"INTP's look forward to being outside of the education system, so that they can finally start learning". That's literally one of my main goals....

INTPs have never felt more understood

INTP and INFP: both hating high school because of it's restraints on learning.

I'm an INTP. I'm horrible at following through on things. But not doing so also makes me feel bad. Obviously not bad enough to actually follow through, but it seems to affect my self esteem. Oftentimes I will find myself buried by the things I have not followed through and the anxiety can be crippling. I have no mechanism to deal with this other than burying it like everything else.

I think that many INTPs have the genius complex. Most of them were told how intelligent they are their whole life, but they are lazy and so they often don't study or prepare. If they still get a good grade, they think that they're a genius, but if they fail, they say to themselves "If I would've studied more, this would've been so easy".

I tend to realise I've actually hurt someone's feelings after the conversation has ended (especially if im suddenly thrown into a conversation and haven't had time to prepare.) Only then can i move my focus from listening to processing and when i realize how i actually acted i feel unbelievably shit about.

I've found that having multiple reward systems, besides main stream education, which reassure you of your intelligence and aptitude essential to maintaining momentum as an INTP, be it hobbies or personal projects. I think it's dangerous when a type that places so much value in their intellect can unwisely lose faith in themselves and feel lost in a kind of identity crisis, which can cruelly solidify what was a once a false idea of underachievement, now making it a reality. If an INTP can learn to roll with the punches and utilise whatever outlets to keep moral high I believe they can avoid alot of their pitfalls and be excellent at defying their stereotype essentially splitting INTP's into two categories when it come to those who have the tenacity and drive to constantly improve and those who keel over when their bubble of identity is first burst.

As an INTP I have struggled with communication my entire life. My natural instinct is to respond truthfully and efficiently, and until someone pointed it out I wasn't aware that this is perceived as rude and blunt. Now I watch how other people react emotionally while conversing and I try to mimic them. I also find it hard to interpret other people's feelings, which is why I fake everything just to not offend anyone. But honestly, sometimes I'd rather be seen as a rude, emotionless robot than to live with the fact that I'm faking who I am just so I can seem normal.

The biggest thing I've learned as an intp is to accept and understand my emotions which I usually ignore and just go by logic no matter what thinking it's for the best. It's only recently that I understood emotions are just as important as logic.

the first thing that came to mind was literally socializing

I've just recently discovered that I'd been mistyped for an INTJ, while actually being INTP. I have no idea why it took me 7 months, but all that time something felt off for me (maybe because those types don't share a SINGLE function). Happy to join the INTP gang B)

My INTP sister was in special Ed throughout school. She was labeled as someone who had a learning disability. She is very smart. She has taken and excelled in Physics and Neuroscience classes in college. Now she is learning coding. She never got a degree because she feels at a certain point, she has gotten what she wanted to get out of those classes. They definitely learn for the sake of learning.

4:23 "When something is solved in theory, they don't necessarily feel the need to solve it in reality" Work smart, not hard. INTP's know it's not an efficient use of time to work on something that has already been solved. Give them a challenge to solve, praise their results and drag the project over the finish line. Rejoice!

I did a project with an intp( whom I still speak to.. rarely) on creating a functioning program. We talked about nothing for the first 2 hrs and and wrote the entire program in less than a half hour. It was awesome. I feel like intp are really the one of the only types I can actually relate to. (Infp)

Oh, the horrors of the lower education system. There was half a year I didn't turn in homework. I nearly failed the class in high school. I did the homework every night, but then I wouldn't be able to find the completed paper in the 2 minutes allowed to look for it at the beginning of class. The poor teacher was so confused as I aced every test in class. INTP

I'm ready to go off grid and find a real cave at this point in my subsistence

When it comes on to school, classes weren't the issue for me it was studying & test. I personally loved class structure cause I know left to my own I wouldn't have got anything done. I hate test I don't see the point of them though, they claim it for understanding purposes but if something why when you get something wrong isn't it gone over with you individually too see where your wrong. They would say time consuming so why bother with the test in the first place

Taking baby steps into trying something physically, and being persistent has been my approach to an INTP’s general apathy towards a subject after understanding it. It feels hard to start on a project, idea, or plan that isn’t a great desire without it, but it helps me to get involved with still in someway. I like to think of it like building up traction until you reach a point where you can keep going at it, because it is almost practically reality by then, and you would like to see it. Sorta like taking vitamins in the morning.

As an INTP I can say the secret to my success is the fact that I have surrounded myself with ENFJs. They believe in you and encourage you so much, that the guilt of not living up to the potential that they see in you overcomes the INTP apathy and decision paralysis.

