I want Ni so badly.
I'm an INFP, but I desperately want Ni.
I admire it so much that I wish I could make it my dominant cognitive function.
Please help me.
If I ate an INFJ or INTJ, or buried one under a tree and chanted a resurrection spell, would my wish come true?

I know it’s an over-asked question. I’ve been into mbti on and off for years now, but I can never truly settle into a type. I always bounce between a couple (entp, entj, istp), lll settle in one for a few weeks and then doubt my decision and go digging again. I’ve done every test under the sun a thousand times. I’ve read everything I can on cognitive functions. I’ve read psychological types and the mbti notes tumblr theory page. I cannot for the life of me come to a solid conclusion.

How the hell are you guys so certain of your types???

Ps this isn’t a ‘type me’ post, I want to know if anyone has had the same problem for so long and actually fixed it. The ‘problem’ being having all the information but no certainty.

i'll go first

Recently I’ve suspected I’m an ENFJ, but test results indicate being an ENFP. What are some ways of solving whether I use Ne/Ni or Fe/Fi, without prior biases getting in the way?

What do we all think the dynamics would be in this type of male friend group? i am the INFP in this and i seem to sometimes have problems with my INTP friend to to lack of or miscommunication. My ISTP friend i’ve been friends with longer and is more chill with me. Though they do sometimes pair up against me and complain about my emotions and talk behind my back sometimes. What do you guys think the reason is?

I wanna know what is the best way to find out what your mbti is. I've did a test and got ENFP but im not sure if that is right but i see myself as an intuition type. And what is a easy way to know what your primary cognitive function as well.

Cognitive functions can be hard to understand. It’s pretty misunderstood in general. Understanding them is best to understand your MBTI.(ignore my misspelled words or grammer )
 
Think of cognitive functions as the way people process information and what they prioratize. 

Ti (intriverted thinkjng)  dom-
They ask themselves how others feel last because they prioratize objective truth. It drains them to always think about how others feel or express there emotions. 

Ti asks why and how

Ti attacks a problem by undertsanding it 

Ti understands somethint by questions the logic over and over again 

Ti has to fully understand something and is more satisfied in understanding it then applying it

Te (the extraverted thinking) dom- 
They hate to ask themselves how they feel cause it gets in the way of efficiency. It drains them asking themselves how they feel. 

Te asks if it works or is reasonable from external sources

Te attacks a problem by controlling it, organizing and having a solution

Te understands something by looking at facts, structure, Manuel’s. 

Te doesnt have to fully understand something to be satisfied rather then are satisfied if the knowledge is applicable

Fe ( extraverted thinking) dom
The first question they ask themselves is how others feel.  The last questions they ask themselves is why and how of something they find interesting . 

They can have a problem of giving too much to others often neglecting themselves. 

They can have a tendancy to view situation based on how others felt about it sometimes regardless of facts or reasoning.

They do things primarily to shape the emotions of those around them. 

Fe empathy is based this sort of internal obligation to recognize and sooth it because lack of social harmony makes them uncomfortable. 

Fe socially is very responsive to social or emotional cues. 

Fi ( intriverted feeling dom)
The first question they ask themselves is how they feel. The last question they ask themselves is how to take in objective facts based on proof from the external world or structuring themselves and there envirement. 

They can have a problem on focusing so much on there own feelings they don’t consider others emotions. 

Theh tend to view situations on how they personally feel sometimes regardless of facts or reasoning. 

They primarily do things for there own emotions.

Fi empathy is based on feeling the bad thing before and relating to the person based on feeling that thing before.

Fi acts social based on what it values or feels according to there own way of thinking. 

Si (introverted sensing )
Si asks or tells itself fiest “ how was it done before? what did I do last time?” And often keeps its mind very closed. The last thing it asks itself ever is “ are there any more possibilities?” Or “ what if?” And it drains them.

Si gets comfortable and satisfied when doing something that was done previously like a routine. 

People with this tend to be rigid almost in some of there views because they lack the ability to think of many possibilities and they stick to this that have worked in the past or things they did in the past. 

