Hey there, fellow strange people

[Emelina]

Hi, yeah sorry I don't think I know any INTPs other than myself. It feels lonely being me. I try to blend in all the time, but inevitably people come to find out that I'm the most unsociable and robotic creature they'd ever care to meet.

I came to this forum after a friend mentioned an INTJ forum, so I tried to see if there may be something for INTPs as well. I wonder if there are such forums for other personality types? You know what, I don't care. We're awesome people, we don't need 'em :P

Well, um. I look forward to browsing this place, since I suppose you're all intellectually curious like I am, and I'll probably learn a lot of things.

I'm a 21-year-old, female, atheist med student from Chile. I got into this horrid, endless career just because I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I tend to complain about things that aren't really half so bad, just because it's fun. For example med school, which is half fun, half torture (so quite decent).

The things I know most about are, without any order:
- Psychiatry and other cognitive sciences
- Art and drawing
- Medicine
- Literature

I wonder if those things are common at all around here. I also enjoy playing video games very much, but I won't claim to know anything about those.

If you criticize my english writing skills, I'll bite you in the eye. That's all, nice to meet you!

 

[Etheri]

Hi, yeah sorry I don't think I know any INTPs other than myself. It feels lonely being me. I try to blend in all the time, but inevitably people come to find out that I'm the most unsociable and robotic creature they'd ever care to meet.

I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I tend to complain about things that aren't really half so bad, just because it's fun. For example med school, which is half fun, half torture (so quite decent).

I'll bite you in the eye. That's all, nice to meet you!

Hello ,

Let me know when you graduate. I think i could use an INTP psychiatrist in the future .

Also, bite me! (Couldn't find the age of empire II sounds on youtube, fml.)

Edit : almost forgot about social conventions again, Welcome!

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

I'm an atheist...

Why should something like this define you? Why is it an integral part of your identity?

 

[Emelina]

Thanks for the welcome
Hmm, it defines me because I live in a country where the overwhelming majority of people are Roman Catholic and serious about it. I stick out like a sore thumb, and it annoys me because my freedom is restricted by the laws they make based on religion. I find it interesting because it's rare, I know very few atheists but many agnostics. I guess being the black sheep is a pretty big part of my identity in many ways, and atheism is one of them.

 

[Jennywocky]

Hmm, it defines me because I live in a country where the overwhelming majority of people are Roman Catholic and serious about it. I stick out like a sore thumb, and it annoys me because my freedom is restricted by the laws they make based on religion. I find it interesting because it's rare, I know very few atheists but many agnostics. I guess being the black sheep is a pretty big part of my identity in many ways, and atheism is one of them.

Interesting. Things are not really different here in the USA... there's a strong Judeo-Christian element, being a professed atheist probably means you'd never be elected to public office (based on polls) compared to other demographics, and we have many laws on the books that are based in part on people's religious beliefs, depending on the state, even though that's not supposed to be the case.

I can identify with your lists of interests. I tend to do more with music than drawing (although I also do draw), but otherwise... yes.

 

[Kuu]

Hmm Chile? Excellent. Not enough Latin Americans in these boards.

I can definitely relate to the black sheep atheist in a Roman Catholic country. I know your pain.
Also several acquaintances of mine are just getting out of med school. Half torture indeed. My own schooling wasn't so different...

What is your opinion if any regarding the student protests in Chile?

Oh yeah. Bienvenida y todo eso.

 

[nexion]

Why should something like this define you? Why is it an integral part of your identity?

I do hope this is pure inquiry and not in any respects intended to be derisive, as the same could be asked to anyone about anything he might identify himself as.

 

[Da Blob]

Welcome!

I was once an atheist, but grew out of it. Religion is not for the thinking individual, but there is a wide range of Spirituality than can be explored in search of the Truth of experience.

I have a couple of degrees in Psychology, the pseudoscience that it is and enjoy playing in photoshop. There seems to be an almost one to one relationship between my 'scientific' comments that I post and the 'artistic' photos that I post.

Of course, a great deal of leeway must be given in the application of the words, scientific and artistic, in this instance. However, what good are adjectives except as metaphorical qualifiers...?

 

[ProxyAmenRa]

I do hope this is pure inquiry and not in any respects intended to be derisive, as the same could be asked to anyone about anything he might identify himself as.

I was curious because the 'female' part was after the 'atheist' part and the atheist being the first in the description. The ordering of this is quite rare. A great many women I meet, for some strange reason, primarily form their identity on the mere fact that they're female. Due to the rarity of the ordering, the probability of the ordering being random is low. I wanted to test my hypothesis. I would have been quite amused if it were in fact a product of randomness rather than intention.

Now you have had a small glimpse into the mind of Proxy.

 

[PhoenixRising]

I was curious because the 'female' part was after the 'atheist' part and the atheist being the first in the description. The ordering of this is quite rare. A great many women I meet, for some strange reason, primarily form their identity on the mere fact that they're female. Due to the rarity of the ordering, the probability of the ordering being random is low. I wanted to test my hypothesis. I would have been quite amused if it were in fact a product of randomness rather than intention.

Now you have had a small glimpse into the mind of Proxy.

