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Trying to find new friends is often a pain because of this, to the point where I’m willing to just sit around and wait for an extrovert to adopt me.

INTP thing

Being so outsider that doesn’t even want to belong with the outsiders

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INTP Chip Upgrades: Boost your cognitive functions

Dominant Introverted Thinking (Ti)

Read a lot. Read a variety of topics. Read smart. Be it fiction, non-fiction, news, magazines, or blogs - anything that allows you to analyze and build your library of knowledge. I’d say, don’t waste time on things like tabloids or facebook newsfeeds of what your acquaintances are doing. Check out my #brain food section and brain food resources for where I get my brain food.

Read things that don’t align with your point of view and analyze them. A good exercise is to read blogs or articles that give rational explanations of a point of view opposite to yours. If you’re an atheist, try reading a fundamental Christian’s argument and understand the basis of their thought process. You don’t have to agree with a value to understand where it’s coming from. In fact, the more the opposing view pisses you off and makes you want to passionately defy its logic with yours, the better.

Find loopholes/inconsistencies in research paper. This was given as assignments in one of my 3rd year human biology courses. The professor would give us a master’s degree candidate’s research paper draft and make us find loopholes in them. It was a great exercise for your brain.

Make a habit of googling things right away. If there are things you aren’t sure of that come up in your train of thoughts or during a conversation, google them right away, so that you’ll know the facts and won’t have to base your subsequent analysis on an assumption (or as soon as you can, if you’re in social situations and it could be considered rude).

Practice your spatial reasoning skills. These puzzles test your problem solving skills and visual-spatial intelligence. I loved doing these when I was little. Here’s one, and here’s another one.

Auxiliary Extraverted Intuition (Ne)

Stimulate divergent thinking i.e. a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions - which is the way Ne works. Try these classic creativity challenges.

Brainstorm or mind map. The goal is to generate as many ideas as possible in a short period of time. Use one idea to stimulate another idea and be creative. Don’t limit yourself with any structure.

Free write. Choose a topic and write non-stop for a short period of time. The idea is to write down whatever comes to mind about the topic, without stopping to proofread or revise.

Imagine possibilities of real life situations. I’ve described this here: Work your Ne: an INTP’s secret to being quick-witted. I’d imagine possible conversations with people I know, stock up possible come backs, and think of how I could manipulate the situations to go toward each possibility. Basically, try to cover everything that could happen to you in your imagination.

Think of different sides of someone you know. It’s hard to know every sides of someone. Maybe you know them as a friend, but not as a coworker, and you don’t know how they act with their grandfather. It’s a fun exercise to imagine what they’d be like in other situations.

Experience new things. Visit new places. You can only generate so many ideas in your own head alone - find inspirations externally. Ne cannot come up with ideas if you don’t feed it with new experiences and information to create more connections and patterns with. Art galleries and museums are great places to let your Ne explore. I always get tons of ideas after visiting these places alone (yes, go alone, so you’re not distracted by conversations and you’re allowed to use your own imagination).

Tertiary Introverted Sensing (Si)

Memory exercises. These brain training apps have many great games that exercise your memory recall.

Dream recall right when you wake up. When you’re gaining consciousness and are still lying on bed, quickly try to recall as much details of your dream as possible. If you don’t do it right then, you’ll forget within a few seconds. I find this a fun memory exercise and you always get interesting stories.

Yoga, meditation, and relaxation techniques that help you become attuned with your internal body awareness. Quoting Personality Junkie “an often overlooked role of Si is its perception of internal bodily sensations—the body as felt and experienced from within. Perhaps more than any other function, it provides access to the raw and basic sense of “being” that exists apart from thought or outward stimuli.” I find it easy to focus during meditation since I was young (I grew up in a Buddhist family), and yoga has really helped me personally to be aware of what my body can do, and how it’s linked to my mind.

Inferior Extraverted Feelings (Fe)

Think of your favorite music, art, and literature that really touched you. Try to understand why you feel a certain way while listening/looking/reading them. Which component is more memorable to you? Which word, color, or sound evoke strong feelings, and why?