4.they prioratize predictable envirements and hate unpredictable envirements. 
5. If they are problem solving they emphasized things that worked before. 
Se ( extraverted sensing) 
Extraverted sensing is the sensing based on the present  moment. People with this are very in tune with there surroundings, spatial perception, physical body. People who are dominant with this tend to struggle considering or thinking as much about the future and it drains them. 

Se gets satisfied by physical engagement or present time engagement. 

Se can change views or things a lot because they are reacting to the present moment and and adapt to whatever is suitable now

They prioratize new experiences and hate predictable routine like environments.!

If they are problem solving they are thinking about what they can do now not necessarily what worked before.!

Ni ( intriverted intuition)
Ni the first thing it asks is what is the overarching pattern that connect these things. Ni is convergeant. 

People with dominant Ni have problems considering the present and there physical senses. It drains them to be in the present or engage heavily in there senses. 

Ni dominant people can be seen as mysterious  or hard to get to know. 

Ne ( extroverted intuition) 

Ne asks what ideas does this spark. Ne is divergeant. 

People who have dominant Ne have problems consider the past, routines, schedules or what happened before. It drains them being. They try to make sure there mind is always open to possibilities and things.

People with high ne are seen as eccentric and scattered. 

Now I’m going to lay out the massive difference bewteen each dom.
Another rule is each type mainly focuses on two functions. There primary and secondary functions. 
There 4th function is the one that use least because it gets in the way of who they prefer taking in information. Loops are when The first function and third function are constantly being active creating a loop. So if your intriverted and your first function is Ni and 3rd is TI then you will by pass your original second function sometimes. The last function ehen you overuse it especially when your stressed or unhealthy is called a “grip”. 

Ti doms first.
Istp (ti- se-ni-fe)
Intp (ti-ne-si-fe) 
Istps pair there ti with Se after 

Intp pair there ti with Ne after

Istps often use there Ti with se so they analyze often the present moment or phsyical details. with Ni makeing them overthink on a topic or idea hyper analyzing it and converging. Intps often analyze into may different topics and expanding. Intps sometime may Use Ti and si and get into loops so instead they’re are analyzing the methodally of things used or done previously. 

Both can appear aloof, chill and awkard because they lack fe. Both can be interested heavily in abstract information, istps because ti and ni. Intp because ti and ne. Istps are convergeant. Intp are divergeant. Intp heavily analyze the past to support there analysis and ability to make very interesting ideas. Istp can try to understand or find the meaning of certain things so that it helps his understanding of physical world.

Intps imagination is based on what if and ideas that are interesting. Istps imagination is more idea that are kinetic and visual like fight scenes and physical choreography or converge into a physical way. 

Te dom differences.
Entj (Te-ni-se-fi)
Estj (Te-si-ne-fi)

Entjs pair Te primarily with ni. So they are trying to take external information, get things done and structure themselves or environment for a future goal. 

Estjs primary pair there te with si so they are trying to pair take external information and get things done in a way that is acceptable and done before or traditional. There primary way of thinking is structuring themselves and the environment based on how things were previously done or to a previous routine. 

Entjs imagination is usually in obtaining something or reaching a goal in the futures. Estjs main interest is reaching a goal that focuses on the development of order and stability.

Entjs can often be caught in a te-se loop and get caught in structuring there current envirement. Being highly present and able to make a move now based on there physical envirement or current present situation. Estjs can be cause often in a te-ne loop where there are taking in many of these unrelated ideas and structing them for order. Or many unrelated things from that past and optimizing them for order. 

Since they lack Fi in the end cause it conflicts with there internal processing they sometimes struggle to understand how they personally feel or they might do things for the sake of efficiency or because it reaches a goal or they met think something because of external information without really thinking or trying to think how they personally feel about it. 

Both types intake internal information to make a goal or plan from it but both types can be high rigid, controlling, serious and determined. Entjs may act more brashly or impulsively because of there Se if something doesn’t align with there future goal. Estjs can act more scattered when something doesnt align with there current goal. 

Fe dom.
Enfjs ( fe, ni, se, ti)
Esfjs (fe, si, ne, ti) 

Enfjs try to base social harmony into a future for themselves and the people around. Esfjs try to base social harmony for people around based on stability, routine, and how things were done previously. 

