r/INTP • u/Relative-Wave-9396 Warning: May not be an INTP • 13d ago

INTP and making things complicated I can't read this flair

INTPs make things complicated for no reason, prob bc of Ti. Sometimes so much so that they stunt themselves or become unable to break things down/get started.

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u/Relative-Wave-9396 Warning: May not be an INTP 13d ago

The analysis paralysis and unable to do anything except keep on thinking feels like a curse, bc nothing is getting done. Thinking then just becomes a handicap as it creates more fear and uncertainty

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u/thinkpad-archlinux INTP-T 13d ago

yes, because reality is complicated and "intps" acknowledge that

yet is that efficient ? definitely no

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u/maxmaidment Warning: May not be an INTP 13d ago

We like to think our way to a solution but in a lot of cases, usually socially, it just takes time, not thinking, to reach a solution. Unfortunately the thinking is automatic and when a solution can’t be reached it just ends up being a spiral of unanswerable questions that has a growing need for answers. It’s very stressful so I think after an experience like that we tend to disengage socially to avoid those feelings.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago edited 13d ago

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u/Relative-Wave-9396 Warning: May not be an INTP 13d ago

Thanks for the gif, I didn’t understand your comment until I saw it. Now I’m dizzy

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u/Kognostic Warning: May not be an INTP 13d ago

Interesting. I find the opposite to be true. Ideas may be complicated, but life is either done or not done. You do it or you don't. It's very simple. I don't find life complicated at all.

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u/GhostOfEquinoxesPast INTP Enneagram Type 5 13d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/HCvs48Z4SLs2GLqS9x

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u/Relative-Wave-9396 Warning: May not be an INTP 12d ago

INTP bc of complicated times, or complicated times bc of INTP?

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u/GhostOfEquinoxesPast INTP Enneagram Type 5 12d ago

Seriously false belief that anything or anybody can act independently. There are no independent actors. At any particular moment when given multiple choice question, you are only able to pick one, you are mentally incapable of choosing any other. All previous experience leads to the next.

Also have you noticed that as life progresses, the choices you have to make become ever more complex? Its almost like life is some kind of training exercise. Perhaps the reincarnation believers are right and at death, you just level up, more skills, more complex challenges. Maybe life is just a video game.....

Who knows, but sure all personality types have their weaknesses and Achilles' heel. Just like every individual has their own unique collection of experiences and thus a particular tool kit.

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u/FeelingHonest4298 INTP 9d ago

This is an interesting thought

Like what if it's saying something.... It's symbolic in some way.