Are You an INTP in 8 Questions

0:00 are you an 0p let's find out agree or disagree with the following everything can be analyzed everything should be analyzed and I do analyze everything answer agree your dominant function is not something you try to do it is automatic and to a large degree who and what you are for itps that is TI they are analysis machines nothing escapes their scrutinizing eye when someone says something you intensely disagree with do you fail to bite your tongue hit them with why you think they're wrong then later feel some guilt and worry about your social skills or in your mind lack thereof answer yes intps don't lack social awareness or even aptitude they are imbalanced in this area TI

0:45 suppresses Fe that is a recipe for internal conflict socially when they have to choose between a truth bomb and a delicately dodged reply they can be tone whichever they pick has a downside so intps will typically relate to some level of regret after the fact when being blunt and harshly on do you like intellectual variety and Novelty where new ideas generate a sense of excitement answer yes I've seen inps described as types who tend to have that one thing they obsess over in life in my view that is rarely true even famous intps who gained their Fame in a specific area were very eclectic people beyond that just because their success was limited to one field doesn't mean their interest was like their entp cousins they struggle with new ideas like magpies and shiny objects it's hard for them to resist they desire the

1:32 Eternal opening of new cerebral doors are you a creature of habit and routine in the Physical Realm as well as a creature of comfort answer yes three factors contribute to this the first is the previous point in order to facilitate intellectual variety they automate their physical life in the form of habits and routines that way they can focus on the main things they enjoy the second is them having SI prominently placed this function is a great maintainer gravitating towards things that it can perfect over time intps therefore can be masterful in systems to run their life however it will not look like that to other people a system for example could be eating the same meals every day or wearing similar outfits or um the same outfit these things are habitual it's an autopilot mode for the physical things in life the third factor

2:19 is them having SE blind spot physical variety and experience tend to be very low down on their priority list so if you relate to wanting intellectual variety but physical routine and repetition that's a good indicator do you perform best in fast-paced high pressure situations where rapid adaptability and reactivity are Paramount and you're forced to take quick action answer no for many inps this might be quite hellish to be clear I know inps who work in such environments and do extremely well they often cite needing that kind of pressure to shake them out of laziness and inertia but in general it's not the INTP preference even those people I mentioned are well aware that it's not their natural habitat on that note it can often be more powerful to put yourself in places where your skill set is less common if you can contend with the

3:04 difficulties you encounter and overcome them you'll find yourself with a strong competitive Advantage number six are you OED by forceful subjectivity answer yes inps have a universalizing mind and somewhat optimistically or perhaps naively think that if something is true that everyone ought to if they truly listen to and understood the argument also agree it's true when someone is forcefully subjective and pushing that opinion as if it's true it drives them nuts equal if someone asserts that something is their truth and it's about something objective yeah that drives them nuts too number seven do you often wish you were more productive and organized answer yes one of the curses of the modern age is to always feel like we're not doing enough but that aside it is still an issue for inps I've noticed

3:51 that inps sometimes romanticize certain aspects of the entj type namely their action oriented and productive nature in combination with an intellectual and strategic approach it's not the same kind of thinking that they would Advocate usually but they find something worth emulating in the overall approach almost like the fully formed version of them would be like that in some ways number eight do you have a pathological need to know answer yes when I started doing card tricks in school I noticed a trend most people were blown away naturally and for them that is where it ended but there were some people and I'm talking one or two out of hundreds who couldn't Let It Go of course I would never reveal how the tricks were done so they had to look elsewhere eventually the people who had to know would find the answers in the same placees I did then in Quiet Moments they would Sidle up to me and Whisper the particular

4:38 slight of hand technique I used which I would gracefully confirm the inability to get a mystery or unsolved problem out of their mind is something that inps can be plagued by it won't happen with every single topic of course but it's very common for them aside from a handsome Host this channel has many things including a patreon page where you can give me money in return for exclusive content a Discord server where you can uh annoy me in return for chatting with weird people including me also subscribe