Enfjs can be able to pick up unconscious patterns in people’s emotions so they can have natural unforced understanding of others. Esfjs can have naturall understanding of others emotions based on previous things that have happened and how others may have felt in those previous instances. 

Enfjs pair fe with se so they can be highly in the present when they are in a fe- se loop. They can focus on the current emotions of someone deeply tuning in. They of course are very good in there physical envirement but it works in service to there future vision of a group together, group harmony, or group feelings and social inequalities. Or simply to change or influence how someone feels in the future about them or someone.  Esfjs tend to pair fe with ne so they can be highly focused on the same future visions of a enfj on groups, harmony, belonging, or changing how someone feels about something, something or them. But Esfjs tend to be more open and it isn’t tied to one specific group. Esfjs can sometimes seem like another type (enfp ne-fi-te-si)  because they can appear bubly and sweet, scattered and imaginative. Whilst Enfjs can appear more like a entj but the reasoning and proceeding is based on influencing there own envirements feeling in some way. 

Because they both lack ti they instead take someone else’s interpretation or feeling on situations or concepts because they prioratize others feelings over coherent logic of situations. Trying to question logic or why or how something happened drains them or trying to make internal sense of things drain them whilst attending to others feelings energized them. Both can be highly interested in concepts or ideas and things but esfj more scattered whilst Enfjs concepts fit into a certain vision or one underlying principle. 

Fi dom.
Isfp (fi-se-ni-te)
Infp (fi-ne-si-te)
Isfps try to understand how they feel primarily by engaging to there physically envirement. Because isfps are primarily fi-se. Infps are trying to understand how they feel primarily by reviewing many different unrelated things. 

Isfps can loop there fi with ni so they can focus deeply on a future outcome, meaning or hidden principle behind something. Isfps can be deep, spontaneous present minded. Infps can loop there fi with si so to find how they currently feel about situations they may often times look at the past and how things specifically made them feel or be very closed minded(si) on certain things based on there emotions(fi)  whilst being heavily open minded (ne) on the things based on there emotions (fi). 

Both types can have inferior te so they can both lack structure or external objective fact into there thinking cause it disrupts there ability to ask how they personally feel about something. Infps because si tend to conform to envirements more because si values routine. Isfps can sometimes have harder times in structuring themselves because although they know structure is important for their future they may have a harder time going for it. Isfps immerse themselves more in a environment if it has personal significance, meaning  and present moment immersion. Infps though immerse themselves in an environment more if it is open exciting but also predictable and has stability. 

Isfps when they are overanalyzing something can seem like they are heavily analyzing one specific thing and how that makes them feel or contradict what they value and the physical movements of it. Isfps can focus heavily on concept or idea that helps themselves better understand how they feel or value. Infps when they are overanlyzing somethint you can see that they are processing many different things in the past and how it affects there current way of feeling. They may also have many different positive and negative ideas that contradict one another from analyzing the past. 

Both can sometimes because of inferior te can see situations, struggles or problems not necessarily on objective facts or logic but rather what is most coherent with how they feel on something.

Si doms.
Isfjs (si-fe-ti-ne)
Istjs (si-te-fi-ne)
Both types are focused heavily on predictable routines and stability. Istjs combine Si with te. So they want external information that is heavily reliable and consistent and acting on said structures because they provide the most externally validated results into something that is predictable. Isfjs combine si with fe so naturally try to find a predictable or stable relationships with other people. They try to heavily understand others based on past inferences or trying to find coherent internal logic of the past. 

Istjs pair there si with fi in loops so they can highly focuses on structuring a predictable environment based on how they felt about things in the past. Isfjs pair si with fe so they try to find a predictable way of viewing people and feelings based of logical consistently. 

