Myers Briggs

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The X-Files: Fox Mulder [INFJ]

OFFICIAL TYPING by Charity / The Mod.

Introverted Intuition (Ni): Mulder devotes his entire life and most of his career into proving his singular theory about aliens. Each case ties back in some way to his over-reaching belief system, which he feeds through a solitary existence in the country (no external stimulation, to stir his imagination, other than what he chooses to find and fits into the greater whole). His intuitive leaps and conclusions may seem erratic, but often they are precise – baffling Scully, who as a Ne, cannot always follow his thought process and must learn to trust his “gut hunches.”

Extroverted Feeling (Fe): Once he does decide to engage, Mulder can be friendly, affirming, and know how to appeal to someone’s emotions in order to get them to open up with him. He is fairly free in expressing his feelings and opinions. He finds it somewhat easy to read other people, and get a sense of whether or not they are being truthful (he also uses Ni to discern this). His moral system is guided by social expectations up to a point, but he’s more objective in terms of fairness than Scully—or his boss.

Introverted Thinking (Ti): Proof? What’s that? That is the missing factor bugging Scully… that his theories and ideas have nothing to back them up. Mulder is so delighted by the unknown that he enjoys not having a rational conclusion or proof when extraordinary things happen. He cares more about the intricacies of the case, and understanding it, than he does actually “solving” it in layman’s terms (open case files contain further mysteries yet to be explored).

Extroverted Sensing (Se): Once in awhile, Mulder does something a little… um, ill-advised, that lands him in dangers that Scully has to get him out of, because he failed to acknowledge either the physical environment or his own bodily abilities. He can go “off track” and over-use his Se, in this regard; becoming careless, impulsive, or reckless in the process.

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Frasier Enneatypes

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Frasier Crane: 2w3

“Twos are empathetic, sincere, and warm-hearted. They are friendly, generous, and self-sacrificing, but can also be sentimental, flattering, and people-pleasing. They are well-meaning and driven to be close to others, but can slip into doing things for others in order to be needed. They typically have problems with possessiveness and with acknowledging their own needs. At their Best: unselfish and altruistic, they have unconditional love for others.

Basic Fear: Of being unwanted, unworthy of being loved

Basic Desire: To feel loved

Enneagram Two with a Three-Wing: “The Host/Hostess”

Key Motivations: Want to be loved, to express their feelings for others, to be needed and appreciated, to get others to respond to them, to vindicate their claims about themselves.”

Niles Crane: 6w5

The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent “troubleshooters,” they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion. At their Best: internally stable and self-reliant, courageously championing themselves and others.

Basic Fear: Of being without support and guidance

Basic Desire: To have security and support

Enneagram Six with a Five-Wing: “The Defender”

Key Motivations: Want to have security, to feel supported by others, to have certitude and reassurance, to test the attitudes of others toward them, to fight against anxiety and insecurity.

Daphne Moon: 9w1

Nines are accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually creative, optimistic, and supportive, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent, simplifying problems and minimizing anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. At their Best: indomitable and all-embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts.

Basic Fear: Of loss and separation

Basic Desire: To have inner stability “peace of mind”

Enneagram Nine with a One-Wing: “The Dreamer”

Key Motivations: Want to create harmony in their environment, to avoid conflicts and tension, to preserve things as they are, to resist whatever would upset or disturb them.

Martin Crane: 1w2 

Ones are conscientious and ethical, with a strong sense of right and wrong. They are teachers, crusaders, and advocates for change: always striving to improve things, but afraid of making a mistake. Well-organized, orderly, and fastidious, they try to maintain high standards, but can slip into being critical and perfectionistic. They typically have problems with resentment and impatience. At their Best: wise, discerning, realistic, and noble. Can be morally heroic.

Basic Fear: Of being corrupt/evil, defective

Basic Desire: To be good, to have integrity, to be balance

Enneagram One with a Two-Wing: “The Advocate”

Key Motivations: Want to be right, to strive higher and improve everything, to be consistent with their ideals, to justify themselves, to be beyond criticism so as not to be condemned by anyone.

