Do INTPs Have Emotions?

[@mrgalea100]

My biggest advice to other intps is get comfortable with being uncomfortable. You aren’t gonna win at life by being depressed in your bed at home.

[@hawk6143]

I needed this thankyou

[@0419studio]

I dont want to win at anything . i just want to be.

[@showiley]

@@0419studio said while secretly studying the riddles of the universe and how to master them lol Of course, being is mastery often lol

[@iiReTr0Z]

Ye that what I started doing in few time ago and i got pretty comfortable with my life lol

[@princedeasturias]

Bold of you to assume I want to win

[@lisad.1019]

All emotions are suspect. Therefore INTPs tend to push their own emotions down, and refuse to recognize emotions building up, until they explode. As one can imagine, since exploding emotions are well known to be very like balloons filled with goo, and therefore messy, they are to be avoided at all costs. As such, INTP's own emotions may remain foreign and terrifying to themselves. Often INTPs lie to themselves and pretend that they don't have these gooey balloon things bouncing around in the back of their heads. As a result, their understanding of their own emotions can be less nuanced than it is to Others, who will often take their balloons out and play with them (SF/NFs)... In front of Others! Gross. On the other hand, INTPs recognize that Others value these emotions and will needlessly act upon them, often flinging their gooey balloons Willy nilly. Because INTPs are surrounded daily by these scary Others, (Yes, Others are very scary.) INTPs try their best to play the same game as these Others. But Others are playing a game for which INTPs don't have the rule book. How can Others make decisions based on gooey balloons... without analyzing relevant and sufficient data?! Of course, when is sufficient really enough? Needless to say, since social interactions are usually frought with such peril...the socially aware INTP goes out camouflaged. INTPs try NOT to stand out, for the most part. In fact blending in is a normal part of the INTP's formative years. Others, besides gooey balloons, like boxes and feel more comfortable around INTPs if they can put an INTP into one of their boxes. INTPs don't actually live in these boxes, but if it helps Others to believe it, INTPs are willing to play along. It takes a very brave INTP to reveal their true selves. Balloons are often filled with rejection goo. The discussion of hubris seems very alien to this INTP. Maybe if, someday, this INTP has all the data, then this INTP too can experience this desirable feeling of being right. Perhaps this pride of which the Other speaks will accompany it. Until then, this INTP will continue to collect data and analyse answers, based upon the streams of information available, in that effort. Others may interpret something INTP has said as arrogant when Others have not engaged with INTP's data to the same degree as INTP, and sometimes the INTP gets impatient having to go through the 20 layers of data to get to the point that is being addressed ... and doesn't believe Others will have the patience to get there, either. This may come off as dismissive, and arrogant. But, the actual gooey balloon is NOT filled with arrogance, it is frustration. INTPs are quite aware that their convoluted thinking is alien to Others, and get frustrated with themselves. Frustrated that they cannot find an elegant way to transfer their INTP thoughts to Others. (The Vulcan mind-meld would be greatly appreciated at this point.) Thus, the INTPs immature flinging of balloon goo (although mostly directed upon themselves, like a gooey balloon smashed upon the forehead) can also be misinterpreted by Others as anger/condescension. Please also note, that although the INTP may speak tongue in cheek at times, know that most INTPs are not trying to belittle any Others. The typical INTP likes to exercise a playful, somewhat pathetic, sense of humor that they know nobody will truly appreciate. But humor is the last line (sometimes the only one) of INTP defense. Balloon bombs away!

[@amalasiri]

Lisa Dekker omg I love love love this comment. Not only is it accurate, but also has an expressive metaphorical use. I took screenshots of it for safekeeping. Kudos Lisa👏🏼

[@Ignasimp]

I agree with almost everything you said. But, at least in my case, it's not that I lie myself about not having feelings, is that most of the times I'm not even aware of them.

[@OutOfTheBoxThinker]

This brilliant comment is quite possibly the most INTP comment I've ever seen any other person make. As an INTP male, I totally relate with both the detailed descriptions of the INTP emotional life and the quirky use of metaphorical humor to make this lengthy text light enough to go through!

[@johnhanigosky4085]

Great insight. INTPs are suspicious of emotions because we know they can manipulate and mask the truth

[@HashbrownMashup]

"Balloons are often filled with rejection goo." *Put this on my gravestone.*

[@OutOfTheBoxThinker]

The INTP has only four modes, really : apathy, depression, passion & rage. Different from other personality types, there is nothing in between. Or if there is, we'e simply not aware of it. Engaging in something very pleasant is what brings out the passion. Being under a lot of stress / pressure is what brings out the rage. Major insecurity, the loss of a loved one or prolonged boredom / lack of freedom is what brings out the depression. Apathy is our default mode that you'll see in pretty much every other situation.

[@StevenLeMieux]

Your are correct

[@KamikoAi]

That was way too accurate. INTP girl here to confirm.