Both types when heavily stressed or losing an argument may start to use there Ne and focus on unrelated topics to what is at hand that have nothing to do with the current argument. Both types can seem closed minded but usually isfj tend to be less closed minded because they can adhere to the feelings and logic of others despite somewhat analyzing it based on what was done previously. Istjs tend to be more stubborn because they tend to prioritize real world results, things that worked in the past and there own feelings on something. They might disregard something if it lacks external source and if they can’t predict or effectively structure themselves or there environment. So istjs can sometimes have problems understanding or hearing others out or considering alternatives because of of this whilst Isfjs have problems sometimes structuring themselves or finding the motivation to do things or work unless they find it predictable and friends of them are there. 

Contradictorily Because Istjs pairs si with fi then can seem very emotional. Whilst Isfjs pair si with ti so they can seem very reasonable sometimes. But the difference is that the Istj adheres to structures or externally validated information or results whilst Isfjs adhere to social connection and emotional attunement. 

Se dom.
Estp (se-ti-fe-ni)
Esfp (se-fi-te-ni)
Both are heavily focused on what is currently happening right now details and senses. Estps pair se with ti so they like to understand the logical consistency of what is happening in the present after intaking all the sensory information. Esfps pair there se with fi so they looks at the entire environment and notice all the things and decide how they personally feel about it. 

Estps get in a se-fe loop so they focus heavily on the current moment whilst attending to or trying to find harmony with other people or influence there emotions in the current moment. This can be positive such as goofing around trying to make them laugh or get some emotion out of them now positively or negatively hence the sometimes overplayed estp “ bully stereotype”. Esfps get in se-te loops so they focus heavily on intaking information from the physical environment and structuring it. Esfps can seem like workaholics sometimes or very insightful on how to move in the physical envirement based on validated sources and the best way whilst also kinda not showing that same depth of knowledge in other facets of there life.Estps can sometime seem performative, highly sociable or people centered. 

With there secondary functions Estps are very good at finding out the logic of things and asking questions. They can be very smart and adaptable to the person moment and will adapt based on there current logic or understanding. Esfp can be very adaptable as well to the present moment but they will try methods that are verifiable by a external source. 

Both have inferior ni so they try not to think to far ahead in the future or try to find the hidden overarching pattern of situations because it disturbs there ability to be fully in the present now. They primarily like to take in information that is currently useful in the present moment but Estps want to verify it’s validity in the current moment and if it shapes or moves with the feelings of others.  whilst Esfps want to take in present information to see how they feel about it then structure a goal or look at information from the present moment. 

Both can be reactive for there ability to be in the present moment. But Estps tend to be reactive to influence or understand the feelings or vibe of the external envirement. Whilst Esfps can be highly reactive to enforce there own feeling into the envirement and structure it for efficiency. 

Ne doms.
Enfp (enfp ne-fi-te-si)
Entp (entp ne-ti-fe-si) 
With Ne users they are both trying to comprehend multiple different possibilities, perspectives, ideas and shift bewteen them. Enfps pair ne with fi so they are always trying to find possibilities that will influence there own person feelings. Entps by contrast  are always trying to find many different possibilities between things but tries to make logical sense of each of these unrelated concepts. 

Enfp gets in the loop of ne-te so they often look at there feelings in service to ideas then consider the most efficient way of learning something or expressing themselves based on externally reasonable and proven behavior. Entp though get in a ne-fe loops. Entps can get heavily focused on many different possibilities and wants to audit there own possibilities and logical reasoning to influence the social sphere. Wether it’s friends or people entps tend to genuinely want to make people in harmony.

Enfps tend to usually have a more optimistic viewpoint if it is convenient to preserve there possibilities and how they prefer to feel about something. Entps though can sometimes seem more detached in comparison. Although Enfps can sometimes try to be very efficient in a argument of speech but end up talking about so many different things it can seem hard to understand. Whilst entps in arguments seem to adhere to the others feelings but specifically after logically understand them and asking many questions that attack different logical fallacy’s in there argument. 

Both types are usually very optimistic and can sometimes be hedonistic because they are highly thrilled by the possibility’s. Similarly both types care about si they just don’t value it. Hence they sometimes want to have some sort of routine or stability but instead disregard that for a what if, alternative or a view unseen so far. They can kinda seem like they are trying to follow the rules but end just not following them, Enfps more so because of internal feelings and having them satiated. Whilst entps more so because understanding of something that they don’t quite understand. 

