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So after months of thinking (thanks, Ti) and sorting out my mental issues, I've come to a few conclusions about myself:
- In public, I came off as super serious and was utterly oblivious to this fact.
- I couldn't enjoy every-day Se activities--first of all, because I didn't have Se, and second of all, because an INTP tends to totally miss the point of these activities because he subjects them to over-analysis. This explains why I had anxiety during my last two trips on weed. It wasn't the weed that caused the anxiety, it was my really fucked up thinking patterns.
- Ti/Ne is a horrible combination for things like everyday small talk, social graces, going to parties, going on dates, being fashionable, etc. I made this point earlier to a friend: Se/Fe are generally the most favored social traits, and this makes an INTP fairly screwed (at least at a young age before he/she develops Fe) in most social matters.
In fact, I'll go a step further and say that even INTJs are better off than INTPs because even though INTJs have low Se, their high Te lets them succeed in the professional world and therefore they have a leg up compared to the average INTP. I still haven't concluded whether Ti or Ni is more detrimental for everyday life, but all I can say for now based on my knowledge of these two functions is that they both get in the way life (at least compared to the more common and more academically favored introverted function, Si).
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Which leads me to my argument: INTPs tend to be super serious compared to most types because Ti/Ne is too damn focused on the big matters. You know what I mean: the meaning of life, our place in the universe, and all that good mumbo-jumbo which INTPs tend to obsess about, the stuff that some types don't sweat at all, or they're just not analyzing it as deeply as we are because their Ti isn't so high (I'm looking at you, ENTPs).
This abstract form of thinking is excellent for philosophy papers, deep discussions, etc. but it needs the right context. I realized something was fucked up when I couldn't even walk down the street or have a casual conversation with someone without subjecting it to my Ti--and that never ends well in most social/public matters, considering that this is the function that wants to analyze, and break down, and criticize just about anything it comes across, in a highly detached and abstract matter.
So an INTP can be less serious by:
1) Developing Fe
2) Less focus, less thinking, less examination
Socrates did say the unexamined life is not worth living, but Socrates also existed before personality psychology, so he was probably unaware how subjective his statement was. To an INTP, examination comes naturally; I would argue that it's a harder and much more worthwhile task--for us, anyway--to live life without examination.
And that's my final point. We are beings of observation, as well as information. And sometimes the concrete information is just as important as the abstract. To most of society I say think more, but to INTPs I say: think less. If we think less, examine less, and try to live life for the pure sake of enjoyment, who knows, we can actually have a little bit of fun in the process.
--Note: I realize that in some ways, I'm stating nothing new, and that a good deal of INTPs on this forum are probably aware of this information already. I'm only 21, still developing my weaker functions, so I'm just spouting what I learned from my journey. If you knew all this already, then disregard it. Or feel free to argue it and teach me something new.
- In public, I came off as super serious and was utterly oblivious to this fact.
- I couldn't enjoy every-day Se activities--first of all, because I didn't have Se, and second of all, because an INTP tends to totally miss the point of these activities because he subjects them to over-analysis. This explains why I had anxiety during my last two trips on weed. It wasn't the weed that caused the anxiety, it was my really fucked up thinking patterns.
- Ti/Ne is a horrible combination for things like everyday small talk, social graces, going to parties, going on dates, being fashionable, etc. I made this point earlier to a friend: Se/Fe are generally the most favored social traits, and this makes an INTP fairly screwed (at least at a young age before he/she develops Fe) in most social matters.
In fact, I'll go a step further and say that even INTJs are better off than INTPs because even though INTJs have low Se, their high Te lets them succeed in the professional world and therefore they have a leg up compared to the average INTP. I still haven't concluded whether Ti or Ni is more detrimental for everyday life, but all I can say for now based on my knowledge of these two functions is that they both get in the way life (at least compared to the more common and more academically favored introverted function, Si).
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Which leads me to my argument: INTPs tend to be super serious compared to most types because Ti/Ne is too damn focused on the big matters. You know what I mean: the meaning of life, our place in the universe, and all that good mumbo-jumbo which INTPs tend to obsess about, the stuff that some types don't sweat at all, or they're just not analyzing it as deeply as we are because their Ti isn't so high (I'm looking at you, ENTPs).
This abstract form of thinking is excellent for philosophy papers, deep discussions, etc. but it needs the right context. I realized something was fucked up when I couldn't even walk down the street or have a casual conversation with someone without subjecting it to my Ti--and that never ends well in most social/public matters, considering that this is the function that wants to analyze, and break down, and criticize just about anything it comes across, in a highly detached and abstract matter.
So an INTP can be less serious by:
1) Developing Fe
2) Less focus, less thinking, less examination
Socrates did say the unexamined life is not worth living, but Socrates also existed before personality psychology, so he was probably unaware how subjective his statement was. To an INTP, examination comes naturally; I would argue that it's a harder and much more worthwhile task--for us, anyway--to live life without examination.
And that's my final point. We are beings of observation, as well as information. And sometimes the concrete information is just as important as the abstract. To most of society I say think more, but to INTPs I say: think less. If we think less, examine less, and try to live life for the pure sake of enjoyment, who knows, we can actually have a little bit of fun in the process.
--Note: I realize that in some ways, I'm stating nothing new, and that a good deal of INTPs on this forum are probably aware of this information already. I'm only 21, still developing my weaker functions, so I'm just spouting what I learned from my journey. If you knew all this already, then disregard it. Or feel free to argue it and teach me something new.