Draw, paint, write, act, sing, dance, play and create music, or whatever it is that allow you to express yourself intuitively without adhering strictly to rationality and logic. Allow yourself to explore these realm and create by instinct rather than objective analysis.

Analyze the reasons you can relate to certain people and not others. How do the people you can relate to make you feel, and how are they different from people you can’t? What makes you want to spend time with certain people and not others? What do you like in people and what irritates you? Quantify these feelings into words.

Observe yourself in relation to a group. Because of inferior Fe, INTPs tend to chameleonize themselves and mirror others unconsciously. It is important to be aware of what you’re doing. Observe how you’re influenced by the tone of a group you’re in, and observe how you feel differently from them.

Recognize your own needs and stand up for them. I’ve written my advice on this here: Developing inferior Fe, How happy can an INTP really get? and it’s ok to feel ‘meh’.

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Honestly just reposting this for later

How happy can an INTP really get?

belugahr said:

Define unhappy ;) Or to put it differently, how happy can an INTP really get? It kind of disolves quite easy when you think about it, doesn’t it.

I’m gonna turn this into another long post, since this may help other INTPs (and possibly other types). belugahr, I’m not addressing you directly, but I shall elaborate on INTP and happiness in general.

Having been through clinical depression, I can say for certain that I’m happy right now. I went from extreme nihilism, cynicism, anti-social, lack of motivation, unable to relate to anyone years ago to being completely confident, productive, and content with myself and my life right now.

It all depends on your mindset - are you taking responsibility to create your own happiness or are you just waiting for the world to spin your way?

It’s rather easy for us deep thinkers to sink into an existential crisis, to get sucked into the whirlwind of the meaninglessness of life, to disconnect yourself from the external world and everyone else around you, to feel isolated and alone, and to eventually stop trying.

The world is built for extraverted judgers (and sensors also have an easier time since there are lots of them) - but it’s a huge mistake to try to fit in. All these years, we have developed our unique qualities as an INTP. It’s your choice whether to hide them like weaknesses, or play them up as strengths. Check out these examples on playing up our strengths in unlikely ways: INTPs, Embrace Your Outer Docile Airhead | INTPs and Customer Service Jobs | Work Your Ne: An INTP’s Secret to being Quick-Witted

Here are my advice on becoming truly happy (and understand that I took years to work on these points and it may take you a long time as well, but knowing them would be a good start).

1. Stop giving a shit about being normal. Whether it’s in terms of your personality or what you’re expected to do in life. When you’re trying too hard to fit in or to go along with other people’s expectations, you’ll fall into a downward spiral of existential boredom - only mechanically doing things you’re not passionate about with a permanent disconnect. Don’t fall into victim mode. It’s up to you to decide who you want to be and how much shit you’re gonna give.

2. Be proactive in finding friends you actually like. It makes a world of difference to be surrounded by people who truly bring values into your life, and vice versa. You should be around people who are supportive of your quirks, who allow you to express your thoughts and ideas openly, who can stimulate you intellectually, whom you feel a true connection with. They exist, and there are many of them, you just have to be active in finding them.

3. Be assertive. Express your needs and your opinions. Recognize your irritations when they’re small and express your concerns tactfully rather than keeping things to yourself and exploding later. (My post on developing inferior Fe could help).

4. Find your own niche and what you can offer the world as the unique you. My writings here, for example, I started the blog with a completely egocentric purpose, but it evolved into something else. As it is now, I’m glad I can share my experiences and who I truly am, and that it could help other people going through the same struggles I’ve had. You might want to channel your love for research and science into discovering a cure for HIV, or you might want to help people reflect on a different perspective of the world through your photography. Do something you can share with others. It doesn’t have to be leaving a grand legacy for the whole world, it could be just helping one person you know choosing their path in life.

