'People often tell me I'm intimidating, or that I intimidated them before they got to know me -- this is pretty common, but it's usually the people who know me less intimately who are intimidated. I'm...|||I'm either a 7w6 or a mistyped 5. I've always been stuck between the two, but I do take enneagram with a heavier grain of salt. I'm very much an ENTP.|||I'm a student, probably double majoring in philosophy and international relations. I'm thinking either law/advocacy/academia, or film/journalism/public relations.|||College ENTP here with a more specific question: where can I find INTJs on a college campus?   As an ENTP constantly surrounded by INFPs and ISFJs, I really need an INTJ break. How do I find you?...|||^Second being told what to do. Even for something extremely minor, I mentally flinch.  Being cut off while I'm speaking. Being ignored, or meeting non-response, after I speak.|||I'm an extremely convincing liar. I almost succeed in convincing myself of the pure, unquestionable truth of my lie. I don't enjoy telling direct lies, although I'll do it if the stakes are high or...|||First, I am IN AWE at how similar all of our interests, positions, anxieties and hopes are. Especially for younger ENTPs like myself, it's extremely comforting to hear back the things it seems you...|||Lateral thinking is pretty much just Ne, which is difficult to fully describe to a Ni-dom, but I'll give it a go. Given a situation/problem, I'm immediately overwhelmed with many, many different...|||Common sense. The obvious approach.|||I like offensive humor when the offense punches up and offers an original play-up at power dynamics. Biting, shock-factor humor is interesting only when it punches up at establishment people and...|||Materially, of course not. Emotionally, we just don't want to be stifled or smothered. To be frank, I'm not even clear on what emotional high maintenance is, but by the sound of it, I don't even want...|||I've tried to meditate multiple times. Maybe I need more guidance, but meditation seems to the exact opposite of my actual mental nature, so it's really fucking difficult. I see the benefits, but...|||To be blunt, this is a pathetic notion. Do ENTP women shut down our mediocre and ineffective advances instead of entertaining our fragile egos and gently rocking us to a comforting sleep? Uh, sure....|||Witty, analytical, inconsistent, passionate, idealistic.|||I'm a 5w4. There's a possibility I might by a 7w6, in which case my full enneagram would be 7w6 4w5 1w9. Either way, I identify extremely strongly with both 5 and 4. What are your questions?|||I seem to be the minority here: I'm extremely good at talking about my problems. A little too good, as my friends may say.   I really like to work out a problem out loud with someone - it makes my...|||I think polyamory is extremely rational, and an appropriate choice for me/ENTPs in general, though I haven't been in a polyamorous relationship yet. Monogamy does have some benefits, I suppose, but...|||Yes, I completely agree. What bothers me about the enneagram is that it reads distinctly more like horoscope than MBTI does. MBTI has breakable components - cognitive functions - that we can dissect,...|||What desire machine said. A good middle ground between Small Talk and Interesting Things is whatever that person is passionate about, unless it's something reprehensible like sports or celebrity...|||I see nothing 8ish in myself at all. Two and Eight are consistently my lowest testing types. If a Seven, I definitely would think I'd be a 7w6. The doubt, absolute love of research and factfinding of...|||It is a lot of that, yes. I attempt to identify the root of the problem, the Fi-holder feels attacked and lashes out, and instead of feeling hurt/upset and retaliating, I remind myself to stay...|||My best friend and other close friend happen to be this type, my mother is this type, and it does not work. Please. Just don't. ENTPs and Fi-doms do not go together. Don't do it. Just. Never. Never...|||I can't do this to save my life.  I can't fake interest in boring things people talk about (ex: their lives, health trends, who achieved what) and listen intently and ask follow-up questions and...|||I started a thread a while ago discussing this exact thing. Click to read. (I discuss the inconsistencies I see in being an ENTP 5, the problems I see in my ENTP self clashing with the expectation of...|||I'm not popular, as in friends with many/most people, but I'm very well-liked by certain people. I can't fake interest, in either people or the subject matter, to save my life. This limits my...