i am

[shoeless]

- emotionally volatile (but still generally able to outwardly control it ((except to the people who know me best )))
- a perfectionist turned sloppy (blame it on the drugs)
- better at socializing with strangers when my good friends aren't around
- a very subtle, yet very effective manipulator
- the type to stare at patterns (on bedsheets, a wall, a chair, whatever) for long periods of time trying to analyze its method of repetition
- terrified of being alone (yet exhausted by the prospect of dealing with lots of people)
- the type that will take charge of the group when the rest of my group members are incompetent
- excited by new things, yet comforted by old things
- analytically empathetic
- not very good at comforting
- a wee bit of a doormat (to the people i care about most)

these are all traits i have recently recognized in myself as basically inherent, as opposed to traits that i acquire when the time is right. (by the way, hello again, i haven't been here in ages.)
once upon a time i thought i was an INTP. then i "became more extraverted". then i got more touchy feely. then i was an optimist. (thought i was an ENFP or something of that sort.)
now, i'm not quite sure, i hate the tests, i hate the analyzing, and i don't really care about my personality type, and yet, i still have this underlying desire to know what it is. i know way too much about the theories and the functions and all this bullshit to not try to figure myself out, even though i recognize it as being mostly irrelevant and masturbatory.
so here i am. asking for your help, brave members of INTPforum.

what's my type?
(if you need more information i am happy to provide it.)

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

entp

 

[shoeless]

that's what adymus said i think.
i don't feel quite charismatic or confrontational enough for that, but who knows i guess.

i am also
- extremely attuned to the emotions of others
- extremely effected by disharmonic emotional environments
- prone to fits of anxiety
- still the type to deconstruct emotional problems with "logic" in a failed attempt to comfort, mostly to the annoyance of the people around me

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

Dislike doing what people tell you to do and try to do everything in your power to not?

 

[shoeless]

not so much, really. i actually tend to be rather compliant in social settings, and for the most part i'm fine with it, though it can get irritating and i may have a slightly rebellious bone in me (like most of us do, i believe). but i certainly wouldn't say it's constant, at least not with regard to my peers.

(though, now that i think about it, people don't really "tell" me what to do much. rather, they suggest it, or ask politely, which i'm fine with, so maybe my answer to that question is not entirely accurate.)

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

I had an entp for a while and if he were obligated to do anything he would oppose doing it with more effort than what would have been expended completing the task.

I have never worked with entp women so I would not know that side of them. However, I seem to attract them in other spheres of life.

 

[Ska]

Based on your videos, I would say ENTP.

You are, without a doubt, an Ne dominant, and from what I can tell you have Ti/Fe rather than Fi/Te. It looks to me like your emotions and facial expressions are meant for other people (Fe) rather than yourself (Fi).

If you are unsure about ENFP or ENTP still, I would try to think about your feelings. Are they based on societal values and meant for other people (Fe/ENTP), or are your feelings for you only (FI/ENFP)? Jung described a Fi dominant as saying "I love you, but it's none of your business." The feeling is meant for them and no one else. Also, another good question to ask yourself is whether you think you place value on logic or feelings first (for example, if someone was trying to persuade/influence you, which would be a better starting point?).

Hope that helps.

 

[EyeNTP]

Where are the videos?

 

[snafupants]

Based on your videos, I would say ENTP.

You are, without a doubt, an Ne dominant, and from what I can tell you have Ti/Fe rather than Fi/Te. It looks to me like your emotions and facial expressions are meant for other people (Fe) rather than yourself (Fi).

If you are unsure about ENFP or ENTP still, I would try to think about your feelings. Are they based on societal values and meant for other people (Fe/ENTP), or are your feelings for you only (FI/ENFP)? Jung described a Fi dominant as saying "I love you, but it's none of your business." The feeling is meant for them and no one else. Also, another good question to ask yourself is whether you think you place value on logic or feelings first (for example, if someone was trying to persuade/influence you, which would be a better starting point?).

Hope that helps.

So, INTPs have emotions that are meant for others (Fe)? Interesting...