5. Stop complaining! (i.e. ranting negatively without a real intention to fix the problem). This is one of the symptoms of “victim mode” (i.e. acting as if you’re the victim of your circumstances and has no power to make your own choices). If you feel like complaining, stop yourself, and go feed yourself brain food instead. 

-eilamona

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*practicing karate blocks together*

INTP: *punches*

ISTJ: *does a soto uke* er, is that right?

INTP:*tries to keep a straight face* i-if it hurts, yeah it's right

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I honestly thought it was in the life description. I’ve felt this way since I was young, and it seems to only be multiplying as the years pass. It’s sometimes just a constant autopilot that half of me is personally going through and the other is observing, like acting out a play you have to improvise. Watching each day pass by like the pages of a book from one side to another.

Alienation(???)

Me, an INTP: Do you ever feel like you’re present but you feel like you’re dreaming? It’s like, half of your brain is working and the other half is sleeping.

ISTPsis: lmao

INTP: I’m not joking, it’s as if you’re daydreaming but you’re also doing stuff or talking with people at the same time. Or maybe… do you just pour something in my drink regularly?

ISTP: I alienate a lot too, but… *pinches cheeck* lol what if you’re actually dreaming

INTP: I’m not, I felt your pinch.

INFPmom: Are you- are you okay? Should I worry?

INTP: lol of course not (*secretely worries too*)

INTP: *turns toward camera*

INTP: What about you guys? Do you experience what I’m talking about too? Lmao

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INTJ: Panic attacks are part of my daily life, actually

Friend: Whut?

INTJ: Yeah like when someone doesn't respond or something, or when I start thinking I am annoying, and then I spiral into a panic attack pretty much.

Friend: Why don't you say something?

INTJ: *Blankly stares* I do ... often

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I think every INTP who is highly emotional has said to themselves and others “I don’t have emotions” long before they knew what INTP was and that it was a stereotype to be seen as emotionless.

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“Stop being dramatic”

Me:

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Functions 101

Ne: The MBTI equivalent of doing drugs Ni: Being a fortune teller Ti: Nerds Te: Nerds that boss you around Fe: Let’s all be friends Fi: #the feelz Si: Remembers everything and follows the rules Se: HEY, LET’S GO PARACHUTING WITHOUT A PARACHUTE

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When INTx’s have a problem

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yes

Reblog if you want (1) creepy compliment.

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INTP problems

You can explain a lot of shits™ like a superconduct, how the microwave works, the social contract by Rousseau and the french revolution ft. all the consequences, psychology theories, emotional chemistry but you can explain your emotions without having an anxiety attack or nervous crisis.

Then, you struggle with understand your emotions using logic but can’t feel be satisfied: not enough words to explain what you feel.

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Reblog if you think a woman can be complete without children

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Every INTP, INTJ, and INFP ever

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Idk why but when I was a really young writer I used to think, “That’s so stupid, I shouldn’t write that,” and now that I’m writing professionally I just think, “That’s so stupid, I should definitely write that”

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The 27 Tritype Discriptions

INTRODUCTION:

This took me FOREVER. Ever since I’ve learned about tritypes I have lamented at the lack of cohesive resources on the subject. All the information is scattered and disorganized across many platforms and its simply frustrating to find and research. I figured I would do my civic duty to this community and compile this information. This is the 27 Tritypes put together in a cohesive and simplified manner.  

I would like to say that I only wrote about 20% of this. All I did was put the information togeather, make it fit, and add in info when it was lacking. Please let me know if you have anymore questions!

Sources: 

The 27 Tritypes is a theory by Katherine Chernick Fauvre, her website is http://www.katherinefauvre.com/tritype/ 

Most of the information came from >>THIS THREAD 

For a quick guide on enneagram i did, including tritypes, click >>HERE Please read this before asking further questions, Thank you!