|||Currently in a similar situation. I'm interested in everything, but I'm especially into screenwriting and journalism, while keeping law school in sight. I'm thinking of double majoring in English and...|||1. What is a good person like to you? A good person hates malice, or the unprovoked intent to do harm. All other traits are ambiguous to me; this one is clear. Compassion may be another.  2. Would...|||Why? Is it social anxiety, actual disinterest, something else?  Also, how do you feel about the attention of others?|||My life seems ridden with INFPs, and it's extremely fucking exhausting trying to communicate with them. Weak communication and the total lack of effort to communicate, sensitivity, selfishness, the...|||Witty humor. If only we can add a poll to this thread to show ENTP results?|||aliceinbrc Social norms definitely play a role, yeah. We praise/encourage sensitivity and grace in women, while we admire male mavericks as independent. A female ENTP learns quickly that behavior...|||I have a pretty developed Fe. Frankly, it's fucking annoying. I have the Fe awareness of the emotional/situation, but that Fe is still critically weaker than my Ti, which makes me not give a shit...|||For an extravert, I spend a lot of time by myself. When I think about what I'm doing when I'm by myself, I realized that I'm researching things that interest me, digging through articles/blogs,...|||I literally set 10 alarms on my phone, which go off in 5-minute intervals around an hour before I have to actually get up. And each alarm has the smart function that goes off three times each. I...|||I literally can't even stick to a political stance. I have varying political modes, based upon varying levels of idealism, cynicism, humanism. I can see the ir/rationality behind many...|||Finally! Insight! Thank you guys. Still a bit fuzzy on how I fit into this...Any other ENTP 5's, please add your thoughts!    Okay, so pretend you're offered some new experience, an unnecessary...|||It's apparently very common for ENTPs to be 7s. Fives, not typically so. As someone driven to the very edge of frustration being stuck between 5 and 7, I'd like some clarity on the enigma of the...|||A few are more creative-writing oriented, but:  * We work well under time pressure.  * NT in general, but I would argue Ti specifically, is exacting and can use language to meet precise needs, and...|||Yeah, the ENTP forum quality's dipped for a while now. So why is it? What's with the lackluster threads and inactivity?|||Thank you all for your thorough responses! Exactly what I was hoping to read.  It seems to vary heavily on the individual, but it looks like a quickly changing situation that exerts creative...|||This is the exact opposite of me. I have uncontrollably loud, literally incessant mental noise. It's fucking loud in my head. Constant connections, hypothesizing why people are doing this or that,...|||1. What do you do?  2. Is your job your passion? Rate your passion out of 10 (10 being most passionate), and then describe. 3. Were you more passionate about your job before you started the job...|||I don't have values or principles. If I were forced to consider vague ideas of Good Things by which I live my life, they would be curiosity, creativity, intellectual inquiry, willingness to improve...|||^I'm not sure what you intended to mean by this, but if you are implying that evolution made iNtuition more favorable and thus common in the population over time, I find that problematic in a few...|||Functions used by each type, in order of dominance: INFJ: Ni Fe Ti Se INTJ: Ni Te Fi Se INTP: Ti Ne Si Fe  Fe-Ti are one pair; Te-Fi are another pair. You cannot mix and match between these two...|||I wonder if an equal distribution of types would affect how government has come to evolve - power structures in general. The typical triangle structure of a majority of individuals answering up to a...|||I'm confused why people are saying whether this is a good idea or a bad idea. This situation is like, What if the continents were evenly distributed in land mass? I strongly support this, it's a...|||Fi.        Nuff said.|||Manticore, Why do you think we should assume that the proportion has changed since 1200?|||My ESTJ friend is going through some difficult times right now. I'm better at advice than consolation, and comforting is not a strength of mine. How would someone go about cheering up/comforting an...'