[@xero6396]

I have a far bigger range of emotions than this, but I don't normally express them all. I do feel them. But I'm sure a lot of INTPs wouldn't even admit to having most emotions because they're our Achilles heel. We can be so sensitive to them that I don't think INTPs should be allowed to have any emotions at all. 🤖 Edit: Oh great, I just perpetuated that terribly inaccurate robot misperception. It was just a joke. INTPs would like to be robots sometimes but we aren't.

[@joelparr2334]

u forgot fear of failure

[@LexaLite]

I've been trying to figure this out about myself for the past couple of months. This is spot on, thanks for the clarity. You've saved me a trip to the therapist office

[@johnhanigosky4085]

23 minutes, and the simple answer is "yes." INTPs have emotions, and they can really hit us hard. We tend to not "act" on them because we experience them differently. We are concerned about the truth of everything, and emotions can mask or manipulate the truth quite a bit. In that sense, INTPs can develop great emotional control (ahem, suppression.) We eventually experience the world long enough to realize that emotions are a big part of truth that cannot be ignored

[@TrondClemensen]

INTP's are more like Spock, or more generally like Vulcans, than commander Data. Double star trek reference there... We are actually highly emotional creatures, but we usually repress our emotions. However, when we let our emotional side show I think we are as passionate, if not more so, as any other personality type.

[@locustboy8448]

Accurate

[@simonarattu7230]

I'm talking from my experience i dont know if Its the same for other INTPs as well. What u said about being really emotional. I Remember having a not so pleasant childhood, and difficult teenage years, being overly emotional and sensitive, finding happiness in stupid things and easy to hurt. I probably spent more time crying than anything. At some point I thought that things May have gotten Better, but Just recently I realized I Just had numbed myself to emotions. I only have blurry Memories of the most painful moments of my Life, as if my brain Is trying to supress them. Rationalizing Is a default mechanism for INTPs, but because emotions can't be rationalized, we'd rather Just avoid them or supress them, because Life fucks us up emotionally from a really young age

[@TheOriginalGankstar]

This vid could have been 1 second long: "Yes."

[@anduro7448]

and INTPs don't like this at all

[@anduro7448]

​@Romain Cialle i was kinda in a "lmao INTP robot man" non-serious mindset when i wrote that jokes aside : Their introverted feeling function is the 8th function in their function stack (Fi demon) , i think intps are most likely to supress this function out of all the functions i dont think its healthy but it can happen

[@naturalandvalid8576]

XD that's great

[@shantishan1172]

@@anduro7448 i do like it, i care a lot bout it

[@unclespeller6568]

I feel sure that the INTP type is profoundly emotional, but we are afraid of our own and others' emotions, and we don't really understand them. Emotions are often unpleasant, like embarrassment, and fear of embarrassment, and frustration (my main emotion!) and what young people today call "crushing" on someone, which suspended my early adult life for two decades. I realised after five decades of life that the only emotions I had felt that actually meant something were those that I had felt, and still feel, in response to literature and music; those emotions make sense because they have a clear cause and are an explicable and appropriate response to a stimulus. We also hate having to deal with the emotions of others; I become irritated with myself when I carelessly evoke an emotional reaction from someone; I try hard to avoid that by keeping my social interactions gently courteous and politely detached.

[@DVineMe]

I don't fear emotions, I just can't describe them. And they tend to go as quickly as they came, and even if I was able to describe them I wouldn't be able to after they've gone. I'm actually seeing a psychologist at the moment to try and figure out my emotions. When she asks me things like "how did that make you feel?", I'm just sitting there: *long pauze* "This?" *long pauze* That?" *long pauze* "No idea"... Like I'm actually counting on her to tell me what I felt. The arts, they do make you feel a lot. :) Still can't describe what I feel though lol. Other people's emotions are just draining. Although I do find myself feeding on other people's emotions, sort of like with art, if they're not too overwhelming.

[@freshmintbubblegum3831]

The point about emotions caused by the literature/music - art in other words - resonates with me very much. That's the only emotion I don't suppress and embrace in full. If this is how emotional types feel the world 100% of the time I would tell they're living constantly high and blinded by emotions.

[@courtenayvermeulen6752]

That feel when people don't "get it" and dismiss you because they don't see any "social proof" to back up your unconventional but well-researched ideas.

[@oddode7796]

I'm not mad in that moment... I'm just disappointed.

[@Sarah-bi6pt]

I feel your pain!

[@Shinebakaaho]

Yay, INTP vids are back! Thanks!

[@Shinebakaaho]

You bring such peace to my heart when things about me finally make sense "oh, thats from been INTP then, not to paranoy about anymore!!", beautiful job you do, ty. Your deep understanding is amasing! And of all personality types ..

[@tooth656]

Wow you managed to verbalize stuff I've never really wanted to look in the face. Especially the prideful stuff. Yea, I find myself getting overly insecure and envious when somebody is better at a skill I'm proud of. I mostly deal with it with avoidance and rationalization, but the feelings remain and I don't quite know what to do with it except to ignore.

