MBTI - I never thought I’d get figured out this easily.
Luckily, I’m bi-polar and schizophrenic, so the test has its obvious failings. Still, it’s mainly on the mark. Which considering how puzzling I am (even to myself), is scary. Here’s a description of my profile as an INTP.
Test yourself and have your significant other take the test too. You’d be surprised at how easier it will be to understand each other if you know where each other is coming from. Might save a lot of relationships. Or not.
Also, some more interesting reading
The five INTP subtypes - i’m number five. the only anomaly being i don’t get laid that often and don’t play multiple instruments (but only because i don’t bother learning)
How to keep an INTP man happy - pretty right on the mark except for number 5. unlike most of my ilk, i CAN socialize. also, i CAN read minds (not literally, but i am pretty good at knowing what others are thinking or feeling based on their psychology) i am only untolerable when i persist on ignoring obvious cues of emotional please for help. i will, i repeat, will NOT indulge you in your emotional guilt trip just because i CAN read you like a book. i will happily let you roast in your own oil until you get the guts to say it to me out loud and discuss it in a rational manner. then and only then will i acknowledge. starting any discussion on an emotional point will only make me clam up. best way to make me retreat inside my mind while i put my cyborg copy on answering machine mode are to say these phrases: what do you really want out of life? what are your plans? do you have any plans at all? let’s talk…
and the phrase that takes the cake: will you be like that forever?
Guide to the INTP mate- everything’s true except for number one. i don’t need lots of it. but if i don’t get it when i need it, i can really get testy. testy-evil.
How to find the emotional side of an INTP - sniff. ok, yeah. i can get emotional. but it’s a secret. and unlike Bo Ahlberg (this piece’s writer), i don’t avoid opening the “box” because i’m afraid of feeling or rembering painful emotions. i avoid opening it, because i know letting my emotions loose is like letting Jason (Friday the 13th) loose. everyone is eventually slashed to death by Jason. i really don’t mince words. and when i say that, i mean exactly that. truth hurts. so i really avoid hurting people.
and just because.
a disclaimer though, all of these are written by INTPs and as such, can probably be a biased way of looking into things. however, INTPs in general have the skill to view the world in a rational, unbiased way such that their observations and conclusions are generally true. as a sidenote, Jung and Myer’s-Briggs (the guys who developed the test) might be INTPs too.
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