r/INTP

I consider myself an addict so I'm curious. I've always been "the smart guy" (something that I only believed when I qualified for Mensa) and my parents constantly tell me I'm wasting my potential by consuming various drugs since I was 13, it's sad for me but I'm much better now and and I recently graduated as a computer systems engineer scoring 98/100 in a 202 pages thesis.

Anyways, is my personality influencing my drug use or is it not really that related?

edit: grammar (english is my 3th language)

I'm trying to win an argument here with a self-proclaimed INTP who says that it's "impossible" for INTPs to appreciate art because, quote, "art is feelings and INTPs don't have time to waste on irrational bullsh like that". Which, quite frankly, there's about 30 things wrong with that sentence, but whatever.

I know 3 INTPs and they all appreciate art, whether it be books, actual art pieces, music, etc. 2 of them do it themselves and the 3rd admits he has no creative bone in his body (which I disagree with tbh), but he has a deep appreciation for the arts and enjoys consuming it. All 3 of them love manga, art, music, and 2 love figure skating.

My very serious argument for why INTPs are the purest and bestest MBTI weirdos.....

The root of weirdness, I propose, is the NT combination.

N, intuition, pulls you away from the concrete and conventional and toward abstractions, possibilities, and things nobody asked you to think about. But darn it, this matters so you are going to think about it anyway.

T, thinking, lets you follow the idea wherever it goes, untethered. It’s the logic of the idea that matters, not what some normie might think. They are clearly wrong anyway, otherwise we wouldn't all be in this mess.

This therefore only leaves four competitors.

4th place, ENTJ

We can eliminate them immediately.

The E and J channel their weirdness toward external goals. They have things to accomplish. Organisations to run. People to boss around. They are way too productive to qualify as a medal receiving weirdo. In fact there’s an argument INFJ should be here, that's how pathetic a weirdo these lot are.

Bronze, ENTP

Now we are getting really serious. ENTPs are clearly and very obviously weird. To the less observant, they are the favourite for the gold medal before the competition begins. But their weirdness is social. They debate it. Discuss it. Bask in it. Their extraversion makes the weirdness entertaining and provocative, but somehow that makes it more performative and less pure. A true weirdo does not require an audience. The sunlight helps disinfect it. A disappointing third for such a promising contender.

Silver, INTJ

Introversion allows the NT machinery to operate privately for way too long, going further into the rabbit hole. They consolidate and build layers. They test it, mould it, optimise it. It's not for amusement. But the INTJ has a fatal flaw. They must eventually surface.

J(udging)

Eventually they want closure. They turn to you at a party after sitting silently for an hour and say:

“Urban planning is downstream of supermarket carpark design.”

WTF.

If you don’t leave immediately (don't worry, most do) it makes sense after 5 minutes of their increasingly aggressive yapping.

The INTJ is therefore the most opinionated and arguably most annoying weirdo, but ultimately pulled back toward reality by the need to reach a conclusion and to also boast about it, so people can understand their hidden genius.

Gold, INTP

The purest, truest and bestest weirdo. Completely unconstrained. The P removes the INTJ’s unfortunate urge to actually finish thinking. The rabbit hole goes deeper.

An INTP can spend hours on a question, reject the question, invent a better question, forget why they started, have 20 browser tabs open, and end up with a tentative theory, and opposing counter arguments, that furries are an unintended consequence of the Protestant Reformation. That you tell nobody. You’re in it for the love of the game.

I therefore hereby award you the Gold medal for bestest and purest weirdo.

Good night you gold medal winning weirdos, I stayed up too late and worked too hard on this post.

the title. answer with one 1 song, your literal favorite

In this age and taking into account what we are moving towards, what skill/certificate/degree an INTP should invest in to make themselves financially secure and relatively indispensable in the short term and long term?

Hey everyone,

When we cross-reference MBTI with the Big Five model, psychometric studies often show that INTPs are actually among the "Thinker" types with the highest levels of Neuroticism (low emotional stability).

The classic MBTI doesn't measure stress tolerance, which often leaves us stuck with the "cold, logical robot" stereotype. But between analysis paralysis, existential overthinking, and the tendency to isolate, it makes a lot of sense that our baseline for anxiety and stress can be quite high.

I'm curious to see the actual data from this sub. If you've taken these tests, I have two questions:

1. The Big Five: What is your overall Neuroticism score? If you have the breakdown, how do you score on the 6 facets?

• Anxiety
• Anger / Hostility
• Depression
• Self-Consciousness
• Immoderation / Impulsivity
• Vulnerability to Stress

2. The Enneagram: Do you identify with any of the wings highly associated with emotional instability, melancholy, or anxiety (such as 5w4, 4w5, or 6w5)?

mine is halloween! I love scaring little kids!

As an INTP with ADHD, I have struggled with procrastination for a while. Task paralysis has been a major challenge I have been actively trying to overcome.

How did you guys manage to overcome the challenges associated with task paralysis or procrastination?

So I had a dream of watching awesome animations created using simple drawings and I couldn’t tell I was dreaming in a dream 3 times before I finally woke up. In each of the inner dream, I “woke up” to draw on paper whatever I can remember from the last dream. When I finally woke up in real life and tried to draw the characters, my real life drawing skills sucks so much more than my skills in my dreams.

So because of this, I was wondering if other intp also has dreams that look super cool which inspires you to try to create into real life.