Somewhere Between An ENTP And INTP

[andrew]

So I take diferent tests and I always get either ENTP or INTP. I think I am a bit of both. Is this possible? Most people who meet me first think I am a major extrovert but people who know me better think the opposite. I am have very misanthropic. I genuinely dislike ascosiating with people (for the most part) but I am pretty loud and happy when I do. I can't really explain why I am like this. I have also taken a few tests that say I have the Eccentric Personality disorders (Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid) which might explain them. Anyway is anyone else like this?

 

[murkrow]

the most important thing to deciphering E vs I is figuring out where your energy comes from.

I had a similar problem figuring INTJ vs ENTJ and it came down to energy.

Are the more productive when you're being active with other people or when you have time to yourself?

For example: When I am working I am always struggling to find time for all the different things I am trying to do. I am constantly bombarded with poetic ideas and story concepts, my notebooks fill up quickly and I struggle to find the time necessary to get my writing organized because I have a responsibility to my job(which isn't writing related).

I often quit jobs in order to give myself some time for my writing but it never really works out because as soon as I'm not out there with people working and problem solving my energy and inspiration level just bottoms out. I end up wasting around listlessly and depressed for weeks until I can get into another job and then I start working hard again.


if you can empathize with that then you're likely an E

if you find yourself more productive when you have time to yourself to hash and rehash then you're likely an I.

also do you get depressed when you've got too much on your plate or when you've got nothing?

 

[Radioactive_Springtime]

So I take diferent tests and I always get either ENTP or INTP. I think I am a bit of both. Is this possible? Most people who meet me first think I am a major extrovert but people who know me better think the opposite. I am have very misanthropic. I genuinely dislike ascosiating with people (for the most part) but I am pretty loud and happy when I do. I can't really explain why I am like this. I have also taken a few tests that say I have the Eccentric Personality disorders (Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid) which might explain them. Anyway is anyone else like this?

you sound a lot like my friend ed. Hopefully you didn't wear a tuxedo everyday of your senior year in highschool.

 

[Zero]

If you have trouble deciding maybe take a look at the function and see which is more like you. I guess it's possible to be close the 50-50.

 

[Linsejko]

XNTP?

(x indicates a perfect 50/50).

You sound like an "I" with a coping mechanism to me, at first glance.

.L

 

[deeess]

Agree with Linsejko.

Also, isn't it a fact that respondents to the test tend to answer questions with an inherent bias towards E and away from I (because' E' is viewed as more aspirational)? This can lead to Is being classified as Es - I think that is what I did the first time I took the test.

 

[Jesin]

Also, isn't it a fact that respondents to the test tend to answer questions with an inherent bias towards E and away from I (because' E' is viewed as more aspirational)? This can lead to Is being classified as Es - I think that is what I did the first time I took the test.

Yes, but any tests designed by competent people would take that into account.

Andrew, have you ever taken the official MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)? I think that one's pretty good.

You sound I to me, though. It has little to do with what you're like when you do associate with people. How much you actively seek out social interaction would be a better indicator. If you "genuinely dislike associating with people", as you said, you're probably I.

 

[andrew]

I took at test and I was an INTP with about a 45-55 E-I so I guess I'm a very slight I. I am quite active in social situations, I'm often told I'm witty and humourous. I also hurt peoples feelings without really knowing (or caring in most cases). I have a lot of people who I know and get along with but I doubt I call any of them friends. My girlfriend (who I have a long standing commited relationship with) my father and a an old piano teacher (all older then me) are the only people I would could call friends. I generally am apathetic towards social contact. Although I often despise even thinking about it at other times I am sort of longing to talk to someone. I get a long best with people who I disagree with (in terms of philosophy, religion, politics, economics ect.) because I love to debate. I'm more interested in talking to people so I can analyze them. Figure out their quirks. What they like what they dislike and why. Anyway I'm rambling. Yes I think I'm an I.

 

[Linsejko]

Unless you took the real MBTI, your percentages are probably useless; the internet questions are not nearly thorough enough, there is no 'blind' element, they're straightforward, etc. You can even get a wrong letter entirely occasionally.

What you described sounds like an intelligent, relatively functional I. My I is somewhere around 90%, and lots of my friends (casual, though even some semi-close) would easily classify me as E because of my natural fluidity in social situations.

.L