'To me, to be sensitive is to be human.  I have a ton of soft spots.  The main thing is that I normally keep all this to myself for one reason or another...primarily since I don't want my emotions...|||Same here.  I can be quite loud and talkative and borderline obnoxious in certain situations.  But I'm definitely quiet and reserved and alone more often than not.|||Remember playing this a ton in junior high.  At least I wasn't the kid who actually broke his hand as a result of administering the beatdown!|||It stops being fun. Something else becomes more fun. I get this horrible feeling that I'm losing touch with everything around me. I wake up out of my own little world and start again from square...|||ISTP INTP ESTP ESTJ  The others (aside from ISTP) are states of mind I commonly morph into for small stretches.|||Here's mine.  Rawr!http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad115/zarocks/writingsample.jpg|||Cooking is cool...it's just all the dirty dishes afterwards that I absolutely LOATHE cleaning up.  If nothing else, cooking (much like gardening) is a great topic for conversation to break the ice...|||You're right most people are pretty f'ing boring.  Why is this?|||I feel exactly the same way sometimes as far as killing threads.  Much of the time, my postings are so serious and heavy and authoritative that it screams the final authority has spoken.  no further...|||As far as I can tell, I have a number of ISTJ's all around me in family and friends.  We all get along really well together, as they are generally agreeable and able to go along with whatever ideas I...|||From everything I've read so far, I have to agree with madhatter that you sound more like an ISTP as well.  From experience, I definitely have my share of extraverted moments.  And sometimes these...|||I planned a week-long roadtrip alone a few years ago to a very desolate but beautiful region.  I made it 2 days before I got bored out of my mind and decided to drive back home and relax for the rest...|||Yeah this sounds like me for the most part.  I don't like being late, but I don't like being early either.  Perhaps just in time would be the best way to describe it.  There are many times which...|||Hmmm...I think I have a so-called panic button, but it operates a little differently than for most people.  Instead of becoming hysterical and irrational, when the button is pushed I become more...|||Most games (including card games in particular) I play casually with the exception of Magic the Gathering, which I have played competitively for several years.  While some of my pro friends...|||Sure, I like making people happy...and most of the time I can do so by doing something for them that they value (for example, fixing their computer or setting up their television) and I try to stick...|||When I see an opportunity with positive EV (expected value), I POUNCE on it and not let it get away.  If I was smart, I would have began 'research mode' before said decision, as well as during and...|||I find in sports (and probably everything else), practice and repetition greatly reduce dependence on Ti.  Everything becomes second nature and it's no longer necessary to play out scenarios in your...|||Exactly.  I'll often use my Ti to put myself in someone else's shoes and play out a scenario in my head.  Maybe not the same as true empathy but faking it isn't very hard.  I've read where ESTP's...|||In other words, it sounds like what you're saying is you don't sweat about the small stuff.  As you mentioned, showing emotion is something that can be learned over time, regardless of type with...|||Can't draw, can't write a song, can't make something out of thin air...so on the surface, creativity is a huge challenge.  Where my strength comes is taking an object, song, event, etc. and...|||Roadtrips!  Glorious Roadtrips!  3 months seems like a long time -- I tend to get homesick after just a few days but I'm guessing I could sustain the energy if I'm really into something.  I'm...|||Earlier this year I came to the realization that I often had the mindset of an ESTJ at times.  Very often however, this would result in destructive, repulsive behavior and I could never understand...|||'Smart' people are often labeled as 'N's maybe?  I remember reading some statistic where N's were overrepresented in certain academic categories.|||As an ISTP, when I have my moments, I always have people questioning what I've had to drink.|||So here's my deal...I am 29, my day job is working IT for a moderately prestigious organization.  Since I've been into computers from day 1 and the bills are paid, I'm very happy with my job.  The...|||I guess I'd just be running around doing stuff without any need to reflect and just keep going and going and going in circles until completely exhausted.  The world as a whole?  Not much...|||I'd say I'm extremely laid back most of the time.  The thing about me (and many other ISTP's assumedly) is that there are going to be times where I am very intensely focused on an idea or activity. ...|||All in all I think IT is a very general term which can have a very broad range of duties.  For example, those working a call center or monitor servers all day would be considered more white...|||I'm trying to figure out what it means to have an inferior Fe function?  Can anyone provide some possible examples?  I know a lot of it has to do with the inability to express emotion or respond to...|||From my experiences, I work very well with ESTJ's most of the time.  As Alvarez mentioned, we complement each other very well in many ways.  While I'm laid back and empowering, the ESTJ is a great...|||Other ISTP's - if we have the same interests, no one else can match our level of intensity ISTJ - willing to do some of the 'dirty work' I despise ESTJ - my 'enforcers' - as long as we're both on...|||As with the other ISTP's, pretty much dead on for me too.  Having festivities at my house, or somewhere I am very familiar with helps a lot too.|||I usually try to be very polite and helpful.  I guess working in a public service environment forever does that to you.  Generally speaking, if the other person is not personable and not judgmental...|||ISTP  When comortable: I'm involved in some type of activity or game.  The more intensely involved everyone else is, the happier I become.  The more isolated the activity is (from the rest of the...|||A good night in?  LAN party at my house!|||As expressed by others here -- many, many, many back massages.  Intelligent conversations Someone else initiating an activity besides myself Watching a sporting event on TV that interests me...|||My main sports are baseball and basketball, but any physical sport excites me except for soccer.  I've had some recent ailments which have restricted my abilities somewhat, but will never stop me...|||I am ISTP  Closest to: ISTJ (by far) ISTP ENFP ESTJ ESTP|||First person that comes to mind would be George Carlin.  My mind seems to work the same way his does and after reading his autobiography I really wonder if he was also an ISTP.  Also on the list:...|||I personally don't go too crazy over them...my ISTP bro definitely does.  The difference is likely that our interests differ (sports, computers, music for me) and I just never really had much...|||For starters, I tend to zone out into my own little dream world.  I'll start talking to myself a ton (more than usual) and just overthink everything.  But sometimes this isn't necessarily a bad...|||I'll speak up if it's something important to me and I feel as though I have the ability to influence them to change their mind.  Otherwise, I've got plenty of other opportunities to pursue and I'm...|||I guess I'd have to say I'm a huge fan of Ibuprofen.  Always seems to do the trick whenever I've got tendonitis (happens all the time in my Achilles') or when I feel a headache setting in.  But other...|||1. how do you like to spend your day? It depends on a number of factors and countless permutations...too many to analyze.  Every day needs to be unique in some way.  There are some routines that I...|||There are times when I'll go out with friends several times each week, only to follow up by not leaving the house (besides work) for a week or two in a row.  This seems to come and go in cycles...|||I've always been a dog person myself.  My 2 are like my kids.  Now I enjoy certain breeds (agile, athletic) more than others (toy, fat, gigantic) but I still prefer them over cats.|||I can think of a lot of things, but the one that sticks in my mind right now is the ability to enjoy the work I do.|||Manuals are for babies.  But if I'm putting something together for someone else, and don't want to mess something up royally and end up camping out at their house for the next 3 days, I'm going to...|||I wonder if ISTP's have the natural ability to morph into other types moreso than others.  Perhaps it is our natural inclination to be resourceful and adapt appropriately to the current conditions....'