The Mentor: 125, 251, 512

Gut: 1 Heart: 2  Head: 5

Mentors want to help others with the information they have acquired. They love being the stoic guidance counselor. Caring, practical, knowledgeable. They can be very controlling, and sometimes try to force advice on others, but it is often very helpful. They have high expectations for others and push them to be their best. They should try to be less judgmental of others and not over-give. Your life mission is to use your wisdom to provide the information needed to manifest ideals that help those in need. A true mentor, you are happiest when you can help others improve themselves. They could make great teachers – they are precise, ethical, thorough, intellectual, disciplined, but also altruistic and willing to help other people. They are usually moral and righteous individuals, who have high ideals and are willing to stand by a cause they believe in. Their interest in people and commitment to knowledge and improvement can turn them into crusaders for theories and systems that can make the world a better place.

The Supporter: 126, 261, 612

Gut: 1 Heart: 2 Head: 6 As a Supporter, you are discerning, caring and inquisitive. You want to be ethical, helpful and cooperative. Highly responsible, you are most comfortable when you do things by the book and know what to expect. Focused on the needs and concerns of others, you seek ways to be of service. Your life mission is to find structured ways to give, and be of assistance to others. A true helper, you are happiest when you are in a position to support others achieve their goals. You can be overly fixed in your opinion of what is right and be rigid in your expectations of yourself and others and thus come across as disapproving or militant. This type ignores their own desires. They are very loyal and act as they feel they should and often for others. They want to serve and they tend to expect others to as well. Fear of desperateness, humiliation and doubt. Tendency to seek things they will accept, approval and assurance. This is absolutely the “caring friend” archetype.

The Teacher: 127, 271, 712

Gut: 1 Heart: 2 Head: 7  

As a Teacher, you are a person needing to find structured ways to play and be of service. They like to teach and to support others. It’s the classic elementary school teacher archetype that wants to find innovative but structured ways to make learning or improving enjoyable to people. The blindspot is they can become so attached to their way of doing “fun” and innovation that they can gloss over negative feelings that need to be addressed or become too rigid in their expectations thus making things not fun. You love discovering new things and sharing what you learn with others. Your mission is to help those in need of guidance, hope, and inspiration. You can also be hyper-focused on keeping things overly positive and upbeat. Your growing edge is to be willing to experience emotional pain. You can be overly identified with positive emotions and appropriate behavior. Negative emotions teach us what we are feeling and are an important aspect of any decision making process. A true teacher, you are happiest when you can use your teaching skills to make learning a creative and enjoyable experience

The Technical Expert: 135, 351, 513

Gut: 1 Heart: 3 Head: 5

The Technical expert is driven, self disciplined, success and image oriented (but the image is not one of flash. It’s ALWAYS perfect and appropriate.)…discerning, self demanding and judgmental with a focus on control. Extremely productive and hardworking, she barely gives herself a break, but when she does it’s like a huge release. It’s always planned though…Highly intelligent and focused, but can be narrow-minded at times, even though she’s capable of seeing other perspectives if she’s convinced of the “rightness” of hers she will be harsh, critical and obstinate. You are diligent, focused and knowledgeable. You want to be ethical, efficient and wise. Highly rational, you seek systems and procedures. Detail oriented, you like mathematical concepts and finding ways to breakdown and understand complex material. You are very precise and good with your hands. Your life mission is to be focused and to use your powers of observation to achieve goals. A true technical expert, you feel happiest when you use your knowledge and precision skills to create, achieve and teach.

The Taskmaster: 136, 361, 613

Gut: 1 Heart: 3 Head: 6

As a technical expert you are incredibly discerning, focused and responsible type. She said they will be the most inclined to want to live up to a successful image by societal standards and to focus on duty in order to feel valuable. She called it the “true taskmaster” that is inclined to create structure and rules that others in society can follow and to implement them. She said the blindspot is that one can be so overly focused on the rules that they can lose touch with their own values and feelings in deference to what is acceptable or societally defined. you are diligent, focused and knowledgeable. Elegant, stoic and resolute with a loyal professional veneer. Very self critical. Strong ideas about how they should act and have man guidelines that they must follow and cannot deter from. They can feel like a break from work is a sin, and sometimes only feel okay working. This is one of the hardest workers, if not the hardest worker of the 27 archetypes.

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