#ti function

So you’re in the middle of the woods and got a compass with you (yeah, the magnetic one) showing you where you want to go. What do you do? Obviously. Going down the road or not, crossing the freaking jungly woods, swimming across the lake, jumping rock to rock, counting clouds I don’t know whatever you feel like because you’re living your adventure, your compass is showing you the direction so you can enjoy the ride however you feel like it.

Along that road you find some signs: color marks of different man-made paths so you won’t get lost, warning sings because that’s a lake full of alligators, symbols of different people, hidden messages, arrows pointing at the huge most beautiful waterfall ever...Each one of those signs mean something and creates a certain reaction out of you, right? But you got your compass with you, so you know what to pay more attention to and use this signs as only that: “Okay yeah I read the warning that this floor will collapse as soon as I step on it, will find another way got it”, “oh well I can do jujitsu to alligators, I got a phd on it so there’s no problem into swimming between them” and you move on.

There are windy days, hella hot horrendous dehydration days, floods, huge storms, predators, weird noises and creatures, venomous plants. There are days where everything seems to be against you, yet you got your compass with you so you still know where you are and where you want to go. You know you can still move on. So you push further even in the most extreme conditions.

Now you wake up one beautiful morning, sun still coming up, take a look at your compass and is endlessly circling. Hitting, punching, shaking, screaming, cursing...nothing works, it keeps circling. Fuck you don’t know how to point north or south. Fuck you don’t know how to read constellations and that’s at night where everything’s more dangerous. Fuck I only had my compass. Now what? Now even though you may lie to yourself saying that everything’s okay, reality is that everything has changed because you won’t face those woods like any other day. Those woods are different.

You decide to pay more attention to those signs and warnings you never give too much importance cause...the compass. Problem is, which signs and warnings should you pay attention to? Where are you suppose to go? On your left there’s this wonderful vill but it looks familiar so it’s not the best option, on here you got a warning sign about a volcano and on your right there are some animal drawing you don’t seem to know very well but it looks kind of dangerous. Fuck, where am I suppose to go? Which one is more dangerous? But what if I have to go to the other one? How really of a warning are those signs? You start paying attention to things and start to wonder about stuff you normally never stop into digging. And suddenly are more aware about unpleasant stuff that makes you feel in danger, out of control, confused, responsible, scared and so on. The woods become darker and darker by the minute, like everything’s changing to the point that you no longer are able to recognize it anymore nor yourself. You’re starting to lose yourself inside that forrest because there were things you were oblivious outside and inside you that now take too much presence and your only guide keeps malfunctioning. 

A once beautiful, wild, free jungle now has turned into a dark horror leafy maze. 

What is MBTI? (part 1)

Okie dokie, more INTP curiosity coming your way.

So I know that we INTPs have a stereotype going around that we’re basically robots with a chip programmed for empathy. And I also hear around that INTPs are supposedly against feelings or expressing them. But even though I agree with the empathy-programmed robot (lol, yeah right), I can’t agree that we hate emotions.

So I wanted to ask other INTPs and ISTPs how they truly feel about emotions. I mean, you can say what you think about them, but if you’re cool with saying how you exactly process them and how they feel, that would be great.

Also you can mention how it feels to have low Fe in your society because the way we process emotions is considered wrong somehow. So let it rip: anything you can think about surrounding emotions is welcome.

Someone: *expresses an opinion that is ignorant and illogical*

INTP: Oh ffs here we go.

Ti: That person is being ignorant and illogical. We have to correct them.

Ne: Yeah they're so narrow-minded. We have to make them see things from a different perspective.

Si: Yeah and they're just factually WRONG about this one thing as this handy Wikipedia article proves.

Fe: BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE A DICK IF WE ARGUE WITH THEM ESPECIALLY SINCE EVERYONE LIKES THIS PERSON AND ESPECIALLY SINCE LIKE OUR OPINION ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT ISN'T EXACTLY NORMAL LOL

Ti: But

Ne: They're

Si: Wrong?

Fe: DO YOU GUYS WANT US TO LOOK LIKE A DICK

Ti + Ne + Si: ...no?

Someone: Sorry you looked like you were going to say something, INTP?

Fi-Te: the ability to absorb information and label said information good/evil or right/wrong; innate sense of what is harmful and/or helpful to the world; cancels out opinions based on what’s more or less bad for them; innately knows what can and cannot help others

Ti: *flips the card over*

Card: Ti doesn’t know how to function in the real world.

I was originally just going to post separate posts about how I see the functions. But I got lazy and thought it would take too long. So I’m going to do a summary of the functions in two posts instead. Clearly, I’m starting with the functions I am more aware of: Ti, Ne, Si, and Fe. I’m going to get the gist of them, at least. So here goes.

(Oh, and as a side note: I do not feel like stereotyping Si into a function about memory and tradition. I think that’s ludicrous. If you believe I’m wrong, you can always correct me.)

Ti: We as individuals are the proof that the world is almost inconceivable and unreliable. We can only perceive and not judge. So we might as well come up with the solutions ourselves. I won’t force you to do anything, but I expect nothing but the best from you. It’s okay to be wrong, though, as facts can get pretty twisted. So not every single fact matters; only the ones that are important to you. But remember, I have my logic and you have yours. Don’t you dare tell me my logic is somehow wrong. Prove your inner logic and why your logic makes sense, and I won’t have to fight you.

Ne: The many different ideas and patterns out there are proof that the world is a very weird place. Anything can happen. Every idea counts and matters. I won’t turn your perspective down because who knows? You could be right. Hey, if we put our heads together, it might develop into something completely new and undiscovered. I don’t care how weird the idea might get; it doesn’t matter. What matters is that it could happen. I would break down if you prove my ideas won’t work or that they make no sense. But if you can’t prove it and you still try to tell me that it won’t work or make sense, I just might punch you out. *shrugs* Anything could happen.

Si: We as individuals are the proof that the world’s details don’t matter. We are merely perceivers. What matters is what you find important and how you can apply it to make sense of the world. Believing every detail matters makes you lose sight of what’s important. If a dog peed on my leg, should I care that it smells like ammonia? Or should I try to remember how to get pee scent out of my pants? I overlook certain details in exchange for anything that I consider important. What’s important to you isn’t important to me, and I’m cool with that. Unless you want to cross me by forcing me to care about nonsense? Prove why you think you’re practical and you might just find a friend in me.