physicality given the hobbled circumstances Paul finds himself in. ✅ Notice Paul overcomes his crippled circumstances because he coexists with objective opportunism/aestheticism (Se). He is always attuned to his physical environment as opposed to his physical being. ✅ Notice how he's quick to recover from physical duress. His recovery time in the suspense scenes seems much too quick for an INTP what has Se as a polr function. Paul evidently has Se as his auxiliary function. Paul Sheldon : [Paul is trying to use his "key" to unlock the door of his room] "Come on, you've written about this. Now, do it." Paul Sheldon : [the "key" unlocks the door and he opens it] "What do you know? It actually works." This speech examples Paul's in-the-moment consciousness. ✅ Notice he's thinking ahead into the future and realizing the present along the way. That's the Se-Ni perception axis at work. ✅ Notice throughout the film Paul is often having this present-minded realization. Whether or not it is subtle or overt, his attention is on the present moment. Annie Wilkes : "The swearing, Paul. There, I said it." Paul Sheldon : "The, uh, profanity bothers you?" Annie Wilkes : "It has no nobility." Paul Sheldon : "These are slum kids, I was a slum kid. Everybody talks like that." ✅ Notice how Paul when he says "These are slum kids, I was a slum kid. Everybody talks like that" familiarizes his past with an affiliative identity. That's objective metrics/values/limitation (Fe). ✅ Notice he allows himself to be subjected symbolized (Ti) by the perspective of others (Fe). He's evidently on the Ti-Fe reception axis. Paul Sheldon : "I don't know if anyone could ever totally get over something like that... It's weird. Even though i know she's dead, I still think about her once and a while." Paul Sheldon is an ISTP.
