'4w5 and i'll still probably never completely understand the enneagram...|||I'm a teacher so I have to learn to be in the spotlight regularly.  I think many who get into teaching enjoy being a teacher for the sake of being at the front of the class. Personally, that means...|||Personally, I would say that the worst thing about MBTI as an ISFP is how difficult it is to land at a type and be sure about it. I would expect that the reason many ISFP's don't go for MBTI is for...|||ISTP on and off for about 10 years. Pretty sure about ISFP now, still not completely comfortable with it though.|||Reading. Video games. Very long walks. Making fire. Running/weights. Driving in my car. Finding a large empty woodland area and walking until nobody else is around - continue walking to enjoy pure...|||A deep richly green forest, spanning out for endless miles without a soul in sight...or is that just rather where i'd like to be right now?|||We are the clique that hates cliques, won't be part of a clique, or upon realizing we have inadvertently joined one we quickly reject all stereotypes that belong to said clique.|||This is my idea of retirement.  76318  Seriously though, I think retirement is a very attractive idea. To be able to have both time and money to go and pursue all the hobbies I want to sounds...|||What he said.  The beauty about this is that if you really are an ISTP, now that you understand 'how it works' (do look up the Ti Se Ni Fe functions and study them well) you will just have to...|||I'm still not sure what type she is in all honesty. I've gone from thinking ENFP -> ESFP and now maybe even ISFP. Sorry I can't help you on your research.|||I'm a man. I proposed. There was no squealing. True story.|||Did I get stressed out at school? Yeah, sometimes I suppose. I think when I got most stressed out it was because of an awareness of my acute lack of interest in most of what was being taught....|||I think that the way I talk when explaining a situation can sound rather 'intuitive', and so that can make people misrepresent me as one. I tend to jump around a lot and somewhat struggle to get to...|||OFC. :laughing:  Much like our ISTP counterparts I think we can have an 'on/off' switch when it comes to personal interest in a project or person. It's either that I'm completely uninterested in...|||Usually they are rather damaged individuals who start off as rather self-centred but eventually come around somewhat. Typically rather bad-ass, but with more tender hearts when you get to know them...|||Nothing quite like a good ol' stereotype ey?  My understanding from the OP is that there is flirting in the relationship, mutual flirting. Every relationship I've seen has had flirting in it (it's...|||I feel more comfortable as a generalist, but the reality of life has led me down the path of more of a specialist lately. I'm now a teacher.  As for the generalist ability to become a leader,...|||Haha, I'm far too lazy for that. Plus, I don't think I am always really nice to others by the standards of the world. Deep down my intentions are very good, but the way I interact with others does...|||After much reading, here's another confirmed ESI. :happy:  It seems that they are not so rare in this discussion anyway!   In regards to the inferior Te, I guess I just didn't think my weakest...|||That sir, was one badass ostrich...|||What she said...  If you know me then I'm soft-hearted, if you don't then you'll think I'm hard-hearted. Truth is I never intend to come across in such a negative way towards strangers, it's just...|||Okay, so this is going to sound rather arrogant, but I think that those with Fi as a dominant function could be known for their integrity.   To me it figures that if our primary function is based...|||Ni is a powerful force, with great power comes...  If you want to lead him to think that you're interested, go with that for a while. I say enjoy the fun that you can have together before rushing...|||As always, these kind of conversations are difficult to have without actually meeting the guy in person. It could be either way. Have you thought to trust that amazing power of intuition you INFJ's...|||I think it depends on the person. I'll try and suss a person out pretty quickly, and if they seem suspicious in their motives for getting to know me, then the wall goes waaaay up. If I get on well...|||Alone time is going to make me a better person to be around when I emerge from my shell. I do enjoy alone time for my own sense of happiness, but I think it is also because I don't want to be a...|||Ditto to this.  Personally I find communication with people (even those closest to me) to be quite difficult per se. If I have to describe a past event, especially one a long way back then it's...|||54051  Just to mix things a up a bit...|||1. When younger I often packed my bag with 'essentials' and headed for the hills. I got to the end of the road and came back. Does that count at all? Seriously though, I think escapist thoughts come...|||Wow, that post was uncanny. I too am 26, and I can relate to almost everything you have written there. Which certainly surprises me! Even the XSXP thing is where I've been on a number of occasions. I...|||Thanks for the post.  Now, when I read what you've written I relate heavily to the way that you live your life. I think what I'm struggling with here is differentiating between choices made by...|||True enough, about the 'you are what you are'. I've tried a number of different tests, not to 'define' myself, but to just gain a better understanding of how my brain works, and how to help further...|||Dear ISFPx92s,  Ix92m afraid itx92s another one of those x91am I an ISFP?x92 threads that requires your help! I took the official MBTI test about 7 years ago now and tested as an ISTP with borderline F/T...|||The Kingkiller chronicles book series. Name of the wind, Wise man's fear, and the yet to be released final book.  It'd be awesome if done right, but perhaps a little difficult to adapt it for the...|||I was one of those crazy people who really enjoyed running so much that I used the treadmill incessantly despite the monotony of the experience. Then I went and screwed my leg up so badly on a...|||1. Don't date yet. Just really don't. It's all so much drama, and very little reward. Wait until you're 21....or....25, or just whenever you've finally matured some more. It'll all make so much more...|||Ditto to this.  I do concern myself sometimes though.  The voices...the voices...|||A few years ago I was with some friends on Safari in Africa. Early in the morning our guide had pointed out some leopard trails just outside our house. The girls ran in suddenly aware of the wildlife...|||It's my understanding that we avoid people, and that people avoid us too...  Truth is, I actually enjoy being around people. I just get tired rather quickly from it. That, and i'm rather selective...|||Twenty five, wanting to return back to eighteen again.  When I had a goatee I was told I looked well into my thirties. Now post-goatee, I'm told I just look the age that I am.|||It get's me every time. The human to dog bond sure is a strong one...|||Probably the same as everyone else, but just far less often, because our threshold for pain seems to be higher..  But especially. - Intense suffering of others. (I mean real suffering. Like wait...|||I don't usually think that much about lyrics, it's more about the beat and sound of the song.  Daft punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (represents my ambition to master skills, and get...|||All the best with the novel. I hope some of the following answers help...  1) Do homosexual ISTPs even exist? Of course, homosexuals of all types exist, but you all are so chill and don't bother...|||Well, it looks like i'm the first person who feels they 'need' to have a watch on.  I wear it constantly, and get kinda obsessed with doing things according to a (my own) time schedule. But then...|||Nah, I can't stand it.|||32, and the 4 I got wrong I wasn't initially convinced on either.  Seems like i'm pretty good at this sorta thing.|||Ditto to MXZCCT's number one.  Plus, the fear of being paralysed. If I can't use my body properly, I think i'd quickly get very depressed.|||Very good site.  Many thanks!|||I understand your point.  But I have seen a few people on this forum argue that ISTP doesn't actually equal ISTj. Although the descriptions seem similiar, is it really as simple as just converting...'