[@HidinginYourGarden]

Sometimes I don’t watch INTP videos for the information, I just listen so I can go off into my own mind to figure out something newer, or maybe the next thing I should do. If that doesn’t sound INTP then I don’t know what does.

[@StevenLeMieux]

Yup

[@nelsontragura1441]

I like to feed my emotions to my gut bacteria...it then benefits my immune system. That is why I have a very strong immune system.

[@naturalandvalid8576]

Omg lmao

[@5kisses210]

To answer your question Mr. Thor, I feel these intense emotions particularly often: Joy(Euphoria) and Despair(Extreme hopeless/ sadness). Joy in the future possibilities, complex melodic music, good art, purposeful design, female beauty, well spoken British English, sharing my latest ideas with friends, emitting high voltage energy radiating a depressed person and seeing it change them positively, good penmanship. Despair in feeling trapped in a situation, No solutions, Idlness, loneliness, knowing little to nothing, not having 1st hand experience or research to back topics of interest, staying indoors too long, fear of deviating from religious cultural social norms, having the demon screaming confusion into my decisions. Feeling like going to hell, the Creator loosing patience with me. I hope this is insightful to you(Mr. Thor) and any INTPs out there. Peace, BR

[@spookyjeff2364]

I am (according to all the online tests) an INTP (honesty I doubt, they're all smart af and I barely know basic mathematics or how world works and stuff) and I remember that once I got pretty drunk while I was going through a pretty tough time and I texted my best friend (I don't usually say what's on my mind to anyone) that I kinda feel sad and I don't know and I find emotions so confusing and she just started yelling at me like of course I do have emotions and we all get sad and it's nothing to be ashamed of. Never fucking again. I am always ms I am fine because this whole explaining how I feel is just too much and I'd rather listen to sad songs than talk to anyone ever again.

[@letitiadominic2504]

spookyjeff sometimes test online can mistype a person that’s why I usually take a few just to make sure. I also read up on the personality I am typed with just to make sure I am typed correctly.

[@effyaddams]

I'm an INTP and I barely know basic mathematics too, but that doesn't define if you're intelligent or not, I personally don't like mathematics and even tho I know I can learn I'm not interested, I rather learn about other things, and I'm trying to know how world works, but no one has it figured out, and there are different types of intelligence as well. Also, if you're not sure about your type, learn more about each function, and you'll figure it out by yourself, test aren't always reliable :)

[@NoLifeGamer1080]

You're very INTP, yes.

[@kinarast]

@@effyaddams hmm, fishy. Fi smells. Well, I might be an INFP as well

[@kinarast]

@@uguJuvg Hmm, Se smells. Well, I might be an ISTP as well

[@sad_doggo2504]

This video reminds me of an argument I had with someone who told me I didn't honor my emotions enough, and I was being taken advantage of. I agreed to try to take my emotions into consideration more in making decisions. That person and I still don't see eye to eye, because for me, this is more a practical thing, seeing my emotions as potential "data." There are a lot of good insights in this video. I definitely agreed with getting frustrated over not having answers. This is something that can turn into a distraction and become unhealthy, almost as bad as a drug addiction, because then we can't stop thinking about that thing even when there are more immediate issues to focus on.

[@Baamthe25th]

