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ooh this is very helpful as the guy I just started seeing has turned out to be INFP! Which I'm really pleased about cos I seem to get on well with INFPs (well the ones I've met on personality cafe and here). He asked to speak on the phone and I said I had to meet him first because I need to...

Thanks, Adair. Actually this is something I've been thinking about a lot recently because I used to feel inadequate around Fe but now I know I'm INTP, I'm actually amazed at how much I've developed it! I think a lot of it is simply age, of course, but also I saw a lot of social injustice as a...

Yeah - that's interesting. I think I could be mistaken for INFP sometimes but for me the real clincher is that when I'm under stress I will resort to Ti every time. Also I don't really care about personal criticism - at school I was more upset about being left out and feeling 'different' and...

Being on the forum has been an extraordinary adventure for me. I've learned a huge amount about myself - particularly in terms of understanding my past. I now understand totally why I had no friends as a small child up till 12 years old when I finally made a friend. I understand why my mother...

oh right - well seeing as it's in siberia anyway I won't feel bad about going totally off-topic. I notice that your TF functions are very close to each other - so are mine - so I wanted to ask you whether you've wondered if you are INFP at times? I personally know 100% that I am INTP not INFP...

When you wonder why hope has only posted 24 times in the past 3 months and then realise it's because s.he's been busy playing asteroids and moon lander and you think that is completely normal (and laudable!).

why is this in siberia?

Not if you're in the uk - you can celebrate in August instead!

I've been thinking more about this issue in relation to how I experience myself and how I express myself. I have not a shred of doubt that I am an INTP, however, I don't always behave like a typical INTP and when I looked at the other types - the ones that I sort of could be, I started to...

A lot of people now use 'they' and 'themselves' in writing I like s.he

@Sapph - your point about governments using these weapons for crowd control is well made and thought-provoking. I think Cog is right - we need one so when our governments become rogue, we can aim it at them and keep them under house arrest.

I smoked weed from the age of 16 to 40 - not sure if that qualifies me as having an informed opinion in your eyes. I think you're right that people who have major problems after smoking already had those tendencies - but the thing is that you may not have become ill if you hadn't smoked weed...

100% correct - it is not a benign drug, for many people it is extremely damaging. I wish I'd never got into it personally and I'm very glad I am out of that scene now. One the more insidious effects of smoking weed is that it gets you into groups of people who may be much less concerned about...

lol I wasn't being serious - but I did get an automatic email greeting from the forum!

What happened to my birthday? :( Never mind I had a lovely time on Sunday with my REAL friends, so there.

I still haven't had time to read the article though I fully intend to! Sapph I only said it wasn't quite the same as Keirsey because in the table because self-respect went with autonomy while self-confidence, with resolve while I experienced them reversed but otherwise it's the same as what you...

I haven't time to respond this properly so I will return to it later, but I just wanted to say that I derive huge amounts of self-esteem from my ingenuity which is something i have in abundance. I definitely value being autonomous and think that is where I get my self-confidence from, but I...

So where did the INTP forum every path leads somewhere with the brain etc come from?

Anger is an emotional state - strong emotional states are often experienced as a sort of trance state. Violence is an external expression of internal states - I tend to agree with Sapph that anger is not the only driver of violence. I think it's maybe important to think of violence as an...

Bet I read faster than you!! :D But I have the same thing with forgetting it all when I start the next book.

I recently read a gently engaging Nigerian novel called Measuring time by Helon Habila. Its about twins, Mamo and LaMamo, one of whom is clearly INTJ and one who is INTP. the novel is written from the INTP brother's perspective and is very much an insight into his thinking and the dilemmas and...

ooh I'm intrigued - I'm going into town later and will look them out. And hi Queen of Winter! Are we neighbours?

Yes - I often ask evangelists why God is so weak he can't cope with people not worshipping him. My other question is 'so God is just a big accountant then?' Although I've never been a Christian I have studied it and the thing that I found particularly offensive was the notion that you were...

Re: Absence of the forum welcome back Glovehead! and sooo good to see you again Sed

How about this for a non-lethal weapon!!!!

yes - I was thinking that the other day when I came across a post by him. OK then - COME BACK CINNA!! that should work

Well de-lurked! Hi Eigenspace - hope you post more. I loved my microscope and chemistry set - especially seeing as I was a child in the 60s and we had real chemicals in the sets!

Here's a present for you you need to read to the end

Here's a present for you

I would have called you back joejoe but I think you left before/when I joined. And I wouldn't be afraid of you. My mother is German.

that is a fantastic insight. My friend has just written a book about suicide - I will forward your post to him as he will really value it.

Shocking new research about cat intelligence http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/newsRelease.asp?newsPk=1396

Like Echo, I only use these words when I mean them - I 'appear' to be remarkably empathetic for an INTP! But I think that comes from talking to a lot of people with mental distress - the 'mirroring' aspect of INTP has helped me understand how horrible it is for people to be ill or confused...

Can't help you out here but yet again you have described my experience with startling precision.

Yay!!! I'm pathetically pleased to welcome you back into the fold (I was very very puzzled I have to say) I agree with Ermine though - I think hormones are very disabling for INTP females! I am going through menopause so I'm hoping I'll emerge fabulously rational for the first time in my...

I = internal E= external N=nuanced S=simple T=tight F=feeble P=possibility J=just so

Re: Absence of the forum :eek::eek: eeeuw!! I wouldn't want you to - that would destroy the fabric of my reality!

I did a lot of hallucinogens in my late teens/early 20s on top of smoking a huge amount of dope in various forms. Apart from feeling deep regret at messing up my first go at university as a result of being a stoner, I am also convinced that it was responsible for me losing my eidetic memory - a...

Me too = the OP pretty much describes how I fall in love and I HATE IT!!! In fact I now try to avoid it because it has got me into so much trouble in the past - primarily because I seem to have virtually no ability to judge whether a person is worthy of my great love - and predictably most of...

It accentuates the procrastination too much so we end up doing even less. At least that was my experience. Made music sound fab though.

Re: Absence of the forum [snowqueen sniffs into her perfumed lace hanky and wipes away a tear] :(:(:(

:D Melkor CARES!!!!! :D hehehehe The evidence is piling up.

Because :(

Re: Absence of the forum It will happen to you too one day Melkor. YOU WILL .... yes, I dare say it .... CARE. There I said it. but you'll never have breasts. Double whammy.

I know he went for good reasons but I really really miss The Fury. :( :( :( I hope he comes back one day

Re: Absence of the forum Oh that's just awful :( I can't bear the idea of him cut off like that. Fukyo if you are in email contact with him can you send my best wishes and tell him to hang in there? I'm sure his parents think they are doing the right thing - and personally I'd be concerned...

when you're devastated to discover that your bestest friend in the whole world turns out to be an ESFJ but then you feel enormously grateful to her for helping you develop your social skills in high school (and discover that she's enormously grateful that you helped her to think)

Kidege! welcome back!! yes I thought we looked alike too - when we were arranging to meet I said nia would know me because I looked like her just with dark hair. My best friend thought we looked alike when I showed her the pictures. I wonder if there is an INTP facial type at all? I know...

This is apparently not a new finding. Here is an article from 1996 for example. Bloody scary!

Re: Absence of the forum I'm at a conference and then visiting friend in Nottingham and Scotland next week so my appearance may be sporadic! Just checking in this morning - I already feel I'm missing too much!!! And missing you bunch of mavericks, madmen and assorted misfits! :(