INTP's need their shadow ENTJ personality to move forward, but it only comes out in life threatening situations, and then jumps back into the rabbit hole just as quickly, leaving the INTP surprised and trembling, sometimes as much ashamed as proud from their sudden leadership role...
I am basically forced to be an ENTJ to seem "with it" and "respectable" and "authoritative". I have worked very hard at honing my ENTJ image and it has helped others listen to me more.
This cat's comment expresses the circumstances of everything I have achieved in my life. "Whoa! How did I do that?? Wait, I think I understand...nope, totally failed that time. How did I do that???"
I would be amiss as an INTP if I didn't point out that "tommorow" is spelled "tomorrow", however, I understand because your brain at super sonic speed knew there were double letters in there and because "m" comes before "r" in the alphabet, you went for it. So actually, between us, there is no error.
@@hawk6143 Absolutely! I can watch a movie or television show and tell you how many times a certain word has been used or repeated. How "nuts" is that? :)
I started zoning out in the first minute and then had to go back. #INTPProblems. I may have subconsciously been guessing what he was going to say. Who knows.
This guy must practice with hammers, because he's hitting all the nails on their head. @7:50 "For INTPs, people are work" That is insanely accurate, and explains why I fucking hate when my phone rings at work, or when someone derails my thought process. It's absolutely infuriating!
We are nearly insane but I wouldn't change being an INTP for anything. If the world can't get on my level, then I will have to accept being an outlier. Sadly, I don't know anybody else quite like myself.
R0YALT1 reach out here and find other intp seekers... isn't that why you're here to learn more about yourself? furthermore it would behoove you to.. interact with others who do understand you as I'm sure you're aware.. in one sentence.. buy the ticket take the ride.. (it's fun to take a plunge into the unknown.. it combats boredom to boot)
Im an INTP who has an ENTP soulmate. She helps me express myself more and live less inside my head. as an INTP, I recommend connecting with people who can help you express yourself. After all, whats the use of all our logical reasoning when you dont have someone to share it with. It helps if they are also thinkers and perceivers. You can never get bored talking to them.
I appreciate this so much. Personality types are just a base. We are all much more complex individuals and can operate at much higher levels in all areas of our lives in time with the right awareness and execution.
My secrets have been revealed 😱 Fine. I admit it. I do care about people. I do put other people's happiness before my own motives. I thought I was selfish, but I guess not
This is extremely accurate. All the passions I try to pursue.... I become frightened when I think about how I will have to work around people. Thanks for the encouragement :)
Agreed! Now in my 40's I keep going to the Parent/Chief aspect he talked about. This video finally offered some insights that I've found missing in others.
Thank you for your insights. I am an INTP and for years i thought something was wrong with me when most of my life people would react to me and make comments as if something was wrong. Therapy helped me realize this years ago but it is reassuring listening to your videos.
Oh my god! It's been so long since I've felt so understood. It felt almost uneasy because it was as if you knew more about myself than I did. I'm so glad I watched it, now I understand myself so much better and have so much clearer goals for my future. That thing about INTPs not really being entrepreneurs as much as "fixers" rang so true, it was something that I've always been but I couldn't realize myself. Thank you!
@@dylluted I think you're right,cuz I avoid everyone if they're about to get close to me, not totally avoid them cuz I like them but still,I don't open up anymore
as an INTP who has fully ventured into my feelings and is still building a framework for understanding them... I just want to thank you and others who make videos on this subject from the bottom of my heart. in a world full of people who won't really engage with me in a satisfactory way in a world that in a lot of ways Rejects my deeper functions until it shakes out something solid for their use. (which I'm ok with) it is amazingly helpful to get other people's perspective from the outside to add to the collection of perspectives I have( not all healthy ) about myself the world and my place in it.. as I've learned to develop my feeling functions it seems to only Aid My TI.. In a lot of ways it makes me more rounded person I would like to think but I digress.. I would like to let you know that people like you have helped me to understand myself much better and understand the world in a better context. and that because of this i am pursuing a degree instem although I can't nail down the major I desire yet.
Whoa... Thanks! This was really eye opening. I knew something was wrong with what I was doing (constant arguing) but I couldn't talk myself out of it because it seemed like what I had to do.
I am a 56 year old INTP and this guy knows me to a TEE!! So insightful, and especially about going in the ESFJ to check in and get grounded for people feedback, and "people are WORK!" LOL, so true....great stuff, nice job, and thanks
Unlike some other people pontificating about MBTI on RUclips, you actually seem to have some depth of knowledge about each type. I always learn a "why" that makes sense from your stuff, whereas with others, I'm like "WTF? That is a shallow overgeneralization that I have not found to be remotely true in real life." It seems like you have met and studied a couple of actual people at least. If not, props to your theoretical understanding.
Thanks for this! I'm INTP and have been in an entry level retail job (A store like Walmart.) for 16 years now as a cashier. It wasn't until 4 years ago that I got the courage up to try learning the customer service desk as well. So I do both, and I have such low self esteem as an INTP that I just don't know what to do. I have a certificate in graphic design that I'm not confident in. I've been in therapy for along time now because of child abuse and have been diagnosed with PTSD, OCD, GAD, and DPD. But I keep grinding myself into a rut which is exhausting and depressing.