To add on this : Emotion =/= Feeling in psychology. They happen in different areas of the brain. Here's a link that could explain it better than I could : www.thebestbrainpossible.com/whats-the-difference-between-feelings-and-emotions/ Or here, in some of the answers : www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-feelings-and-emotions Feeling and Thinking are two parts of typology, but Emotions is another block entirely. One outside of typology, and one that can affect both Thinking and Feeling. So yeah, INTPs have emotions, it just comes from the package of being human, you've got an area of your brain dedicated to it. A lot of the misunderstanding about us comes from this. People use the two terms interchangeably., and well, I can't blame them, I do it all the time too _______________ 3:05 I would say just that, that it's the absence of "feeling", and also ignoring the emotions felt in the moment, or rather, surpassing it, actually. When I do that, I'm using my Ti, not Fe nor Fi. I don't at all feel "isolated" or "lonely" when I'm detaching myself to observe stuff. I'm detaching myself **precisely** to not have a feeling/emotion get in the way, so going the other way would be totally pointless and beside the point. The lucidity you talk about would be an emotion too, but only if I suceeded/found something good, in a "Eureka" way. The detachment itself isn't an emotion nor a feeling. 4:00 Agreed. That's an emotion tho. 5:32 Yup 6:20 Not really, more like that "I'm surrounded by idiots" Lion King meme. At least for me, but well, in part thanks to that mbti stuff, I kinda get it now, so I've perspective. The more anxious INTPs may experience that, but wlel, anxiety is a mental illness, so I dunno if it should be considered the "norm" or used to describe us. 6:55 Lol, I don't compete very often, and **I relativize things too much on a 7 billions people scale** to think "I"m the best" or get frustrated because there exist people that are better at it than me. But when I do compete, on a local scale, then yeah, I'm often surprised when I do well compared to others, and there's that pride boiling up. I quite like that "beginner luck" emotion you get. 7:51 Kinda, but only kinda. If it's something you worked on hard on, I won't be envious at all. It's just you put the work in, and I didn't. If I want to do it, I can. It's about the stuff that isn'tlike that. Really, it's on all that stuff with Se (our blindspot/PolR), all that stuff with appearances if you didn't work for it. So for example, some guy impresing people with basic skills (Like I dunno, people listening in a argument to a very simplified version of what I just said but not to me) or some guy exposing his wealth, if it's inherited for example, I can see the envy, but it's more akin to unfairness/wishing the guy was dragged down to my level, than wishing I was dragged up to his if that make sense ? I won't be envious of some guy because he's taller than me or has a more "beautiful" face, because that's luck, I couldn't do stuff about it. The unfairness I want to solve must be arbitrary. It seems it's very Fe related. (Well, you kinda nailed it at 11:37. If I knew that, I wouldn't have typed the wall of text above.) 11:54 Haha, yeah. Happens more often that I wish to admit. I don't have that "I will never get it right"( that's despair/sadness), it's more that I will insist more and more and I will get it eventually. If anything, I wouldn't put myself into question, I will say the thing I'm failing at is stupid and not worth doing, or simply get bored of it (which is the same, a loss of interest) That frustration/anger thing is an important distinction to make too. 16:10 I don't get stressed by that stuff, since even science cannot do that.

[@showiley]

I really appreciate your description of feelings. They are not the same as emotions; sometimes they feel like neural connections lighting up, making connections, or reaching out as explorers into unknown space or dimensions. Feelings are valuable and necessary instruments like satellites, some geosynchronous, some heading out into the solar system and beyond; whereas, emotions are all reactive and as such are important feedback, but more like gauges on the dashboard. Anyhow, I really appreciate your distinction, Erik, as I believe it is more than semantic; it's about recognizing different functions. I really value they way you combine your knowledge with open-minded excitement about being human.

[@j.robbwilson8216]

Today I'm on an Erik Thor KZbin roll. The applicability of the concepts are becoming more apparent. Still, I have to remember that dinner time is approaching; even INTPs who are on a learning roll need to eat. Thanks for the insights.

[@xero6396]

True, it's 1:30 pm and I just realised I have only had a coffee today. We need reminding to eat.

[@xero6396]

Oh crap. I'm here again reading the comments four months later and it's 11:11am and I still haven't eaten anything today.

[@justinejacks0n]

Erik's clearest and most comprehensive articulation so far of the complexities of INTP emotion-driven mental processes. Wow!

[@itiswhatitis7200]

We tend to ignore our feelings very much. Sometimes, it gets too much. When as an INTP you’ve been through emotional abuse and there’s nobody you can and will want to vent to, what do you do? Brush your experiences away and pretend to have healed from them. But then on and off the feelings tend to find you and again and again when you’re alone, and all you can do is break down. Sorry if this is messy. Really needed to share this with internet strangers because I’d never do that in real life.

[@Ten-kc2yp]

I struggle with frustration more than anyone in my class. I get so easily frustrated by anything I deemed stupid or things that I know I can do right but didn't. My suggestion for the 'this is easy but I somehow can't get the right answer' is to leave it for a while, then come back to it. Works wonders for me! After clearing my head, I can do it immediately after, because the more you try it, the more your brain will heat up and everything will mess up. As for stupid things... Leave them, delete them.

[@courtenayvermeulen6752]

INTPs experience the full range of normal emotions, it's just that our approach to life is such that logic/reality>feels. We don't let emotions drive us, but we feel them all the same. Watching someone build upon a foundation of fickle, subjective, changeable emotions is generally a dumpster fire waiting to happen... Me: grabs popcorn.

[@er6730]

Eeeeh! I'm so excited, as I've actually asked this about my INTP husband more than once. He's not interested in discussing it, lol.

[@j.robbwilson8216]

Genius. As a mature INTP I hope I will approach this kind of insight, but probably not. Thanks for sharing.

[@LaTanaDelRumore]

I appreciate how you describe this topic , i an INTP myself , and i think my own existence is filtered with a massive amount of " feelings " . Is a fact that i lack " empathy" for other persons feelings and emotions , but neverless ....i recognize that sometime i m driven by my emotions too. More often than not , the difference is that my /our emotions are not " mainstream "

[@sw1216]

Thanks for your videos. It really helps to understand and accept myself for being different. Seeing the areas if weakness, super important to know to be able to work on those. Strong and hopeless emotions when my theories are being blown off or marginalized because I'm not in the "right" scientific clique. Yes, it's ridiculous and very defeating.

