INTP Inspiration

[EyeSeeCold]

So I was working on a new system that describes the 4 different personalities that can manifest in each MBTI type and one important aspect I thought I should share in advance is the way in which INTPs are inspired. In fact, inspiration may not be so elusive after all!

While looking over the Socionics function model A, I noticed something special about the description of the role function (Fi) for INTj(MBTI INTP).

Compared to the vulnerable function, role function criticism is easier for a person to respond to or dismiss, since they believe that it has some value, in theory. The role function is triggered situationally, when individuals are met with situations that oppose their base aspect of reality.

To elaborate, when the role function is provoked in a certain situation, or, in the INTP's case, when ethics or love/hate is involved, he gains an immense amount of inspiration and his flight or fight response is activated (catecholamine hormones, I think there's some hardcore science involved.). This leads to an intense battle between Ti and Fi, logic and reason vs morals and emotions.

Here's a situation: Neo, an INTP, is walking along the street jamming to his music and living in his own world. Suddenly he sees two people abusing a defenseless person. BAM! His morality is activated and he becomes integrated with Se. Now Neo is deciding whether to act irrationally, which may result in negative uncontrollable consequences or to act rationally which will guarantee his well being. If the action is unethical enough to overtake the Ti, Fi+Se will take full control and Neo will do whatever it takes to stop the two abusers for the sake of love of humanity and hate towards injustice.

All this information may seem outlandish and highly derivative, but I ask you, have you ever felt that unrelenting push to act out of morality or love/hate? I myself have on numerous occasions, some I've let pass but when I did act, I got an intense rush and I felt like nothing could stop me.

I've concluded that an INTP's inspiration comes from a "poke" on Fi and when in control, the INTP finally, though temporarily, becomes fully functional in Se. Fulfillment of Fi brings the INTP temporary happiness.

Real life situations could include love, hate, right, wrong and extreme like or dislike. So as a step towards self-development, one could manually put themselves in these types of situations to help their Fi and Se mature.

This theory holds true, I believe, for all other types though the INTP is the only one I could affirm with personal experience.

Thoughts?

 

[ElderToadstool]

Progress is often made through opposing forces. The unfamiliar situation stimulates the mind in new and interesting fashions, allowing previously unavailable information to become integrated into consciousness.

The same sort of stimuli tends to nullify the mind. The ethical/emotional scenario is so stimulating because it is unfamiliar. It taps into resources that INTPs have not made a habit of tapping into, especially if the specific situation somehow seems relevant to the observer. While this can be uncomfortable it can also be, as you said, a step towards self-development.

The same sort of thing happened to Europe when it came into contact with the Middle East and their large body of classical and then-contemporary literature. The unfamiliar needs to be integrated, and when this happens the body into which the new information is being integrated is noticeably different.

 

[KazeCraven]

What you describe regarding inspiration does not seem type dependent. This seems more like a typical source of inspiration being filtered through an INTP psyche.

Would an ISFP be inspired by Ti+Ne?

 

[EyeSeeCold]

What you describe regarding inspiration does not seem type dependent. This seems more like a typical source of inspiration being filtered through an INTP psyche.

Would an ISFP be inspired by Ti+Ne?

You're right, it's not the actual situation, but what it concerns. In the scenario I described ethics were involved, which happened to be the INTP's role function.

Ni+Te for an ISFP. Like I said though I have only worked it out for INTPs, since I've had personal experience.

Theoretically a situation concerning introverted intuition (beliefs, connections, mysteries, insight, time patterns, visions) should engage the ISFP and their Te becomes energized. I am not an ISFP so I can only speculate. Maybe experiencing some psychedelic experience would cause them to be fully aware of the workings of the outer world (Te) in a way that they may be able to predict the future. Or maybe meditation could activate the Ni.

ISFPs are known for doing rather than saying and when the INTP is engaged in Fi+Se he does rather than say(fight or flight). So in turn the ISFP probably becomes a highly intuitive INTJ.

This whole post is speculation though, I'm trying to attempt to put together a logical system, but with no first hand experience, I make no claims of accuracy.