Check out art therapy. It might be good with your design interest. But schedule your art therapy time, honor your calendar, let yourself enjoy it...I would also ask you to get into group therapy look into NAMI for your state they have free/low cost local groups. I have seen in other video comments people feeling better equipped for life using yoga and/or meditation. Maybe doing video recordings to talk things out is more helpful (you can do that here on YT, just keep video set to private). You have a lot on your plate. Remind yourself of the positive happening right now and recall how those positive things started --- courage as well as optimism. Wishing you all you need to move forward.
Being an INTP not in an ideal job for my brain and wondering why other people get to do the cool things, I think I've realized that it comes more down to what I think of myself than what I am doing. If you have confidence in yourself where you're at, you can go places - but you don't NEED to, because you have self-respect and confidence regardless of where you are and can totally own what you're doing. Do your job as your true artist self working at a store, not as whatever you think of store employees. I'm just as interesting or intelligent as any scientist, and you I'm sure are just as artistic as any artist. So why don't we get to be those people? Just start being that person, job or no job. Let that be who you are. I wonder if INTPs are more vulnerable to trauma affecting their view of themselves, or more vulnerable to their view of themselves affecting their level of ability to function. I've had such minor rejection and disappointment in my life compared to actual trauma, and it's completely derailed my whole life.
I'm always getting raises and especially when I am tired of being used for my skills. Yes I can learn things fast and easy but no I don't want so everyone else's job because they are slower. I don't want more money I just want to be free to solve my own work problems.
Can you get career counseling? Maybe through local employment office they are there for everyone, not just unemployed folks. If you attended college your school should have services you can use.
This was SUCH a great video! It does a fantastic job at articulating the thoughts and ideas that can completely overtake our entire day! I have struggled with this deeply for a very long time myself~ I have been working at a decently/very busy restaurant for 10 years now.. I always have thought of EVERY single day of my time there as a training in mental control in social situations.. still 10 years later; With the smallest social obligation (say, a guest comes in and I am very busy; but I known them for years and years) it makes me feel such a crushing pressure about how I need to deal with that situation AND juggle my trained expertise at my job~ It varies from situation to situation and as with social dynamics nothing is completely sent in stone as to how someone is going to react with any given sentence that you say. It has been a constant mind game I have been playing, trying to figure out this type of person or anticipate what this person is going to need. It can be soo daunting dealing with 300 people in a place seated all around you, just feeeeeeling their needs oozing from every expression they twitch. Feels as if when someones eyes make contact with mine; that they pierce me and I can see how they are receiving my physical and verbal interactions.. even while I am at one table I can easily see or hear other tables that may notice me or are making an issue of anything, with eyes constantly shifting and me thinking of the best solutions to help all the guests in the best way possible~ With all that said (had to just stop myself from describing any further in detail :P ), I have understood how foolish I have looked probably a couple thousand times before.. As much as I know that atleast half of those were just made up in my head and were never thoughts that anyone else ever even had~ I am going back to school with a more matured perspective on life now; cutting back on the social stresses when not "in training". (work.) I have forced myself to learn a lot from that time spent though. About how others think and how social connections work in much WIDER ranges than i think i ever really could and at more rapid a rate than most other occupations could allow.. If given the proper time to converse and talk to the guests who literally put money in my pockets; You can certainly learn A LOT about different people while they are enjoying a good meal and smiling service. Its like getting a seat at thousands and thousands of families birthdays, and graduations~ family visiting~ baby just born so first adult beverage in over 9 months! If you are there in just the right moments and display expertise and proper (universally acceptable) social practices~ If you come to work uniform perfect and knowledge of what and how you are doing. Then you can see how people are when they are just relaxed, hungry ready to talk and chat about anything and everything. Confidence in the things you do. Craft it. Hone it. Know it. Own it. Be it. Remember it. To succeed I think everyone should understand their limits and flaws then begin to reprocess the steps that made you think that was ever even a limit or something that could ever be deemed a flaw. We are not perfect.. AND WE NEVER WILL BE, but for ourselves and everyone else around us; we all should try to be..
@@ErikThor Of course you are Very welcome Erik! I have been just recently absorbed by all of your content over the last few days~ And it has been such a great trip soo far! I can see how much this means to you and how much you have opened your mind to possible venues! I can honestly say, that from all of the people I have listened to (probably in my lifetime even, and I do A LOT of research) that you have the most naturalistic fundamental understanding of how I have been trying to convey my thoughts on the subject matter ever since I was a child. It has been a long road with MANY hardships but I am glad I could stumble upon your channel :) Another mind I can see, just gets it~ not making videos about just THEIR lives or how THEY see others; more like please~ this is how I really really feel that other people feel! Look through their eyes! I wish that more people could see it as clearly as this; then we could really start to shape the future of humanity to be something we can all dream about! Baby steps though right ;) we have to learn how to walk one foot at a time, I feel like we have only began a brisk jog as a society/race and we are starting to get a bit winded... we have not trained for technology or its impact~ if you only have this much "X" amount of time in the day and there you have work/school/family~ If as children we learn we can just get the nearest screen and ignore everything around us and the problems to escape into that.. then we are limiting our minds to the other possibilities out there! I am a gamer 4 life; but now only as an adult can I realize fully, what I mentally draw from when I play and when I have had enough to harbor healthy thoughts. All along also I would then spend hours upon hours of following interests and ideas. Thinking about wrong or right; he said she said~ But for types that don't spend that time for their minds, they may be just bandaging the deep thoughts and feelings. It is too easy to just do that now.. not talk about our issues until they are rage and anger. I am not asking anything of you really~ Keep posting videos and I will continue watching and commenting; maybe down the line I could think of something. Watch the comments ;) Well wishes, Jay
Hey Erik! Been watching your videos for a good few months now, and I can't tell you how much your videos have been helping. As an INTP, it's hook-like-and-sinker for all this... A lot of work ahead but I'll pop by with a notebook and paper and a good hour or two to jot down notes from your videos~ thanks man!