[@minjimin2917]

I am so confused by my personality type. I used to think I was an infp, but I'm not very warm or caring towards others and people who tell me about all their emotional troubles waste my time. But I am so confused because I somehow come off across as emotionless, when in reality I have a lot of emotions, I only show them when I'm alone or around people I'm comfortable with. But even then the next day I feel stupid about my emotions. And people keep saying that I never smile, but I think I'm the funniest person I know, and sometimes people even make me feel stupid, because they don'tget my jokes (which I will not explain because it defeats the purpose). Another thing I heard was that intps are mathematicians... not me. I get so angry because in math class, I'll be the only one still working and everyone is done, it's so angering because I feel stupid and I'm not. Anyway enough of that. So what is my personality??

[@ideecay2190]

I know its a bit of a late comment but whatever. It's hard to tell what type someone is based on a single comment so I can't answer your question. I relate a lot to you though. INTP's are really good at thinking logically. This doesn't necessarily mean that we are fast thinkers however. I think that we're always so carefull and slow with our thoughts because we so desperately don't want to be wrong about things. I don't like to use words lilke smart or stupid because they carrry no actual meaning. We are all intelligent in different ways.

[@NoLifeGamer1080]

Take. The. *TEST!!!* Do you want someone to link the website for your or something? Here: www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test FYI: Personally I doubt you're an INTP bc 1 thing every INTP has in common is searching for new information themselfs. You might be INTJ though, I haven't really looked into INTJ but supposedly there's a lot in common between the two.

[@brycescott7895]

I’ve also been told multiple times by my friends that i “talk in lower case” have you had a experience like that?

[@virz4432]

@@NoLifeGamer1080 Let's not be so narrow-minded. MBTI doesn't fully define anyone. They're all just a wide spectrum. (Many variables can mold any type)

[@NoLifeGamer1080]

@@virz4432 8 months... Sure there's no "limit" to when you can respond to a comment but c'mon man. I don't even remember posing that comment let alone the finer details of MBTI that could make a response even remotely worthwhile.

[@jordydrop]

as an intp who has some faith in the Meyers-Briggs personality construct, my Fe inferior comes out when i need to decide when and where to say difficult things. for instance, if someone is stressed financially and i've been saying for months that they need to rethink their spending, i know from experience that i shouldn't lecture them at the grocery store as their debit card is denied. as far as the Fi manifestation, it seems to come out when i'm working hard to meet a deadline and something unexpected happens that causes a delay or interruption. i sometimes go completely ballistic. it's the type of reaction you'd expect to see from someone who has antisocial personality disorder, psychopathy or sociopathy. i'll start yelling and cursing.

[@j.robbwilson8216]

Strange. It seems that I often don't get it, but then I come back to the video and it seems extraordinarily perceptive. Thanks...

[@Ignasimp]

Is this a joke? My emotions can be so strong I just don't know how to handle them lol.

[@unclespeller6568]

I think that having strong emotions means you are human, and not knowing how to handle them means you're an INTP ;)

[@xero6396]

Exactly! We repress our emotions because we are so sensitive to them that we don't know how else to handle them.

[@LittleSparklingStars]

Uncle Speller that is indeed how I feel about it.

[@emacdemacd]

I can relate since I am INTP, I am really ompetitive in academic world I always want to be the highest mark in class and it gives me happiness and fulfillment deep inside

[@hosseinkeshavarz5177]

I'm really thankful 🙏🏻 This video really helped me know me. Actually i have really problem with my emotions and i didn't know what I'm doing and what I'm into but now i know what should i do to control my feelings. Ty again 🙂🙂

[@lindasmith1370]

I love your sharing. I feel understood.

[@makusantiran4870]

2:10 - 2:14 Me when I tried everything to solve a bug in programming but it doesn't work which gives me a headache that lasts for about an hour, and realizing that I just missed one semi colon on one line.

[@dambam3842]

I made a Snapchat account Before I even knew about all of this stuff or that I was an INTP, username is LoadingEmotions. Coincidence ? I think not 😂💀

[@ErikThor]

funny, fitting!

[@Emily-hd9bm]

That's a fun excuse to drop your snap.... 😳

[@noahdingess3814]

The one that I relate to the most is that feeling of ignorance, knowing that I'm wrong, an inability to understand. It makes me extremely frustrated and eventually really sad.

[@systematicmenace9895]

Yes exactly It feels so wrong and I will be thinking over and over and if it still doesn’t make sense I get so angry and tense up thinking how did that person get it!???What if they asked me and I don’t know the answer ?How about I ask them? No!!!that will make me look stupid and then I just simply break down lol

[@splacl6102]

Hello, I am an INTP and I have a cat.