I grew up in a boarding and close knit school where everyone knew everyone. It helped me a lot to develop interpersonal relations. I know now that I can connect with people easily if I want to but most times I don't. You just have to push past your boundaries and be okay with being yourself and showing it. I think rejection is the most scary thing to intps but if you can say fuck it, fuck the world I will be myself and if you don't like it, I am okay with that too. You will come across as confident, cute and mature(my real friends tell me that all the time.)

seriously, i complained so hard about the education system exactly because of this

YES! I had the hardest time typing myself. I am a very emotional person and can be very empathetic. So reading that INTPs ‘don’t get emotion’ or ‘are not very emotion based’ confused me early on

This is kind of a venting message for me... Please don't mind if it seems like a bunch of nonsense... 1. I hate schools and I managed to convince my parents to let me homeschool and study on my own through Khan Academy and Books. I would love to set up my own study material, and organize a schooling system that works well for me. Would be great if I could arrange the duration of each subject and the day at which I would be studying certain subjects. I am free to work harder on subjects I wish to excel in and it allows me the time I require to understand certain topics. ALL OF THIS WITHOUT FEARING EXAMS AND WITHOUT GRINDING OUT THE DAY BEFORE EXAMS. 2. I tend to not consider people's emotions (unless they really matter to me) but whenever I do IDK how the fuck I must respond lol. 3. The thing about me is that I dream so much and plan so much but never execute anything. Im planning my upcoming days and I really hope to follow it. Edit: I seriously hate how some bastards make the stupidest analogies to support their point, when the analogical example and their point(s) are completely unrelated and can not be compared. One can't respond to stupid analogies or prove the wrong in any verbal manner, as it is too obvious to a point where it's not explainable and certainly enigmatic. Im here in India, which is a place full of what I like to call "analogical fucking bastards" or "analogical idiots", these dudes literally can't understand shit without analogies, and would believe anything said analogically seemingly justified. Is this an INTP thing or is it just the same for all humans or am I crazy?

As an intp with adhd, I find that if I can find one small thing to enjoy in the midst of bullshit the education system has to offer, I feel a little satisfied.

I was homeschooled most of my life. It was awesome. I got to just sit around my house and read. The most annoying thing was math, because I had to spend time practicing the problems. It was far more fun once I reached algebra. During my second half of highschool, I was enrolled part time in an academy program. That essentially means that I was given access to various science classes such as biogeography and zoology. (Including shadowing opportunities.) Currently, I'm at college. I see a lot of benefits to self learning and the education system. Self learning Pros: - Work at your own pace. You have time to absorb all the details or learn something extra. - No one cares about homework for most subjects. They know you're learning because you keep telling them "Did you know this?" "What if this happened instead?" (Most subjects still had tests) - You get to grade most of your own work. (The stuff that had an answer key anyway. Not essays or short answers.) This teaches you integrity, and reveals that the grades don't matter if you don't learn anything. Plus, you can check what you got wrong and use it as an opportunity to continue learning. Because you have time for that. - You can sleep in and snack whenever you want. Cons: - It's all on you. Ultimately, you decide how much work to do AND how much work you *should* do. You'll either overburden yourself or slack off. Sometimes you'll overburden yourself so much that you give up and slack off and spend the next month binging TV and video games. - You and others may doubt your education because there is no one outside of your household to vouch for it's authenticity. How are colleges supposed to know if you know enough to keep learning? *cough*sarcasm*cough* (But then you rank in the top 10% in every standardized test you take, so it must mean you know something.) - You either become very good or very bad at time management. It depends how motivated you are in things that exist outside of the house. (INTP = no motivation and bad time management. My INTJ friend is the complete opposite.) - Your taxpayer dollars are funding the schools and you don't take advantage of it. Instead, you spend even more money on schoolbooks and field trips. The education system Pros: - You have a set amount of material to go through and homework to finish. You don't have to worry about doing enough, but not too much. That's your teacher's job. - There is a person (aka, the teacher) that judges you on everything and makes sure you do your stuff on time. - Everything is standardized, so it's really easy to tell who is the best. Better than anyone else. Because that's so important to know. Also, it's not like there are several teachers who teach the same class, but give out different homework and have different rules on grading. Nu-uh. - Teachers show you all sorts of new learning tools and websites. Have a question about this subject? Look for books by this company! Want to know more about this? Here's an awesome website! - Schools can afford to organize extracurriculars that would be very difficult to get involved in as a homeschooler. Band, theater, or even something like a pottery class. Depending on where you live, these are possible for homeschoolers, but schools make it much cheaper and more convenient. - Networking. - You're required to focus. Maybe you don't learn as much or as well, but you learn the important stuff instead of the random stuff. (Until someone makes a revolutionary discovery and all of that random stuff becomes very important.) Cons: - You'll eventually realize that all anyone cares about are the grades. So then you start finding loopholes and ways to do the minimum amount of work while still getting good grades. You don't care if your work is quality, so long as it's decent. And you don't care about knowing the subject, so long as you can retain the information that will be on the test. But this discourages additional research. - You're forced to write far too many papers. (The pros and cons of paper writing is actually very similar to the pros and cons of self learning vs standardized learning.) But at a certain point, the amount of papers you write does not benefit you more that writing a smaller number of papers. All it does is waste time. - The class size becomes so big that you don't have opportunities to know your teacher, so you care less about impressing them, which removes one of the biggest pros of the education system. That's all I can think of right now.

