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as if I could leave it behind.

INFJ and INTP are out for a walk.  INFJ sees a rock, gasps.  

INFJ:  Wow.  It looks exactly like you!

INTP:  No, it-

INFJ:  YES, it does!  We’re keeping it. 

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Gas Station Pt.2

*in the shop*

INTP: ...I'm just gonna get TicTacs.

INFJ: *musing at candy* I want to get something to share. What do you think? Something gummy. Maybe this one?

INTP: *points to a different one*

INFJ: Umm.. how about these? *ignores his choice and points to two others*

INTP: *points to original choice and reluctantly to one of INFJ's choices*

INFJ: *thinks: lol I thought this candy was mostly for me since he's getting TicTacs* Okay, you really seem to want this one XD *picks his first choice*

*looking at drinks*

INTP: Should I get an energy drink?

INFJ: You said you would only have one earlier...

INTP: But... hmmm.

INFJ: It's already too much sugar.

INTP: Okay. I guess I'll try to drink water.

*at the register*

INFJ: Look, pumpkin-shaped Reeses! *_*

INTP: *admires* Should we get?

INFJ: It's 2-for-1... but we'd be tempted to eat both, so let's just get one XD *happily grabs candy*

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Gas Station Pt.1

*finishing pizza*

INTP: Well I'm done eating for the day. I won't eat anything else until tomorrow!

*2 hours later at the gas station*

INTP: *opens passenger door to INFJ* Are you coming in?

INFJ: Huh? Didn't you already pay for gas out here?

INTP: Yeah, but don't you want something to snack on while building model kits when we get home?

INFJ: *mischievous* Whaaaa? But you said you weren't going to eat anything else!

INTP: Shush..

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article: The INTP needs to accept that sometimes their decisions are made by fear, passion, desire for praise, or love. me: ok, i can get behind this, this does indeed happen, i can accept— article: And they also need to accept that these feelings are fair and allowable, and not beat themselves up for not taking the “logical choice.” me: (narrows eyes) what the fuck

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INTP: Do you know your Hogwarts House?

INFJ: What? I thought you didn't like personality test stuff.

INTP: *hesitant* This isn't personality test stuff...

INFJ: A lot of blogs and stuff that like personality theory stuff have their house listed too though.

INTP: ...Well. I took an official test. I bet you would be Slytherin.

INFJ: Oh? Why?

INTP: Just a vibe. Well it said I was Ravenclaw *proud*

INFJ: *smirk* Of course it did. All thinker types want to be Ravenclaw hahaha. I mean, I wish I was Slytherin but I know I lack motivation. I bet you'd actually be Hufflepuff too.

INTP: *looking kind of withdrawn*

INFJ: *Oh no, I must have gone too far...He liked this thing and I made him feel bad about it* What's wrong with Hufflepuff? :P

INTP: Nothing XD; *deep in thought*

INFJ: *changes the subject*

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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.

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 from 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 understanding 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 papers. 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 to 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 comebacks, 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 side 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 in bed, quickly try to recall as many 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 to 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 realms and create by instinct rather than objective analysis.

Analyze the reasons you can relate to certain people and not others. How do 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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golden conversations.

INFJ: So why do we make a good team?

INTP: Because one brain is always collecting information, while the other is always processing it.

INFJ: And which am I?

INTP: Whatever the moment calls for.

INTP: ...

INTP: *Although* I am always processing and collecting. That's why when we're talking, you'll say something and I'll just stare at you. Then you'll get irritated. But I'm thinking about everything you said and how it fits into patterns and how it fits into the future and the past and what it means to this moment-

INFJ: Yes, but you're also answering all those questions in your mind! Silently. So I'm basically having a conversation with a mannequin. *laughs*

INTP stares at INFJ.

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INFJ: *showing the characters in a new video game* This one's cool. And this one is a cyborg. ...And this one's just a robot.

INTP: *indignant* -Just- a robot?!