[@jennahudson3420]

INTJ here. My INTP bf has told me that simple hobbies he thinks about picking up, he’s discouraged about developing and continuing because he knows somebody else is better so why be only second best? His “emotions” do seem to be developed through Ti. Also, when we have an issue to resolve in our relationship, he takes it very personally as if that the issue is in a direct result of how he is “bad” at something in our relationship and it’s his fault in his mind and it makes him feel he can’t do anything right. Knowing that it’s his perfectionism to have a “perfect” relationship with me that helps me to rule out narcissist. I stress this fact because when he feels he giving me everything he can in the relationship and when I compliment him, this behavior is non existent. We’ve talked about how relationships are not perfect and it’s not any of our faults, he has gotten better and he’s coming to understand that fact.

[@roxyc5345]

It isn't that I hide or suppress my emotions..I just have two gears that I operate in... happy and cranky and a little less often compassion ! On the rare occasion that I move outside these emotions, It gets overwhelming, I don't know how to compute this on a mental level or verbalise what I am experiencing, though, I definitely analyze it afterwards. Maybe it just takes a lot for me this female INTP to be emotionally moved...it really isn't easy territory...hmmm... Better go figure out why now... Thanks for the great vids BTW 👋

[@brycescott7895]

pickles we got 3 emotions rage, happiness, and sadness and we don’t feel them all that often

[@lindasmith1370]

I get frustrated that people assume I don’t have emotions because I don’t display them. It’s as if they have a social norm for emotions and they get to judge me for not meeting them.

[@yurizafurizaki5574]

I feel things, moreover about the people I care, very deeply, but emotions drain me. I hate feeling anything, they don't make me feel comfortable, and I don't understand them at all, much less understanding other's. I can barely understand mine. Emotions dull the mind. I hate them, and I'll feel mentally crippled due to the overwhelming emotions in my being. I wish I could feel nothing. Here's the thing though, I find it odd, the more I'm hurt, the more I withdraw and the colder I get at seeing emotions. The more I loathe the feelings I feel, and the more I just shut down in my own world, and promise myself I will never let anyone hurt me again by being totally detached from the external world because it's where chaos is. Can we say "depressed"? I guess. But I'm serious about it. I totally hate having emotions yet ironically they are in me. They are in me, but I don't understand them nor am I comfortable with their presence. I don't know how to deal with them and to figure them out I need Google and youtube. They are beyond my logic. They are from the abyss, hell. It's a world of evils in the world of feelings. Sorry, but this is how I look at them. Useless, not beneficial for humanity, instrusive, annoying. People should never play around when it comes to matters of the heart. These unseen invisible stuff going on in our brain, why should they mesh with our existence?

[@waluisa]

Thanks erik. Very refreshing insight.

[@KenZauter]

As an INTP, my most frequent emotion is thinking everyone around me is an idiot! That’s an “emotion”, right? If you have to ask, you’re an INTP!

[@xero6396]

This INTP never walks around feeling pride at being better than anyone at anything. I just didn't get it when you said that and kept shaking my head. I only compete with myself and try to understand the world and become competent in it. I don't feel superior at all and I wouldn't enjoy that feeling if I could feel it. It would be a fool who would believe in themselves to that extent. I never feel that I know enough or have everything all figured out. My friends think I'm modest but I just don't ever feel like I am smart enough. When you're focused on logic, however, a lot of people can get upset that you're not focused on their feelings and perceive that as arrogance, particularly if they are insecure about their intellect. These people don't have to be "feelers" either to do this. I have encountered this with some Te users as well. An INTP could think an ISTP or another INTP was arrogant too. Yes, as an INTP I get very frustrated when people are being ignorant and can't think critically. But then I think feelers can get very frustrated when feelings are not taken into account, and they start judging with their F. If one person's ignorance is of little to no consequence, I can let it go. When it becomes an epidemic in society, that is more annoying, and when their ignorance leads to actions or judgements that harm me or others, then that is when it really irritates me.

[@brycescott7895]

Xero yea I physically hate thinking about being better than other people it makes me feel like a jerk even if I am

[@xero6396]

@@brycescott7895 Hehe are you calling yourself a jerk or calling yourself better than other people? 🙃

[@brycescott7895]

@@xero6396 i honestly don't know

[@Isbell654]

How to hurt INTP feelings (specially ir You are a girl/woman: "Nobody would fall in love so fast with you because of your intelligence" dude i still healing my self esteem :(

[@bluhummingbird2179]

I know right. That sucks.💯💯

[@Isbell654]

@@bluhummingbird2179 yea

[@jakapratamaa9507]

Bro, i was observe myself and i got mbti test also i find out i’m an intp type. Honestly i don’t really like to be this type, i don’t really satisfied to being intp but the fact more than 90% of explanation describe who i am perfectly so i decide to dig this type deeper and i found your channel. Very interesting, i hope you have a book about this personality. Thank you so much

[@rebelliarosetm2008]

So basically life is one long chess tournament. Got it :) Great video. Thanks for this! 💋❤️🌹

[@marleenstukkien5384]

Even before watching (so I wouldn't know if you agree, lol, but knowing you, you fully do 🙂): my best friend is an INTP an I can assure you that in a very subtle and non-intrusive way she absolutely has got emotions, she's even got as much emotions as I do as an INFP (she just handles them better: I tend to go overboard with them all the time, because of the way I react to my emotion, like "all bow to the Holy Emotion!" - no, why? Piss off! She's better at handling hers...).

