I wasn't ever going to do this, but here I am...
Last time someone suggested I might be an ENTP I sort of blew up at them. Sorry, <insert username I've forgotten>!
Okay, let's do this: Lately, a lot of things have been making me question my type. I thought I was an INTP, in fact I was as sure as I get about these things, but then there was a thread comparing the two or something and I identified more with the ENTP part.
One example, from this thread:
Perhaps not the best one, but it was the one I remembered. Also, there was something about ENTPs being better at putting things in terms other people can understand, which I am very good at, in general.
The cognitive function test gives me this answer: Ne>Ti>Se>Fi>Fe>Ni>Si , and says I'm probably an ENTP.
What makes me doubt my INTPness the most is how I use my Fe. I remember having an ephiphany when I was 12: "Other people feel things, too :shocked:" I mean I knew before, sort of, but that's when it sort of hit home that what I said and did affected other people. Also, lately I've been trying to conciously develop Fe, which apparently you cannot do with your inferior function?
Si, on the other hand... Isn't that all about traditions and repetition? I read in the article section of the ENTP-forum that ENTP-children often want to hear the same parts of a story again and again (although I thought that was all children in general, actually), which is spot on, same with the arguing - I love a good argument (in both senses of the word, which is weird considering I'm pretty sure I'm a type 9, but the other parts of the 9 description fits me much better than that of type 5, so *shrug*) - and liking new things.
I'm awful with noticing details like spelling errors (my own, anyway), errors in math (I always, always lose a minus sign somwehere, either that or a number, and then it takes a real effort to find where I went wrong) and dirty floors and the like, the latter I usually need to have pointed out to me before I can see it. And I don't like doing things the same way they've always been done just because they've always been done like that (I feel this should be obvious, but I suspect it might not be), for example I hated, literally hated, the tradition of dancing around the christmas-tree when I was a kid and escaped into the hallway when the rest of the class did this at school. It seemed so POINTLESS and I remember working myself into a rage about the whole thing (which seems faintly ridiculous now I think about it).
Okay now on to why I think I may be an extrovert: I get energized when I share ideas with people, and love shocking people. It's the best feeling in the world when you know someone has a certain perception of you and then you just shatter that completely with one comment :crazy:. And I'm much better at telling stories if I have an audience - I've tried writing for myself, but it feels sort of pointless when I can't get input from others underway, it helps to talk the story through with a couple people - and I love brainstorming, when it works (some people are terrible at that, they frustrate me to death).
I don't really have a problem with, and sometimes even thrive, in a group situation, where the conversation bounces around from topic to topic. I remember thinking, when I was younger, how much easier conversation was with a group of three people as opposed to one-on-one.
Why I think I'm an introvert: I like talking to people one on one (even though, thinking about it, I may actually be more comfortable with a group of people sometimes, if the other person isn't a close friend), and sometimes people are tiring.
I identify like whoa with a lot of examples on the "You know you're an INTP when..." list.
I spend a lot of time by myself, I lurk a lot on forums until I think of something to say, often I think I come off as pretty quiet compared to some people, but quite outspoken compared to others.
I guess I could be an ENTP who's just barely on the E side of the E/I-sliding scale? I halfway convinced myself during this post. Still. What do you think, O wise and all-knowing internets? Any questions, answers, comments?
As an aside, WOW. This must be my longest post, ever.
Last time someone suggested I might be an ENTP I sort of blew up at them. Sorry, <insert username I've forgotten>!
Okay, let's do this: Lately, a lot of things have been making me question my type. I thought I was an INTP, in fact I was as sure as I get about these things, but then there was a thread comparing the two or something and I identified more with the ENTP part.
One example, from this thread:
(although, here I am, talking about the pieces...)An INTP will strive to categorize everything, pull it apart into pieces and give every piece as precise label as possible. An ENTP will try to do the opposite, take the little pieces of information thrown at him and unify it into one whole. An INTP is concerned primarily that the pieces of the puzzle are connected in a way that makes sense. An ENTP is concerned primarily with the picture the puzzle depicts when it is put together.
Perhaps not the best one, but it was the one I remembered. Also, there was something about ENTPs being better at putting things in terms other people can understand, which I am very good at, in general.
The cognitive function test gives me this answer: Ne>Ti>Se>Fi>Fe>Ni>Si , and says I'm probably an ENTP.
What makes me doubt my INTPness the most is how I use my Fe. I remember having an ephiphany when I was 12: "Other people feel things, too :shocked:" I mean I knew before, sort of, but that's when it sort of hit home that what I said and did affected other people. Also, lately I've been trying to conciously develop Fe, which apparently you cannot do with your inferior function?
Si, on the other hand... Isn't that all about traditions and repetition? I read in the article section of the ENTP-forum that ENTP-children often want to hear the same parts of a story again and again (although I thought that was all children in general, actually), which is spot on, same with the arguing - I love a good argument (in both senses of the word, which is weird considering I'm pretty sure I'm a type 9, but the other parts of the 9 description fits me much better than that of type 5, so *shrug*) - and liking new things.
I'm awful with noticing details like spelling errors (my own, anyway), errors in math (I always, always lose a minus sign somwehere, either that or a number, and then it takes a real effort to find where I went wrong) and dirty floors and the like, the latter I usually need to have pointed out to me before I can see it. And I don't like doing things the same way they've always been done just because they've always been done like that (I feel this should be obvious, but I suspect it might not be), for example I hated, literally hated, the tradition of dancing around the christmas-tree when I was a kid and escaped into the hallway when the rest of the class did this at school. It seemed so POINTLESS and I remember working myself into a rage about the whole thing (which seems faintly ridiculous now I think about it).
Okay now on to why I think I may be an extrovert: I get energized when I share ideas with people, and love shocking people. It's the best feeling in the world when you know someone has a certain perception of you and then you just shatter that completely with one comment :crazy:. And I'm much better at telling stories if I have an audience - I've tried writing for myself, but it feels sort of pointless when I can't get input from others underway, it helps to talk the story through with a couple people - and I love brainstorming, when it works (some people are terrible at that, they frustrate me to death).
I don't really have a problem with, and sometimes even thrive, in a group situation, where the conversation bounces around from topic to topic. I remember thinking, when I was younger, how much easier conversation was with a group of three people as opposed to one-on-one.
Why I think I'm an introvert: I like talking to people one on one (even though, thinking about it, I may actually be more comfortable with a group of people sometimes, if the other person isn't a close friend), and sometimes people are tiring.
I identify like whoa with a lot of examples on the "You know you're an INTP when..." list.
I spend a lot of time by myself, I lurk a lot on forums until I think of something to say, often I think I come off as pretty quiet compared to some people, but quite outspoken compared to others.
I guess I could be an ENTP who's just barely on the E side of the E/I-sliding scale? I halfway convinced myself during this post. Still. What do you think, O wise and all-knowing internets? Any questions, answers, comments?
As an aside, WOW. This must be my longest post, ever.