Are you more of a "thinker", or a "feeler"?

[lightningandsnow]

Do you make decisions based more on logic, or emotions?

I'm definitely a thinker, but I do have an emotional side, too. However, I like to be really logical and consistent.

[dawgmom]

1. INTP here

That could be an interesting thread. I wonder how many people know their Myers-Briggs type?

[lightningandsnow]

4. Me too!

A fellow INTP! Hello there!

[dawgmom]

6. Wow...we're one of the rarest types, you know

INTPs are pretty rare.

It would be an interesting thread. Maybe I'll start that tomorrow. My guess is that there are a LOT of "I" (Introvert) types here -- more than in the general populace.

[DarkTirade]

15. I see some places that list us as the rarest types

but some list others as the rarest. I guess it depends who's taking each test. But last time the subject came up there were a few INTPs here on DU, more than I would have expected.

Maybe a site like this tends to attract that kind of personality. :P

[Lucy Goosey]

5. I'm an INFP.

A total idealist.

[dawgmom]

8. When I was younger, I occasionally tested as a weak "F"

The scales are always really close on that one for me, although on the others I have strong scores. Especially the introvert thing -- I'm almost off the scale on that.

[Lucy Goosey]

11. I'm right with you on the introvert scale...

I tested as 100% introverted.

[dawgmom]

12. It can be hard being an introvert in a world that favors extroverts

Extroversion is looked on as the ideal. And it's not that I can't be extroverted -- I can be the life of the party. But the way I always explain it is that an introvert goes home from a party and is exhausted, and wants to cocoon the next day, while an extrovert wants to know where the after-party is (that is, is energized by all the human contact.)

[unsavedtrash]

14. me too

and I live in my head.

[suninvited]

31. I am an INFP as well

at least when I tested 9 years ago I was. I think my I may be leaning more towards the E as I get older.

[TZ]

7. Hmmm well there was one not too long ago

Actually there are some skeptics here *cough* Orrex *cough* who are a little skeptical of how useful or accurate the Myers-Briggs personality test actually is. In fact, IIRC, it was a bit of a flame war
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7934564&mesg_id=7934564

You could start one, but just be aware it could get err heated...

[dawgmom]

10. oops! Thanks for alerting me to the land mine

Maybe I won't do that then. :)

There's that old "soft science vs. hard science" thing again. heheheehe

Actually, I might enjoy talking to him about that. At the very least, as a manager I have found it to be a very useful tool for starting a dialogue in work groups, to help people understand and appreciate different people's preferences for processing information, communication, etc. It's expecially useful for helping resolve conflicts within teams.

[dawgmom]

30. Ugh...especially

I can't believe I typo'd that.

[femmocrat]

9. We did it a couple of months ago, I think....

a lot of us were INPJ as I recall. But I'm probably wrong! :shrug:

[City of Mills]

16. Another checking in

INTP to a fault. I break everything down into logical explanations, including feelings and emotion. Which of course, you cannot really do which is why I am no longer married to my ESFJ spouse.

[dawgmom]

21. My best friend is an ESFJ

That's probably not a coincidence. I think we instinctively seek people out who complement our own personalities. It's worked well for us for more than 30 years. She calls me on the things like that that drive her crazy (being oblivious, etc.), and I call her on her black-and-white "J" view of the world, her need to have everything planned out to the last detail, and her tendency to be "rule-bound."
I think we've both grown as a result, and I can't imagine my life without her in it. I'm sorry things didn't work out for you and your wife. :(

[City of Mills]

22. Thanks

We get along great now, we were always better friends anyways... I do seem to click better with 'EF's, that's for sure...they seem to appreciate my dry wit :)

[TZ]

2. I'm both

A relative who I hold in the highest respect (political scientist, Congressional Scholar) has told me that I am unique in the fact that I am both a highly emotional person, yet highly analytical and logical as well!:)

[susanna]

13. It must be a "sue" thing.

If you're really a Sue that is. :-)

I have the exact same pattern. I'm exceedingly logical - sometimes to a fault - but have a finely developed emotional/empathetic side as well. It can be hell trying to balance the two, can't it?

[crim son]

3. Interesting question.

I give myself up to my feelings. But during the early days of my now ended marriage, my husband and I saw a marriage counselor who made the comment after a session or two, "Normally I find it's the woman who reacts based on emotions. In this case, I'm seeing the opposite." I think as an adult I balance the two and when I don't, it's by choice and I'll announce it before stating my tainted opinion.

You really can't go wrong being a thinker, AspieGrrl. :hi:

[fizzgig]

17. my reactions are almost always emotional

but the decision making is almost always done logically

[DS1]

18. All my online tests say INTP on a huge margin

I'm analytical to a point where it can damage relationships. I ~have~ to know why something doesn't make sense until I have an explanation. I consider a piece of information which doesn't 'fit' a ball bearing dropped in an engine block which bounces around and creates all sorts of havoc until it's explained, and then the machine can continue humming along.

I suck at empathy, as much as I try. I'm just really not good at it. Then again, I have no real experience with it. That I'm aware of.

[City of Mills]

19. Yep

I'm with you, good explanation by the way. Everything can and needs be categorized in order to be understood. My ex was ESFJ, so being complete opposites it's amazing we were able to stay together for any length of time. We're still good friends, just can't live together. She calls me a vulcan, a nutty professor and a robot.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear AspieGrrl!

Definitely more the "feeler" type!

However, I do have moments when I'm just as hard-headed an intellectual as you'd ever like to meet...

I do enjoy being logical too.

:hi:

[jobycom]

23. I think I'm a feeler, but sometimes I feel like a thinker.

[Lucian]

24. I'm always teetering between INTP and INTJ on those online tests.

So, to answer your question, I'm a thinker.

[DarkTirade]

25. ... yes?

:P Seriously though, it's fairly fluid. I lean towards 'thinker', but I'm also an artsy weirdo type, so my feelings definitely have more of a say than my brain would like.

[fizzgig]

26. take out the artsy part and you're right on the money

:P

[billyskank]

27. I used to be a thinker, now becoming more of a feeler.

[Rising Phoenix]

28. ISFP

artisan - composer

[BlueIris]

29. INFP. So, feelings, I guess. nt

[Dogtown]

32. dreamer, me.

and i let decisions coalesce...

[Dora]

33. INTJ

sigh

[MsKandice01]

34. I'm an ISTP myself...

Definitely a thinker.

[Z_I_Peevey]

35. Last time I checked, I was a touch-feely feeler.

But these days not so much. Must take the test again to see how the hard knocks of life have changed me.

[Jamastiene]

36. I think I feel her.

:evilgrin:

Confucius say man who bald in front thinker, man who bald in back lover, man who bald in front and back think he lover.

This has to be the ONLY opportunity I will ever have to use that Confucius quote.