3:05 I'm really happy this was brought up, as an INTP myself, it was really hard for me to understand communication and taking account of other people's emotions, my inferioror Fe was basically non-existent. (When I started school and didn't have any friends, I found the spare change in my house and gave money to kids to try to get them to like me lol). I felt really lonely when I began maturing and getting more of a personality, but I finally became self-aware when I met one of my best friends who is an Fi dom. (ISFP, to be specific). They taught me to understand my own feelings a lot better and to be a lot less impulsive in general, and ever since I became friends with them my Fe has developed so much, and even though they didn't come naturally to me, I finally have social skills and I have a lot of friends. Now I'm often mistyped as an Fi user because a lot of the social skills I developed came from my love of my XXFP friends, who were also left out like I was, but managed to take pride in their individuality, and empathize with each other. I've gotten significantly better at reading other people and understanding what they want, even though I'm still oblivious to my own emotions a lot of the time.

INTPs are overpowered when taking action

“typically would be in their cave...” My goodness, I can’t imagine the things that await... humanity... in those ‘caves’.

INTP. I don't think we suffer in school the most out of the 16 types but the thing is: 1: *Complete* Lack of motivation and engagement in otherwise important activities. 2: *Way to much* intuition/abstract thinking at the point of being impractical. 3: Low Fe, Se trickster and all that it implies. 4: Leaning at our own pace. 5: Annoying, nonsensical and seen by the INTP as unnecessary rules. 6: The professor being a hierarchical and unquestionable figure sometimes. 7: And the *disruptive* , *iconoclast* and sometimes *contrarian* Nature of the INTP. Are things that don't mix very well. Yes we can thrive in logic based subjects like math and stuff but other's subjects homework can be seen as redundant. Like "professor I understand this please give a test and end my suffering". In my highschool years all the teachers said the same thing, i summed up too much and didn't write anything down so I only got bad grades in "carpeta" (they reviewed what I wrote in class, I don't know if you have that in the states) but excelled at tests because I actually understood it. Only one teacher actually saw what was going on and it was a nice experience but the point is... We are the genius but lazy stereotype and the also applies in school. PD: sorry for bad English, not my first language.

I'm one of those rare INTPs that did very well at school. But it was likely due to the fact I took a very non-traditional route (homeschooled K-12, online college for all four years). Very glad I did too!

I have struggled to get things done. The Pomodoro technique where you set a timer has been a game-changer for me. It forces me to focus on the important things. That being said, I have seemed to found my way onto KZfaq rather than doing the work I was meant to be doing

As an INTP in school, I prefer online learning because you basically have to teach yourself. Being online is 'difficult' so they don't care too much how you go about things. There's more flexibility and it means I can dive into things where I want to and race ahead where I don't, very ideal. The only bad thing is you still have to keep to the rigid schedule of classes.

I've found that, when navigating emotional situations, more often than not the following apply: People don't necessarily want to verbally dissect something, especially if the emotions are fresh; when they say they want to talk about something, they mean airing out how they feel, not necessarily finding a solution, or at least not immediately. People just want you to listen to what they have to say, for the most part. They don't want an intellectual discussion about it. You can say that you disagree, but wait to explain why until they ask you. When you do hit the discussion part, make sure you stipulate you do value their perspective, so they don't feel attacked, and that you appreciate their passions, so they don't feel belittled.

For me thinking about something or how to do something takes so much mental energy (and sometimes emotional) that by the time I figure it out or am satisfied with my conclusion I don't have enough energy left to actually do it.. 😓

I think one of the biggest mindset changes that helped me get into gear and actually start taking action was applying (perhaps misapplying) the law that objects in motion stay in motion. I work hard not to allow myself to stagnate as this results in all my responsibilities getting derailed. I do this by trying to constantly indulge my curiosity about new things. I love trying and learning new things, which helps me actually get out of the house. I also recommend looking into flow states- there are activities and exercises that take your mind to an interesting and very peaceful place. For me, this is hiking or mountain biking. Boxing can also accomplish this. Watching Love Who videos is also oddly soothing as well as mentally stimulating, but that’s an aside. As for solving the riddle of human interaction- try to learn how to incorporate other peoples’ feelings into the equation. At times it makes no sense, but humans are operating systems that run on purely biological matter. As smart as we are, we all run on chemicals and electrical signals. This helped me learn to forgive the how illogically people can seem to think and feel. In some ways, it’s much more impressive that we are able to be logical at all considering that we are just highly organized compositions of biological material. Use your talents in observation and data collection to study the people around you and identify the emotions they are displaying. The attempt to show a little kindness goes a long way, I have found. Final point- take care of your body. This ties back to the previous points - we are computers made of chemicals and flesh, so in theory it makes sense that well-cared for hardware will better support the software it runs. Exercise and get that blood flowing, it really helps get out of mental ruts and combat depressive thoughts. Love, an INTP

I learnt more in the school library than the classroom

I’m learning Ancient Greek, how to knapp obsidian glass into Aztec death weapons and the patterns in human initiation rituals across the planet all at the same time. 😁 life is delicious.

