I'm a Counselor-Idealist

While printing a series of recent periodicals on international relations theory, inter-Asian relations, and the legacies of the Cold War, I took a personality test--the Myers-Briggs personality test--for fun. It claimed that I was a Counselor-Idealist, someone who thinks in terms of ethical values and morals, and look to maintain and improve the welfare of others. We Counselor-Idealists, unfortunately, constitute only 2% of the total population.

Besides being a true introvert--"who can only be emotionally intimate and fulfilled with a chosen few from among their long-term friends, family, or obvious 'soul mates'"--and difficult to get to know, Counselor-Idealists have intricate, complex, and thus mysterious personalities that often surprises others. This is, however, not to say that we are inconsistent; on the contrary, we value our integrity, and it is just that we find it hard to reveal the entirety of us all at once. We are apparently also very good writers (right).

Furthermore, we are 'mind-readers', in the sense that we are often keenly aware of other's thoughts and sentiments before such are verbally expressed:

Counselors have strong empathic abilities and can become aware of another's emotions or intentions--good or evil--even before that person is conscious of them. This 'mind-reading' can take the form of feeling the hidden distress or illnesses of others to an extent which is difficult for other types to comprehend. Even Counselors can seldom tell how they came to penetrate others' feelings so keenly. [...] [Counselor-Idealists] readily grasp the hidden psychological stimuli behind the more observable dynamics of behavior and affect.

As a result, we are not easily fooled by others and are always questioning the motivations of those around them.

Pretty true? Perhaps.