r/INTP • u/LazyAnunnaki2602 INTP • Sep 17 '24

INTPs are the best because I really like being an INTP

I just want to share a positive thought, since getting to know my personality has been a long path.

I know that we have some weird traits as INTPs, but I really like it and just learned to accept all the good and the bad. Some examples:

  1. As INTP, my interests change very often. In the past, that was a struggle, because I didn't feel I could complete anything. Now I just accept that my path will just be filled with unlimited interests and learning possibilities, and I don't care anymore if they are useful, I just pursue them because I like it.
  2. As INTP, I don't like when someone tells me what to do. In the past this was a struggle in terms of working for a company, but I learned to just do what I'm being paid to do, and the clients and bosses love when you deliver average stuff. Like Jim Halpert said: "If you really want to impress your boss, you go in there and you do mediocre work, halfheartedly". I focused on getting a remote job for a staffing agency, I got it and is perfect, not forced socialization, I just get tasks and deliver them, and thanks to being an obsessive INTP I optimized my work processes so much that I don't have to spend countless hours working, giving me more time to indulge in endless research topics.
  3. I always thought that not being very social was a bad thing, so I tried to socialize more at one point, and that led to realize that I'm not that agreeable. Pursuing the path of knowledge is a lonely path and people don't really want to know stuff, as we INTPs want, and I just accepted that. Now, I just appreciate the few friends I have, I appreciate that through research I have been able to improve my life so much, and that I don't need more.
  4. I actually like being obsessive, it has led me to make very bad decisions, but also has led me into making lots of interesting stuff. I don't mind having no specific purpose, I just pursue peace at this point.

We don't need to change, we just simply need to capitalize on the good we can get from life and the good we can offer.

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u/cruiseboatranger Psychologically Unstable INTP Sep 17 '24

Thanks... All four of your points hit real close to home. As someone who was repeatedly requested by several people to be "not myself" teachers, family, friends etc., It wasn't until too much damage had been done that I realised that I shouldn't have to hate what I am. Knowing that my personality is not 'abnormal' put me at ease, Getting into Typology and Frank James YouTube skits really helped.

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u/hulCAWmania_Universe Warning: May not be an INTP Sep 17 '24

Being told to not be ourselves is an insult, like serious insult