as an INTP I realized how to go around all these weaknesses by using it as a game. In uni I realized everyone loved to be social, so I used my time there to study and observe who can be like minded or close to what I need to move forward. Then I picked those people and went about befriending them as a mini puzzle and got them to be my friends and learned their best weakness and strengths. Now long after uni is done I try to cover for their weaknesses by giving them advice when they ask and help them get better and in return they do all my leg work and daily real life tasks that I hate doing. They are also usually my spoke ppl in social events so I can just sit back and enjoy myself as now they find me new potential friends and do that area. pro tip for anyone who goes about this method: pick your lover as someone who enjoys doing daily tasks like cooking and cleaning while having many other skills as well. If you can help your lover with their problems, they'll be more than happy to cook for you and feed you when you have forgotten to eat for a day.

Thank you for helping me to find more self-understanding and self-acceptance. Your INTP videos are illuminating, spot on, and amazing - and so are you! 😁🤗

Good morning! I’m watching this at 1:30AM. 😂 It’s very interesting to learn about the INTP as an INFJ who was raised by an INTP mother. Though we’re quite different, we do share some traits that I’ve picked up from her, simply from being around her and taking my cues from her so much. Thanks for making these videos, they provide great questions to think about and discuss with my mom (one of her favorite pastimes). ❤️

when I was little, I thought the only people who truly understood were my parents. Yet I always felt _something_ was lacking... It was only a few months ago that I found out about the MBTI and boy oh boy my life has changed. Never did I even dream that a website would know more about me than my own parents. Glad to be part of this community

INTP here and the only strategy I've come up with is that doing while you're thinking/analysing. I'm a writer so whenever I'm analysing something or learning something... I make sure to take notes and/immediately writing it down. It slows down my thoughts, and allows me time to take action while thinking so by the time I can say I understand something... I have also put it down on paper and in a way taken action. Similarly.. when it comes to decisons and tasks I think on them only a little at a time while addressing other things. I also take on several different tasks at the same time so that I don't feel like solving something immediately. I can switch between these "mysteries" and work on each a little at a time. So I stay stimulated but also relaxed. True a lot of the times theres no routine to it (my circadian cycle is non existent) but when there is .. what a grandly satisfying strategy this is.

Lol I LOVE your videos on INTP!! In my opinion, you have the very best understanding of the type out of all the MBTI KZfaqrs. My partner is INTP, and your assessments are always spot on ;) Its funny to sit here and tell him "OMG THIS IS LITERALLY YOU" and to see him squirm. I'm not sure he appreciates your accuracy. He likes to see himself as "mysterious" I think xD

The most difficult thing in the world for me has been people who see communication as just a pleasant, meaningless sussuration of noise as opposed to a goal-oriented pursuit of an idea to some sort of useful, rational conclusion that can then be generalized or abstracted meaningfully. My mom is ... let's just say not an INTP. And I most emphatically am. I'm 55 and I still can't have a conversation with her that doesn't leave me drained, disoriented, and frustrated because I want to have a conversation that GOES SOMEWHERE and she just wants to ... talk. Aimlessly. To me, it feels like I keep putting out feelers and she keeps completely ignoring what I'm saying and swatting them aside. To her, she has no clue WTF I get frustrated after about 10 minutes of talking. She is 87 and lives with me. I have lived alone for my entire adult life up to this point. If I am still sane in ten years, it'll be a wonder. Yes, I do love my mother. But damn.

You are my favourite YT channel for sharing videos to family and friends who don't understand my ways of thinking, or why I simply will, or will not do something in a "normal" way. 🙃

My little brother is an INTP. I to this day remember when he started primary school he would spend hours on homework figuring out how to write answers using the least amount of letters. He hated writing :D I've actually seen it back then as a sign of great problem solving skills - even tho the problem was self-invented :D

As an INTP I find that the best way to navigate through all of this weaknesses is to use logic to solve them :) if you struggle with communication then create your own system and rules of how to approach it. Or at least think about it as learning, and how those problems will bring new knowledge to your library or thoughts that will one day be useful.

So accurate. Once I have conquered an idea/challenge/life goal in my cranium, I'm generally satisfied.

Honestly, as an INTP, I struggle with deadlines but at the same time I can get good grades with much less effort than my peers. I used to think everyone in my class was just stupid and lazy because I would get good grades without really trying. But then I realized that other people really do try.

