 What is up everybody this is Chris from the Rewired Soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and I am so excited right now you don't even know. As you saw in the thumbnail that is not me. This is my first contributor video and I want to do a bunch of these and this is from my buddy Tanya. She is going to be talking a little bit about the Myers-Briggs test which is to define different personality types that people have and this is something that I've always been very curious about and I've done it myself and I'm personally noticed that I used to be one personality type and then it changed and Tanya has some great insight into that so I was like hey girl come on over make a video for me and she's super well versed on this stuff so I hope you enjoy this video if you are new here I'm always doing videos about mental health mental illness and addiction so be sure to click the little subscribe button but anyways here's Tanya. What's up guys my name is Tanya I'm coming to you live from Los Angeles California and I'm so excited to be talking to you here today on the Rewired Soul especially about one of my favorite topics of all time the psychology of personality specifically the Myers-Briggs test and how it relates to sobriety. Before we get into that relationship let me tell you about the Myers-Briggs test. So this is a super popular test and you've likely seen some trappings of it either in your personal life or on social media where I feel like it's kind of trending right now. You'll see people post things like I'm an INFP or an ESTJ and you're like am I an ESPN is this the new horoscope what is this why does this relate to my life so what the Myers-Briggs personality test is is based on Carl Young's theory of personality is developed by two women Isabel Briggs Myers and Catherine Briggs they wanted to take his theory and make it accessible to the public so they created this test the test will ask you several questions to help you figure out your preference on four key categories so one of them is your favorite world are you extroverted are you introverted another one will ask you for how you take in information are you intuitive are you sensory another one will ask you how you make decisions are you thinking or are you feeling and the last one will ask you about how you structure are you judging or perceiving so you'll answer these questions and then you'll get a four-lettered category and this is your Myers-Briggs type and this will give you information about how you show up best and what you do best in the world so a lot of people will use this different therapists different coaches in the workplace you see this kind of all over so what does this have to do with people in sobriety so for those of you who know either you are in sobriety or you know someone in sobriety as soon as you start to get over a lot of amazing things start to happen to you a lot of these results can be hard so maybe you have some health benefits like you're losing weight or you correct a heart or liver problem because your consumption habits your consumption habits have changed maybe you're saving a lot of money because you're going out less and not spending as much money and then there are also softer changes that happen maybe you're more agreeable and less aggressive maybe you are more inclined to think before you speak maybe you're more willing to pitch in and help these kind of soft changes are kind of fall under the category of what we call like a psychic change no it does not mean that you get the ability to read minds in sobriety as far as we know but these ones are a little bit harder to measure so I think people really have this question when they first get into early sobriety is like okay so if I stop doing this what changes what gets better about my life because you know very often the problem is not the substance it's everything that got us there so what's really cool about this and I'll share with you a little bit about my story is that it really it really does work so the Myers Briggs test has always been on my radar like I said huge psychology nerd for years I tested consistently ENTJ so that's extroverted intuitive thinking and judging those of you who are privy know the ENTJ personality type can be a little bit severe I feel like if ENTJs had a tagline they would be like the kick ass take name kind of people if you've got a really hard problem you don't know how to solve it and you need someone to come in take the reins and just get the job done and you have a friend who's an ENTJ they're the one you want to call if you have someone who need to come over and hold your hand and talk you through a tough situation might not want to call the ENTJ friend they can kind of have blinders on and they miss a lot of the emotional effects that they leave on people so recently I had just taken this test again um for something related to work and I thought I was all wrapped up and as I taken the test I got a different result now this is massive um why is this so massive because psychology also tells us that your personality will be stable after your early 20s or so unless a major life event has occurred and that will often change your your base personality what could have happened in the last couple of years well um I'm currently about two and a half years sober going on three and this is definitely absolutely changed my personality and it's amazing to see that there's actually a quantifiable way to measure how it's been changed so I took the test a couple of times and so I do still test ENTJ um but it's amazing that I do I have a new result that also shows up and I think that that just speaks volumes and really answers that question does this work do we kind of go and go through a foundational change to who we are once we start changing our behavior and the answer is yes so even more I'll tell you a little bit more um what the difference is so the it was ENTJ and ENTP so it comes down to that last letter J and P judging and perceiving and this discusses the difference in how we approach opportunity so previously the judging kind of person will be very focused on one result they won't take more they won't take less but they are getting the result that they came for the perceiving person might still have a goal in mind but they're always open to new opportunity on the way and this is definitely how I've changed I think prior to uh getting sober I could only handle like one way of thinking one goal I couldn't handle multiple things coming at me and I've definitely softened in my time in sobriety where now I can make a goal in mind but I I'm so funny before I saw this result really take um like so concrete in this test I would call it I leave room for the magic of life now and maybe you relate to that too I hope you do um we're not everything has to be so severe um I've definitely chilled out a lot and I know what you're probably thinking which is Tanya how could someone who doesn't do drugs or drink be more chill and all I'm telling you is you should have seen me before so I hope you relate to this I hope you find this pretty interesting um go take the Myers-Briggs test you can go to MyersBriggs.org to learn more about it um share your results in the comments or if you have any questions for me or any questions about the test post them there too uh I know Chris and I want to hear about them and hopefully I'll be back soon to talk to you guys some more have a great day can you believe her she took my question of the day what's up with that she's about to steal my job anyways like Tanya said in the comments down below leave any questions that you have about all that stuff she went over I have a ton of questions that I've been writing down and check this out more exciting news I told you all that I was going to be starting a podcast and Tanya is going to be one of my first guests so be sure to leave your comments down below if you have questions or comments about different personality types leave them down there so I have some stuff to talk to her about when I bring her on the podcast it'll be a live stream as well I'll be posting about it on Instagram and Facebook and Twitter once I know the exact date and time so be sure that you stay tuned and everybody please give a round of applause for Tanya no matter where you are she did an amazing job and I hope to have her back soon but if you like this video make sure you give it a thumbs up and again if you are new here make sure you click that little round subscribe button because I'm always doing videos about mental health addiction mental illness and click or tap on one of the thumbnails next to me because I have a ton of more videos just for you all right thanks for watching everybody and I'll see you next time