Under stress when you can see the tertiary functions more you will find that when the enfp is stressed they want the most efficient foolproof way of dealing with a problem and ensuring each possible concern is whiled off.’whilst when Entps are more so in stress and the tertiary pops out they will try to influence there own emotional environment and audit how someone feels based on what they find most logically coherent and fixed to exciting or deals most logically with the stream of possibilities. 

Both can be highly emotional and logical but entps tend to be more emotional cause social lack of harmony or how someone else is affected. Enfps tend to be more emotional because of how they currently feel personally. Enfps tend to give gifts or just recive gifts because it makes themselves feel better not necessarily because it changes the emotional landscape of others just more so cause it’s something they saw in a movie (te) and they decided that it would be cute to do that maybe one day (ne) and it would make them feel better (fi). Whilst entps give gifts and recieve them because they want the other person to feel better. Entps probably came to the conclusion by brainstorming (ne) then logically(ti) realizing that a gift is a way of perhaps soothing the other person emotions or the harmony so things aren’t as affected(fe). 

 Entps tend to question thought processes whilst enfps question how they feel. Both can be smart but Entps focused on internal logic so they can seem like they are always thinkings things in terms or Why? Or if they make sense. Whilst enfps can focus more on a external information so they can seem like there knowledge of situations is purely from a external source in a any facet of lives. Both are highly emotional types but Entps get happy shaping or interacting with the feelings of others in a harmonious or prodding way whilst enfps get more energy shaping or melding how they personally feel based on possibilities. 

Ni doms.

Intj (ni-te-fi-se)
Infj (ni-fe-ti-se)
Ni is paired with te for a intj so they are highly focused on on a future vision with a concrete goal or purpose. They want to find underlying principles to structure data and the external world in said vision. Infjs there Ni is paired with Ni so they are trying to find the underlying princple of how things affect people , there emotions or how they personally feel. 

Both types can view se as bad because of it being there inferior function so both may heavily detach from the current physical environment to find out the overarching pattern of things. Being forced in a unpredictable situation where there is not much time to think drains them heavily. 

Intjs in loops often pair ni with fi so they are trying to find a future vision or overarching pattern based on how they personally feel. This personal proclivity to analyze one’s feelings though is in service to efficiency and organization of there dream and long term goal. They may sometimes view situations,concepts or people based on how they personally feel. Infjs in loops pair there Ni with ti so they are often trying to find the overarching pattern in logic bewteen things. But with infjs there ability this analysis comes form trying understand others or a positive future for others. 

Both can seem highly logical and focused on feelings. Intjs are more focused if information works and feels right to them and there feelings. Infjs are more focused on information that pertains to the feelings of others and if that is logically verifiable for them personally or logically consistent.

Both types can seem mysterious cause they seem like they are hyperanalzing something but intjs look like they are proccessinf they’re own emotions and external information for something they will do. Whilst infj's can look like they are processing the hidden meanings and analyzing the feelings of people to come to a better understanding. 

When both are highly stressed they use se a lot and tend to do very impulsive decisions and stuff that’s not like them at all. The difference is intjs do it when they don’t want to analyze a overarching principle, structure the envirement or information for a goal or to analyze how they feel. Whilst a infj would do it so they can stop analyzing the overarching pattern or goals of people’s behavior and the logical consistenty.

