Advice appreciated: Am I INTP or INFJ?

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Space_Ace_Android

Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a great morning afternoon/evening/night.

I read that INFP and INTPs often mistype as each other and I'm curious if I'm a INTP who's been mistyping for an INFP for a while. I've taken many Myers Briggs tests and they all said that I'm INFP, but when I take tests on "how to tell if you INFP or INTP" I get mixed results.

I'm guessing that's because those tests are mainly based on testing how much you value logic, and I love theoretical questions, philosophy, science, and overthinking. It's a bit jarring to read descriptions of INFPs as people who dislike science and organisation (definitely not true for me), but I don't fit the usual description of INTPs either since I try to make everyone happy even if that means hiding what I think the truth is.

I think I've mostly answered my own question. I'm reasonably certain (about 90 percent) that I'm an INFP who has an approach to logic that's typical of INTPs. I could just be an emotional INTP who greatly values making others feel valued however.

Does anyone have advice on how to gain greater clarity? And personality type would you peg me as and why?

Some random facts that I hope will be helpful if you want to accurately type me:

My best subject in school was English, but I also got A's in every single science based subject like Chemistry and Biology. In the fantasy novel I'm writing, I want to create a very detailed conlang that's realistic enough to be a naturally evolved language, make a map complete with tectonic plates, and other assorted sciencey/pedantic-y stuff, but the reason I started writing the novel in the first place was to understand people on a deep level and explore different emotional states and ideas.

Aaaand now I'm uncertain again. Help. At least I know I'm I, N, and P for sure -- it's reassuring to have that certainty.

Thank you for reading all of this. Please enjoy a photo of a sea sheep, an adorable type of nudibranch. (Also you are permitted to enjoy the cute sea sheep even if you did not read all of this and just skimmed straight to the cuteness.)

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· #3 · 22 d ago

Space_Ace_Android said:
Hello everyone!

I hope you're having a great morning afternoon/evening/night.

I read that INFP and INTPs often mistype as each other and I'm curious if I'm a INTP who's been mistyping for an INFP for a while. I've taken many Myers Briggs tests and they all said that I'm INFP, but when I take tests on "how to tell if you INFP or INTP" I get mixed results.

I'm guessing that's because those tests are mainly based on testing how much you value logic, and I love theoretical questions, philosophy, science, and overthinking. It's a bit jarring to read descriptions of INFPs as people who dislike science and organisation (definitely not true for me), but I don't fit the usual description of INTPs either since I try to make everyone happy even if that means hiding what I think the truth is.

I think I've mostly answered my own question. I'm reasonably certain (about 90 percent) that I'm an INFP who has an approach to logic that's typical of INTPs. I could just be an emotional INTP who greatly values making others feel valued however.

Does anyone have advice on how to gain greater clarity? And personality type would you peg me as and why?

Some random facts that I hope will be helpful if you want to accurately type me:

My best subject in school was English, but I also got A's in every single science based subject like Chemistry and Biology. In the fantasy novel I'm writing, I want to create a very detailed conlang that's realistic enough to be a naturally evolved language, make a map complete with tectonic plates, and other assorted sciencey/pedantic-y stuff, but the reason I started writing the novel in the first place was to understand people on a deep level and explore different emotional states and ideas.

Aaaand now I'm uncertain again. Help. At least I know I'm I, N, and P for sure -- it's reassuring to have that certainty.

Thank you for reading all of this. Please enjoy a photo of a sea sheep, an adorable type of nudibranch. (Also you are permitted to enjoy the cute sea sheep even if you did not read all of this and just skimmed straight to the cuteness.)

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INFPs and INTPs are quite different from each other, INFP = Fi-Te axis and INTPs are Ti-Fe axis, they couldn't be further from each other in their judging axis. The part they are similar to each other is their perceiving axis (Ne-Si)

So what you want to look for is whether you're an Fi-Te user or an Ti-Fe user, it's incredibly easy to differentiate coz Fi users get their value judgements, principles, morals etc... from within, this means Fi users don't really care if others feel differently, coz we see ourselves as individuals when it comes to principles, values, morality etc... Fe users kinda have "objective morality" or looks at the group consensus, kinda like taking a group of Fi user's Fis and going off that.

