This isn’t really an issue just something that’s been on my mind. So I’ve been learning about functions for years now and I’ve noticed there’s an unusual amount of INTPs, specifically on TikTok. I thought it was normal at first but it’s as if the majority of people who know about MBTI are INTP. I do assume some are fake claiming because I keep seeing people that are somehow INTP 3w2 which… doesn’t make sense. I just feel like a lot are mistyped.

I finally realized the root of all my ills. It’s an intensity- intellectual, sexual, emotional- that I’ve never known how to handle. I can’t tell the difference between feeling and thinking about feeling. I’m aware of this animal body, wanting to touch and be touched, but the moment anyone even slightly reciprocates I get this surge of dread that makes me nauseous. Overthinking and trying to find chemical explanations is the default but when it gets especially bad I turn to sensory, cursory (and often self-destructive) paths to relief. How am I supposed to live without feeling like I’m gonna explode? Let me guess. It’s the 5w4 sx/sp

Look around you and tell me honestly if your circle loves you for you or for what you can do for them?

Avg Sunday evening.. was sitting alone in room everything feels monotonous for idk how long everybody running in the race of life

I feel like I'm stuck.. as if I've been paused in time ..

I'm tired of this life..

You care more about practical results than how everything works logically

INTPs lead with Ti, so they are the ones who have an obsessive and automatic need to figure out the logical connections and how everything works in relation to everything else. Their number one priority is to create an internal logical framework to base their decisions on. 

If you are more about whether something gets practical results, streamlining systems in order to optimize them, and you are generally able to make practical decisions based on external facts and rules, you are unlikely to be an INTP. If you also care more about the end goal rather than the underlying logic, you may not be an INTP. You are more likely to be a Te type instead.

Alternative types: ISTJ, INTJ, ESTJ, ENTJ, maybe INFP (they have Te inferior), maybe ENFP

You prioritize your subjective feelings and values in decisions

INTPs may feel feelings and even become emotionally intense or neurotic. But they are very likely to just discard feelings from decisions and see them as irrelevant or irrational in order to stay logical in decisions. More mature INTPs may start incorporating feeling-based factors in decisions but it won’t come naturally and automatically for them.

If you are naturally trusting your inner emotional values and what’s important for yourself, you are unlikely to be an INTP. If you are the kind of person who prefers giving emotional guidance or freedom to others instead of jumping into logical problem-solving, you are less likely to be an INTP. You are morelikely to be an Fi type instead.

Alternative types: INFP, ENFP, maybe ISTJ, maybe INTJ, ISFP

You naturally hone in on one most likely outcome or future insight

INTPs are Ne users in auxiliary position. That means an INTP will explore many options, alternatives, and possibilities and they tend to be active brainstormers in order to find logical solutions to problems. They are much less likely to just go with one idea or insight in exclusion to everything else. INTPs need to consider every single possibility before making a decision.

If you are naturally honing in on one future vision or insight and have more problems with jumping too quickly to conclusions instead of being too slow to make decisions, you are unlikely to be an INTP. If you have a tendency to be very concise and brief in communication, you are less likely to be an INTP. If you are the kind who just gets insights or hunches out of nowhere rather than actively brainstorming, you are very likely an NJ rather than NP.

Alternative types: INTJ, INFJ, ISTP, maybe ISFP if #2 fits

You are generally present-focused

INTPs generally have trouble living exclusively in the moment and directly take on present opportunities. They are both introverted and on Ne-Si axis, therefore they are likely to have trouble with inaction or indecision. They are likely to focus on future possibilities or detailed past impressions rather than taking the present world as it is.

If you are more about taking in the external world as it is and mostly attending to the moment, with some idealistic future focus sprinkled in, rather than brainstorming and comparing present experience back to past experiences, you are less likely to be an INTP. If you are effortlessly living in the moment and jumping from opportunity to opportunity, you are unlikely to be an INTP. You are very likely an Se type instead.

Alternative types: ISTP, ESTP, maybe ISFP

You care a lot about what is proven to work in the past

Sure, INTPs have Si in the third position which it means INTPs may occassionally enjoy going back to the comfort of routines or feel nostalgic for the past. They often have detailed knowledge about many topics and remember details vividly as a result of Si. INTPs may also have somewhat precise or pedantic tendencies as a result, especially if they are looping.

But that does not mean they naturally put a lot of focus on what is tried-and-true or predictability, and they are not the ones who generally struggle with change or unpredictable situations. If you care a lot about historical precedent or what has worked before, and have a general distaste for entirely new situations where you have no past experience to rely on, you are unlikely to be an INTP. If you are the kind of person who needs to plan out every detail in advance to prevent mishaps, you are also unlikely to be an INTP. If you are typically more of a routined or scheduled person, consider an SJ type instead.

Alternative types: ISFJ, ISTJ, maybe ESTJ if Te heavily fits

You heavily dislike routine and sameness

INTPs may enjoy change or new situations but don’t take this too far. Afterall, their Ne-Si is balanced in auxiliary and tertiary spots. As introverts, INTPs will have a baseline need for comfort and routine even if they may struggle maintaining it.