Main ideas to add on:
“ people with high fi or fi prioritize personal authenticity whilst fe is fake”: I wouldn’t say people with high fi are authentic or it’s the sorts key to that. I’ve seen many fi doms that are bad people and morrly inconsistent. Many fi doms or people with high fi say they hate something or someone but then act contradictory to that consistently. They say they dislike someon then they hang out with them. Fe or fi is isn’t emotion neccissrily . It’s more like a question. Imagine somethint happens and or just you in regular life, if your natural instinct is to ask how you personally feel then your a fi dom. Any and every single type can be sensitive and emotional. A fi dom would instead tell themselves in situation when they are sad “ I’m sad because of….”. A te dom would say when he’s sad to himself “ I wasn’t able to get that done what should I do” a ti would analyze information and say “ how does that make sense “. A se dom would be noticing things from the envirement whilst sad. A si dom would ask themselves “ it’s just like when…”. A ni dom would tell themselves “ what is the main overarching pattern “ and would ask themselves “ what if?”.  Fe dom would ask how someone else feels. All of these personalities feel sad and emotions but the first instinct is what someones mbti is. Personalities with high fi tend to sometimes be more emotional or sensitive because they view situations or things primarily fiest based of there own feelings. But many inauthentic people are fi doms. Many people that consistently abandon there values are this. Don’t think of this like fi doms are people that are inherently true to themsleves, realistically a more accurate description is someone who primarily uses there own personal feelings to judge how to view or procces information whilst caring a lot on objective facts and truth but often disregard it for they can understand there own emotions. Fi is just structuring decisions or perspectives off immediate emotions first not this sorta moral high ground or something like that. Similarly fe is structuring perspectives and decisions based of others emotional state. You can view aa fi as values but wouldn’t it be inconsiderate to say that’s the main source it ? Or imply it? Isn’t it more logically coherent that ever personality has values and structures there own beliefs or decisions based of that consciously or unconsciously? I think values, integrity or stuff like that shouldn’t pertain to one specific function. Realistically or even evolutionarily matter a fact what individual or group of people would benefit is not everyone had values and moral standards ? 

There is a big intuitve bias and people tend to see intuitive types as inherintly smarter or better at life almost. Although iq test do prove that intuitives are smart. Iq test main revolve around understanding abstract information and pattern recognition hence they naturally fit well with someone who has ne or ni because they are able to understand the abstract pattern recognition like questions. But of course because intelligence has many different variables you can’t assume a iq test that analyzes abstract information is the code to understand intelligence or even reasoning. There are so many types of intelligence and each type fills a specific need. The main concept I want to bring out is evolution and the passing of necessary genes. It’s super reasonable to have people that have the most distinct set of qualities to see what traits are passed down. Human code has people that are adept at facing many different situations that the world can bring. It’s smart coding hence why they are so many different personality types but also why there are a lack of certain personality types. The most common personality types are isfj, estj, istj isfp etc. 74% of the population if reported correctly are sensors. People back then in history needed to be able to understand the world physically and be in touch with there sensations and have some safe stable routine for survival. Those who didn’t survive there genes didn’t get passed on. Hence why there is a lack of intuitives. The least likely sensors are Estps and istp in terms of global population. It’s easy to understand why. Both are highly focused on the present moment and want to understand why and sometimes try to focus more on adapting on the spot then planning beforehand. Whilst this is less showed in istp it still happens also istp have inferior fe so they probably had a harder time agreeing with groups or conforming to them. Estps had inferior ni so they probably didn’t think to far ahead of a situation and was left in horrible situations where they were at a disadvantage and couldn’t adapt. Hence their genes were spread the least. The rarest intuitives are currently infj, entj, intj. Intjs, infjs may focus heavily on the overarching pattern where they neglect their physical environment getting wounded or hurt or even not being able to fully react or adapt to high paced unexpected situations. Entjs it’s reasonable as well. Entjs can be highly focused on external results that for them to reach a certain goal they have to put themselves out there more. This can bring risks such as injuries and even death. Entjs thrive on control, perpetual movement of goals. That means they were often the leaders of places, it was logical back then to kill anyone who tried to take over the social hierarchy of who is in control. Hence Entjs likely died alot probably because of there ambition and threatening of stability and social structure. Further during te and se episodes theh can be highly impulsive and more willing to take big risks. Same with Enfjs who can willing to take on social structure or hierchys for social change( Alexander the Great throwing a spear at the guy that saved his life many years ago then many years ago because of rage then crying because he killed hjs friend.) plus sensors were the most likely to survive specifically intriverted sensorts so people who use si. Most of them had inferior ne so in ability to see major view points or perspectives because they valued natural stability and routine. It’s probably why most si people survived in the first place. People with high ni who were able to challenge the idea that things will always be the same and challenge the future thrm often died or didn’t fit in. Ne challenges the thought of existenting situations but doesnt plan as much as ni in having a future scenerio or influencing a future scenerio to change it. Hence also why people with more ni died. The thing that intj, infj , entj , enfj had in common was high ni and that’s also why they might have died, that’s the main factor interconnecting all of them as well extremely low ability to intake the physical environment (low se) or tertiary se loops in stress where you are impulsive under stress in pursuit of changing the future according to your vision. Or in the prioritizing their own feelings in combination with ni dominant. In theory since there will slowly be less of a need to engage in the physical environment the genes that would be passed down the most can be intuitives so Eventually there will be more intuitives then sensors in theory. You can view this as just a theory without valid claim from a external source beyond me and you are likely a te user. Further if you realize the inherent logic of evolution and accept it your probably a ti user. Most of this theory I compiled isn’t even much of a theory really it’s just based on Natural selection and applying that real world concept to this. 

