10. They always give you your space.
9. INTPs strive to see both sides of an issue. This doesn't mean you're halfway to winning every argument, but it's a start.
8. When an INTP likes you, they LIKE you. It's not terribly complicated.
7. INTPs are pretty low-maintenance. Any effort to please them will probably be met first by incredulity, then by gratitude. Okay, sometimes they skip the second step.
6. Their social obliviousness can be cute. At times.
5. They love to cuddle [anecdotal evidence].
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4. INTPs are unlikely to flirt with other people. Like I said, oblivious.
3. INTPs like talking about their feelings even less than you do. Ew. Feelings. [Hint: Ask them what they think]
2. One word: honesty. INTPs tell it like it is (or at least how they see it). They don't mince words.
1. INTPs are consistently intellectually engaging because they are consistently intellectually engaged.
I am an INTP, and I wonder if this is how others truly feel towards me. I have not met another like me, or, at least, in the flesh, so I wonder what I am seen as from a different point of view. Is it true, are we really as all seem to say? I can relate with several things, like the part where you mentioned talking about our feelings. God, I despise that. I feel like cringing any time I am asked; why does anyone care? Why do they want to know about me? They are so weak and unattractive, feelings are. I rarely discuss them, choosing instead to lie about how I feel, but it truly puzzles me how others do so without cringing. Do they not know how vulnerable it makes them seem? Or is it just my kind who feel this way? I think the latter, though I do not know for sure. As for people who come to me, or tell emotional stories, I find it very hard to feel any sort of sympathy, and I struggle to pretend. It is hard, but I manage. I always thought there was something wrong with me, for why do I not feel bad? I thought I was just naturally cold, but then I found who I was, and I've come to realize many things about who I am and why I am the way I am. It's easier for me, I must admit, though I still am finding who I am. I am only 14 now, so I have much to learn, but I hope to one day know far more than I do now. And not just about myself, but about the world, and those beyond. Life is just so fascinating, and it saddens me when I realize not all feel the way I do.
ReplyDeleteHey Robin,
Deletei like your comment.
Your are an true INTP :)
First you try analyse the problem by asking questions which cannot be answered by oneself.
Despite you think you can't express feelings you actually do in your comment.
One can express if the thoughts flow freely. My feelings are a kind of tied to my rational thoughts. So feelings can only be expressed in an certain rational context, (as you did in this post). Seldom for themselves and never on demand.
I know what you feel. If someone asks you about your feelings you are totally blocked. Its like someone hitting your internal emergency stop. In that situation I tell people I haven't thought about my feelings lately, so obviously good.
I'm 32 now and the Grandpa of my wife died. I couldn't really connect to the pain and grief she felt. I didn't and couldn't say any right words appropriate in that situation, but I (rationally) learned that taking my arms around her, makes her feel good.
To use an metaphor: I was her tower of strength, but I could only be as emotional as the bricks its build of.
I didn't get any more emotional since I was your age, but I got more experience and situational awareness to make people feel good.
YES! Life is fascinating. The best thing you can do:
Go out explore the world, meet other cultures, learn from them.
P.S. I just realized that I can anticipate your feelings. Its because I can relate to your thoughts.
I am enjoying the blog immensely. So many right on the mark observations and then the above comment by a reader and I'm enjoying the camaraderie of INTP peers... "I haven't thought about my feelings lately." Badum bum. Haha haha.
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