Roz Doyle: 7w8

Sevens are extroverted, optimistic, versatile, and spontaneous. Playful, high-spirited, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over-extended, scattered, and undisciplined. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. At their Best: they focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied.

Basic Fear: Of being deprived and in pain

Basic Desire: To be satisfied and content—to have their needs fulfilled 

Enneagram Seven with an Eight-Wing: “The Realist”

Key Motivations: Want to maintain their freedom and happiness, to avoid missing out on worthwhile experiences, to keep themselves excited and occupied, to avoid and discharge pain.

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Could you describe how the inferior function works for each type? I read about them but I feel I relate to more than one. I must be missing something. Thanks.

Inferior Fi (ExTJ): Lower awareness of what is meaningful to the self; potential to come across as insensitive, harsh, or as lacking an emotional sensitivity; can tend to push one’s own values or emotions aside, sometimes not feeling very comfortable in dealing with or managing them; lower confidence of the internal self; may struggle with needing to focus extensively on others’ emotional needs; may be particularly drawn to things which have affected them personally at some point.

Inferior Fe (IxTP): Low comfort in socially disharmonious situations and in being naturally aware of the general emotional atmosphere; slower to take in and adapt to a socially accepted role; unlikely to “play a role” in situations with others; desire for inclusion or being one with the group; desire to find external harmony; can be held back by fear of creating disharmony; low energy for bending to the needs of others and keeping track of them; may struggle with reaching out for help or advice.

Inferior Ni (ESxP): Lack of foresight in situations in favor of the full, present experience; can neglect to read more into things; low desire to see one thing through to the end very thoroughly and deeply at time; failure to recognize future potential outcomes or consequences; might have less than strongly true feelings of being sage-like counselors and act on this, due to the draw of the inferior function; can be come self-righteous or overly prideful.

Inferior Ne (ISxJ): Preference for staying with what is tried and true; less likely to seek many different possibilities; potentially more closed to or uncomfortable with change and a lot of variation; may unhealthfully seek possibilities in ways such as through gossip about others; desire to explore a playful personality, now and then being very spontaneous and outgoing about their ideas when enthusiastic about them; may enjoy things that incorporate an importance for details and a need for creative brainstorming, such as puzzles big or small.

Inferior Ti (ExFJ): May have lack of structure internally, depending more on social structure with an absence of internal logic; desire to be seen as independent; lack of self awareness in favor of group awareness; may act on social expectations and too easily neglect an internal reasoning about them; drawn to appearance of self-sufficiency.

Inferior Te (IxFP): Tendency to place less value on external organization; dislike or difficulty with social or external structure; low comfort in matters of applying discipline or keeping logistical things such as finances or a schedule in order; draw to the rational but also elusiveness and not great comfort unless more mature in personality; struggle with quantifying practical external things such as time needed.

Inferior Si (ENxP): Little concern for details and particulars; may be less comfortable following the standard ways of doing things, preferring to brainstorm very different possibilities; may struggle with being in tune with one’s own needs and physical self, especially based on past experiences; more subconsciously seeks to incorporate important details of the past; experience tension between the new and different and the standard or conventional; potentially feel torn between sticking to what they have known or know is accepted and chasing a completely different thinking or lifestyle.

Inferior Se (INxJ): Low awareness of the present, especially the physical sense; effect of being lost in the mind and not very present; desire and struggle to put conceptual visions into reality; Ni-Se draw to quality/aesthetic; easily neglecting one’s own physical needs, such as eating or drinking, when more naturally absorbed in the mind; sometimes extremely caught up in in-the-moment activities, but not in a very healthy way most often; disconnect from realizing the negative effects of a situation until it may be too late and overwhelm has already hit.

Thank you for asking, and I hope this is helpful for you!

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MBTI EXPLAINED

Alright people, here we go, MBTI. 

I’ve been getting questions about choosing your type and what some of the abbreviations mean, let me explain. 

First off: The online tests are not accurate. They go off simply the eight letters E or I, N or S, T or F, J or P, when that is only the end result of a long equation. 

Basic Building Blocks- The cognitive functions (basically how people function and work). 

