ENFP? INTJ? Something else?

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Dana Jean

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The High Seas
PERSONALITY:
INFP
VARIANT:
TURBULENT
ROLE:
DIPLOMAT
You are one of the Diplomats - an empathic and idealistic individual who enjoys exploring interesting ideas and prizes morality. You are known for your poetic nature, intuitive skills and pure, childlike enthusiasm. Above you will find a brief overview of your personality traits - proceed to the type overview to learn much more about your personality type. Prepare to be impressed.
 

Grandpa

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INTP personality

The INTP personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there's nothing they'd be more unhappy about than being "common".

Yeah, that kinda fits.

INTPs pride themselves on their inventiveness and creativity, their unique perspective and vigorous intellect. Usually known as the philosopher, the architect, or the dreamy professor, INTPs have been responsible for many scientific discoveries throughout history.

Well, that's nice, but I don't think I pride myself on that stuff.

"The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living"

INTPs are known for their brilliant theories and unrelenting logic - in fact, they are considered the most logically precise of all the personality types.

That's nice, too, and if it's true, hey, I'll take it.

They love patterns, and spotting discrepancies between statements could almost be described as a hobby, making it a bad idea to lie to an INTP. This makes it ironic that INTPs' word should always be taken with a grain of salt - it's not that they are dishonest, but people with the INTP personality type tend to share thoughts that are not fully developed, using others as a sounding board for ideas and theories in a debate against themselves rather than as actual conversation partners.

Uh-oh. Yeah, kinda.

This may make them appear unreliable, but in reality no one is more enthusiastic and capable of spotting a problem, drilling through the endless factors and details that encompass the issue and developing a unique and viable solution than INTPs - just don't expect punctual progress reports.

Gulp. Two statements made to me over the years that stuck: "You have a way of thinking through the layers," and, "Why can't you do your homework?"

People who share the INTP personality type aren't interested in practical, day-to-day activities and maintenance, but when they find an environment where their creative genius and potential can be expressed, there is no limit to the time and energy INTPs will expend in developing an insightful and unbiased solution.

Self-serving hyperbole aside, yeah, that fits too.

They may appear to drift about in an unending daydream, but INTPs' thought process is unceasing, and their minds buzz with ideas from the moment they wake up. This constant thinking can have the effect of making them look pensive and detached, as they are often conducting full-fledged debates in their own heads, but really INTPs are quite relaxed and friendly when they are with people they know, or who share their interests.

Yup, yup.

However, this can be replaced by overwhelming shyness when INTP personalities are among unfamiliar faces, and friendly banter can quickly become combative if they believe their logical conclusions or theories are being criticized.

Oh, crap. They nailed it. Except I don't get combative. I'm too old for that. I shrug, wander off, and leave the ignoramuses to their own delusions.

When INTPs are particularly excited, the conversation can border on incoherence as they try to explain the daisy-chain of logical conclusions that led to the formation of their latest idea. Oftentimes, INTPs will opt to simply move on from a topic before it's ever understood what they were trying to say, rather than try to lay things out in plain terms.

Sometimes it results in too-long storytelling as well. That's the ugly truth of my being here - people are (seemingly) forgiving of my long-winded explanations.

The reverse can also be true when people explain their thought processes to INTPs in terms of subjectivity and feeling. Imagine an immensely complicated clockwork, taking in every fact and idea possible, processing them with a heavy dose of creative reasoning and returning the most logically sound results available - this is how the INTP mind works, and this type has little tolerance for an emotional monkey-wrench jamming their machines.

Does this explain why I get impatient with following a philosophy for the sake of following a philosophy?

Further, with Thinking (T) as one of their governing traits, INTPs are unlikely to understand emotional complaints at all, and their friends won't find a bedrock of emotional support in them. People with the INTP personality type would much rather make a series of logical suggestions for how to resolve the underlying issue, a perspective that is not always welcomed by their Feeling (F) companions. This will likely extend to most social conventions and goals as well, like planning dinners and getting married, as INTPs are far more concerned with originality and efficient results.

Now I'll be forever wondering when I extend sympathy if I'm really feeling it or just fulfilling a social obligation.

The one thing that really holds INTPs back is their restless and pervasive fear of failure. INTP personalities are so prone to reassessing their own thoughts and theories, worrying that they've missed some critical piece of the puzzle, that they can stagnate, lost in an intangible world where their thoughts are never truly applied. Overcoming this self-doubt stands as the greatest challenge INTPs are likely to face, but the intellectual gifts - big and small - bestowed on the world when they do makes it worth the fight.

"You're too hard on yourself." Yeah, I hear that too.

Famous INTPs:
Socrates
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Isaac Newton
Carl Jung
Albert Einstein
James Madison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford

All that great company to be with, and none of them would plan the party.
 

Dana Jean

Dirty Pirate Hooker, The Return
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Apr 11, 2006
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The High Seas
PERSONALITY:
INFP
VARIANT:
TURBULENT
ROLE:
DIPLOMAT
You are one of the Diplomats - an empathic and idealistic individual who enjoys exploring interesting ideas and prizes morality. You are known for your poetic nature, intuitive skills and pure, childlike enthusiasm. Above you will find a brief overview of your personality traits - proceed to the type overview to learn much more about your personality type. Prepare to be impressed.
Here are my famous people

William Shakespeare
J.R.R. Tolkien
Björk
Johnny Depp
Julia Roberts
Lisa Kudrow
Tom Hiddleston
Homer
Virgil
 

Kurben

The Fool on the Hill
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INTP
PERSONALITY:
INTP
VARIANT:
ASSERTIVE
ROLE:
ANALYST
You are one of the Analysts - a rational and impartial individual who enjoys intellectual pursuits and prizes independence. You are known for your impressive knowledge, ability to juggle multiple concepts and insatiable curiosity.

There was a list of famous INTP,s. Socrates, Newton and Einstein was on it. I'm not complaining.
 

Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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PERSONALITY:
ESFJ
VARIANT:
TURBULENT
ROLE:
SENTINEL
You are one of the Sentinels - a reliable and dedicated individual who respects traditions and prizes responsibility. You are known for your enthusiasm, social skills and caring nature. Above you will find a brief overview of your personality traits - proceed to the type overview to learn much more about your personality type. Prepare to be impressed.

Personality:
ESFJ
Variant:
Turbulent
Role:
Sentinel
You are one of the Sentinels - a reliable and dedicated individual who respects traditions and prizes responsibility. You are known for your enthusiasm, social skills and caring nature.

Did you two realize you are twinners?
 

Mr Nobody

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Did the test, got the same result as one I did a few years back (surprise, huh? lol).

INTJ. Variant: Turbulent. Role: Analyst.
I'm in the same bracket as Vladimir Putin, JFK, Thomas Jefferson, Augustus Caesar and Hannibal. Fictional INTJs of my type include House (M.D), Hannibal Lecter and Professor Moriarty.
I guess you've been warned. :D

(BTW: I did a psycho/sociopath test before, too. I...I dunno. Would you class being identified as a sociopath as a pass or a fail? ;))