'You stay up all night in order to invent a fictional magic system.|||I have an INTJ friend who makes for fantastic company, but he is incredibly frustrating sometimes.  He insults me pretty routinely. It's not just brutal honesty, it's often a deliberate attempt to...|||My father is ISTJ and my step-mother is ESTJ. I'm not sure what type my mother was.|||I think I'm mostly interested in process. A lot of people on my art course start out with a clear idea of what they want to do and then move towards it. I'm pretty much apathetic towards my end...|||I'm INTP and you strike me as being one of us. I can relate to all your replies.|||I tried being in a relationship with an INFP and an INFJ and I found their seeming irrationality to be incredibly frustrating at times. It's nice to be with another INTP like me now. He's very...|||We were together for three years and we are still good friends, but the relationship didn't work out in the end.  He is an INFP and I found his dominant Fi tiresome. He would just complain all the...|||I believe that my dad is an ISTJ, as is one of my close friends, and I think I understand them quite well, though I don't think they really understand me.  They are very loyal, structured people...|||I forget to eat and end up eating at irregular times but I totally love food. Chocolate is the greatest thing.|||It's a good question.  I'd say that it's manipulating when there's an element of disguising or misrepresenting your intentions or the truth.|||I don't feel comfortable unless I know the person who's touching me, I know why they're touching me, and they have my consent to touch me. I rarely initiate physical contact unless I have a good...|||My ex-boyfriend is an INFJ who has admitted to being good at manipulating people. I know that he manipulated me on occasions. It angered me when I initially realised he was manipulating me, but...|||I have an INTJ friend who I suspect might be a sociopath. However, I previously had another INTJ friend that I assumed to be a sociopath, but when I got to know him better, it turned out that he was...|||I stayed up all night because I lost track of time. Crap.|||INTPs are pretty good to live with except for the way that many of us tend to forget or procrastinate practical things, such as washing up.|||Yes, I hate advertising and consumerism.  I have adblock installed. I never watch television. I look away from advertisements. I spend relatively little compared to most of my friends.  If...|||I enjoy writing! I'm mostly interested in the general concept or focusing on specific word/structural choices. I'm not all that interested in plot or character. As a result, I tend to write a lot of...|||Gah, feelings! Make them stop!|||While I was at school, I thought I hated maths (though I still did pretty well at it, I just about managed to get an A in my GCSE maths in the end). As soon as I stopped taking it at school, I...|||I don't think so. How are you defining strategy and tactics?  As I understand it, strategy and tactics are similar things, just on a different level. Strategy is about planning on a broad...|||Recently I've become a lot more confident, so increasingly I find that people mistake me for an extravert. Some people even look to me for leadership.  People also think that I'm not thinking about...|||Yes, we can form strategies very well. Si allows us to take in information about a situation, which Ti analyses. Then we use Ne to come up with possible responses, and Ti in order to figure out which...|||It's not alcohol, it's to do with a couple of social factors.  Firstly, people tend to have a particular idea of what introverts are like - socially withdrawn, avoiding all social contact, etc. -...|||I agree with you. In an argument, I very rarely choose to claim to have any authority on a topic, and prefer to have discussions than arguments.  With that in mind, I think my embarrassment in that...|||Thinking about it, I ought to have expanded to include that. My INTP boyfriend hates RTS games but loves Dota 2, whereas I love RTS games but dislike MOBAs. However, all the INTPs I know (I know...|||Many INTP descriptions make some mention of a shared INTP ideal of Truth. For most of my life I have found this to be the case. Throughout childhood, all I really cared about was learning. I have...|||I enjoy Assassin's Creed, but I would say that if anything, I suspect that sensing types would benefit from it more. They are a visual and aural spectacle, but the game's combat mechanics lack depth...|||I like a little bit of small talk as a way of easing into a conversation. I have a few friends who take the attitude, I hate small talk, therefore I am going to delve immediately into a deeper...|||On the face of it, this seems to make sense, but I think that circumstances complicate things a bit.  I believe that my calling is to be an artist. It's part of who I am. When I'm given space, I...|||Here's the problem: My financial situation for the next two years of my degree is looking uncertain. Things have been fine this year, but since my household income has increased above a certain...|||The impression I get is that MBTI relationships pages always recommend your shadow type. I suppose the logic is something along the lines of 'opposites attract' - you cover each other's weaknesses. ...|||Who do you want to be?|||Night time walks seem to be a thing for a lot of introverts. A few of my close friends share my love for night time walks, and we tend to walk together. It's a good way of getting people to...|||Hi Zardrell, welcome to Personality Café.  It sounds like you're having a pretty rough time at school. You might find it helpful to talk to some of your teachers about the problems you are having....|||Yes, everything gets to me pretty easily, though I primarily process things on an analytical level; it only occasionally penetrates me on an emotional level. I feel that I have to be as genuine as...|||I'd be curious to hear about how you've all matured over the years. What you were like as a child, adolescent and adult? How have your functions changed and manifested? How have your lesser functions...|||I am definitely an INTP and I share most of those things with you.|||The article links to some pretty dubious-looking sources. I don't understand where these numbers come from.|||I didn't buy anything in the sales. There wasn't anything I really wanted or needed.  However, I did buy Risk and a pack of cards at my campus charity shop. There were no sales, but stuff is always...|||Thank you for your thoughtful response. I think it made sense. There's one thing I just don't quite understand - why is there this keenness to ensure nothing much gets through the barrier to the...|||I usually come out as INTP. I identify strongly with INxP, but I have a strong F. Is it possible that I might be pretty much halfway between INTP and INFP?  When I first discovered the test when I...|||Firstly, thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply.   N types are great. I'm used to living with Js though, so I generally keep to a good standard of organisation and tidiness.   Keeping...|||Primarily, I draw and paint. I also write poetry and prose.|||Compared to other INTPs I've met, I'm more of an artist than a scientist (I was deprived of a proper scientific education, sadly) and I'm better at articulating my feelings.  How do you seem to...|||Some INTJs and occasionally other INTPs, depending on how developed their Fe is.|||44% Intellectual 36% Creative 20% Caregiver  I'm an art student, and not particularly strongly T, so it adds up.|||I find it difficult to tell when my INTJ friend is drunk. He maintains his composure and intellect, but just gradually becomes a bit more confused and forgetful until it reaches the point that he is...|||I'm an INTP in my first year at university. I have an INTJ friend who I am considering living with during my second year. The thing is that he is unpopular with most people due to his lack of social...|||Love is a strong attachment that has developed into a commitment. The emotions involved within love are not sufficient alone to constitute love. Love is not something you have a right to merely...|||No. People have said I'm friendly and even charismatic (which I didn't understand at all), but nobody's said I have good people skills.'