There are eight: Fi, Fe, Te, Ti, Se, Si, Ne, Ni

The first letter in these abbreviations stands for one of the middle letters in the four letter type- X_ _ X  and the second letter stands for extrovert (e) or introvert (i). 

So, Fi= introverted feeling,

Fe= extroverted feeling, 

Ti= introverted thinking, 

Te= extroverted thinking, 

Ne= extroverted intuition,

Ni= introverted intuition, 

Se= extroverted sensing, 

Si= introverted sensing. 

Now everyone uses four of these functions, or to be more precise, everyone uses one F function, one T function, one S function, and one N function. Which means we all have feelings, we all think, we all use sensing, and we all use intuition, what makes up the types is how much of each we use.

Each of these functions we use falls into a place: Dominate (1st function), Auxiliary (2nd function), Territory (3rd function), and Inferior (4th function).

These four functions make up a function stack. Which is basically arranging the functions Dominate-Auxiliary-Territory-Inferior 

What makes an introvert an introvert and an extrovert an extrovert is their Dominate function. If it’s an introverted function then they are an introvert and if their Dom function is extroverted then they are an extrovert.

The stack always alternates.

Introverts function stack goes. Introverted function, extroverted function, then introverted and lastly an extroverted.

Extroverts function stack goes. Extroverted function, introverted, extroverted and lastly an introverted one.

Is everyone following? Good.

Now the Perceiving functions (P) are Ni, Ne, Si, Se

Then the Judging functions (J) are Ti, Te, Fi, Fe

If your stack has a P function as either a dominate or an auxiliary EXTROVERTED function then there is a P at the end of their four letters. 

If your stack has a J function as either a dominate or an auxiliary EXTROVERTED function then there is a J at the end of their four letters.

Also you can’t have a J function and another J function in your top functions or have two P functions in your Dom and Aux function. You must have one J and one P. 

If you have a J Dom then you have a P aux and vice versa. 

A function stack drawn out looks like this 

(This is one for an ISFP)

Now draw a line through the center to see what two letters go in the center. 

(I said earlier you need one T, one F, one N, and one S which means you can’t have two of any of them.) 

So whichever two functions are in your top two places are the two letters in the center _XX_

The Perceiving letter (N or S) comes first and then the Judging (F or T).

So here are all the possible stacks.

Ti-Se-Ni-Fe (ISTP)

Ti-Ne-Si-Fe (INTP)

Fi-Se-Ni-Te (ISFP)

Fi-Ne-Si-Te (INFP)

Ni-Te-Fi-Se (INTJ)

Ni-Fe-Ti-Se (INFJ)

Si-Fe-Ti-Ne (ISFJ)

Si-Te-Fi-Ne (ISTJ)

Se-Ti-Fe-Ni (ESTP)

Se-Fi-Te-Ni (ESFP)

Ne-Ti-Fe-Si (ENTP)

Ne-Fi-Te-Si (ENFP)

Te-Ni-Se-Fi (ENTJ)

Te-Si-Ne-Fi (ESTJ)

Fe-Ni-Se-Ti (ENFJ)

Fe-Si-Ne-Ti (ESFJ)

There’s the math of it, now for what it all means.

Si and Se. On is past and one is present. They are both observant and take in experiences around them but they do it differently.

Si- takes in facts and adds it to their web of past memories  Its mind is always in their past experiences. It use the facts and observations and make them personal, then later it will use them to create ideas about the future through (Ne). Si can relive experiences and holds onto important details. Its like the ultimate database that is actually used regularly not just put away for never

Se-  takes in facts and keeps them facts. It’s clear and direct and lives in the present moment. While Si’s mind is in the past, Se is all about its five senses and what it’s experiencing right then and there. It is active and always wants something to be occupying its outside world. It can be fun and playful- or strict and cold. But what makes it Se is the thirst and impulse for all things that catch their eurt or attract their senses. Its like putting on a pair of 3D glasses in a 4D movie, everything has life and you are in the center of it all- hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting everything. 

Ne and Ni. One is taking one idea and expanding to a thousand other ideas and the other is taking one idea and diving deep into it.