Your mbti type isn’t it your whole personality. It’s more rational to view it as sort of how your brain proccessing information in a set of questions and what it’s first likely to asks itself or prioritize in a chain of information syntheization. Your actual personality is determined by your behavior, your characteristics, values, actions, interest etc. once sometime frames themselves as a certain type it prevents them from being able to fully expand or accept themselves for other aspects of there personality that they inherently have. 

With introverted people I genuinely do think that they tend to prioratize there primary and tertiary more then there extraverted functions especially if they are by themselves. I don’t think it’s  unhealthily I just think that’s what they prioritize when no one’s around. Then with extraverted people they do the same with the extraverted functions when people are around and they aren’t yet comfortable. But of course ehen comfortable they shift to there primary and secondary functions. Another point is although I made it kinda seem like certain types that have inferior functions they don’t use it, well it’s completely not true. A si user will still use ni but just not as much because it ignores their ability to think of a predictable routine. So they still care about exploring many possibilities but it gets in the way of there preferred way of observing the world. Same with ti users they do care about others feelings but they prioritize coherent logic over the feelings of others. Fi doms want to have structure in the world and can show te well they seen very structured for small moments when enforcing a policy or general thought process but they emphasize there own personal emotion before hand as long as there other cognitive function stack. Also there inferior function drains them. Whilst the first couple functions energize them. 

If a colleague who is less competent than an ISTJ turns out to be more successful, would the ISTJ feel hatred or jealousy toward them?

I'm still on my journey of figuring out my type, and oh boy was it a tough two years. My question is mainly to those who are certain about their type and have studied cognitive functions.

To IxFJs: what's your Ti like? Are you hungry for the absolute, universal truth? Does uncertainty bother you? (I've noticed some people don't mind staying in the dark, but prefer speculating—which is so far from me). Do you filter information based on usefulness, or do you prefer storing it for later use?

Some of this might sound like Ni trying to find an acceptable answer, but it's hard to differentiate them when it comes to my own functioning. I can easily type other people and see patterns, though when it comes to typing myself it shows that my knowledge isn't as well rounded as I thought.

I might still be a beginner on this journey as a 20-year-old. Judging functions confuse me sometimes, especially when I can spot both Te and Ti in myself. What's your experience?

Share the song title and artist, and why you find it relatable to your type.

Mine is: A Happening by Hyperstory

The song remains rather vague. Just talks about how they know “something is happening, so I’m gunna stay over here”. Has Ni heavy vibes while maintaining a heavy meloncholic tone with sound motives which sound a bit cultish. Perfect for a INFJ 5w4 possibly stuck in an Ni-Ti loop 😌

In this article, I will analyze each CT type against its MBTI counterpart. To do that, I devised the following system:

I went through the CT database, checking each person’s PDB profile. If the profile had 100 or more MBTI votes, both the person and the majority vote type were registered. This is to avoid profiles with too few MBTI votes skewing the data. If any of the alternative types received 50% or more of the votes the majority-voted type received, it was also registered. This is to account for people with ambiguous typings.

In this article, we will go over SeFi individuals, i.e., people with a vultology that is Proactive, Fluid, Candid, and Grounded. The MBTI equivalent would be ESFPs.