Really enjoyed this video and the use of archetypes. You communicate your ideas well and alot resonates with me and my experience in childhood. I experienced the child and grounded architypes before but never the parent. Almost like the role is out of bounds for me. Probably a permission thing.... something to work i guess. Thanks Erik. Great video!!!
I wish schools had individualized teaching. I don't to be in the same algebra class as a kid that has to put 5*1 in his calculator. I did bad in math because of a lack of motivation and ability to remember the equations by the time of the tests. Now Ive realized its easier to just force myself to do all the work and try to finish work that our teacher hasn't gone over yet. This allows me to have more fun with the work and I actually see improvement doing this. The problem is, a lot of times our work doesn't have enough information to be able to go on without outside input that I have to wait for from the teacher. Another thing is when she gives us assignments like little worksheets that are easy but we have to wait for the rest of the class to finish to get the next problem or paper I find that I get done literally 10 times faster than most the kids in my class and im not able to just do the work and keep myself from getting bored.
Thanks I feel your pain this is my 2nd year in algebra 1 and this bitch will not allow me to leave to research terms and figure out exactly what the concept of math is and it annoying to the point I wanna hurt her feelings but my fe keeps me from doing that and my excuse is nothing I just daydream and draw in class while she looks stupid in how I got the answer right without even remotely pay any direct attention towards her an her lesson
Can your parents get you evaluated --- maybe placed in a more advanced math class the boredom would fade. If that isn't an option can you do something extracurricular (future problem solvers springs to mind). www.fpspi.org/ best to you!
Love this video!!! My only gripe would be how an INTP goes home and essentially continues its same role but keeps its thoughts in because it either can't because of a loved one or being single.... I have a loved one but I don't know how to spill my guts per say on someone and no physical activity will accommodate it lol
My current biggest struggle in life is finding the motivation to work on the things I enjoy while also trying to maintain my relationships. The family and friend drama in my life is so intense, no matter how hard I try to stay out of it. It sucks up such a huge percentage of my energy that I feel like I'm in a constant state of recovery, and I use most of my alone time just trying to relax and dull my mind until the anxiety dies down.
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone describe the situation I'm in, where I'm stuck in work mode, and I can't get out of it. If I do get out of it, I start neglecting my duties. The other problem is the lack of mental stimulation - my brain used to come up for air every few months, and then realize there still isn't any, and go hide again. Now I feel more permanently altered, not just being in a different "mode". I'm disinterested in most things at this point, and my brain doesn't have an outlet for problem solving. When I have time I could be thinking, I'm just watching tv. When I am thinking about things, it's more vague and while it does involve learning, there's something unsatisfying about it - I think it's about topics that can't be thoroughly known and doesn't involve concrete problem solving, since there's no real need to apply my mind to. I'm stuck in this Te nightmare, as far as daily responsibilities go... but at least with my brain on permanent vacation, I have no anxiety...
So what you are saying is that -in order for me to "get things done" and "make progress on projects" - I need to focus on ignoring distractions and over analyzing and "just do it" in a sense of the words of just do it - like start and keep going without allowing distractions to pull me off. - So Maybe it would be wise for me to set a timer for say "20 minutes" or "40 minutes" and not stop for anything less than an emergency and in this way I can get things done. - Because at the moment I am trying to study programming but I keep going on tangents researching about who I am as I find it important to make a good decision as to what I should study. I want to become a software developer but I always change interests in life, so this research has helped me feel like I can progress without losing interest because technology has always interested me and building stuff and programming always has new stuff. - Any thoughts on how to focus better as an INTP? Thanks in advance.
jono77seven hey!i too am an INTP and i really couldn't seem to focus on things, the fact is that if an INTP finds something interesting, they wouldn't have trouble focusing at all, I'd suggest you to consider other professions until you really feel like you can do that all your life...i know it's hard but believe me I've been through the same thing, from astronomy to programming and now finally to psychology.best of luck though......
you are an exact clone of me right now.. I am literally in the same position right now, learning programming but get distracted half way through the course. so if you've figured it out let me know. I went from becoming a doctor, to a healthcare administrator, to data scientists, and now want to go into programming/info syatems for health care IT management. but yet im here lol
Set a deadline, I know we tend to ignore them. But divide it into small everyday goals, example finish 10 chapters in 6 months, divide it to pages per day and achieve it.