Ne lives in a world of what ifs. It deals with abstracts and possibilities; from one idea it can generate a million sneers and a thousand more ideas. It is never satisfied with one topic because with it everything seems to connect. It jumps from A to Z in a heart beat. Its random and brilliant and can sometimes annoy people. Because of these quick ideas they are great at brainstorming and throughly enjoy it. It can always be relied on to come up with some crazy theory and present it with excitement.

Ni is taking one idea and examining from several different angles all the while looking deeper into it for something more. After hanging with Ni one sentence of explanation has expanded into a book of information. Sentence to book. It doesn’t rabbit trail like Ne, it holds onto only one thing. A lot of it is subconscious, causing people with it to experience flashes of insight (when all of this idea examine comes to the forefront of their mind) and because of this, gut feelings are pretty trustworthy (they have after all thought about it almost too much).

Fe and Fi where our feelings stem from- one follows personal morals and has a drive to stay true to its self while the other follows group morals and has a drive to create group harmony. 

Fe is feeling outward. It is hyper aware of everyones emotions and can feel them personally as if they were their own. If everyone in the room is crying, Fe will cry as well. If everyone is laughing and having a good time, Fe will feel inclined to laugh as well.It puts others before themselves not because its right (though thats a reason) but also because that is what makes it feel at peace. This means it is big about “keeping the peace with all” and upholding group morals so everyone will be happy. Because of all this outward feeling Fe feels, people who use it seem (in appearance) to have a wider range of emotion and be in slightly different moods everyday. 

Fi is the exact opposite. It creates peace by first dealing with emotions inwardly. It does not express a wide range of emotion but prefers to hold onto just one type of mood and feeling and project that. It relates to others not by feeling their emotions but by relating to them personally. It has a set of inward morals and values that it must uphold in order to keep peace within itself. It holds strong to these values and dares not to violate them. 

Te and Ti these functions are the logic of human beings. One is all about analyzing and coming up with plans while the other is all about executing them in a direct, no nonsense fashion. 

Ti is like the ultimate puzzle solver. It not only can solve them but enjoys it. It thrives on analyzing things, breaking them down with logic, figuring them out backwards and forwards. Even stupid things that don’t really matter, it enjoys playing with it. It approaches life asking How? and Why? It wants things to make sense, hence why it analyzes. It has a desire to understand things.

Te may enjoy a puzzle, but it wants things to be useful. It isn’t one for entertaining a logic play that won’t have any results or accomplish something worthy. It is the one to ask What?- what is this? what can I do with it? what is its use? What is its worth? It strives for efficiency and order. It can take charge and organize chaos and prefers it this way. It is also direct (since it is always with Fi) it has no problem believing what it believes and sharing with anyone it sees. If it thinks something should be one way, it will say it. 

Now here is what can be important to remember when typing yourself. You may be able to use Ti and Te or see yourself using Ne and Ni, but what determines your type is what you prefer. Its what you enjoy. These are you functions people, its how you work, its how you live! Sure a pianist may be able to pick up an accordion and understand it- maybe even play it, but they are a pianist. They were made for piano. 

You may see yourself using more than one of the functions that you should only use one of. When that happens, take a step back and think. What do I actually like? What do I thrive on?

For me, I could sit around and play off Ne doms ideas and do the whole explosion of ideas thing for a while, but what I like is talking for hours about one thing. Diving into it and figuring it out from every angle, finding what it means and how it can help the future. And then after I’m done talking, I wait a while, then come back a week later and talk about the same thing again. Its what I love to do. Its what makes me Ni dom instead of Ne aux. I have a foot in both doors but given the choice- I’m Ni all the way. One idea not a bunch. 

In addition to all these things there are function pairs (Ti-Ne, Ne-Ti, etc…) which is just about how all these functions lay off each other. To figure it out you just have to sort of think about it and figure it out logically. (Ti-Ne. analyzes ideas and abstract theories while Ti-Se analyzes the puzzles right before their eyes- the ones involving reality and a sense of usefulness) if you have any questions about pairs just ask.

