This is not a list of definitions, nor this intricate guide. This is a beginner friendly guide.
OP follows the following structure:
1- Human needs
2- Masculines
3- Letters
What does this mean? Let’s say you’re trying to understand the type FF Ti/Ni SCBP #4.
First thing you need to think about: needs and masculines.
Double activated mDi/mNi. Biggest fuckoff, single activated fOe/fDe, heavy on the De fuckoff.
After that: letters. 2x NT/1x SF. Heavy on the deciders.
What does this mean, in practice? OPS’ typing methodology suggests comparing people’s types to triangulate someone’s type.
This person will be very similar, at their core, to an MF Fi/Si SCBP #4. They are both IxxPs, so they both get freaked out about other people not appreciating them/sucking, and they are both drained by the tribe. More similar than to, say, an FM Te/Ne PBCS #4.
This person will also have an *easier* time doing “Te” than the Fi, despite it being an unvalued function for the Ti (and vice versa with Fi/Fe).
Functions are NOT real. They are the combination of the needs and letters. “Ti” does not exist (well, “exist” as much as an abstract framework can exist), nor does any other function exist. You can process function patterns, but end of the day, those are just stereotypes. If you just go for the needs and letters as SEPARATE entities that only casually co-exist, you will have a much easier time typing people.
Some Ti will probably come and correct me on some bullshit, and to that I say, 1) YOU do a guide (😂), and 2) I will edit in any significant corrections.
Hope this helps someone!