INFJ: *glancing at INTP's Transformers toy collection* Oh yeah....

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Oh actually, mbti conversations from real life is a Thing on tumblr lol, like the other one I reblogged from a different blog before this post. If you search around, you'll find more just like this one.

It's kind of a journal, since this is all real life stuff between my bf and me. It's popular among people who relate to the posts or want a picture of real interactions between certain mbti types.

So you just feel weird I have no avatar? XD This blog got way more popular than expected so maybe it's time I upgrade the look lmao (the way I use emojis just shows my age lol)

*getting up from a nap*

INFJ: You should… drink some water.

INTP: You should… eat this traaaash.

INFJ: Why???

INTP: Because you love traaash XD

INFJ: *laughing* …Is that why I love you? XD

INTP: Yeah :D

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*getting up from a nap*

INFJ: You should... drink some water.

INTP: You should... eat this traaaash.

INFJ: Why???

INTP: Because you love traaash XD

INFJ: *laughing* ...Is that why I love you? XD

INTP: Yeah :D

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Spoilers

INFJ and INTP are chatting about a book that INFJ is reading. INTP has already read the entire series and keeps accidentally mentioning things that INFJ hasn’t read yet.

INTP: I’m sorry my love, I keep ruining it.

INFJ: It’s okay, I don’t mind a few small spoilers. Just no sad spoilers.

INTP: *Wilts and gives the book in INFJ’s hand a sad look*

INFJ: *Kicks feet and flails arms like an angry toddler* Don’t look at the book that way, you’re ruining it!

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INFJ: *sees skull graffiti across the street in a big open lot near a store and tries to take a photo* Aww, it won't turn out because the sun is too bright...

INTP: Want to go over and look?

INFJ: Idk... what if people see me looking at it?

INTP: What??? *bursts out laughing* That's a silly reason! XD Nobody is going to care that you're looking!

INFJ: Haha but.. I don't want them to see me XD;

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INFJ: *talking alot about something* ...but it was only 4:20 so-

INTP who has never taken weed in any form: *quickly under breath* 420 blaze it....

INFJ: *stops* Was that an automatic reaction?

INTP: Yeah :0

INFJ: Okay. *starts talking about the previous topic again*

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INTP (sp/so): Oh hey, one of my co-workers added me on FB! I decided I wasn't going to seek any out, but if they added me, I would accept their request.

INFJ (sp/sx): Why..??

INTP: I don't know :0 Just to see.

INFJ: When I get a job, I'm going to hide my profile so none of them can find me.

INTP: Wha?? But what if you really like one of them?

INFJ: I'll be there to make money, not friends *_*

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INFJ: I want to play Dark Souls, but I'm not pro and will die easily.

INTP: Just find ways to overcome and analyze when you die :0

INFJ: But... I like hack and slash strategy. I like... no strategy XD

INTP: That's @_@

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INFJ (type 4): Why does it feel like quicksand when we argue? With other people it feels like a bump in the road, then we drive on. With you, it feels like the bump in the road pops the tire and we swerve off down a cliff.

INTP (type 9): *hiding a smile*

INFJ: I know! What if you just pet my hair when we're fighting, and I'll feel too comfy to fight.

INTP: I don't know... that sounds like a cheat. It seems too easy.

INFJ: It might work XD But we should seriously try and figure this out so it doesn't happen again.

INTP: I think we're just naturally like this together.

INFJ: You don't even want to try...? *hurt*

INTP: *testing the headpets* Okay, what would you suggest to fix our last fight? *starts petting hair*

INFJ: *oblivious to the test* I um... I... what were we saying..??

INTP: *stops petting* Think :0

INFJ: *concentrating* When we-

INTP: *pets hair again*

INFJ: ...uh... I... *frowns*

INTP: Yes? :3

INFJ: Uh...*lays on his chest in defeat*

INTP: *giggles*

INFJ: *realizes what he had been doing* @_@