Also there are function loops which is when someone is stuck using just their 1st and 3rd function and not their 2nd. Its not good but it happens. (You can figure out how those work like the pairs) 

Last thing, “in the grip” is when a person is immersed in their inferior function and is acting as if it is their dominate one and as if the others don’t exist.

Hope this post helps everyone, I tried to just do the basics here and give you the basic building block. If you need any help you can ask of course:) 

(Im waaaaaaaaay backed up for all you who haven’t gotten a response…im going to regret saying this but honestly I answer from newest ask oldest because I’m lazy and dont want to scroll for a over a hundred asks so if its really important *deep breath* go ahead and ask again.)

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Run baby run

[teatimewithanintj]

How Does Ni work?

This is how I experience Ni, and how I observed it in Ni users I know.  Listening is hard I will often stop listening because the subject made me think about something else (something more interesting), then this new idea will lead me to another one, then another… In a few seconds, I’ll be far away in my head and will sometimes say things that’ll look totally random. I can also get enthusiastic and jump to a new subject, middle-sentence, because I got a new (better) idea to talk about (which can be annoying to other people). And having to pay attention to uninteresting things is intellectually painful because I have to make the effort to not drift away in my mind. Thinking about everything, all the time Our thought process is not straightforward unless we’re working on it to be that way (with Te’s help, for example, to get something done). We’re not thinking about a few things: we’re thinking about everything at once. Picture a black hole: no idea can escape; we think them all. It might seem to other people that we only have good ideas, or that we can’t have many ideas, because we’ll express only the best of them. We can’t trust an idea unless we’re sure we can’t think a better one. Paralysis How do you know you made the best choice? How can you be sure your idea is the best? You can’t. You don’t know. This can get us stuck. Sometimes, we miss opportunities by hesitating too long. We have to rely on our other functions to move, to do something. And we have to trust ourselves.  Hello, intensity, my old friend. Ni is deep. Sometimes, a bit heavy. It makes us drawn to intellectual things, art with a great meaning, talking about what moves people (love, their interests, hard things they experienced, things that changed them…), books on various topics… I often won’t think someone is my friend if we don’t share something special. If you’re just a body to spend time with and have fun, that’s nice, but I won’t be your friend unless I’m sure I deeply know you. Turn it off, please! Ni is all about wisdom, blah blah… I wish I could turn my brain off sometimes. I try to, mostly through my inferior Se: eating, drinking, singing (I sing so much)… I’ll watch stupid movies to give myself a break and laugh about silly things. I often avoid so-called intelligent movies because most of them fail to both amaze me and amuse me. And I’ll almost never miss a chance at watching something creative or weird. Creativity Ni needs to find the best ideas, or the best plans. The way to get to that is through creativity. Sometimes, the perfect way to go is an old, overused one, and it’s ok. I won’t try something for the sake of it being new if there is a less fun but more intelligent way. Most Ni-people I know are into arts or writing, or both. Personal arts and writing projects give Ni all the freedom it needs to fully bloom and it feels so nice.

Dedication and precision for the right things If something is not interesting, I can’t go on for a long time unless I think it’s worth the effort. I also noticed, from me and also from Ni-aux users, that for a thing to be considered as done, it doesn’t have to be flawlessly done if it’s not important (chores, meaningless work…) but some other things won’t be remotely okay to us unless they are perfectly done.

Humor I’ve been told by many people I should think about pursuing a career as a stand-up comic, but many people also don’t get my jokes at all. My INTJ friends told me that they often get taken seriously when joking, and that people can’t tell when they’re being sarcastic (so they just look like they are pretty mean or especially stupid). Both of them amaze me with how they can push the smallest thing into the most epic long-lasting joke, making fun links between things. (And watch up for self-depreciating humor from INTJs. We love that.)

Strange memory I absorb information all the time. Ni collects knowledge and, later, fishes out what is useful. Sometimes, I don’t even know how I know something. I just do - because I read about it years ago or because I made links from another bit of knowledge. I’m also the kind of person to forget whole days or conversations if they were not meaningful. I often refer to my memory as impressionist. I have many blurry memories from which I keep the overall feeling and no detail.