I’m in my first year at university and can’t stop thinking about dropping out and starting a career and learning from that. Learning still seems to be a lot like memorisation and regurgitating that information rather than applying it to real events. I’m glad you’ve considered a developed fe, I think I developed it thanks to my mum and past relationship. Also turning into an adult helped. I don’t disregard my feelings and emotions, but i prioritise logic, reasoning and fairness higher. I used to think I was entp because of this developed fe, but I am constantly trying to analyse everything in my head and am often seen as absent-minded

Your explanation of the communication is excellent and profound

On the education point ... I came to a realisation the other week about my education experiences (now in my mid-40s). At school, there was no gratitude if I did the work to get the grade. I knew I'd understood it, I could prove it in conversation with the teacher, I felt no need to earn a grade. First time at college, was pretty similar. Second time (mid-twenties) was quite different, I was helping some other folks in a group I'd found myself in and somehow was also teacher's assistance and student rep, so I had obligations to do stuff and gratitude for such, which completely changed how I dealt with it. That's typically how I function in life. If there's no one to benefit or they're so detached as to be deniable, I probably won't put in the effort. If someone will be negatively impacted by my lack of effort, I'll put the effort in (frustratingly, often even if I actively dislike them). Infuriatingly, this means I must have "people" in my life, in order for my life to not be entirely meaningless. 😤

I NEVER learned social skills in school. School was all about getting the work done as fast as possible to get to what I really wanted to do!! I am very good at technical communication. Communicating with emotional (irrational) people is very difficult. My 85 year old mother had an emotional break down last week and I had to take her to the ER for evaluation, suspecting she had messed up her meds. I did not acknowledge her emotional outbursts (crying), but I would interject with random thoughts and observations to distract her. Once she was calm (a few hours later) she asked how I can be so calm!! I didn’t say anything, she wouldn’t understand. My INTP lack of emotion saved me in this case, but I DO NOT want to have to go thru that again!! 10 hours sitting in the ER!!! I passed the time observing people (people watching). This is a great thing to do when in public when you absolutely can’t avoid being there. It can be entertaining looking for patterns. Putting names to faces in the ER to quickly find them when they get called in for the 5th time. The Costco trifecta - water, paper towels, toilet paper. A semi-rare combination, but very satisfying when I see one. Try it, you'll be obsessed!! WTF is wrong with me??!!! INTP…

My brother calls my cave my gerbil cage. It fits.

Well, the video describes me very, except for the part of having problems with the educational system in adolescence. I’m 44yo and I’m much more critical to educational system now. I mean, didn’t like assignments in group, I prefer much more to take exames, but I had much more exams than group assignments. I’m critical of what the educational system has become in the latest years.

Productivity hack: Overcome perfectionism by simply labeling your project a "beta" (Google does this), allowing you to present it "prematurely" (no one but you can likely see the faults) for purposes of feedback. Ugh.... sentencing in the morning be like.

INTP here. I really had to trick myself throughout school to get work done. I hated elementary school more than all other grade levels. It was the worst. I learned how to read by the time I was almost 3 years old, and then kind of taught myself to read Spanish by the time I was about 6 years old. In elementary they asked if I wanted to be in the GT class and I said no. I was so bored but I really only had to do very little effort to make A's. In my fantasy world I win the lottery and I'm able to take all the classes I want with no real end goal for a career just learning about things that actually interest me. Basically Buster Bluth.

That last part about being a "super intuitive"....I have long doubted being an INTP because I felt like my intuition was at the intensity of that of an Ni dom, I'm very into mythology/spitrituality/religion/etc. I can be very sociable & friendly (though I get drained quickly). When I discovered the 4 sides of the mind model, in addition to having been raised by two people who possess Fe I see why in social situations with those that I like I can become almost like an ESFJ, since that is our subconscious.

I've been in college for 6 years and I'm barely past my associates. I've taken things very slowly and had to take a couple classes over because they just seemed so pointless that I didn't even bother to do the first assignments but I'm still required to do them for a wholly unrelated degree. At this point I've genuinely spent more time out of school learning things and just cheat on tests, quizzes, homework, etc. Because it's stupidly, absurdly easy to do so and leaves more time to do other stuff I'm actually interested. Hell, the only reason I'm still in school is because I haven't been financially successful enough to live alone in my city and my parents are the "You're either in school or working two jobs" type. At this point I'm on the verge of renting a closet just to physically remove myself from the expectation that an oversturated market of college educated people justifies a piece of paper.

Regarding communication, at an undefinable point (I think it was just a slow burn of putting the pieces together throughout the years) I came to recognize the importance of acknowledging emotions and its impact on social interactions. Before, I intentionally fought it, I didn't think feelings had a place in most conversations, but when I reached the "undefined point" I realized that it's easier and, most importantly, more logical to let people feel how they want and sort of steer them away from the irrational in little, less blunt ways. This saves me from the annoyance of wasting energy by directly debating with people and I won't have to worry about them screeching about the more fallacious points to people that'll believe them. This more diplomatic approach definitely took some learning but without it I'd probably have a harder time with the peers I can't avoid. [intp(duh)]

INTP here. I always had trouble in school with subjects that didn't interest me. I would always get lost in space thinking of other things. When it came to a subject I found interesting I would do very well. For example I hated science class but when it came to biology I found it incredibly interesting so I did very well in that class. My science teacher was shocked that I did so well. Did anyone else have people tell them they just needed to apply themselves and basically it was their fault they weren't doing well because they were being lazy?

Sounds like an INFJ. Would love a video on your opinion re: the similarities between those two types.