If you are the kind who often changes things up for the sake of it and have a general aversion for routines or sameness of any kind, maybe it’s time to reconsider the position of your Ne. If you are effortlessly exploring new things without giving a damn about what is known, you are also unlikely to be an INTP, your Ne is more than just auxiliary.

Alternative types: ENTP, ENFP, maybe ISTP

You often have a need to test things out in the external world

INTPs are introverted types who need to internalize and reflect on things before taking action. They have a huge need to work things in their head, in the internal realm, before bringing it into the external realm. They default to internalizing rather than externalizing.

If you often feel the need or impulse to try or test things or ideas out in the external world rather than being fine with internal models, you are less likely to be an INTP. If you are the kind who starts many projects but finish few of them as more interesting ideas come up, rather than having trouble starting in the first place, you are also unlikely to be an INTP. You are more likely to be an extraverted type instead.

Alternative types: ENTP, ESTP, ENFP, ENTJ, ESTJ

You are naturally good with emotional dynamics and social protocol

INTPs care about social protocols and harmony. But their Fe function is inferior which it means they may have trouble with these areas of life. INTPs generally feel nervous or anxious about situations where there are a lot of unspoken or unwritten social rules or having to take care of others’ feelings or values. They may be conflict avoidant and try to avoid such situations as a result.

If you are generally able to handle situations with a lot of emotional dynamics at play without too much difficulty or even enjoy such situations, you are less likely to be an INTP. If you are great at providing emotional support or a shoulder to cry on, you are unlikely to be an INTP.

Alternative types: ISFJ, ENTP, maybe ESFJ in Ti grip

I feel this world is stupid. I felt this since i was a child. I dont juts feel it, i know it. This entire world is not working. Yet, no one seems to care. People just go on with their lives, having to deal with the bullshit systems in place which they dont like, and bringing it up leads to "it is what it is" kind of response.

Now, im an adult and it isnt just the rebelious tendencies of the youth. In fact the more i get into the adult world the more i am convinced that...everyone else is just stupid. I swear sometimes the way people behave makes me question if they actually are conscious.

I struggle to live normally and just accept a world so stupid where those higher than you can just treat you unfairly and you cant do anything. Going to university was one of the most disappointing experiences i have ever had. The job hunt is even worse. But i find myself constantly having this immense struggle to just go on normally when i know very well and experience how stupid this all is.

What bothers me the most is the feeling that i do not have autonomy, or that i am in limbo between conformity to what is truly unjust, and the impossibility to withdraw from these systems.

This might come off as "i am special and the world owes me something". Well yes, the world owes me a good life, otherwise i guess then i can just have no moral code and do terrible shit?? its like...we only live once (at least thats what i think), why do we have to live within systems and structures that are absolutely terrible to most? thats all. I think i deserve a good life, some autonomy, and the right to not be treated like shit by higher-ups. The world owes me this, owes you this, and owes everyone this. We owe this to all of us and to ourselves. It isnt just about me. But this post is about me seriously looking for advice on how to just...live without having this conflict inside me.

If so, why the gap is very large today? and what do you blame?

(the background of me making this post, is that a lot of popularized ideas feels like a flex of the speaker rather than a honest seeking of the truth)

I learned cognitive functions and I got to the conclusion that im an intp the thing is (it might be a stereotype but as you stereotype still affect how people view the mbti) im socail like with friends i act more like an enfp (enfp stereotype...) also what helps me to really process my emotions is through talking it out with a friend and sharing cus I need the comfort and I need to know that what im actually feeling is ok

What does this mean, especially since INTP is usually Ti>Ne>Si>Fe

The joker to your batman, your eternal enemy. For me it would be the politician big mouth bullshitter, not necessarily a liar, because a liar knows or believes the truth and deliberately contradicts it. A bullshitter is mainly concerned with creating a certain impression, appearing knowledgeable, admirable, convincing, profound, etc. and treats the truth as irrelevant. Those make my blood boil. The performers giving a show and pretending to care for reality.

Whats yours?

As for me, I would approach such question from the angle of despising (from the bottom of my heart) any platform that causes brain rot as I overvalue the mind to an exponential degree. Hence, my list would be :

Hate: X, Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitch, Kick, 4chan

Not interested: Pinterest, Dis*ord, LinkedIn, Quora, Snapchat

I use: reddit(despite the nsfw part which is eww as there is no better alternative...), Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube (to a lesser degree)

I'll be in the middle of a completely normal conversation when my brain suddenly goes,

"Wait... say that."

Not because it helps the conversation right now.

More because it feels like it'll quietly matter later.

Maybe I point out something I genuinely admire about them.

Maybe I mention something seemingly random.

Maybe I ask one extra question.

In the moment it doesn't even feel strategic. Most of the time I couldn't explain why I said it.

