Screaming XNTP Stuff

Has anyone ever met an INFP, ENTP, ENFP or INTP who didn't state their type immediately followed by:

XSFX .. You are not taking no for an answer

XSTX .. You think you always know best

XNFX .. You always want to feel so different

XNTX .. You try to be so complicated

I know a lot of people struggle with this and I honestly think that is even tricky for close friends/family to help you with this:

The difference between F and T

Even though they seem worlds apart...

Some people are highly emotional, but still base their decisions on logic

But people tend to only see your emotional side and push you torwards F

Also some people are very good at hiding their feelings, eventhough they influence their every move and are taken for being cool and more T

So the question is: how can you know?

XSFX ... You are there for me

XNFX ... You try to understand me

XNTX ... You challenge me

Fi and Ne : Nothing can bring me down

Fi and Se : this will only make me stronger

Fe and Si : I can handle this

I could not describe it

Ti and Ne: I will find a solution, whatever happens

Ti and Se: I can find the best way to handle all this

Te and Ni: I am prepared for every option

Te and Si: I know the best way for this situation

For Fe is linked with Ti, their selfishness often revolves around ideas, concepts, thoughts

Te is linked with Fi and their selfishness is connected to their values, beliefs, uniqueness

Ti is selfish in their attitude of : How do I make this work for me?

Fi is selfish in living like this : How can get what works for me?

Ti stays true to it's goal whereas Fi stays true no matter what.

High Fi users of course change their minds, but always under the premise that they do what they believe in. They are good at justifying.

High Ti users do "what needs to be done" and would rarely question their motifs.

Fi acts like selfish, but thinks of and believes in the community

1. More than other functions, this is what you are, how you seem

2. It's the vibe you give off, when relaxed

3. Generally speaking Fi is cool, sharp and solid, whereas Fe is warm, diffuse and soft

4. This does not mean Fi has no passion or fire, but is certainly more hidden and often specific

5. Fe flickers and is more open to New people/worldviews etc, but also very easy to dismiss

6. Young Fe users can act like Fi, in an attempt to protect their soft core

7. Young Fi users have problems adjusting to situations they don't feel comfortable in and their fakery is spotted easily

8. Fe can be confused with Se in the matter of reaction: all extraverted functions are quick to react. Context is everything

9. Same goes for Fi and Si. Intorverted functions run slower. Fi users can suddenly attack you for something you said 30 min ago, without you even realizing that you insulted him/her at that point

Every T - Type, especially XNTX, is pragmatic.

This needs to be emphasized, because there is this widespread opinion that Te users are straight forward and value efficiency, whereas Ti always makes things more complicated than they are.

Truth is, both are problemsolvers and have a pragmatic approach.

Both value the easiest, best working method.

But you could argue that Te seeks for the easiest, best working and most elegant solution

And Ti for the easiest, best working and most applicable one.

This sounds contrary to many beliefs (Te just wanting results and Ti highest accuracy), but look at it like this:

elegant means perfect in it's given context

Applicable means easier to adjust to different contexts

For completion:

Ti - Fe

highest value for truth - acceptance of lies

Te - Fi

Desire for structure - need for uniqueness

Se - Ni

1. Every type uses both

2. Especially the "nemesis/critic or child/inferior" function will be seen, when confronted with contrasting information

3. Generally: Te is quick, broad but short, whereas Ti is slow, narrow but long

4. Example: reaction to conspiracy theory:

Is this really plausible? (Te)

Does this really make sense? (Ti)

--> Te looks for the difference in it's surrounding context

--> Ti looks for logic consistency in the argument itself

5. This CAN mean that Ti-users can be more open to wild theories if they seem logical

6. This CAN mean that Te-users are quicker to dismiss good theories because they don't seem "realistic" enough

7. Both 5. and 6. can be the other way round before maturation.

So think of a young ENTJ believing in a theory full of loopholes ("lack" of Ti), because it just makes sense and it is the only thing that really seems to incorporate all the facts.

We all have weaknesses.

Believing you can blame your personal shortcomings on stuff like "being stuck in my inferior function" is very convenient.

But just not true.

Because, that's the funny part of life, as soon as you realize your blind spots, they don't exist anymore!

It doesn't mean you magically cured of your flaws, but they are at least concious.

Which makes it so much harder to repeat your mistakes.

You can get stuck in a hole, but not stand facing the wall and claim to be stuck.

Claiming to be so smart that being lazy is not only okay, but actually inevitable is just plain stupid.

If you're really so smart, you know how to work. Work hard!

Seeing the flaws in other people's arugments, without them understanding their mistakes, also means knowing that you cannot see the the flaws in your own logic.

So, keep up with yourself. Think everything twice.

Yeah yeah I am totally fine eating old bread and cheese for weeeeeeks, but right now :