'Likes:  1. Extremely intelligent and well educated 2. Physically affectionate  3. Aims high and doesn't give up until he succeeds 4. Commands respect and is well-liked 5. Honest  Dislikes:|||So in my relationship I'm the ENTP and my boyfriend is the INTJ. So it's kind of a gender swap on your relationship.   Have you considered that he might be ENFP? I've noticed people don't tend to...|||First thing, I would phrase all of these in terms of concern, otherwise there not really parallel descriptions. Or choose a different term than concern.   In fact, for your purposes, I would...|||Hi INFJ! You sound a lot like my best friend, who is also an INFJ, and beats himself up a lot internally for not being logical enough, to which he attributes not getting this grade on that, not...|||I appreciate the response. [[ I just have to say that I don't think any studies in neuropsych/neuroscience have refuted Jung's theory to date though, no? The issue is more a lack of any real studies...|||Well plan A -- I don't let myself get dragged to parties if it's obviously foreseeable that I would have a terrible time. Also, I resist being friends/girlfriend of people who would drag me to...|||I think the above is quite true. I've got a large circle of childhood friends (small town, small school, everyone knows everyone) and of the people we've typed, everyone's childhood best friend was...|||Thank you so much for this advice!! This is what I'll do -- I'll ask my mom questions to try to help her realize what she should do for herself -- I know from experience she's not convinced by my...|||I tend to be up for anything with my good friends, but I'm not up for anything with anyone. E.g., if co-workers I don't like invite me out for lunch, I'll only go if I feel like I have to, not...|||~ Accidental duplicate post ~|||My ENFJ (former) best friend was as you describe. Later though I  realized neither of us is perfect, and I can admit I had probably done  some things to incite this sort of stuff from her -- for...|||My ENFJ (former) best friend was as you describe. Later though I   realized neither of us is perfect, and I can admit I had probably done   some things to incite this sort of stuff from her -- for...|||Really useful post -- thank you. I need to constantly remind myself to be supportive -- sometimes complimenting someone in detail makes me feel like I'm insulting their intelligence, (like they don't...|||Thanks for your reply, and sorry for my delayed response (I was away over the weekend.)  The part in bold I think is interesting -- I didn't know that. Do I need to emphasize how she / the other...|||I really think it is. To me this is as simple as asserting myself and making the other person apologize / act differently, or else break ties with them, but my mom just can't seem to, even though...|||Thank you guys both!!! So specifically these comments really stand out to me:    While I can't relate to this instinct, this makes my mom's defenses of her friend seem to make somewhat more...|||Hi INFPs,  I tend to have somewhat strained relationships with you guys, but my mom is an INFP so I really want to make an effort as she is going through a rough time currently, and I find myself...|||You definitely need to move around -- I take my lunch break every day and go to a barre class and then sometimes after work will go spinning if I really feel restless. Sitting all day is unbearable....|||Haha wow. MBTI, socionics, etc. continue to amaze me with their accuracy.|||I consider ENTJs kindred spirits, with some very stark differences however. Here are a few standout examples:   One of my close family friends, is a raging hard ENTJ, Harvard MBA, the works. He is...|||Thanks for your response, though I don't think I agree with you on most (any) points.   Starting off, I don't agree with you that when you use Ti as ENTP, you're just becoming an INTP. It's not...|||So I've recently had kind of a breakthrough when it comes to understanding myself (particularly my Ne) -- partly from re-reading Chapter 10 in Jung's Psychological Types, and partly because I've...|||I've always not gotten along with ESTPs. They're extremely superficial and when they're nice to you/other people it's because they're hoping to use you/them in some completely obvious way. I think of...|||I'm sure this has already been said, but I can't read through all of these posts.  The entp is not an ENTP at all. Everything you said to the entp is exactly what I would think / would say to...|||Thanks -- If you read my other replies, you can see this is exactly what I've realized. It might seem obvious, but it actually took me a while to figure out. I don't think I like the idea that people...|||Thanks so much for your response -- I think you're very right that I have difficulty seeing things from other peoples' perspectives if it comes to relationships/emotional reactions. (Similarly, I...|||I think I'm INTP vs. ENTP because I'm pretty sure my Ne is subservient to Ti. I comb my environment for useful parallels and relationships that could support or contradict a series of rules about...|||Thanks for the response -- I COMPLETELY understand that mutual friends can't all be mine. I would never ever be upset that she is still close with our mutual friends from home -- those are...|||I used to think I was an ENTP, sometimes I'm still on the fence about it.   I'm not invigorated by being with other people, but novel experiences that I can do by myself, I am all for. In fact, I...|||I have grown apart from one of my hometown friends, who is an ENFJ. We used to get along as kids because I think for the most part, few people out there are truly N, and she had a terrible home life...|||I completely get wanting to be part of an intellectual community. However, if I understand you correctly, you're saying that you also worry you can't do it on your own, so you need an artistic love...|||I've just been thinking about why I have a tendency to sometimes overanalyze relationships that have ended with me being rejected in some way -- especially when the relationship in question wasn't...|||I'm an INTP. The ENTJ in my life is my long time family friend (we have banged in the past but I now have a significant other, he at the time did also, but it did not matter to him because we go way...|||Terrible Tamada -- I think those are some swell random thoughts. Americans do overvalue capitalism and equate it with free market -- when truly, you can have the free market without capitalism. Class...|||This is totally a thing. My worst trait is that when I'm reading someone else's book/paper/article, whatever, I think about what I would do better instead of actually intaking the material. Which...|||Clean, efficient, safe, highest standard of living in the world and you can tell because ervyone there is so pleasant and genuine, I was a lot in the North (like Bergen to Hammerfest, Alta etc.) and...|||Welcome!!!! I love INTJ's and also Norway / Norwegians! I went to Norway the frist time a few months ago and it's the best country I've ever seen. Basically congratualtions on being from there!|||I concur with your conclusions sir.|||Thanks and sorry about that, for some reason I assumed it was a romantic relationship thing. I would still give more or less the same advice just change the pronouns; and I mean you also don't have...|||That was so long, sorry|||To get right down to it:  (1) Yes I've realized I've been in complete denial before, and in particular recently because of a realization about my Extroverted Intuition. I can give the small but...|||^^^ This.   I think the extremely human, and enduring belief in God(s), the supernatural, and the paranormal all do something to satisfy some part of our brains that has difficulty dealing with the...|||I replied to you a few posts back but didn't quote it - sorry ! But yea, even when I talk to another person I see the words they say instead of an image of whatever they may be describing. Then I see...|||So you know how you have an internal monologue when you read something to yourself, (for example, these words right now) --- that's kind of how my thinking always is. I think in sentences as if I'm...|||Hmmm... this whole I can't disprove it, so I guess I have to accept it may be real argument could be used to rationalize into existence basically anything.    An idea that I will toss into the...|||He sounds like he could be an INTP or probably more likely an ENTP ... Unless I missed it in your litany of things though, you seemed to have not commented on the most determining factor for INTP...|||I read a shit-ton as a kid, almost always fiction until middle school / high school, where I got really really into historical fiction, and then just straight up history books / or books from...|||no|||Global 5: sloan RLUEI; sloan+ xxU|E|I; primary Egocentric; R(52%)L(52%)U(70%)E(74%)I(72%)   avoidant, withdrawn, not usually happy, does not believe in human goodness, loner, moody, avoids crowds,...|||I have thought these things. Especially the second thing.   I even wrote him a letter to the effect of the 2nd thing because he had written me several things and I had always promised I would try to...'