I find this observation interesting. It is true that a lot of people seem to think about gender as one of the first things that defines their identity. Not so much on this forum though, it's quite refreshing to interact with people that see themselves mainly as philosophers or truth seekers.

 

[Emelina]

Interesting. Things are not really different here in the USA... there's a strong Judeo-Christian element, being a professed atheist probably means you'd never be elected to public office (based on polls) compared to other demographics, and we have many laws on the books that are based in part on people's religious beliefs, depending on the state, even though that's not supposed to be the case.

I can identify with your lists of interests. I tend to do more with music than drawing (although I also do draw), but otherwise... yes.

Ah, yes I've noticed that. It's odd how the U.S. is at once economically successful and very religious, a combination that isn't very common in the rest of the world. Well, as long as they leave people who don't conform to tradition in peace, I'm okay with it The US is a pretty cool place, all in all. Depending on the state, maybe.

I'm glad, I share my interests with very few people.

Hmm Chile? Excellent. Not enough Latin Americans in these boards.

I can definitely relate to the black sheep atheist in a Roman Catholic country. I know your pain.
Also several acquaintances of mine are just getting out of med school. Half torture indeed. My own schooling wasn't so different...

What is your opinion if any regarding the student protests in Chile?

Oh yeah. Bienvenida y todo eso.

Thank you for the welcome! I think med school is probably very similar to other careers in torture/fun ratio, it's just that here it lasts 7 years.

In principle I agree with them 100%, because the education here is an atrocity. I was born to a family with money so I went to an excellent school. Meanwhile a large chunk of the population had to go to schools that are so, so horribly bad, they barely learn how to read. There's kids learning three languages at once, and others who barely can handle one. Obviously they have a hard time getting ahead in life so the vicious circle of poverty is perpetuated.

In practice, the protests got out of hand, because they were taken over by communist fanatics. Seriously. That sucked, because it bled credibility from the protests.

Welcome!

I was once an atheist, but grew out of it. Religion is not for the thinking individual, but there is a wide range of Spirituality than can be explored in search of the Truth of experience.

I have a couple of degrees in Psychology, the pseudoscience that it is and enjoy playing in photoshop. There seems to be an almost one to one relationship between my 'scientific' comments that I post and the 'artistic' photos that I post.

Of course, a great deal of leeway must be given in the application of the words, scientific and artistic, in this instance. However, what good are adjectives except as metaphorical qualifiers...?

Thank you!

Agreed, I actually find psychology very important and I want to study it as well...On the side, of course :P I want to graduate before I have to use dentures. I just don't want to be the kind of psychiatrist that just writes prescriptions.

I wish I were good at photoshop! I love art as well, very very much. I considered being an artist but I'm probably not good enough and I can't take orders so I ditched that plan.

It's good that you have a balance between artistic and scientific thoughts! That makes for an interesting person.

 

[redbaron]

Ah, yes I've noticed that. It's odd how the U.S. is at once economically successful and very religious, a combination that isn't very common in the rest of the world.

I don't think the U.S. is really very religious. At least not in comparison with the sort of countries that you would generally identify with being, 'very religious'.

 

[Emelina]

I was curious because the 'female' part was after the 'atheist' part and the atheist being the first in the description. The ordering of this is quite rare. A great many women I meet, for some strange reason, primarily form their identity on the mere fact that they're female. Due to the rarity of the ordering, the probability of the ordering being random is low. I wanted to test my hypothesis. I would have been quite amused if it were in fact a product of randomness rather than intention.

Now you have had a small glimpse into the mind of Proxy.

Haha, I see. I'm very hard to offend and I like discussions, so if it crossed your mind that I may have been bothered, dismiss that thought right away! Hmm, I would have thought that it was random, but since you point it out I see that it isn't. I'm pretty much female by coincidence, I've read a bunch of analysis on the differences between the female and male way of thinking, and my overwhelming conclusion is that clearly, I'm an impostor. I don't understand women, and probably never will.

So yes, it felt random, but it was probably unconsciously deliberate. Now I see that it must have looked weird, written that way!

I don't think the U.S. is really very religious. At least not in comparison with the sort of countries that you would generally identify with being, 'very religious'.

Yes, it's not a crazy zealous thing like in other countries, thankfully! I'm okay with it, mostly. There's, as usual, a bunch of crazy fanatics but most people are alright. It is more religious than successful european countries though, that's what I meant.

 

[Minuend]

Random note; I find that understanding "women" or "men" rather reflects the level of insight of an individual. It's about being able to comprehend how minds different from your own works (regardless of gender).

I consider insight a trait of intelligence. It takes analysing, questioning and a "bigger picture" perspective to understand how people function and how they turn into what they are, even when they differ from how oneself has experienced life.

Welcome and stuff...

 

[Nezaros]

I don't think the U.S. is really very religious. At least not in comparison with the sort of countries that you would generally identify with being, 'very religious'.

The major economic centers aren't extremely religious, but the more central, rural parts of the country, incidentally also a huge part of the population, is. And because of this most of our elected officials are very religious, which leads to Christian-value-injected policies.

Aside from that though, or maybe it's a side effect, the US is also extremely conservative on many social issues. The Philippines and Ireland are two extremely Catholic countries, yet they both have far greater gender equality than the US.

@OP: Welcome!

 

[Arzailich]

Welcome. I'm chilean too.