I love the validation ❤️

What weaknesses? :-)))) I heard only: "Other pleasures pale in comparison to the intellectual joy". Every type has it - that one thing, the star that outshines everything else, what you call "genius" in your videos (genious of ENFP, genious of ENTJ etc.). Dealing with weknesses is impossible without compromising that genius. I say, chose a proper distance between you and other people - the distance that let you be who you are (without hurtying others, of course) and appreciate that unique genius in other people without changing them or letting them change you.

What a gift to hear this so clearly articulated.

Sending you a virtual hug because I can!🤗

so true. I really taught myself how to learn drawing, writing and reading while at school. I cant focus on the lesson, and i prefer not to sometimes because its not what i'm looking to improve on. i also am very not social, i try to avoid social situations because im kinda afraid of their consequences, and most of times they do not interest me, i only do it when its supposed to help me in grades (lmao) so yea, i tend to fail the educational system, and tbh i think i get good grades because of my introvert behavior and because i actually do the lessons at the end of the day, but often i tend to procrastinate and sleep in the classroom which isn't that good because i dont like getting attention from the teachers

this is a short note on how I dealt with my school 1.I knew teachers cant actually teach anything to me. So I took a different approach. I would learn the whole chapter before them actually teaching it. It was really better. If I had any doubt I can just google it 2. You might be wondering why i wanted to do better in the firstplace . I had this bestfriend who was an ENTJ and she was damn focused on this academics she and I were classmates since elementary school. One day why I got bad at academics and I was like i dont care about all that in the first place then we had an argument so obviously i looked up and found that i actually did want to get good at it. She helped me with almost everything . We studied together [lol] . She literally organized my timetable she was bit bossy [expected from an ENTJ ]. And in the end I did better than her even scored the perfect 100 score and she was so proud she was like she adopted me and made me succeed{lol}. MY ADVICE IT FIND SOMEONE WHOM YOU CAN STUDY WITH AND ALSO DONT JUST QUIT SCHOOL OR COLLEGE JUST BECOAUSE YOU ACTUALLY HATE IT IT REALLY IS A PLACE FOR GREAT CHARACTER DEVOLOPMENT . AND ALSO GET AN ENTJ : )

I’m an INFP but almost all of this extremely resonated with me (the exception being the bit about understanding and valuing the emotional experiences of others)

OMG.... You are a mind reader. I think Im an INTP, and is attracted to emotional beings, not surprised. It's still a bit of a struggle to see all emotions equal. hope I can become more developed. Also, I forgot in which video you mentioned INTPs are not only compatible with thinking types, but also ISFJ. Yeah! My boyfriend is an ISFJ, we have so little in common, but we found each other fascinating.

When I took the test (which I would discover it is not an accurate typing mechanism), I resonated with the description, and it matched what the people that are close to me say in regards to my flaws, so to speak (that I demand a lot of specifity from people when theyre speaking. One of the most important things to me is that you have to be accurate in what you are saying, words are not just a thing. If someone says something and then contradicts themselves, I usually point that out, specially if it's about an important matter, but if it's an usual day to day convo and it doesnt really matter, I usually dont point it out). Anyway, I started paying more attention to Fe, and it was not a hard task, actually, I got back to a better state that I had lost, it seemed. So, I guess because I could/can do the Fe easily, I'm not a Ti dom, but I'm sure I have Ti, and it's in the middle somewhere with the Fe. That would indicate ENTP or INFJ, I think, because I'm definetly not a lead sensory hahaha. Sorry if I mispelled something, English is not my native language.

Only key to happiness: build your safety net, and work as an independent on something you like, is the only option for us so it seems…🤷🏻‍♀️

I had a lot of problems dissolving in an environment and being able to take part in the events there, even in friend groups I was the one just wondering and not really listening. I solved this problem by literally going right out of my comfort zone by going to parties and trying my best just to live in the moment, and not to think about this interaction being pointless, unfun ... etc. I don't enjoy being social, for days after an event I am drained, but at least I am not so awkward anymore.

Just opened the video, haven’t watched yet, just went ahead and hit the like button. I already know it’s worth it.

Waiting to get out of the education system so we can finally start learning...Exactly. You hit the nail on the head

My time in school was absolutely awful. Summed up i spend there 12 years of pure boredom while my energy got drained more and more every day. I hated pretty much everything about it: Sociailizing, studying, homework and all other school stuff. At somepoint i stopped doing all of that. I just sat there all day being elsewhere in my mind as often as possible. And cause all of that + my inherited social anxiety that got worse continually, i became depressive as well.

This was helpful., thanks. I thought I was the only one who's had an intolerable problem with the education system ever since childhood.

i'm an intp (tho it took me forever to feel absolute certainty about that), and the stereotype that i dislike most is the stereotype that we're unemotional and anti-social. it took me a longer time to acknowledge other people's feelings as well as my own and early on in my life when i didn't care for it i would cope with it in the worst ways which harmed myself and others. it took sooo much self-education to try to make other humans as close enough to a "fixed system" as possible to understand them enough to engage with them without being too overwhelmed with the fear of making them uncomfortable. i know personally that if there's anything i want more in life it's relationships.

