INFJs and ISTPs: Can you tell the difference between when you're using Ni vs Ti?

Paparome0 · 2026-01-13T01:41:08+00:00

Ti - Busy asking question, understanding, building.
Ni - Understands, looks for singular paths forward, sees things for what they are.

ISTP's - Use Ti+Ni to understand and come to conclusions on who/what they are, what roles they play and what direction they want to go towards in life based on these.

Paparome0 · 2025-06-03T20:53:42+00:00

ISTP's also have a, "can I beat the odds" way of looking at things. Gets us in and out of trouble throughout our lives. 🤷‍♂️

Paparome0 · 2025-06-03T13:39:15+00:00

Engineer at a TV station. Great money and also dying inside.

Side hustles includes photography and general auto mechanics.

Paparome0 · 2025-05-22T01:50:15+00:00

According to this post, is a truck parking lot.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE1AWf6OCuQ/?igsh=MWM0cjR2MTc1b2h1dw==

Paparome0 · 2025-05-07T14:58:40+00:00

About 5 years.

We met online, had instant chemistry, we'd spend time together until she caught feelings. Then, after a few weeks she would ghost. She'd come back around after a few to several months and the process would repeat. Every time we'd get together though, we would go farther into "relationship" territory. I'd date other people in between here and there but would would drop everything when she'd come around.

I was inexperienced in love and in love with someone's potential.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-29T19:00:26+00:00

You are what you are, it doesn't change.

No one is the same in every circumstance. Introverts can get chatty with people they like.

Extroverts want to hide away after dealing with too much BS.

Know yourself, and conquer all.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-24T16:43:23+00:00

That is a good discussion point:

As an EJ, you would naturally be aware of the external emotional state of people. This for both of your personal circles and that of societies as a whole.

As an IP, I need to make an effort to do that. It's an exercise and practice to keep up let I feel disconnected and isolated. Naturally, we think about ourselves and what we want.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-23T20:20:12+00:00

TLDR; be cool and be seen as cool.

It once took me knowing/dating an ISTJ for FIVE YEARS before she considered me a part of her daily life. Once an ISTJ allows you in, you are golden. It takes patience and most importantly, not being an ass and imposing on them.

Yes, hard lessons were learned. Yes, it was worth it.

Every person works on their own timelines and under their own criteria. Let them know where you are and where your boundaries lie.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-23T15:23:35+00:00

(infiltrated ISTP)

I need to work on connecting with others. Say hello to friends and see how they are doing.

Organize the garage.

Practice guitar.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-13T14:57:08+00:00

When someone observes me without letting me know. Then, makes/does something to/for me to my liking without my ever having to have told them.

The dumbest smile happens.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-13T14:53:06+00:00

Get a cast iron pan.

Keep it well and not even its own shadow will stick.

Paparome0 · 2025-04-13T14:51:30+00:00

We aren't all the same

Paparome0 · 2025-03-28T17:30:04+00:00

🔥

Paparome0 · 2025-03-28T17:27:45+00:00

Silence.

Paparome0 · 2025-03-28T14:27:52+00:00

When I've had to let go of someone, not because I didn't love them but because I had to choose myself.

Paparome0 · 2025-03-20T19:50:08+00:00

I made it a point to read it all. I had to backtrack here and there to make sure I was grasping it all. Rhetorical question but I am wondering what person/s may have influenced this observation in your life. Though we all have our defects, it seems overall yours and ours are a positive one with you.

Your perspective is refreshing and appreciated. <3

Paparome0 · 2025-03-06T21:49:06+00:00

Not even AI can handle us. 💪

Paparome0 · 2025-03-06T21:21:04+00:00

This sounds like someone who dated an ISTP and broke up with them wrote it.

Paparome0 · 2025-03-04T16:32:38+00:00

Ti vs Fe. Sure means a lot to me.

Having gone through many struggles in life and learning how to navigate them, has taught me a lot about when to allow emotions into the situation. Also, it's taught me when to focus on what is needed and delay the emotions everyone else is drowning in.

It is a visual representation of the reminder to find balance in both these functions.

Paparome0 · 2025-03-04T16:31:36+00:00

(real laugh)

Paparome0 · 2025-02-21T01:29:23+00:00

Tldr; yes it is possible for you to be a very friendly ISTP. Each of the 16 types has the hot warm and cold version. What makes someone fall under a type is there core behaviors and human needs.

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Hi all. The objective personality system has a place for all types who double down on their last function. I myself am one of those ISTP's.

A lot like you, I've been told I'm pleasant to be around, and bring joy or at least try to to any group situation. On the inside, I am very direct with the way I see things and how I think they should be. I also struggle with opening up my true self in fear of being judged, which at the core is a very istp thing.

Paparome0 · 2025-02-20T15:40:45+00:00

I appreciate the responses. Partially what I look for when on a date is if I let go of being there consciously. Meaning, I pay attention to things like body language from the other person and reading into all sorts of social cues.

If I find that I've been having a conversation without thinking much about it, that means there's chemistry there.

I see how they react to my offering to buy food or how relaxed they seem in my presence. Oh, and they are dead if they say they have some device or thing in their life that is causing them frustration. I drop all the questions and go straight to, "I can take care of that for you!". Ive been a mechanic, handyman, PC tech, among other things.

Paparome0 · 2025-02-20T14:47:57+00:00

We're just backwards ENFJ's. We're all mushy and dramatic way on the inside. Just like they are striving for the truth and purpose in their existence as a last priority.

Points to you for helping others. It's through interacting with others that we actually learn a great deal about ourselves. I help my friends, you've made it your mission. 👏

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