I’m so lost with who I am and I know it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things since I am no one but I resonate so much with these archetypes my mind is exploding
I love this video. Such great advice to be extracted. I'm an INTP, or rather INTj, socionics Te subtype. The only thing I'd like to add is that I believe INTP's should focus on growing their Extroverted Intuition function first. It opens up so many doors and makes them more Perceiving, and less likely to get or remain stuck in an unhealthy grip. And then Ti and Fe are in turn greatly enriched by that Ne openness. Thank you :)
I have tried everything. I just can't seem to decide whether I'm an INTP or ENTP I have traits from each. I feel like mbti has its limitations and we shouldn't take it too seriously. But other times it shines and is lot more informative then other personality tests.
Look at the Big 5 Factor personality descriptor system based on: O = Openness to new experience C = Conscientiousness E = Extroversion A = Agreeableness N = Neuroticism May be a better explanation of what you are dealing with.
I found out that my husband's best friend is also INTP. So he married a female version of his best friend. And it seems we, INTPs, take more from relation with him, than he takes. I don't know what to think.
Awesome! Really Awesome! Very deep! I feel rejuvenated. Grade: A+ Very helpful. Thank you Is Eric - ESTJ or ESFJ? Bravo! Good job. Well thought & well presented.
My boyfriend tests as an INTJ but the vast majority of the description of them does not describe him. I think he is an INTP, how can I confirm that when he tests as INTJ?
From the evolutionary concept which states emotions stand as unconscious algorithms to keep you alive. Overly conscientious thinking creates a feeling of constant anxiety. Many complex internal procedures are processed unconsciously, so, repressing such a complex feeling as caring just creates different negative emotions
Well not really. Most of the world's greatest scientists were intp's, Or infp's. you being useless is your own choice. Your personality type doesn't dictate your life. It's just a guideline. Intp's could be the most useful. Just depends what your doing. Would Einstein been useful on a deserted island fighting for survival? No, but without him we wouldn't have made transistors for computers when we did. That's pretty useful, so again if you think you're useless that's your choice.
im intp I disagree with what u said round 3mins in ...u say were worried about other people's opinion 24\7 and that's not true at all IMO idk why u say that,not saying idc at all but u said we may do something that attention seeking and worried about everyones opinion and that's not trur
If you payed attention to what he was saying you would have heard that he said that particular set of archetypes was related to your grounding function or in our process tree as the inferior personality function. Essentially, it is a fallback personality function when other processes within our mind are not applicable to a situation. Subconsciously or consciously there is a desire to be accepted by others in the INTP personality type. While it may not be the dominant desire, it still exists. Recognizing this will lead you to a large amount of personal growth. It will help you refine your inner emotions and desires to a point where you can control them as you will know where they are coming from.
INTP Rules
#1 Look Confused
#2 Solve Everything
#3 Explain Everything
#4 Prove other people wrong
#5 Prove yourself Wrong
#6 Look Confused
Jeff Doe no thank you for making me laugh in the middle of the night and almost getting me beaten to death! Good god you're right xD
it contemplates my life so well
almost true.
Spot on John Doe!
"INTPs are really good at coming up with reasons not to do anything"
wow, you are speaking to my soul
I think it's one of the easiest things to do. "He has learned to do nothing, will have everything done for him."xD
Leah Streader...you sure he's not speaking to your poop, but you are eavesdropping on their conversation?
Leah Streader I LOVE this about me. I get out of so much boring stuff. LOL
INTP's need their shadow ENTJ personality to move forward, but it only comes out in life threatening situations, and then jumps back into the rabbit hole just as quickly, leaving the INTP surprised and trembling, sometimes as much ashamed as proud from their sudden leadership role...
I am basically forced to be an ENTJ to seem "with it" and "respectable" and "authoritative". I have worked very hard at honing my ENTJ image and it has helped others listen to me more.
as an intp i find having an estp partner you can really get sht done together in pretty much any situation
This cat's comment expresses the circumstances of everything I have achieved in my life. "Whoa! How did I do that?? Wait, I think I understand...nope, totally failed that time. How did I do that???"
@@corydavis8784 this very under rated comment.
The behind the scenes general who gives you the courage to emerge from the abyss of apathy
I'll stop procrastinating tommorow.
Ahahah me everyday
I would be amiss as an INTP if I didn't point out that "tommorow" is spelled "tomorrow", however, I understand because your brain at super sonic speed knew there were double letters in there and because "m" comes before "r" in the alphabet, you went for it. So actually, between us, there is no error.
@@michaeljewell726 myself,I always knew there's only one "m" but I keep writing 2😅😅
@@hawk6143 Absolutely! I can watch a movie or television show and tell you how many times a certain word has been used or repeated. How "nuts" is that? :)
@@michaeljewell726 you're a genius then
anyone else reading the comments while listening to the video? =)
Yee ap
Yes.
Yuh huh
I started zoning out in the first minute and then had to go back. #INTPProblems. I may have subconsciously been guessing what he was going to say. Who knows.
Mori Darkmoss exactly
Bruh I'm an ENTP and same. ...
Same. I keep thinking I can multitask, but I can't anymore. :P
This guy must practice with hammers, because he's hitting all the nails on their head. @7:50 "For INTPs, people are work" That is insanely accurate, and explains why I fucking hate when my phone rings at work, or when someone derails my thought process. It's absolutely infuriating!
David Liddle he is Thor after all
We are nearly insane but I wouldn't change being an INTP for anything. If the world can't get on my level, then I will have to accept being an outlier. Sadly, I don't know anybody else quite like myself.
