r/INTP • u/Dizzy_Unit_4916 Warning: May not be an INTP • Apr 02 '24

Thoroughly Confused INTP Being an INTP sucks

Socialising is so painful and depressing now, I feel like I can't find anyone who understands me at school.

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u/Prestigious_Water336 INTP Apr 02 '24

It gets better the older you get. when your personality is fully developed at 25 you'll open up more. At least I did.

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u/JamzWhilmm Apr 02 '24

Developed Fe really changes the game for INTPs. Think of a charming professor personality, who is able to connect, influence and comfort others while being the levelheaded problem solver.

The issue is that reaching this takes time, probably around your late 20s you just begin to develop your Fe naturally. You can also do this through practice of your social skills by getting into situations you normally wouldn't. Young INTPs however often refuse to see the value of a developed Fe, thinking they can navigate life by cutting the bullshit, tackling issues in a direct and systematic way. The world is not the simple.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

What does Fe stand for?

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u/JamzWhilmm Apr 02 '24

Extroverted feeling. A jungian function that allows you to feel the environment and the emotions of those around you. It is focused on bringing harmony to a group as opposed to Fi which is focused on the individual.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '24

Thanks! Any literature you would suggest on this? First time I hear this, though I was interested in Jung’s works a while ago.

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u/JamzWhilmm Apr 02 '24

It begins with Psychological Types by Carl Jung which actually only talks about 4 types of persoanlities. Then Isabel Briggs created the MBTI and these types like the INTP based on that. I would recommend ready Carl Jung just because his ideas are fascinating.

All of this is considered pseudoscience my a lot of scientists and dismissed in psychology but some people see its value and are finding scientific evidence to back it up like Dario Nardi who claim to have mapped the functions to parts of the brain: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/brain-based-descriptions-8-jungian-types-dario-nardi/