[@vazzaroth]

You know how they tested social dynamics with chimps, and within 1 generation the chimps who were trained to beat new chimps were already teaching others to do it even though the original stimulus had ended? I think Ti Doms, both ISTP and INTP are humanity's antivirus against this type of think. "that feeling when you do something even though people told you not to" oh BOY do I relate to that. I've always wondered why I'm so contrarian and have been since birth. Between learning about To (intp me) and an adult ADHD diagnosed I finally understand myself and judge my own behavior less harshly.

[@diamondcarson8801]

idk , came to realize i am an intp a month ago or so. but i tend to have strong emotional outbrusts and i'm ashamed of them. i always wish i could box them up. it's like either i'm feeling nothing at all or feeling too much. because i am so emotional at times i took a test and it showed i'm inpf but nothing in me matches with inpf expect this emotional stuff which i constantly try to deal with logically. i still can't figure out :/

[@xero6396]

You sound very INTP to me.

[@Shines-On]

Oh trust me, I can go from 0 to 100 in a nanosecond when my emotions get the better of me. It's usually pride, tbh.

[@lindsayaweir]

Trapped. Yes. The whole world can feel like a cage at times. I completely recluse for long periods of time to think when I’m overwhelmed, or feel like too many rules are restricting my creativity and/or too many ppl monopolizing my time and such. It’s distressing and I go to the whiteboard in my room to rationalize it all, and redesign my life. I lose a lot of friends this way :/.

[@xero6396]

From my understanding I thought this was more of an INTJ thing.

[@eurabio]

What about the feeling of inmense solitude, product of being incomprehended or misunterstood.

[@Playingwith3D]

INTP here, we have deep emotions, but you are not invited.....It is that simple.

[@superstring1111]

INTPs have emotions! When approaching a problem, INTPs are searching for a logical solution. Certain subjects can be emotionally charged and can provoke strong responses in some people. This can become distracting (for some people) if your goal is to find a solution. So INTPs will try to avoid addressing these subjects or talk very "matter of factly" about them. Its not that INTPs are non-emotional - trying solving problems IS the thing. Emotion gets in the way. However, outside the context of solving problems, INTP experience and show emotions just like everyone else.

[@clairea9889]

exactly

[@aniokay]

I really get a bit sad when listening to the whole expert thing. Because I really wan't to be an expert, but I am new in my field, my work is so fluffy and undefined and generalistic that I just don't know how to navigate. It's so confusing and stressful. I constantly have to use sides of my personality that I am uncomfortable with (networking, coordinating, aka taking initiative and making decisions, etc.). It is so hard all while I am recovering from stress and a concussion from 3 years ago. Shit. I wish I could go back to the things I did when I studied...

[@yedoru4448]

Everybody loves to tell other people whats what, yet have absolutely no idea what the hell they are talking about.

[@kokocute123]

It’s very difficult dating an INTP as an ENFP (emotions? Why yes, we are the marching band of emotions!). We’ve been together for 8 roller coaster years and I honestly think that the only reason we’ve lasted this long is because of our strong friendship and our mutual love for the same things. I’ve already killer a part of my ENFPness so I can meet him at a certain level, which is like slowly poisoning a unicorn tbh. I just wished my INTP would emotionally open up more.

[@xero6396]

They can't open up because they can't connect to their own inner feelings about what they want out of life for themselves. They don't usually care about how they feel personally. They can only express to you how they feel about you and the world because they feel through others, not through themselves.

[@taiweannoona1204]

What if you are a strong INTP without ego and that you really don’t care about competition?

[@stevedavenport1202]

Yes they do

[@xBaphometHx]

Of course I have emotions! And a lot of them! That is what cause my HUGE anxiety.

[@anand.suralkar]

I was scared i started to feel like i m sociopath by But always my emotions were what have me hope that im not sociopath Bcz i was so emotional even i m a boy tears come in my eyes even if i see animal suffering or is hungry and helpless

[@nightreaper1824]