R0YALT1 yes i if like no one understands me
R0YALT1 reach out here and find other intp seekers... isn't that why you're here to learn more about yourself? furthermore it would behoove you to.. interact with others who do understand you as I'm sure you're aware.. in one sentence.. buy the ticket take the ride.. (it's fun to take a plunge into the unknown.. it combats boredom to boot)
I'm like you!
Im an INTP who has an ENTP soulmate. She helps me express myself more and live less inside my head. as an INTP, I recommend connecting with people who can help you express yourself. After all, whats the use of all our logical reasoning when you dont have someone to share it with. It helps if they are also thinkers and perceivers. You can never get bored talking to them.
I appreciate this so much. Personality types are just a base. We are all much more complex individuals and can operate at much higher levels in all areas of our lives in time with the right awareness and execution.
Only if you want mental illness
My secrets have been revealed 😱
Fine. I admit it. I do care about people. I do put other people's happiness before my own motives. I thought I was selfish, but I guess not
Exactly
This is extremely accurate. All the passions I try to pursue.... I become frightened when I think about how I will have to work around people. Thanks for the encouragement :)
As an older INTP this is eerily accurate. Excellent!
Agreed! Now in my 40's I keep going to the Parent/Chief aspect he talked about. This video finally offered some insights that I've found missing in others.
Thank you for your insights. I am an INTP and for years i thought something was wrong with me when most of my life people would react to me and make comments as if something was wrong. Therapy helped me realize this years ago but it is reassuring listening to your videos.
Oh my god! It's been so long since I've felt so understood. It felt almost uneasy because it was as if you knew more about myself than I did. I'm so glad I watched it, now I understand myself so much better and have so much clearer goals for my future. That thing about INTPs not really being entrepreneurs as much as "fixers" rang so true, it was something that I've always been but I couldn't realize myself. Thank you!
I wish my friends were intp so I would have someone who speaks my language.
Same here.
Actually...having super close intp friends can be horrible because you can see through all the social facade
@@dylluted I think you're right,cuz I avoid everyone if they're about to get close to me, not totally avoid them cuz I like them but still,I don't open up anymore
as an INTP who has fully ventured into my feelings and is still building a framework for understanding them... I just want to thank you and others who make videos on this subject from the bottom of my heart. in a world full of people who won't really engage with me in a satisfactory way in a world that in a lot of ways Rejects my deeper functions until it shakes out something solid for their use. (which I'm ok with) it is amazingly helpful to get other people's perspective from the outside to add to the collection of perspectives I have( not all healthy ) about myself the world and my place in it.. as I've learned to develop my feeling functions it seems to only Aid My TI.. In a lot of ways it makes me more rounded person I would like to think but I digress.. I would like to let you know that people like you have helped me to understand myself much better and understand the world in a better context. and that because of this i am pursuing a degree instem although I can't nail down the major I desire yet.
OMG you've verbalised every thought I've had whilst watching this video!! It is so accurate that it's actually freaking me out...
Whoa... Thanks! This was really eye opening. I knew something was wrong with what I was doing (constant arguing) but I couldn't talk myself out of it because it seemed like what I had to do.
maybe you're an entp?
I am a 56 year old INTP and this guy knows me to a TEE!! So insightful, and especially about going in the ESFJ to check in and get grounded for people feedback, and "people are WORK!" LOL, so true....great stuff, nice job, and thanks
PLEASE keep with INTP because I need this
Unlike some other people pontificating about MBTI on RUclips, you actually seem to have some depth of knowledge about each type. I always learn a "why" that makes sense from your stuff, whereas with others, I'm like "WTF? That is a shallow overgeneralization that I have not found to be remotely true in real life." It seems like you have met and studied a couple of actual people at least. If not, props to your theoretical understanding.
Thanks for this! I'm INTP and have been in an entry level retail job (A store like Walmart.) for 16 years now as a cashier. It wasn't until 4 years ago that I got the courage up to try learning the customer service desk as well. So I do both, and I have such low self esteem as an INTP that I just don't know what to do. I have a certificate in graphic design that I'm not confident in. I've been in therapy for along time now because of child abuse and have been diagnosed with PTSD, OCD, GAD, and DPD. But I keep grinding myself into a rut which is exhausting and depressing.
Check out art therapy. It might be good with your design interest. But schedule your art therapy time, honor your calendar, let yourself enjoy it...I would also ask you to get into group therapy look into NAMI for your state they have free/low cost local groups. I have seen in other video comments people feeling better equipped for life using yoga and/or meditation. Maybe doing video recordings to talk things out is more helpful (you can do that here on YT, just keep video set to private). You have a lot on your plate. Remind yourself of the positive happening right now and recall how those positive things started --- courage as well as optimism. Wishing you all you need to move forward.
Being an INTP not in an ideal job for my brain and wondering why other people get to do the cool things, I think I've realized that it comes more down to what I think of myself than what I am doing. If you have confidence in yourself where you're at, you can go places - but you don't NEED to, because you have self-respect and confidence regardless of where you are and can totally own what you're doing. Do your job as your true artist self working at a store, not as whatever you think of store employees.