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Cognitive Functions and their Paradoxes

Fi

“I don’t like to see others sad”

“I want my feelings to be taken care of first”

Fe

“I need to help everybody”

“I hate everybody”

Ti

“I understand everything so much better than others”

“It is not humanly possible to reach a state of complete knowledge”

Te

“I want to meet goals quickly”

“My impatience makes me miss out important details, which slows down progress”

Ni

“I know the truth of everything”

“My mind is so abstract that I can’t pin down what I’m thinking”

Ne

“I have a million possible ideas”

“But I have a hard time deciding which one is better than the rest”

Si

“I need to remember every little detail to feel safe”

“Because I know all the minute angles of a situation by heart, I can perceive a million ways things can go wrong and I feel very unsafe”

Se

“I’m one with my surroundings”

“I can be so reckless that I keep making physical accidents”

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so this helped me confirm my type, it’s the temperments from Dario Nardi’s book Neuroscience of Personality. It was very accurate, at least for me, so hopefully it will help someone at least narrow down their types, and if not, just read it for enjoyment i guess.

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First activity that comes to my mind for each mbti (very stereotypical stuff)

Intj: learning something my watching a documentary

Infj: idealizing

Intp: Procrastinating

Infp: Daydreaming

Entj: Being a boss (lol idek)

Enfj: teaching

Entp: telling jokes

Enfp: talking

Istj: studying (or doing something nerdy)

Isfj: helping others

Istp: Fixing things

Isfp: painting

Estj: Working

Esfj: Gossiping

Estp: Playing sports

Esfp: partying

[cultoftypology]

the types as character tropes

ISTP - Hotshot

INTP - Absent-Minded Professor

ESTP - Outlaw

ENTP - Lovable Rogue

INFJ - Chosen One

ISFJ - Champion

ENFJ - All-loving Hero

ESFJ - Storyteller

INTJ - Career Criminal

ISTJ - Rightful King

ENTJ - Dark Lord

ESTJ - Whiskey Priest

INFP - Tortured Artist

ISFP - Manic Pixie Dream Girl

ENFP - Jester

ESFP - Grande Dame

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Thank you double d

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I wish I made this up, a sad true story.

[animeinmbti]

Cognitive Function definitions

Perception Functions:

Extroverted Sensing / Se: The awareness and external observation of space and the environment. A person or an object can only be influenced in actual reality (an external perception of tangible surrounding). The goal of using force and willpower to affect people/objects in the surrounding space. Ideas are only useful if they will impact the external environment with force.

Introverted Sensing / Si: Maintaining a relaxed and stable inner state, through collecting and gathering sensory experience. Comparing past experience of sensation to the current moment. Physical external sensations that affect the internal state of an individual through a sense of comfort or routine.

Extroverted Intuition / Ne: Seeing the potential energy of a situation, and the potential of a person by identifying their strengths and attributes, thinking of various possibilities during discussion, juxtaposing the seemingly unrelated; the recombination of ideas and concepts, innovative ideas and techniques as an alternative solution, and seeing an opportunity. The connecting of concepts and ideas and perceiving objective possibility.

Introverted Intuition / Ni: Where an event has come from and where it is going - cause and effect. Having an awareness of time and understanding the processes between external events. The focus of where events come from also leads to learning from mistakes through memory to apply to the present moment. Can sometimes have the ability to predict the consequences and outcome of a situation. This anticipation of events is disconnected from the present moment and results in an apparent inactivity. Perceived the underlying meaning of symbolism and abstract concepts, which appear detached from the physical realm.

Judgement Functions:

Extroverted Thinking / Te: Directly accesses people and events from a logical perspective. Aims to be productive and strives for efficiency and usefulness. Makes rational decisions. Direction of the most logical course of action, wants to achieve a logical result through action and production.

Introverted Thinking / Ti: Has an analytical state of mind. Recognizes nonsensical flaws or mistakes from a whole logical system. Validates correctness and consistency based on internal constructs of logic. The analysis of logical processes and clarification rather than gaining a productive result.  

Extroverted Feeling / Fe: Gaining an sense of external emotions and the emotional atmosphere, expressing feelings and experiences outwardly and openly, using words and gestures to impact the emotional space.Feeling values are developed from the environment, can recognize shared values and may adhere to them to reach a goal.

