I just recently found out that I'm an INTP and found plenty of verification on the interwebs... it really explains many of my behaviors and preferences in life...
I'm very visual and creative and I have the ability to come up with stuff all the time... visually, creatively, lingually and otherwise. My brain is churning 24/7, and I pretty much live in my own world. yet, during the past 42 years I managed to adapt fairly well... I believe so, at least.
I am aware of my abilities, yet I hate to shout them out to the public, even writing on the internet is a challenge most of the time... I think I'm trying to avoid that the perceiving end thinks I'm stupid. I know you're getting it though...
the reasoning I'm doing in my head goes like "I know I'm good at what I'm doing... but here are the 1,000 reasons why this may not fly".
ironically I ran a successful business in my country of origin (the more I think about it, it happened by accident and having relationships with people). on the other hand, the force to adapt to another culture made me look at their patterns more closely, and adapted me ok )
I'm not necessarily shy, but tend to avoid people and their idiosyncrasies... I have healthy relationships with people I like.
I notice quite a few contradictions in the english language (radio/patio/ratio)... english is my second language... random usage of their, they're, there... drives me nuts
so yeah, second language grammar nazi, but I do mess up tense
a few things that may not fit INTP 100%
- I'm trying my best to be on time & my being late makes me anxious... other people being late drives me insane. some of it may be history/family related
- under stress I can get commanding, so there may be a little J creeping in
- I really don't care about math or science fiction - I do, however, have the logic to code a web site
- I hate dirty fingernails (my own, or others) with a passion
I'm very visual and creative and I have the ability to come up with stuff all the time... visually, creatively, lingually and otherwise. My brain is churning 24/7, and I pretty much live in my own world. yet, during the past 42 years I managed to adapt fairly well... I believe so, at least.
I am aware of my abilities, yet I hate to shout them out to the public, even writing on the internet is a challenge most of the time... I think I'm trying to avoid that the perceiving end thinks I'm stupid. I know you're getting it though...
the reasoning I'm doing in my head goes like "I know I'm good at what I'm doing... but here are the 1,000 reasons why this may not fly".
ironically I ran a successful business in my country of origin (the more I think about it, it happened by accident and having relationships with people). on the other hand, the force to adapt to another culture made me look at their patterns more closely, and adapted me ok )
I'm not necessarily shy, but tend to avoid people and their idiosyncrasies... I have healthy relationships with people I like.
I notice quite a few contradictions in the english language (radio/patio/ratio)... english is my second language... random usage of their, they're, there... drives me nuts
so yeah, second language grammar nazi, but I do mess up tense
a few things that may not fit INTP 100%
- I'm trying my best to be on time & my being late makes me anxious... other people being late drives me insane. some of it may be history/family related
- under stress I can get commanding, so there may be a little J creeping in
- I really don't care about math or science fiction - I do, however, have the logic to code a web site
- I hate dirty fingernails (my own, or others) with a passion
