ISTJ Trustee
ISTJs are dependable pillars of strength. They make good boy or girl scouts! 6% of the total
population.
When their skills at maintaining the structures that they believe hold up society fall short of
achieving the security they are striving toward, ISTJ's become tired and weary. If the stress
becomes overwhelming, ISTJ's become immobilized and cannot fill the responsibilities that
they consider necessary for rightful membership within their community. They become
incapacitated by concerns of a bankruptcy. ISTJ's may then further increase their attention
on the details of the situation that is causing them stress. This sometimes results in
accusations by those around them that the ISTJ is becoming overdemanding, irritable,
inflexible, and impatient with others.
Fearing the breakdown of a trustworthy system and dreading becoming an outcast, the ISTJ
may feel like energy is being drained from their bodies. Fatigue will set in and it will be
exacerbated by a loss of sleep and of appetite. Depleted of their resources, ISTJ's will be
unable to meet many of their obligations or fulfill their duties to their work and to others. Not
being able to fulfill this basic need, the ISTJ becomes further stressed and almost
incapacitated by listlessness —making it all the more difficult be responsive to others.