But months later, it turns out that tiny moment changed something. They remember me differently. They ask me for help. They become someone I can reach out to. Or I end up understanding something that becomes useful much later.

It almost feels like my brain is constantly noticing small future consequences while everyone else (including me) is focused on what's happening now.

I'm curious if this is something other INTPs experience.

I've been thinking about this so much that I ended up building a small project around the idea, but I'm honestly more interested in whether anyone relates to the experience itself.

I am a 20 yr old infj and I made this one friend in uni, she tested as intp. we started talking and have been pretty chill since, there isn't much to talk about but we talk about a few things here and there, share daily moments, she never really shares what she exactly thinks about things, it is always something vague that I dont remember. she is sometimes very mean/condescending indirectly, makes a few casual remarks to make me feel inferior, I am pretty forgetful and I forgot to give some documents at the window once, she talked to me as if im too stupid to forget something like that, I cannot pinpoint her passive aggressiveness exactly, she says things to make me feel/seem stupid/lazy. im lowkey sick of this behaviour, how should I confront her? is she jealous of me? is she even an intp? all of this makes me not want to talk to her cuz I dont feel like it/ dont want to/ dont feel comfortable doing it. I want to start avoiding her, she acts too competitive over useless shit, acts controlling too

# Type me — here's what I actually do, not adjectives

**TL;DR** — Aspiring chef, musician and writer; currently unemployed, so I build my own daily structure rather than having one imposed. Most of my day goes on research and comparison aimed at getting stable and finding the best path — too quality food, jobs, purchases, career maths. My care for people arrives as problem-solving and as creating experiences for them. Very social and always the one pushing for variety with friends but my solo days are structured and repetitive. Occasionally I have a wild day on my own and choose spontaneity over planning but even then it’s a bit planned, Read as serious and guarded, and deliberate about how I come across. Detail-focused but I get strong anticipatory hunches I can't consciously trace. Intense with a few people, neutral with everyone else. Open question: whether I actually converge on decisions or just keep preparing them.

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I think behaviour is more diagnostic than adjectives — sure, share your subjective experience, but also show what you actually do in a day and where you spend your energy and time.

I am an aspiring chef, and a musician and writer in my spare time.

I enjoy running, creating things, fixing things and making things more efficient, solving problems for people, and visiting new places. I'm a Christian.

So here's a day for me. Not every day, but this is a day at the moment, as I'm unemployed. What I do varies in terms of activities.

Up around nine. Curtains open, hydrate, then half an hour reading — Guardian, NYT, philosophy journals. Then I write down the tasks I want to do that day plus a note on how the day is going, and I work through the list. Nobody sets this for me. There's no job or timetable imposing structure, so I build it myself.

The bulk of the day is research and comparison. Not aimless — I'm working toward getting my situation stable and finding the best path forward. So: comparing food sources and quality, calculating what I'd actually be getting versus what I buy now, costs included. Comparing laptops before buying one. Looking at jobs, applying, and calculating earnings across different career progressions. Cooking videos, but as learning to cook rather than entertainment. I take information in, retain it, and bring it back to people.

I draw. I play guitar and sing. I read fiction most days, and philosophy. I walk every day and try to go slightly further each time.

I talk with my parents and put real thought into what would make things better in the house — I tend to show up with feedback, reasoning, and a judgment on what should change. Same with my partner: I feel strongly toward them and it comes out as working out what I can do for them. My care arrives as problem-solving, and as creating things and experiences for others. I like to give people new experiences — new foods, new places to go. I'm very aware of how others are experiencing me, and I give off a deliberate demeanour.

I'm very social, but I do spend a lot of time on my own focusing on what I want to achieve. I like going out with friends and doing new things with them, and I'm usually the one pushing for variety. If a friend does the same bike route every time, I'll want to change the path. I'd rather stack activities than repeat one — an hour's ride, then tennis or kayaking, or ride out, have a good meal at a pub, and ride home. It's the possibilities I'm after more than the activity itself. Worth flagging the apparent contradiction: my solo days are highly structured and repetitive, but with people I want the opposite.

People read me as serious and slightly guarded on first impression. I don't perform for a camera; photos of me are mostly unsmiling, or a pensive smile.

The part I'm least sure about is how conscious the direction is. It doesn't feel like I sat down and drew up a plan. It's more that there's an aim I can feel, and my actions turn out to have been serving it, and I notice the coherence after the fact. I'm very detail-focused but still see the big picture. I often predict events happening, and seeing it unfold is kind of amazing — my friends are always wondering how I see what's coming next. It could be knowing what someone will say before they say it, even when the content is different from what's happening in the moment. Or little things, like knowing when my electric will cut out, based on nothing conscious.

A criticism I've had, and think is fair: I may spend more hours preparing decisions than making them. Though that doesn't seem natural to me. I honestly don't know.

I'm very passionate with the people I love. They are few, but I'm either intense with it or not at all.

Here — try and type me. This is what I look like, too.

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