INTPs appear machine like on the surface, That doesn't mean INTPs haven't any feelings. If someone is convinced I'm an inhuman icicle, I'll leave. When I make promises like those, they are from past experiences. I'm devoted but not to pain. I can't believe I'm discussing this. I wish I was a machine. People have manipulated my feelings. Nobody can manipulate my logic. "Prove it" doesn't hurt. I'm in love with knowledge. Feelings blow. Books never hurt me, never betrayed my trust. I will find out quickly when somebody isn't telling me the truth. It's a miracle I am eccentric and not insane. If you've the once bitten, twice shy outlook; knowledge is an escape. Through books, it's safe to feel. I'm similar to an INTJ in one way; I find out when someone's pulling the wool over my eyes with facts. It makes it harder to trust. ISTJ is convinced I'm the devil. Maybe I'm the faithful version. I relate to Mephistopheles except in rebelling against Heaven over not having a mate. That doesn't bother me: I could live like a monk. Books. Writing in cursive. Art. Maybe I'm the parallel universe Mephistopheles, in love with knowledge but didn't betray anyone over sex. I'll be alone, if that's the plan for me. It's not because I don't care. I shouldn't care. What's the purpose of caring with enough logic to figure out it's a one-way street? I'm smart. I put together clues. It doesn't make it easier to trust. Sherlock Holmes was an INTJ. Same type of thinking: introverted. Irene Adler tricked him and he said, "Too bad she's not on my level." That's the impression love left on me. I know when someone's deceiving me, even if I do appear to have my head in the clouds.

[@Naturenerd1000]

Spot on

[@showiley]

Erik, one thing I am really curious about is how is it that I am also an excellent empath?

[@ErikThor]

You may have very high cognitive empathy (meaning you understand emotions well but cannot feel them) if you are more sensitive and can feel emotions internally you are an INFP, not an INTP. If you can detach from emotions you are more likely an INTP.

[@brycescott7895]

I guess I now know why I’ve always wanted to move to Alaska

[@nenobeuvo9804]

As an intp how would you distinguish between emotions and feelings and on which aspect?

[@Shadow77999]

Not first

[@emacdemacd]

what are your reference?

[@orwhat24]

“Other people.....” Nah. Don’t care what they think. Sure I like to compete. But not winning isn’t as important as being right or just having done my best. There’s always a faster gun. But caring about other people’s thinking? Nah.

[@elnogo9196]

Aha, I'm often emotional, as I'm always knowing I'm right, unless I don't know, then I'm figuring. So knowing is an emotion? Why?

[@Echoes3333]

It is funny that i thought i was not an intp for feeling everything you said

[@firstlast1598]

Envy and frustration

[@Intuitioncalling]

You call it envy, and i an observation

[@jenlovesthisstuff]

As an INTP the frustration of other people's unnecessary chaos drives me insane! I like order and routine and a peace, calm existence.

[@plantpoweredhealth9383]

Same. INFJ likes planning and routine, at least in my case too..

[@jenlovesthisstuff]

@@plantpoweredhealth9383 My champion, my rock, my best buddy 💜

[@Shinebakaaho]

This vid should have more views

[@cinoypaul9262]

wow! This hit home hehe..

[@linyenchin6773]

How and why can you be fool enough to not see that all thoughts are born of emotion, just as all emotions are merely concentric clusters of feelings aka basic pulsation flowing through your nervous system.

[@laylaahmed1255]

Why everybody's comments are too long '-' I'm not reading all that

[@meregaming1770]

I hate picking up slack for my incapable coworkers.

[@dilameestafanous786]

So true

[@joshuapowell3526]

Nothingness is the default emotional plane

[@claudiawander2181]

I really want to know if you are an INTP.

[@xero6396]

He's INFJ.

[@lazar2949]

I sometimes wish i don't have them. But i understand that they are parr of every one of us. Still hate them, they are mostly bad in my case, stupid emotions.

[@shachede6828]

Whew read me like a book. Who tf is this man. Got to run away from him. What the heck. I have been told many times I lack sympathy and empathy. Which makes no fucking sense. Cause it’s so not true smh. C

[@523hunter]

No we're all dead inside

[@blissfu_lee8522]

no

[@NoLifeGamer1080]

Haven't watched the video, probably won't finish it. I'm an INTP and I'll answer this question. *Yes.* We feel very, fucking, hard. Harder than you can ever ever imagine. Will we show it? FUCK NO. You had better be worth just as much as the second coming of Jesus fucking Christ to a devout Roman Christian if you even want to have the slightest glimpse of genuine emotion.... or catch us off guard. If you've ever seen Assassination Classroom there's a scene where the principal throws a logic puzzle at the teacher and the teacher (who's a super genius/alien with superhuman powers) and he gets thrown completely off guard and ends up a mess. If you can do that you'll see genuine emotion. OK imma watch the video now :D

[@FunnyCODAssasin]

Do intp have Ni?

[@ErikThor]

Yes, as a flow function

[@Outofontology]

Jordan Brown No. they have Nu, which is a variation of Ne that is bestowed to those capable of defeating the knights of Ni.

[@Shadow77999]

Every type has every function.. quit this "this type doesnt have this function bs"

[@FunnyCODAssasin]

A random INTP i know they have it as a 6th function i was wondering why he would highlight their 6th function over their 2nd. Ne plays a much larger role in the identity of an intp than Ni.

[@Outofontology]

Jordan Brown kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZqZnIp4aal_lck Here’s one model that describes it very accurately in my opinion.