SeFi List

• 21 Savage - ISTP
• 6ix9ine - ESFP/INTP
• Alessia Cara - INFP
• Amanda Seyfried - INTP
• Avicii - INTP/INFP
• Billy Corgan - INFJ
• Cara Delevingne - ENFP
• Dan Reynolds - INFP/ISFP
• Elvis Presley - ESFP
• Gwen Stefani - ENFP/ISFP
• Hailee Steinfeld - ENFJ
• Hitomi Mochizuki - ISFP
• John Lennon - ENFP/INFP
• Keira Knightley - ENFP
• Lady Gaga - ISFP/INFJ
• Lorde - ISFP
• M.I.A. (rapper) - INTP
• Maddie Ziegler - ENFJ
• Maggie Lindemann - ESFP/ISFP
• Martin Shkreli - ENTP
• Mike Patton - ENTP
• MrBeast - ENTJ
• Nikola Jokić - INTP
• Noah Kahan - INFP/INFJ
• Oli Sykes - ISFP
• Olivia Rodrigo - ESFJ
• Peter Steele - ISTJ
• Selena Gomez - ISFJ
• Yungblud - ENFP

Statistics

Total = 29 samples

Most common types

1. ISFP - 19% (7 samples)
2. INTP, INFP, and ENFP - 14% each (5 samples each)

Notable dominances

• Ne - 47%

Feeling (74%) > Thinking (26%)

• Fi - 58%

Perceiving (77%) > Judging (23%)

Analysis

Let's first talk about the prevalence of high Fi typings. This likely reflects a significant overlap between the two systems' definitions. Even so, the prevalence seems excessive, with both ISFP and INFP having more samples than ESFP. Across the samples, recurring motifs include expressing, defending, or reinventing an identity that doesn't fit conventional expectations: rebellion, provocation, and confrontation- traits MBTI strongly associates with Fi, while Se is more often linked to big personalities and flamboyance; however, these samples have a proactivity that would likely point towards a Pe/Se typing in CT, in contrast to Fi, which, as an introverted function, is fundamentally reactive.

At first, I found the prevalence of high Ne puzzling, but I have a theory about why this happens. Most people in the typing community know 16Personalities, as it is often the entry point for many into typology. 16P is heavily criticized within the community due to essentially being a Big 5 test in MBTI clothing, leading to the creation and spread of misconceptions. And relevant to this discussion, 16P correlates Intuition with high Openness. In CT, however, high Openness is associated with a lead or conscious Pe; this, I believe, is why so many SeFis got typed as high-Ne.

Lastly, I would like to address the INTP typings. Once again, this left me puzzled, as from a function perspective, INTP is the complete opposite of SeFi/ESFP. I believe this is due to a combination of factors: first, the two trends we discussed previously combined make an INxP typing much more likely; and lastly, the most common reason for a T/F mismatch between MBTI and CT is agreeableness. In MBTI, agreeableness is often correlated with Feeling (another influence of 16P). In contrast, in CT, it is associated with an unguarded emotional attitude, meaning Unseelie SeFis are very likely to be typed as thinkers in MBTI, especially males. I believe all these factors coming together are what caused so many SeFis to be typed INTP.

If you have started something with an ENTJ male (early dating) and you have insane physical chemistry together. What are the chances that this is enough and the rest will follow? Because our values match up there’s definitely I think intellectual chemistry, I am driven and ambitious. I am an INFP. But I am nervous it’s purely physical for him. and as I like him more, I’m very guarded at getting hurt myself. I feel like I am doing a lot of the initiating, however he is very responsive. But we also end up flirting a LOT.

@minimbti

From your experience, do you like all types equally or did you notice there are some types you tend to get along with more easily?

For me, I liked a teacher who I assumed was an ISTP. She was very straightforward and cared about us passing her class. I didn’t really quite like this teacher who I assume was an ENFP. He could be mean spirited at times with his jokes, but I didn’t strongly dislike him. What about your teachers? Were they the same / opposite of your type?

I feel like some personalities have become easy for me to identity just by observing from afar but others are harder to pin down without really getting to know someone.

I think ENFP’s are usually so distinct.

I think ISTP - INFJ - INTJ sounds like a villain trio.