Introverted Feeling / Fi: Can sometimes appear analytical, personal values and sentiments, the focus on feelings of the individual and this reaction to a situation, which also involves an emotional sensitivity, prefers not to express emotion outwardly and directly. how a situation adheres or conflicts with their own values, feeling values is deprived internally.

[teatimewithanintj]

How Does Ni work?

This is how I experience Ni, and how I observed it in Ni users I know.  Listening is hard I will often stop listening because the subject made me think about something else (something more interesting), then this new idea will lead me to another one, then another… In a few seconds, I’ll be far away in my head and will sometimes say things that’ll look totally random. I can also get enthusiastic and jump to a new subject, middle-sentence, because I got a new (better) idea to talk about (which can be annoying to other people). And having to pay attention to uninteresting things is intellectually painful because I have to make the effort to not drift away in my mind. Thinking about everything, all the time Our thought process is not straightforward unless we’re working on it to be that way (with Te’s help, for example, to get something done). We’re not thinking about a few things: we’re thinking about everything at once. Picture a black hole: no idea can escape; we think them all. It might seem to other people that we only have good ideas, or that we can’t have many ideas, because we’ll express only the best of them. We can’t trust an idea unless we’re sure we can’t think a better one. Paralysis How do you know you made the best choice? How can you be sure your idea is the best? You can’t. You don’t know. This can get us stuck. Sometimes, we miss opportunities by hesitating too long. We have to rely on our other functions to move, to do something. And we have to trust ourselves.  Hello, intensity, my old friend. Ni is deep. Sometimes, a bit heavy. It makes us drawn to intellectual things, art with a great meaning, talking about what moves people (love, their interests, hard things they experienced, things that changed them…), books on various topics… I often won’t think someone is my friend if we don’t share something special. If you’re just a body to spend time with and have fun, that’s nice, but I won’t be your friend unless I’m sure I deeply know you. Turn it off, please! Ni is all about wisdom, blah blah… I wish I could turn my brain off sometimes. I try to, mostly through my inferior Se: eating, drinking, singing (I sing so much)… I’ll watch stupid movies to give myself a break and laugh about silly things. I often avoid so-called intelligent movies because most of them fail to both amaze me and amuse me. And I’ll almost never miss a chance at watching something creative or weird. Creativity Ni needs to find the best ideas, or the best plans. The way to get to that is through creativity. Sometimes, the perfect way to go is an old, overused one, and it’s ok. I won’t try something for the sake of it being new if there is a less fun but more intelligent way. Most Ni-people I know are into arts or writing, or both. Personal arts and writing projects give Ni all the freedom it needs to fully bloom and it feels so nice.

Dedication and precision for the right things If something is not interesting, I can’t go on for a long time unless I think it’s worth the effort. I also noticed, from me and also from Ni-aux users, that for a thing to be considered as done, it doesn’t have to be flawlessly done if it’s not important (chores, meaningless work…) but some other things won’t be remotely okay to us unless they are perfectly done.

Humor I’ve been told by many people I should think about pursuing a career as a stand-up comic, but many people also don’t get my jokes at all. My INTJ friends told me that they often get taken seriously when joking, and that people can’t tell when they’re being sarcastic (so they just look like they are pretty mean or especially stupid). Both of them amaze me with how they can push the smallest thing into the most epic long-lasting joke, making fun links between things. (And watch up for self-depreciating humor from INTJs. We love that.)

Strange memory I absorb information all the time. Ni collects knowledge and, later, fishes out what is useful. Sometimes, I don’t even know how I know something. I just do - because I read about it years ago or because I made links from another bit of knowledge. I’m also the kind of person to forget whole days or conversations if they were not meaningful. I often refer to my memory as impressionist. I have many blurry memories from which I keep the overall feeling and no detail.

[mr-entj]

What's an easy way to tell an ENTJ from an ENTP?

ENTPs (and ESTPs) are a bigger pain in the ass when they’re wrong.

ENTJs (and ESTJs) are a bigger pain in the ass when they’re right.