Furthermore, it should be simple to determine whether your dom function is Fi or Ti, they can't be further from each other, Fi is about how you feel about everything, Ti is just logic...

Don't look at shit like N vs S vs P vs J vs I vs E and all that beginner crap, it's all cognitive functions that matter.

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· #6 · 22 d ago

Space_Ace_Android said:
Thank you for your advice!

I've been doing research, and my Ti beats my Fi by a landslide. 95 percent versus 65 percent. I find it fascinating that I've consistently typed as INFP on every test that doesn't measure for cognitive functions and get mixed results when I use tests that do account for this. So it seems I'm an INTP who mistyped as INFP because I fit the stereotypes of INFP much more than I fit the stereotypes of INTPs. (I love fantasy novels, doodling, and other forms of creative expression.)

The fact that I related to Data (a mostly emotionless android) more than any other character I'd seen or read about before should have clued me in. He's why my username is Space_Ace_Android, by the way.

Have a great day! Here's a nudibranch for your thoughts/insights.

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Glad to be of help, heres a cheat sheet which you can refer to from now on, I still use it till this day coz my Si is garbage

You will see here that if u can identify your dominant function or any function in their correct preference slot, you immediately eliminate 16 types down to 2

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· #8 · 22 d ago

Space_Ace_Android said:
Thank you so much! That looks incredibly useful.

Took a few tests:

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Ti, Ni, then Fe, then Te. Close enough to the INTP on the chart for me to be reasonable certain.

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Pretty consistent results so far!

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Mistype investigator said I was most likely ENTP followed by INTP (and since I'm definitely not an extrovert that means INTP is most likely). Not entirely sure how much I trust this test though since it thinks I'm an extrovert when my ideal life includes being able to write in a cozy place for an entire week without having to speak to anyone.

It's great to get consistent results even though my functions don't match INTP exactly.

Thank you so much for the help! Have another nudibranch. (Closing off with nudibranchs because a) I have no idea how to end messages properly and b) I love these fascinating fellas and am looking for any excuse, no matter how flimsy, to share them with the world)

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See the problem here is both your Ti and Ni are scored highly but if you refer to that diagram I shared earlier, INTPs have Ne not Ni in their top 4 so if you're adamant that you're Ni Ti then you can only be either INFJ or ISTP because they're literally the only types that allows for high Ni AND Ti. (1st and 3rd functions are both favored/used and are both optimistic function slots, 2nd and 4th function slots are pessimistic)

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· #11 · 22 d ago

Space_Ace_Android said:
Thank you so much for helping me figure this out. I greatly appreciate all the time you're spending and all the amazing info you've shared.

Time to do more research on functions.

(Sorry for my late reply -- didn't want my response to be rushed/low quality)

Hold on a second -- I think I figured something out. I can hyper focus on certain things with great intensity for years -- I studied people for a long while. It's possible to become proficient/decent at a skill even if you have no natural talent, you just have to be very stubborn for quite some time. Do you think that artificially bumped up my Fe/Fi Ne/Ni stats? I used to not be able to empathise well because I couldn't understand different perspectives, but that was a problem, so I fixed it. It's difficult but I like the challenge and I like being of service. I also studied people not just to solve problems but also because I hoped to find someone to relate to and because it was reassuring.

I took the test again and spent more time on the questions even if I thought the answer was obvious -- it says most likely INTP instead of inconclusive. Progress!

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I think I'm primarily INTP with a few wonky cognitive functions due to being autistic -- do you agree with this assessment or do you think I should keep looking?

Also, more nudibranchs.

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Your first mistake is assuming a test thats essentially asking you whether you prefer this or that is going to give you accurate results, as soon as I saw your results I knew the test was basically off by a landslide, how can you have Fi and Fe both at 90% lol that says u have the same preference between the 2 which is impossible if we're assuming MBTI is accurate and how can you have 0% Se lol by this logic if you take zero in the moment sensory info, you shouldn't even be able to see or hear

You see what I'm getting at?

I think whats happening is you're answering these questions with extreme bias, you're not being your natural you or overthinking each question etc... probably better if u just hang around the forums for awhile, reply to posts and how you are naturally over a long period of time is gonna be more accurate than you continuously taking tests again and again with skewed results.

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