I'm just as interesting or intelligent as any scientist, and you I'm sure are just as artistic as any artist. So why don't we get to be those people? Just start being that person, job or no job. Let that be who you are. I wonder if INTPs are more vulnerable to trauma affecting their view of themselves, or more vulnerable to their view of themselves affecting their level of ability to function. I've had such minor rejection and disappointment in my life compared to actual trauma, and it's completely derailed my whole life.
I'm always getting raises and especially when I am tired of being used for my skills. Yes I can learn things fast and easy but no I don't want so everyone else's job because they are slower. I don't want more money I just want to be free to solve my own work problems.
Can you get career counseling? Maybe through local employment office they are there for everyone, not just unemployed folks. If you attended college your school should have services you can use.
I'd gladly trade you. I need there to be a need for my problem solving.
This was SUCH a great video! It does a fantastic job at articulating the thoughts and ideas that can completely overtake our entire day! I have struggled with this deeply for a very long time myself~ I have been working at a decently/very busy restaurant for 10 years now.. I always have thought of EVERY single day of my time there as a training in mental control in social situations.. still 10 years later; With the smallest social obligation (say, a guest comes in and I am very busy; but I known them for years and years) it makes me feel such a crushing pressure about how I need to deal with that situation AND juggle my trained expertise at my job~ It varies from situation to situation and as with social dynamics nothing is completely sent in stone as to how someone is going to react with any given sentence that you say. It has been a constant mind game I have been playing, trying to figure out this type of person or anticipate what this person is going to need. It can be soo daunting dealing with 300 people in a place seated all around you, just feeeeeeling their needs oozing from every expression they twitch. Feels as if when someones eyes make contact with mine; that they pierce me and I can see how they are receiving my physical and verbal interactions.. even while I am at one table I can easily see or hear other tables that may notice me or are making an issue of anything, with eyes constantly shifting and me thinking of the best solutions to help all the guests in the best way possible~
With all that said (had to just stop myself from describing any further in detail :P ), I have understood how foolish I have looked probably a couple thousand times before.. As much as I know that atleast half of those were just made up in my head and were never thoughts that anyone else ever even had~ I am going back to school with a more matured perspective on life now; cutting back on the social stresses when not "in training". (work.) I have forced myself to learn a lot from that time spent though. About how others think and how social connections work in much WIDER ranges than i think i ever really could and at more rapid a rate than most other occupations could allow.. If given the proper time to converse and talk to the guests who literally put money in my pockets; You can certainly learn A LOT about different people while they are enjoying a good meal and smiling service. Its like getting a seat at thousands and thousands of families birthdays, and graduations~ family visiting~ baby just born so first adult beverage in over 9 months! If you are there in just the right moments and display expertise and proper (universally acceptable) social practices~ If you come to work uniform perfect and knowledge of what and how you are doing. Then you can see how people are when they are just relaxed, hungry ready to talk and chat about anything and everything.
Confidence in the things you do. Craft it. Hone it. Know it. Own it. Be it. Remember it.
To succeed I think everyone should understand their limits and flaws then begin to reprocess the steps that made you think that was ever even a limit or something that could ever be deemed a flaw. We are not perfect.. AND WE NEVER WILL BE, but for ourselves and everyone else around us; we all should try to be..
ps. Just subbed.
Thanks so much for your support and your wise words, let me know if there's anything I can do for you!
Warm regards, Erik
@@ErikThor Of course you are Very welcome Erik! I have been just recently absorbed by all of your content over the last few days~ And it has been such a great trip soo far! I can see how much this means to you and how much you have opened your mind to possible venues!
I can honestly say, that from all of the people I have listened to (probably in my lifetime even, and I do A LOT of research) that you have the most naturalistic fundamental understanding of how I have been trying to convey my thoughts on the subject matter ever since I was a child. It has been a long road with MANY hardships but I am glad I could stumble upon your channel :) Another mind I can see, just gets it~ not making videos about just THEIR lives or how THEY see others; more like please~ this is how I really really feel that other people feel! Look through their eyes!
I wish that more people could see it as clearly as this; then we could really start to shape the future of humanity to be something we can all dream about! Baby steps though right ;) we have to learn how to walk one foot at a time, I feel like we have only began a brisk jog as a society/race and we are starting to get a bit winded... we have not trained for technology or its impact~ if you only have this much "X" amount of time in the day and there you have work/school/family~
If as children we learn we can just get the nearest screen and ignore everything around us and the problems to escape into that.. then we are limiting our minds to the other possibilities out there! I am a gamer 4 life; but now only as an adult can I realize fully, what I mentally draw from when I play and when I have had enough to harbor healthy thoughts. All along also I would then spend hours upon hours of following interests and ideas. Thinking about wrong or right; he said she said~ But for types that don't spend that time for their minds, they may be just bandaging the deep thoughts and feelings. It is too easy to just do that now.. not talk about our issues until they are rage and anger.
I am not asking anything of you really~ Keep posting videos and I will continue watching and commenting; maybe down the line I could think of something. Watch the comments ;)
Well wishes,
Jay
Your exact description and tips are overwhelming... I think I need a moment.
I've been thinking to slow down my delivery a little in future videos. :)
I listened to this once... and then I put it on repeat in the background while reading fanfic cause his voice is just so soothing ahhhh
Hey Erik! Been watching your videos for a good few months now, and I can't tell you how much your videos have been helping. As an INTP, it's hook-like-and-sinker for all this... A lot of work ahead but I'll pop by with a notebook and paper and a good hour or two to jot down notes from your videos~ thanks man!