I know some INTP's and this is spot on. Great job.

I learned to actually take action as an INTP slug. I have found that making parts for various things that break extremely rewarding. Instead of just thinking "this would be better/stronger if they made it this way..." and being right, I can take the thing, figure out why it broke, then think of ways to make it function again, but better/stronger. I taught myself CAD to make the parts in 3D, then I print them. The ultimate reward for me is the final repair of the thing using my improved design. It is like a proof for me to help reduce the imposter syndrome feeling. I have grown past just figuring it out because I can't stand always feeling like an imposter, and I think that feeling comes from being all talk (or thought). Even though I still do feel that way, even with the things I make, doing this has made me feel like I found a way to be useful in the world. That is the ultimate solution for an INTP IMO. There is room in the world for me now. It isn't enough to just figure it out anymore, and when you can figure it out to help reduce your negative thinking, a new desire to actually do something to completion emerges. It has also taught me how to follow through and complete projects in a much shorter time frame. I only have to bounce around a little before the desire to finish the project comes back. I still can't handle mundane, routine things which still feel like an allergic reaction in my core. Doing all this has taught me some basic organization because there is so much involved that I need to be spending more time thinking and less time looking for crap I have scattered around. If I am looking for stuff, then it will break my flow state and I will be off on some other tangent.

I am an INTP and find the best thing to do to combat my laziness/disinterest with the small steps on the way to my bigger vision is to declare my big goals to my nearest dearest - I will be vocal about my wish to travel the world/ write a book/ open my own business. Then, my innate need to be honest kind of forces me to get moving towards my goal as I fear being seen as a liar. The other thing that has worked well for me is to find the right mentors - usually someone who is an expert in their field, who can challenge me, who I respect, and who I can learn from.

I'm like 85% sure I'm an INTP. However I've always done well in school but that's probably because it was mostly memorization than anything else, if I have an interest in whatever we're learning it's easy to remember too. That's why world history, language arts, and maths were very easy for me. I like interesting stories and for math all you need to know is the formulas, though I never took any high level classes, didn't really see the point in putting extra effort during summer to be honest. Edit: I also really like getting better grades than other people, so that's a factor 🤷‍♀️

INTP here. Strategies were asked for so here is what I do. School- I dropped out of high school and attended continuation school graduating with a 1.7 gpa. My grades were the result of not bothering with homework, and usually class work. School isn't about getting smarter, it is about providing evidence you have a minimal education at best. I recently went back to college in my mid 30s and did really well. The difference was I had to want it. If I hadn't matured or didn't desire it, I would have been wasting my time. Communication- Always a struggle, to get out really. However, I learned to develop a persona. I had a friend who did this constantly, in hindsight he was most definitely an ENTP, but it he made it so fluid. I am not that fluid, but I am quite successful and found that socializing is far more important then I gave it credit for as a youth. Just like a book, figure out the traits you want, watch videos on acting and talking, and when you go into public you are this person. Also It isn't deceitful unless you make it so. For me it was just how I always wanted to be, so now I am that person when I leave my house. The biggest key here, is that I know that I will slip back into old ways if I stop developing it, you must be persistent in this endeavor and study it consciously. Don't leave it up to chance, work the living shit out of your Ne in public, and evaluate performance after with Ti. It becomes second nature before long Doing things- He said the key in the video. Do not present your brain with a problem to solve. If I say I have to do something, my brain will prove me wrong, I swear I am only my brains manservant. My mind will treat it as a problem to be solved, solve it and move on. I found if I think it through to the end I will actually get a sense of satisfaction and not do it. Do not let it get that far. When I know I have to do something I work hard to not think it through, usually distractions like reading, calculations, or posting on youtube comments when I doubt anyone will actually read the short essay I am typing. Anything to keep my mind busy. This of course does not apply to our "framework" days. Hate that phrase. Only to events. You have to trust you know what needs to get done, and will get it done in a timely fashion. Timers and alarms on the phone are awesome for this. Time management is a curse of ours. Above all else when you evaluate it afterwards, you must not get upset that you missed something or did this or that, simply learn and do not fall into the trap of self flagellation as so many do. Sorry no time to edit, alarm was going off a few minutes back. Oh one more piece of advice, do some outdoor manual labor every day, you will benefit from it in ways you can not imagine. Even just tending a small garden, or 30 minutes of gym time will shift your whole paradigm.

