Jagnat
I've got a Cunning Plan
Hello everyone, just your typical random 16-year-old INTP, writing an introduction that I meant to be shorter!
More and more in the last few years have I been continuously in an introspective state, as I approach an adult state physically; mentally, I feel like I've reached far beyond where I "need" to be, but of course we are always on a mental journey. It didn't make my introspective process any quicker by the fact that I hadn't (and still haven't) met any other INTP's in my life, whether I knew them by that label or not, so I felt a personal mixture of absolute uniqueness and loneliness. Throughout my investigating, I stumbled upon the MBTI test, and upon finding out my category, slowly realized why I had felt so alone in the last few years.
I have friends, don't get me wrong, but they never seemed to like deep thought, or appreciate thinking as an art. The only friend who came close was a friend from toddler-hood, who is an ENTP, and although we had many different characteristics, we were both very logical and thoughtful, and our introverted and extroverted personalities seemed to balance each other out; he would help me gently open up to social interaction, and I would aid him in introspection. All was good until last June, when I moved from North Carolina to Washington, because of my dad's work.
Throughout all of last summer, due to my lack of social contact, I turned towards the development of my skills and hobbies. I had already began learning programming the year before, due to a lucky situation in which my math tutor, a college undergrad, had actually just taught us Java the whole year, but I buckled down on it and was more productive than I think I've ever been. This period also gave me time to think about my life, why I ended up where I am, and where I'm going.
In terms of my typology, I am of course an INTP, with strong attributes of introversion, intuition and perception. My Thinking/Feeling trait is slightly more ambiguous, as I find myself to both be extremely logical, but also have quite a bit of empathy, even though I usually try to separate the two. I'm not too familiar with the MBTI, so excuse me if something is incorrect.
Anyways, I hope that I can get something out of this forum, and maybe everyone can get something out of me as well. At the very least, I feel like I'm communicating with like-minded people, and even just lurking on here for the past few days, I can relate to much that has been said, and am intrigued by the discussions that happen; hopefully I will add my own spice to this fantastical land!
Phew, that was longer than I intended it to be!
More and more in the last few years have I been continuously in an introspective state, as I approach an adult state physically; mentally, I feel like I've reached far beyond where I "need" to be, but of course we are always on a mental journey. It didn't make my introspective process any quicker by the fact that I hadn't (and still haven't) met any other INTP's in my life, whether I knew them by that label or not, so I felt a personal mixture of absolute uniqueness and loneliness. Throughout my investigating, I stumbled upon the MBTI test, and upon finding out my category, slowly realized why I had felt so alone in the last few years.
I have friends, don't get me wrong, but they never seemed to like deep thought, or appreciate thinking as an art. The only friend who came close was a friend from toddler-hood, who is an ENTP, and although we had many different characteristics, we were both very logical and thoughtful, and our introverted and extroverted personalities seemed to balance each other out; he would help me gently open up to social interaction, and I would aid him in introspection. All was good until last June, when I moved from North Carolina to Washington, because of my dad's work.
Throughout all of last summer, due to my lack of social contact, I turned towards the development of my skills and hobbies. I had already began learning programming the year before, due to a lucky situation in which my math tutor, a college undergrad, had actually just taught us Java the whole year, but I buckled down on it and was more productive than I think I've ever been. This period also gave me time to think about my life, why I ended up where I am, and where I'm going.
In terms of my typology, I am of course an INTP, with strong attributes of introversion, intuition and perception. My Thinking/Feeling trait is slightly more ambiguous, as I find myself to both be extremely logical, but also have quite a bit of empathy, even though I usually try to separate the two. I'm not too familiar with the MBTI, so excuse me if something is incorrect.
Anyways, I hope that I can get something out of this forum, and maybe everyone can get something out of me as well. At the very least, I feel like I'm communicating with like-minded people, and even just lurking on here for the past few days, I can relate to much that has been said, and am intrigued by the discussions that happen; hopefully I will add my own spice to this fantastical land!
Phew, that was longer than I intended it to be!
I'm only a year older than you, and this forum has tremendously helped me. PM if you need debating advice.
