I just found out I am INTP

[Particle]

And man, that really explains a lot.

Thank god that you guys exist! Here I thought I was just some sort of societal oddity that didn't really fit well with other people. I've been described as eccentric. I've always been a project starter, but finishing is -extremely- hard for me. My hard drive is littered with scores of unfinished projects. I tend to start something new but only stay entertained as long as I'm still figuring it out. As soon as I think I've got it licked and can easily finish the project, it becomes uninteresting and feels mundane.

I found out yesterday that I'm actually quite normal. Perhaps it will be no surprise to anyone that I've always identified myself as a computer programmer and electronics guy. I'm really quite good at those, other than lacking follow-through. Communication with others has always been...problematic. Reading through the list of general INTP traits, I found myself basically hitting all of them on the head.

Yes, I have trouble with putting my thoughts into words that others can understand. I'm pretty much burnt out on trying. Yes, I'm random. And so on it goes. I took a test after finding this forum since I saw many others having used MyPersonality.info. It seems to agree with me, although I of course am concerned with bias since I had an idea of what I was going in. I tried to be as objective as humanly possible since I was aware of it.



What got me interested last night was trying to find ways to motivate myself. I've got projects at work that linger because I'm past the phase where they're interesting. The initial challenges and excitement have waned due to having crunched through those interesting bits already. I usually do pretty well if I can actually get myself started on something--I become very interested again for a while, but if i put it down for a while it's really hard to start up again.

In any case, it's nice to meet you all.

 

[Aramea]

Hey there, and welcome !! I am quite new here myself and had the same exerience that you have learning that I am INTP and that there are reasons that I do what I do. It isn't all good news for me and learning that I have spent a lifetime trying to become something I cannot was disarming at first. After having a little pity party for having to give up being an organized, tidy, "doer of things", I have now come to realize that I need to shift my focus to maxmizing the "gifts" that I do have and not on why I refuse to do the dishes.

My only motivators are external and I do quite well under pressure and with deadlines. Simply being able to calculate how much time something will take and waiting until the last minute will produce results. For instance, while have always wanted to be the type that will have my Christmas shopping done by July, I actually wait until Christmas Eve to do it because any sooner than that will have me aimlessly wandering around the mall buying myself shit I don't really need but like. Buying the stuff in July will give me an excuse not to shop for fall birthdays ...

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Welcome Particle. You sound really happy to have found INTP-dom. You must be beaming.

 

[ElvenVeil]

yes a hello to you
Hope you enjoy using this forum :bow:

 

[Particle]

I'm sure it sounds goofy, but yes--I'm absolutely excited about it. I imagine anyone would be when they suddenly discover that not only are there other people out there like they are (instead of being totally isolated) but furthermore that their personality is fairly normal, albeit a minority they rarely encounter in their daily life.

Thanks for the welcoming, folks.

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

My sympathies.

*Jokes*

Welcome and have fun.

 

[Mondorius]

Heh, when I first found out about this place I truly felt like I'd found a long lost home, really.

"So, this is where all you guys were hanging out for all this time!"

 

[crippli]

Hello. That's amazing, I always wonder how some manage to zero in like that.

I had a different experience. I tested as infp. And was ...wtf...and was more bewildered the more I read. Is this really me??? It took a little time before I found the intp profile...and ..understand the questions, that was more like it.

I must admit. When I read your OP. It did sound very intp'ish. Seems like you finally found your self. Congrats!

So what happens now? Are you going to get bored?

 

[SpaceYeti]

Your INTP-ness might get revoked here if you've grown past the age of development where you think Philosophy is the most important stuff you'll ever learn.

 

[Mondorius]

Damn, I'm scared now, I'm learning about philosophy right now, is my end near?

 

[Aramea]

It is quite a relief to read a forum with many varied topics that doesn't devolve into offense and hurt feelings. Most of the posts are rational even if I don't agree with them. Its a little creepy to read many of my own thoughts from someone else's posts.

 

[LoveofINTP]

You are welcome newbie .

:joke:joke: I am also a newbie.

I feel happy for you, and at your having found this place and found that you are totally normal. I wish more of the INTPs in the world who still think they are abnormal would discover the MBTI. Life can be pretty difficult if you go through it hardly ever fitting in and not knowing why.



*good thing Jung deviated from Freud's teaching huh?*

 

[SpaceYeti]

Damn, I'm scared now, I'm learning about philosophy right now, is my end near?

Maybe. It might just become the most important stuff you've ever learned.

It probably won't be, though.

 

[final-dimension]

And man, that really explains a lot.

Thank god that you guys exist! Here I thought I was just some sort of societal oddity that didn't really fit well with other people. I've been described as eccentric. I've always been a project starter, but finishing is -extremely- hard for me. My hard drive is littered with scores of unfinished projects. I tend to start something new but only stay entertained as long as I'm still figuring it out. As soon as I think I've got it licked and can easily finish the project, it becomes uninteresting and feels mundane.

I found out yesterday that I'm actually quite normal. Perhaps it will be no surprise to anyone that I've always identified myself as a computer programmer and electronics guy. I'm really quite good at those, other than lacking follow-through. Communication with others has always been...problematic. Reading through the list of general INTP traits, I found myself basically hitting all of them on the head.

Yes, I have trouble with putting my thoughts into words that others can understand. I'm pretty much burnt out on trying. Yes, I'm random. And so on it goes. I took a test after finding this forum since I saw many others having used MyPersonality.info. It seems to agree with me, although I of course am concerned with bias since I had an idea of what I was going in. I tried to be as objective as humanly possible since I was aware of it.



What got me interested last night was trying to find ways to motivate myself. I've got projects at work that linger because I'm past the phase where they're interesting. The initial challenges and excitement have waned due to having crunched through those interesting bits already. I usually do pretty well if I can actually get myself started on something--I become very interested again for a while, but if i put it down for a while it's really hard to start up again.

In any case, it's nice to meet you all.

welcome to the forum,nice to meet you too.^^

 

[No One]

I found out I was an INTP and this forum in the same day. I'm still in high school and this forum is the only place I feel normal. And this is the only forum I've even joined.
Also hi everyone.

 

[Vecho]

Your INTP-ness might get revoked here if you've grown past the age of development where you think Philosophy is the most important stuff you'll ever learn.

I got interested in philosophy in spring but now, even though reading "Critique of Pure Reason", leaning towards science.
How does INTP even develop. Do we have some similarities which we all go through?Or at least most of us go through?

 

[scorpiomover]

I had done the MBTI test in my 20s. So I've known that I was an INTP for nearly 20 years. But finding this forum, and also finding out that there were others who also had my oddball ways, has made me feel like I am breathing fresh air for the first time in years, and probably for the first time in my life, I don't feel like an alien.

Kudos to you for finding that breath of fresh air as well, and welcome.

 

[EditorOne]

"Thank god that you guys exist! Here I thought I was just some sort of societal oddity that didn't really fit well with other people."

Yes, Particle, welcome home, we've been wondering where you were. :-)
You pretty much nailed it: "I'm not broken, I'm supposed to be this way."