'You stay up all night in order to invent a fictional magic system.
I have an INTJ friend who makes for fantastic company, but he is incredibly frustrating sometimes. He insults me pretty routinely. It's not just brutal honesty, it's often a deliberate attempt to...
My father is ISTJ and my step-mother is ESTJ. I'm not sure what type my mother was.
I think I'm mostly interested in process. A lot of people on my art course start out with a clear idea of what they want to do and then move towards it. I'm pretty much apathetic towards my end...
I'm INTP and you strike me as being one of us. I can relate to all your replies.
I tried being in a relationship with an INFP and an INFJ and I found their seeming irrationality to be incredibly frustrating at times. It's nice to be with another INTP like me now. He's very...
We were together for three years and we are still good friends, but the relationship didn't work out in the end. He is an INFP and I found his dominant Fi tiresome. He would just complain all the...
I believe that my dad is an ISTJ, as is one of my close friends, and I think I understand them quite well, though I don't think they really understand me. They are very loyal, structured people...
I forget to eat and end up eating at irregular times but I totally love food. Chocolate is the greatest thing.
It's a good question. I'd say that it's manipulating when there's an element of disguising or misrepresenting your intentions or the truth.
I don't feel comfortable unless I know the person who's touching me, I know why they're touching me, and they have my consent to touch me. I rarely initiate physical contact unless I have a good...
My ex-boyfriend is an INFJ who has admitted to being good at manipulating people. I know that he manipulated me on occasions. It angered me when I initially realised he was manipulating me, but...
I have an INTJ friend who I suspect might be a sociopath. However, I previously had another INTJ friend that I assumed to be a sociopath, but when I got to know him better, it turned out that he was...
I stayed up all night because I lost track of time. Crap.
INTPs are pretty good to live with except for the way that many of us tend to forget or procrastinate practical things, such as washing up.
Yes, I hate advertising and consumerism. I have adblock installed. I never watch television. I look away from advertisements. I spend relatively little compared to most of my friends. If...
I enjoy writing! I'm mostly interested in the general concept or focusing on specific word/structural choices. I'm not all that interested in plot or character. As a result, I tend to write a lot of...
Gah, feelings! Make them stop!
While I was at school, I thought I hated maths (though I still did pretty well at it, I just about managed to get an A in my GCSE maths in the end). As soon as I stopped taking it at school, I...
I don't think so. How are you defining strategy and tactics? As I understand it, strategy and tactics are similar things, just on a different level. Strategy is about planning on a broad...
Recently I've become a lot more confident, so increasingly I find that people mistake me for an extravert. Some people even look to me for leadership. People also think that I'm not thinking about...
Yes, we can form strategies very well. Si allows us to take in information about a situation, which Ti analyses. Then we use Ne to come up with possible responses, and Ti in order to figure out which...
It's not alcohol, it's to do with a couple of social factors. Firstly, people tend to have a particular idea of what introverts are like - socially withdrawn, avoiding all social contact, etc. -...
I agree with you. In an argument, I very rarely choose to claim to have any authority on a topic, and prefer to have discussions than arguments. With that in mind, I think my embarrassment in that...
Thinking about it, I ought to have expanded to include that. My INTP boyfriend hates RTS games but loves Dota 2, whereas I love RTS games but dislike MOBAs. However, all the INTPs I know (I know...
Many INTP descriptions make some mention of a shared INTP ideal of Truth. For most of my life I have found this to be the case. Throughout childhood, all I really cared about was learning. I have...
I enjoy Assassin's Creed, but I would say that if anything, I suspect that sensing types would benefit from it more. They are a visual and aural spectacle, but the game's combat mechanics lack depth...
I like a little bit of small talk as a way of easing into a conversation. I have a few friends who take the attitude, I hate small talk, therefore I am going to delve immediately into a deeper...
On the face of it, this seems to make sense, but I think that circumstances complicate things a bit. I believe that my calling is to be an artist. It's part of who I am. When I'm given space, I...
Here's the problem: My financial situation for the next two years of my degree is looking uncertain. Things have been fine this year, but since my household income has increased above a certain...
The impression I get is that MBTI relationships pages always recommend your shadow type. I suppose the logic is something along the lines of 'opposites attract' - you cover each other's weaknesses. ...
Who do you want to be?
Night time walks seem to be a thing for a lot of introverts. A few of my close friends share my love for night time walks, and we tend to walk together. It's a good way of getting people to...
Hi Zardrell, welcome to Personality Café. It sounds like you're having a pretty rough time at school. You might find it helpful to talk to some of your teachers about the problems you are having....
Yes, everything gets to me pretty easily, though I primarily process things on an analytical level; it only occasionally penetrates me on an emotional level. I feel that I have to be as genuine as...
I'd be curious to hear about how you've all matured over the years. What you were like as a child, adolescent and adult? How have your functions changed and manifested? How have your lesser functions...
I am definitely an INTP and I share most of those things with you.
The article links to some pretty dubious-looking sources. I don't understand where these numbers come from.
I didn't buy anything in the sales. There wasn't anything I really wanted or needed. However, I did buy Risk and a pack of cards at my campus charity shop. There were no sales, but stuff is always...
Thank you for your thoughtful response. I think it made sense. There's one thing I just don't quite understand - why is there this keenness to ensure nothing much gets through the barrier to the...
I usually come out as INTP. I identify strongly with INxP, but I have a strong F. Is it possible that I might be pretty much halfway between INTP and INFP? When I first discovered the test when I...
Firstly, thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply. N types are great. I'm used to living with Js though, so I generally keep to a good standard of organisation and tidiness. Keeping...
Primarily, I draw and paint. I also write poetry and prose.
Compared to other INTPs I've met, I'm more of an artist than a scientist (I was deprived of a proper scientific education, sadly) and I'm better at articulating my feelings. How do you seem to...
Some INTJs and occasionally other INTPs, depending on how developed their Fe is.
44% Intellectual 36% Creative 20% Caregiver I'm an art student, and not particularly strongly T, so it adds up.
I find it difficult to tell when my INTJ friend is drunk. He maintains his composure and intellect, but just gradually becomes a bit more confused and forgetful until it reaches the point that he is...
I'm an INTP in my first year at university. I have an INTJ friend who I am considering living with during my second year. The thing is that he is unpopular with most people due to his lack of social...
Love is a strong attachment that has developed into a commitment. The emotions involved within love are not sufficient alone to constitute love. Love is not something you have a right to merely...
No. People have said I'm friendly and even charismatic (which I didn't understand at all), but nobody's said I have good people skills.'