You're the smartest person I've ever listened to.
Kali Teixeira You should listen to Noam Chomsky.
Erik you really have this subject nailed. Enjoying these videos very much. Great work!
I went to my normal intp self and then lost it 3 days later, Im making myself find myself again
Horrible isnt it
Do it...
Thanks very much for that ~ it helped a lot in navigating my life.
Really enjoyed this video and the use of archetypes. You communicate your ideas well and alot resonates with me and my experience in childhood. I experienced the child and grounded architypes before but never the parent. Almost like the role is out of bounds for me. Probably a permission thing.... something to work i guess. Thanks Erik. Great video!!!
3:42 My greatest flaw
elijah plummer same
I wish schools had individualized teaching. I don't to be in the same algebra class as a kid that has to put 5*1 in his calculator. I did bad in math because of a lack of motivation and ability to remember the equations by the time of the tests. Now Ive realized its easier to just force myself to do all the work and try to finish work that our teacher hasn't gone over yet. This allows me to have more fun with the work and I actually see improvement doing this. The problem is, a lot of times our work doesn't have enough information to be able to go on without outside input that I have to wait for from the teacher. Another thing is when she gives us assignments like little worksheets that are easy but we have to wait for the rest of the class to finish to get the next problem or paper I find that I get done literally 10 times faster than most the kids in my class and im not able to just do the work and keep myself from getting bored.
Thanks I feel your pain this is my 2nd year in algebra 1 and this bitch will not allow me to leave to research terms and figure out exactly what the concept of math is and it annoying to the point I wanna hurt her feelings but my fe keeps me from doing that and my excuse is nothing I just daydream and draw in class while she looks stupid in how I got the answer right without even remotely pay any direct attention towards her an her lesson
Woah
Can your parents get you evaluated --- maybe placed in a more advanced math class the boredom would fade. If that isn't an option can you do something extracurricular (future problem solvers springs to mind).
www.fpspi.org/
best to you!
kahn academy (free) online for getting ahead/being interested in math. Maybe after a while you could be running circles around your teacher. ;)
The part where you talk about the child archetype fits my childhood so well its a bit scary.
Great content. Very insightful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
I love you Erik, you are the best person to get this info from as you are relatable
Love this video!!! My only gripe would be how an INTP goes home and essentially continues its same role but keeps its thoughts in because it either can't because of a loved one or being single.... I have a loved one but I don't know how to spill my guts per say on someone and no physical activity will accommodate it lol
This has been so helpful. Thank you!
My current biggest struggle in life is finding the motivation to work on the things I enjoy while also trying to maintain my relationships. The family and friend drama in my life is so intense, no matter how hard I try to stay out of it. It sucks up such a huge percentage of my energy that I feel like I'm in a constant state of recovery, and I use most of my alone time just trying to relax and dull my mind until the anxiety dies down.
This guy knows his stuff, hit the nail on everything.
As an INTP I struggle with these things. Great video!
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone describe the situation I'm in, where I'm stuck in work mode, and I can't get out of it. If I do get out of it, I start neglecting my duties. The other problem is the lack of mental stimulation - my brain used to come up for air every few months, and then realize there still isn't any, and go hide again. Now I feel more permanently altered, not just being in a different "mode". I'm disinterested in most things at this point, and my brain doesn't have an outlet for problem solving. When I have time I could be thinking, I'm just watching tv. When I am thinking about things, it's more vague and while it does involve learning, there's something unsatisfying about it - I think it's about topics that can't be thoroughly known and doesn't involve concrete problem solving, since there's no real need to apply my mind to. I'm stuck in this Te nightmare, as far as daily responsibilities go... but at least with my brain on permanent vacation, I have no anxiety...
So what you are saying is that -in order for me to "get things done" and "make progress on projects" - I need to focus on ignoring distractions and over analyzing and "just do it" in a sense of the words of just do it - like start and keep going without allowing distractions to pull me off.
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So Maybe it would be wise for me to set a timer for say "20 minutes" or "40 minutes" and not stop for anything less than an emergency and in this way I can get things done.
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Because at the moment I am trying to study programming but I keep going on tangents researching about who I am as I find it important to make a good decision as to what I should study. I want to become a software developer but I always change interests in life, so this research has helped me feel like I can progress without losing interest because technology has always interested me and building stuff and programming always has new stuff.
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Any thoughts on how to focus better as an INTP?
Thanks in advance.
jono77seven hey!i too am an INTP and i really couldn't seem to focus on things, the fact is that if an INTP finds something interesting, they wouldn't have trouble focusing at all, I'd suggest you to consider other professions until you really feel like you can do that all your life...i know it's hard but believe me I've been through the same thing, from astronomy to programming and now finally to psychology.best of luck though......
you are an exact clone of me right now.. I am literally in the same position right now, learning programming but get distracted half way through the course. so if you've figured it out let me know. I went from becoming a doctor, to a healthcare administrator, to data scientists, and now want to go into programming/info syatems for health care IT management. but yet im here lol
Suicide? Just brainstorming
Set a deadline, I know we tend to ignore them. But divide it into small everyday goals, example finish 10 chapters in 6 months, divide it to pages per day and achieve it.
