#intp mind

[crossingmymind]

Me to myself:

"Get out of my head for once"

[crossingmymind]

Inside an INTP mind

Ti: I don't want to study for this exam. It's useless for my future.

Ne: is it? Maybe you are just lazy.

Fe: but you should tell it to X.

Ti: true because if not X will think I'm just lazy

Fe: we don't want X to think that...

Si: remember the other time you told X about your lack of motivation?

Ti: yes...

Si: and how X started with motivational speeches?

Fe: NOOOOOOO. I HATE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES.

Ti: shit.

Ti: ok. We are not telling X.

[crynotforme]

So I was discussing about empathy and INTPs in a  Facebook thread

...and thought I would share it with you guys. If maybe someone is interested. ;>__> Feel free to comment your own ideas! Especially INTPs but also other who have wondered about MBTI and the show of empathy & affection. ___________________________ Person A: “i get that. i know how to comfort someone, especially when they communicate their needs. it's just that it doesn't feel natural. it feels awkward and forced and uncomfortable. i have the empathy and i can understand, but the emotions make me uncomfortable. it also sometimes creates a feeling of obligation, and i don't like that. i don't want to feel responsible for anyone else. i don't want anyone to feel responsible for me.” Me: “I understand that, Person A. All of this is in connection to the strong sense of "I want us to be equals" that INTPs have in their relationships. The idea of equality seems to be connected to the idea of "I will protect you from the world but not from yourself" - INTP wants to support their loved ones to be strong individuals. Emotions can't be explained and in the best situations they can't be controlled at all. This is heavy for the INTP who wants to analyze things, find more and more answers (and sometimes more questions, but those have to be logical too).. INTP also wants to remain sort of un-attached (like you said, "a feeling of obligation"), and there might be some worries because of past experiences that "love is not worth it". So it's easier and More Logical for the INTP to not feel so many strong emotions - to not let them run wild, at least. But at the same time the INTP has a most beautiful childlike world of emotions inside them, which they only share with very special person(s). This might mean just one person in their whole life. You can see tiny glimpses of this world when the INTP speaks in length about something they study deeply or something they are passionate about. What was my point again? Oh yeah, empathy and INTPs. Yes. You guys are very empathic, I do not doubt this for one bit. But it would make a lot more sense for you to to show this empathy by finding solutions or by doing something for the person. Maybe by discussing ideas. In reality you are just as responsible for this person (and they to you) when you do these acts of love, as you would be if you showed them empathy by hugging or comforting them in "a more Feeler way". <3 You are not obligated to do anything, and that is part of the magic that happens. You are not obligated to show them love, and you put yourself at A Great Risk every time you do, and OH all the emotional scary things that might happen and you still decide to do it, and that is beautiful.”

[writingandmusicandfandoms]

I'm not sure which one I prefer: Thinking that I am completely unique in the world and don't fit the system because my mind is completely alone, or knowing that three percent of the population is like me and that none of us fit the system the way we should.

[thehopefulbluestocking]

Paris Train Station Flip Board: This is what my brain feels like when I get new information or think about possibilities. . .