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Do You Ever Really Know?

phen the hobo

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I've come across many INTP(s) who aren't very sure of their type.
Of the few who seemed sure I am certain that they were mistyping themselves.

Does an INTP ever really know if they fit the bill?

Or am I just an oddball?
 

Grayman

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It seems more likely that I am INTP when I embrace the thought that I will never 'really' know anything.
 

nanook

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I'm never sure about my definitions/perceptions of what a type is. I can use different concepts, to wrap my head around different aspects of my interiority. Some are theoretically contradictory to others, but have various advantages, highlight different aspects, so i keep the contradictions. I would have to see more people, to become more confident about which of my definitions define a type and which ones belong to the altered state, the polarity. It's like when you don't know if you are anima or animus, until you find the right girlfriend. Or if she is the the wrong girlfriend (big sister type), the conclusion may differ (animus gets repressed). Introverted Intuitives may have difficulty perceiving "reality", as carl jung calls the world of the concrete, of sensation. Intuition seems lost in speculations. Not getting out of the house much may have to do with it too.

ps: i have never really seriously considered TiNe for myself. oddly, various people told me i exemplify INTP lately.
 

Pyropyro

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I think I got the functions right but not their arrangement.
 

scenefinale

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I've come across many INTP(s) who aren't very sure of their type.
Of the few who seemed sure I am certain that they were mistyping themselves.

Does an INTP ever really know if they fit the bill?

Or am I just an oddball?
Yes. Once you have spent enough time studying each type and each cognitive function, it becomes unmistakable. However, it may take years to reach that level.
 

Jaffa

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Yes I'm sure. This is what I think after extensive reading. Ti wins.

But an hour later I'm not sure. Ne is a bitch. I don't know, some of the INTP profile fits.... but ..... must read more.

Yes, I'm DEFINITELY an INTP. I know this now. I'm an INTP without any doubt.

But am I? Really? Mur
 

Hadoblado

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If you ever truly know that you're an INTP, you're almost certainly not.
 

Pyropyro

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What do you mean by that?

I'm not sure if i'm INTP, ENTP, ISFJ or ESFJ. Most of my traits are INTP-like when I first encountered MBTI though.
 
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