intp - emotionally retarded?

[transformers]

What do you think? Do INTPs use their intellect as a way of compensating for an underdeveloped emotional side?

 

[jhbowden]

Intellect? INTPs don't even have thoughts. You're all mindless machines built from a secret government laboratory. P-zombies, all of you!

 

[flow]

*does not compute*

 

[loveofreason]

I, for one, am a retard.

 

[Kuu]

I removed that emotion app that came bundled with this body. Fucking memory hog, kept interfering with my other processes.

But now there are some weird file formats everyone seems to work with that I can't open anymore. >.<

 

[LAM]

What do you think? Do INTPs use their intellect as a way of compensating for an underdeveloped emotional side?

The intellect is kind of the reason we have an underdeveloped emotional side. Its not there to compensate...

 

[Ashenstar]

I will admit to being a complete emotional retard.

It's bad enough to where I just shouldn't use emotions.

 

[The Lurker]

My intellect doesn't compensate for my emotions, rather it tries to repress them (around other people, anyways) as to not let them embarass myself. I recall several different INTP profiles describing an "outburst of childish and excessive emotion" when we become very emotionally overwhelmed. That describes me accurately.

Emotionally retarded? Absolutely.

 

[Firehazard159]

The society of political correctness takes offense to this thread! We're not emotionally retards! We are emotionally *handicapped*.

....XD

And no, I clearly have my emotions under control! (Control = suppression, right?!) Until of course, the control capacity fills up and explodes in said childish outburst as outlined in the above post ^

 

[bluesquid]

Im glad there are a few humans that can be objective. I would rather be an emotional retard than a sad subjective, biased moron.

 

[The Black Raven]

Emotionally retarded? I won't deny that. The T is strong in this one. So much so that people have asked me "Are you human"? when 'emotion' related topics come up.

 

[BigApplePi]

Hi transformers. (My 1st post).

Your Q: Do INTPs use their intellect as a way of compensating for an underdeveloped emotional side?

Personally I distrust my emotions. I got 'em but they're just there. I'd prefer to pass some kind of judgment on whether they're worthwhile. Some people just revel in feelings. I can relate to them and in fact I like to. But I prefer to take them in rather than take them onto me. Yes I'd say I, being an INTP, I use thinking way over feelings. Not sure I'm answering the Q though.

Since this is my first time, I've yet to see if one can reply to this message or only to yours.

 

[brain enclosed in flesh]

I have mildly dumb ass Fe, in that I have difficulty expressing my emotion the way one is supposed to according to social dictates, but I think my internal emotions are pretty decent.

 

[Hengeo]

I think that <<emotionally interacting retarded>> is better, at least considering from my self. I don't have problem to understand other's emotions and body language, i can tell when someone is happy, sad, upset, worried, etc, and i do have emotions on my own. The problems start when i have to express my feelings-thoughts, to discuss, and generally to communicate with other people. One of my common dispairs is when someone keeps acting emotionally, my objective-logical-underdeveloped Fe approach fails, and just don't know what else to do. I am trying to develop my Fe, especially lately, and i really see that it's not that we don't have emotions, it's just that we don't know how to use them.

 

[warryer]

My Fe rides the short bus on the way to the Special Olympics. I usually keep it locked in a cage in the basement but, every now and then it breaks out and makes a mess of things. I don't really understand how it breaks out but it does.

 

[Anthile]

I, for one, am a retard.

*brings Lor her emotional wheel chair*

 

[lafmeche]

I think that <<emotionally interacting retarded>> is better, at least considering from my self. I don't have problem to understand other's emotions and body language, i can tell when someone is happy, sad, upset, worried, etc, and i do have emotions on my own. The problems start when i have to express my feelings-thoughts, to discuss, and generally to communicate with other people. One of my common dispairs is when someone keeps acting emotionally, my objective-logical-underdeveloped Fe approach fails, and just don't know what else to do. I am trying to develop my Fe, especially lately, and i really see that it's not that we don't have emotions, it's just that we don't know how to use them.

I'm similar in that I generally have no problem reading a person's emotions from their actions and body language. Where I fall down is understanding why they do the things they do. This includes how they get themselves into situations in the first place and how they fail to see the easy way out that I've figured out by objective analysis. With people I don't know well, I'm probably better off not even involving myself because my carefully devised solution to their problem will not only fail to work for them, but will make things worse in their emotionally-charged world.

All of that said, I tend to have some very strong (sometimes overpowering) emotions when I'm alone with my thoughts and, while I'm capable of objective analysis and usually follow my own advice (reluctantly), it does nothing to make me feel better. Even knowing intellectually that emotions are supposed to defy that sort of analysis, it still often disturbs me that I don't have better control over them.

Brief example: During a breakup with an ex last year, it became very obvious that we would likely never get alone in a long-term relationship, despite the things we had in common. I was already a wreck and knowing that the breakup was logical just made me upset with myself for being upset in the first place, causing an emotional death spiral.

Short version: Am I emotionally retarded? Hell yes.