For me a good tactic was visiting areas in my mental framework that I didn't fully work through and realising that not taking action can lead to contradictions and severe consequences

another fantastic video

Hope to see one/vid like this on ISTPs

The learning on our own terms makes so much sense. I work for a lab and this guy came out to the site i was assigned to and was trying to train me on a new program. It was frustrating to say the least with how he was attempting to teach me and it wasn't sticking. He got a phone call to go somewhere else to check on something so he had to leave then he reassured me he would come back and continue to "train" me. I didn't want him to come back and have to deal with that any longer so i taught myself the new system. I called him shortly after and told him i learned it and wouldn't need any further training lol. He didn't come back haha

Listening to others feelings/opinions felt unnecessary to me until I turned it into a challenge to figure out each persons strengths and share them with that person. Dropping little seeds of kindness where I can…

ahahaha being present in reality, finishing tasks u set out to do, and maintaning social relations are pretty hard things for me. i have found tht going out of my comfort zone and letting myself have healthy external expectations for motivation helps (like taking up responsibilities and making commitments). kinda daunting to do at first but there are so many benifits from engaging with others and the outside world its worth giving it a try even when ur not great at it -Intp

INTP here. I think the reason communication is tough is that INTPs overestimate both their own learning curve and the learning curve of others. I've found that people retain much less of what I say than I typically expect, and you need to repeat things for people to really get them. Another bad habit I get into as an INTP is assuming that I already know what another person is going to say, or getting the gist of what they're saying 10 seconds in, and then completely tuning out the rest. This works a lot of the time, but other times it can lead to frustration from the other person, and a minority of time, I completely misunderstand their point because I jumped to a conclusion about what they were going to say. So bottom line is don't take short cuts. Also keep things simple and make sure people really understand the simple concepts before getting into complex ones.

i once had a great idea to make a voice over ip program... i started with the hardest part because i wanted to learn how it worked. well.. i got the hard part to work after quite a while and stopped and never had finished the remainder to make it functional. I still have the code and one of these days I will finish it. that was 15 years ago and i truly mean that one day i will finish it. i tend to do thatr a lot

“they probably should care, but generally…they don’t” yep. that sums it up nicely.

The part about getting to the point of having something completely figured out and planned, and then doing nothing rings all to familiar 😂 I still struggle madly with people being emotional, I have gotten to the point of realizing 30 mins later doing something else that the reason I'm angry now is because of that emotional person, I just don't know how to avoid getting angered by them yet. The education one is extremely true as well, usually if I'm taking a course on say programming, I will often disagree on the chosen language and go out of my way to learn the better one, and not only that but get to know it on a level higher that the current course. But the issue again is when reaching that point of feeling like "I know Kong fu" the interest usually fades.

To keep a checklist of tasks, errands and appointments with dates or days-of-the-week, and time -of-day (when applicable), helps me remember and schedule my time as an INTP, (5w6, Virgo). When an item on said list is completed; I cross it off with a horizontal line or lines. If it is something I did not do and will not be doing; then, I put a wavy line through.... Some days, when I am going to be away from home, I make a copy of the list from my datebook onto a piece of paper, to carry along with me while I am out and about doing said thing(s). I try to keep it down to three or less line-items. Just drawing a line through an item, usually soon after completing it, giving one a feeling of competence and completion! For celebrations, such as someone's birthday or anniversary or public gathering event which I may or may not be attending: I put a question mark inside a set of parenthesis as a punctuation at the end of that line item. [For example, My nephew's birthday party(?)]. This indicates that is happening; but, I may not be attending it.

I'm actually really good at socialising as I've reached middle/late age! I was painfully shy when young. I surprise people who thought I was more mousey or anti-social; i can naturally kind of take the lead and that's because i always have something relevant or interesting or witty to add to the conversation. I don't enjoy extra attention so I tend to avoid social group situations; i find group think dumbs down and rarely encourages real problem solving or thinking but people enjoy a little colour and spice i bring for short periods.

I got into photography...but couldn't leave it there. Started with digital, then went to film, then went to large format film, then went tintypes. I literally felt compelled understand at the atomic level the origins of phography to the point I built a large format ambrotype camera (and portable darkroom) without any plans. I wanted to figure it out as i went along. The wife couldn't understand why what should have been a 2-3 weekend project turned into 14 month sequestration of our garage. I studied chemistry, optics, photographic styles, historical inventors, and even looked up patents for how to sew light-proof cloth. I took exactly 4 pictures (2 were failures) and was done with it. No regrets, just moved onto learning about programming arduino and building automation circuits.

The last point (getting things done) I solve by working with one or two inspirational people who'll bring ideas to the table. I can get things done alone, but it's much more draining, because nothing new happens. My tip: Find somebody who thinks similar to you and work with them.

I'm pretty confident that I'm INTP, but I've always thrived in a formal educational setting. I need it for the direction, structure, and momentum; because without it, I'd be all over the place and never get past Chapter 3 on anything.

I felt very naked when you spoke about INTPS and education. I insisted to everyone that I was off course studying properly and doing my best, but my grades said otherwise. Great god, always looking forward to hear stuff from you Noah.

I got on fine in the education system and probably did unreasonably well out of it for the effort I put into 'playing the game'. I'm not sure I gained an awful lot from the teaching in terms of knowledge acquisition: you could have given me the syllabus and maybe a textbook and that which I didn't already know I could have taught myself. As an inquisitive child, I was knowledgeable and knew a lot of the stuff that came up in class, and I got good results so teachers basically left me alone to get on with it! But things which were about practicing and honing skills: art, essay and creative writing, speaking foreign languages and the like were much more useful to me.