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I have it. INTP. I think it is Ti. Also, I can get energized while brainstorming and problem-solving using a lot of Ne, but I think that is a different, lesser experience. Although it is lesser, it occurs more frequently.

1. I don't know why you mentioned Fi, because that is not one of your functions. 2. The actual mechanism would probably be that mania causes you to utilize your Ne, but since it is not your primary function its overuse wears you out over time, leading to depression.

Basically, it detects hidden patterns based on a experience, and it senses probability, also based on experience

No, the INTP does not use Ni. That is ridiculous. @Paladin-X, I see what you are saying now. I would have just interpreted your quote as referring to the descriptions of behavior, not to the function order. But it is possible you are right. I don't know for sure what he meant.

The concept that someone has eight "functions," and that every function-attitude is complemented by a "subconscious" "function" of the opposite attitude.

I don't believe in shadow functions. And neither did Jung.

Can you not see that in the article cited, he specifically says Ti is followed by some combination of Fe, Ne, and Se?

"The relatively unconscious functions of feeling, intuition, and sensation, which counterbalance introverted thinking, are inferior in quality and have a primitive, extraverted character, to which all the troublesome objective influences this type is subject to must be ascribed"

In Chapter 10 Psychological Types, he states that ALL the lesser functions are oriented opposite to the dominant function. He seems to have contradicted himself at various points on this subject. Thus, I get the idea that he was not totally sure about it. Somewhere along the line, you even began...

I think Fi is the most useless of function-attitudes. This whole thread is absurd. In general, extraversion is best. The ONLY function where the introverted version is arguably better, is Thinking. And even that one could be argued. Introverted feeling has to be the most useless of things.

It bothers me tremendously that you keep posting supposed clues such as "soft airy voice" or "eyes slanted downward," without giving any explanation for how they connect with certain functions. This is not logic.

I would say that ESTJ girls should be avoided, because they will probably be too masculine for an INTP to handle. But that said, I am not sure I know of any ESTJ girls personally. Male ESTJs and ISTJs I usually do alright with.

@Hadoblado, About the only people I trust to think logically are INTPs, ISTPs, ENTJs, and ESTJs. And even then, everyone but the INTPs typically has difficulty following real complicated stuff. And of course, even the INTPs act like jackasses a fair amount of the time, depending on individual...

In my opinion, ENTPs usually come across as so non-down-to-earth that they are just plain annoying. So that would be really strong Ne. For some reason, ENTPs seem to get on my nerves. I don't know if anyone else feels similarly. Maybe it is because they are so close to being logical, but just...

You do it because it is true, not because you like it. You obviously don't believe it's true. But then, you don't sound very objective about it, either.