Perhaps it's not so much refuses to conform as opposed to it's in one's nature to find their own path and at the same time be open to adjusting oneself if one realizes their preconceived notion of themself is holding them back. Refusing to conform is just stubborn and yes could be rebellious and could be antisocial.
Shortly after I awakended I stumbled onto the Meyers Briggs personality typing. I have taken many online tests and I always come out INTP. Some of the more detailed tests break that down further into two subsets, which I forget now. Here is what I wrote in a letter to my best friend when he questioned the value of my spiritual awakening.
"Much of your advice on career is guided by your personal experience with our shared introvert trait. I am now very aware that messages from the universe can be delivered at any time and through anyone. As a result of my new receptiveness, I recently learned what many already know — there are 8 distinct introvert-personality types (and another 8 extravert-types). I took a few 10-minute tests and learned that I am an INTP. I peg you as an ISTJ, which is very different from an INTP. Here are a few hallmarks of the INTP personality type that differentiate it from ISTJ, in which you will surely recognize me and not see yourself : INTP’s “focus on ideas and concepts rather than facts and details;” INTP’s “prefer to be spontaneous and flexible rather than planned and organized;” INTP “minds are complicated and active” — we “go to great mental lengths trying to devise ingenious solutions to interesting problems;” INTP’s are” typically non-traditional, and more likely to reason out their own individual way of doing things than to follow the crowd;” non-conformity is our natural state of being — it is not something we practice to shock others or make a statement. We “tend to share thoughts that are not fully developed, using others as a sounding board for ideas and theories in a debate against themselves rather than as actual conversation partners,” making us “appear unreliable, but in reality no one is more enthusiastic and capable of spotting a problem, drilling through the endless factors and details that encompass the issue and developing a unique and viable solution — just don’t expect punctual progress reports.”
The part I bolded here, George, is the most on point.
Modern psychologists and psychiatrists frown on MB typing because they can't find a scientific basis for it. (If you know all this already forgive me). MB typing is based on Jung's beliefs about archetypes. Too metaphysical for modern doctors. The field prefers "Big 5" personality typing. I've taken those tests too and the results are very similar to my INTP result except I come out as extravert. That is not surprising. All these tests are not binaries. Each letter results from the pole one is closest too. As I am a not shy introvert, it's consistent that the Big 5 pegs me as an extravert.
If you're interested in the full 17-minute-read letter I wrote to my friend, I published it early in my Medium days with the names and a few points redacted. https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/positive-impact-of-my-soul-emergence-awakening-b18f78a9f226