This really helped me. Thanks for posting it.
So many ideas! There is lot here to process.
this was the most accurate intp video i have ever watched
Excellent , it's scary that you know so much about me !!!
My goodness. I am an INTP.
I first took the test when I was a teenager..
..and I was INFJ.
You speak from my mind.
People are work - yes!
I thank you for your hard work. :)
It's so hard to try to talk to people about my ideas or philosophy because they never get what I mean.
Wow, totally spot on! Thanks
Great video, very helpful.-an INTP
I’m so lost with who I am and I know it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things since I am no one but I resonate so much with these archetypes my mind is exploding
I don't know why you said intp's aren't rational or intellectual that is literally all we are. We base our entire life around those 2 concepts
I would say that statement would be true socially but not outside of that, which is an important distinction to recognize.
Preach
You know me better than I do. How do you know so much about the types? Your videos are amazing btw
So so very accurate. You know me so well!!!
I love this video. Such great advice to be extracted. I'm an INTP, or rather INTj, socionics Te subtype. The only thing I'd like to add is that I believe INTP's should focus on growing their Extroverted Intuition function first. It opens up so many doors and makes them more Perceiving, and less likely to get or remain stuck in an unhealthy grip. And then Ti and Fe are in turn greatly enriched by that Ne openness. Thank you :)
Thank you for this.
Hola. ¿podrías colocar subtitulo en español? coloco los de youtube, pero no son muy buenos. Gracias!
Ouch! that was painfully insightful. LOL
Are you familiar with Model G for INTPs? going into ENFP mode when getting excited about their theories?
I have tried everything. I just can't seem to decide whether I'm an INTP or ENTP I have traits from each. I feel like mbti has its limitations and we shouldn't take it too seriously. But other times it shines and is lot more informative then other personality tests.
Look at the Big 5 Factor personality descriptor system based on:
O = Openness to new experience
C = Conscientiousness
E = Extroversion
A = Agreeableness
N = Neuroticism
May be a better explanation of what you are dealing with.
I found out that my husband's best friend is also INTP. So he married a female version of his best friend. And it seems we, INTPs, take more from relation with him, than he takes. I don't know what to think.
Awesome! Really Awesome! Very deep!
I feel rejuvenated.
Grade: A+
Very helpful.
Thank you
Is Eric - ESTJ or ESFJ?
Bravo! Good job. Well thought & well presented.
Great videos! You are very intuitive and clearly have a vast understanding of all the MBTI archetypes. I'm curious to know what your MBTI type is.
Nevermind, I see your comment below where you said you are INFJ. It all makes more sense now ;-).
Thank you!
My boyfriend tests as an INTJ but the vast majority of the description of them does not describe him. I think he is an INTP, how can I confirm that when he tests as INTJ?
I'm an INTP, but i don't care about people's opinions. Where does the idea that we care come from?
Chrystax Thompson as an INTP you did not break the role he said on the video but u already started the arguing in your mind.
From the evolutionary concept which states emotions stand as unconscious algorithms to keep you alive. Overly conscientious thinking creates a feeling of constant anxiety. Many complex internal procedures are processed unconsciously, so, repressing such a complex feeling as caring just creates different negative emotions
This was very interesting - Could you do one on ENTPS???
YOu are so Fucking right that Striked My soul!
If you don't mind me asking, what is your first language? You have a heavy accent but you still have a very strong grasp on English.
So TRUE THAT MADE ME CRY!
Ultimate redpill
So we INTP's are practically useless
Well not really. Most of the world's greatest scientists were intp's, Or infp's. you being useless is your own choice. Your personality type doesn't dictate your life. It's just a guideline. Intp's could be the most useful. Just depends what your doing. Would Einstein been useful on a deserted island fighting for survival? No, but without him we wouldn't have made transistors for computers when we did. That's pretty useful, so again if you think you're useless that's your choice.
Same here :/
Far from it, but a classic response to hearing negative feedback about yourself lol
thanks for the warning
Thank you
im intp I disagree with what u said round 3mins in ...u say were worried about other people's opinion 24\7 and that's not true at all IMO idk why u say that,not saying idc at all but u said we may do something that attention seeking and worried about everyones opinion and that's not trur
If you payed attention to what he was saying you would have heard that he said that particular set of archetypes was related to your grounding function or in our process tree as the inferior personality function. Essentially, it is a fallback personality function when other processes within our mind are not applicable to a situation. Subconsciously or consciously there is a desire to be accepted by others in the INTP personality type. While it may not be the dominant desire, it still exists. Recognizing this will lead you to a large amount of personal growth. It will help you refine your inner emotions and desires to a point where you can control them as you will know where they are coming from.
Texas Roast ok thanks for explaining
RIFKIN 666 are you sure you’re an INTP? your grammar is terrible.
Alejandro Corona He is probably replying on a phone.
At the Start of 3:55 I REALLY REALLY REALLY RELATE TO THAT!
Even though I get INFP in tests many times
Meditation helps!
I feel like I finally found the planet I am from, lol
Planet vulcan? :P
You may be the next president. Holy shit
im in school
I'm an INTP
No
first wait im not happy im always to be the first when i ma i dont even care why world what have you done world please tell me this is stupid isnt it
#truth
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Meh