11 Differences Between ENFP and ENTP 1. ENFP attuned to more external objective patterns Ne-Te ENTP attuned to more external subjective patterns Ne- Fe 2. ENFP Improvises with Planning and is very flexible when making plans Ne-Te ENTP improvises with Socializing and is very flexible in interactions with people Ne-Fe 3. ENFP prefers one on one close friend groups Ne-Te ENTP prefers larger friend groups with many different people Ne-Fe 4. ENFP Takes authority over Big picture planning and Systemization Ne-Te ENTP Takes authority over Big picture Social harmony and Charisma Ne-Fe 5. ENFP enjoys taking authority more often Ne-Te ENTP enjoys testing the emotions of others Ne-Fe 6. ENFP Is great at precisely knowing how they feel in the moment Fi-Si ENTP Is great at remembering facts and logical consistencies Ti-Si 7. ENFP values authenticity and individualism and Hates being forced to conform Fi-Si ENTP values logical consistency and hates when people speak incorrectly Ti-Si 8. ENFP emotions are heavily influenced by the sensory world Fi- SI ENTP thoughts are heavily influenced by the sensory world Ti-Si 9. ENFP has a tendency to form an unhealthy identity around their opinions Fi-Si ENTP has a tendency to form an unhealthy identity around their logic Ti-Si 10. ENFP tends to misread the Social Atmosphere Fe Critical Parent ENTP tends to misread the details of a situation Te Critical Parent 11. ENFP tends to criticize others for not being harmonious Fe Critical Parent ENTP tends to criticize others for not being factual Te Critical Parent
@@CognitivePersonality You're welcome! I love how you formulate your videos! Ive gone back and forth between ENFP and ENTP for myself and this video helped me realize I am an ENFP not an ENTP after obsessively studying personality theory for the last 2 years! I also have something I call mask theory that helps with cross checking when typing! Also i appreciate the speed of talking because I usually do 1.5x speed on other peoples videos but only need 1x-1.25x on yours
@@alkalinehawk So I call it Mask theory and its based on the child function of every personality type. Essentially most people in their teens until 30 are probably intensively trying to master their child function as a stepping stone of becoming more mature. So essentially certain types are commonly mistyped as other types especially when they are focused on strengthening their weaknesses. I have seen this in multiple people and types. Here is the chart that shows which types most likely "Mask" as. ExTP = ExFJ mask ENxJ = ESxP mask INxP = ISxJ mask IxTJ = IxFP mask ISxP = INxJ mask ESxJ = ENxP mask ExFP = ExTJ mask IxFJ = IxTP mask
Can I say that I do both? 😂 I identify with both ways of acting. I see the differences you posted and I feel that in just two I am more of an ENFP. In the rest, I am basically doing both according to the situations I am facing.
I really liked this video, ENFPs aren’t generally considered analytical and that is partly why I felt so torn between Entp and Enfp. And thank you for bringing some new perspectives, it’s truly refreshing to hear someone talk about ENFPs without being stereotypical.
Yeah, I never really say it out loud but I do recognize other people's emotions or even "predict" them. I sometimes wish I am capable of doing that with myself. Sometimes, it would take me months or even years to recognize that my feelings have been hurt by someone or a situation. I often think ENTPs are very susceptible to emotional abuse since we don't realize it until it's too late.
The classic Fe-user dilemma - particularly for those with Fe in an auxiliary position such as the ENTP. As an INFJ (divergent-aux) I can relate to this quite a bit too, albeit to a lesser degree :)
Well when we can see why person A would have ill intent to person B and how it would go about it and how the recipient would react based on well logic almost instantly almost as if we just dip into a dimension where all the answers are and taking answers we merely find ways to break it down to others rather than working for them. Even when we can do that we can't seem to realize why would anyone have ill intent to us, cause well why would anyone have it? Its illogical. I think after introspecting that we kinda turn a blind eye to abuse done to us to ignore pain. Kinda counter intuitive but hear me out and try not laugh. What truly hurts us is losing and accepting facts (the finite). So a finite abuse where we gotta admit and internalize we are abused and that we are then placed in a position where we must take a choice (finite) over the abuse places stress on us. There is no seeming growth in confronting a finite action with another finite action cause we only seem to trust our infinite transformation of ideas to move aroud and dodge pain. We have this avertion to conclusions. And i think it may seem like I'm restating myself again and agian. I tell ppl to look at the nuance . when we transform ideas we regurgitate them again and again bringing nuance everytime we do. But i digress. Pain avoidance. An endless transformation to ideas it only seems logical we do this to ofc to help ourselves deal with pain. Kinda like an event horizon where we keep falling endlessly to a black hole endlessly to tje perception of the subject but already having transpire those outside of it. Honestly i have trouble expressing myself when my stomach is aching. I wonder if this is common or just a pretty useless gauge my body uses to let me know I need food.
EXACTLY MY PROBLEM It's generally really hard to see me hurt because when in pain, I completely shove the negativity away and leave my emotions in some imaginary dark abyss but after months or years it becomes way too much and I just need to cry and then when I do cry, I try to find a logical reasoning as to why I found the need to do something as weak as crying
Take my advice. In instances like these. Watch till you reach an idea that inevitably catches you're eye. Take to writing about it on say your phone since lets be honest you're probably watching this on it and its already on your hand. Explore said idea's multiple intricacies and the seemingly endless string of nuance that arise as you type away about it. Having done that resume the video. And proceed to do it all over again. Once the video ends and your sitting ,unbeknownst to yourself, on a mountain of pure gold set to put it all together and proof it for grammar cause lets be honest to ourselves it was kinda a waste of space and time and effort to learn and memorize. Once all that is done, and ik lol its a lot of steps and this comment seems to have gone on and on for an eternity, ask yourself as if you were being asked by say the author of the video "so what did you thought of the video?" If all went as plan you'll answer along the lines of "wHaT vIdEo?"
I’d rather have more content to help explain ideas and the like. Short and sweet won’t always explain it well enough to everyone. Just don’t start talking about stuff like what your pets did today lol. Besides I’ll probably watch this X speed while I’m doing something and replay it a few times till I got it anyway lol. I figure, if you can’t stand to watch videos for information anyway then you’re probably reading.
So, clarifying! I came out as an ENTP on the first test I found about these cognitive functions. On reading and listening to various description I thought it was wrong: I don’t argue just for the sake of it. I like to discuss things and, on doing it, I do care about the feelings of others. When developing a collective project, which is what I do best, I design each thing for the feeling of every one no to be hurt by the design itself! When I heard you on another video talking about ENTP being responsible for otter peoples feelings it hit me like a drop hammer (maybe a bad translation from Spanish). I hadn’t realised that’s what I’d been doing all my life! Cause there isn’t something so feeling in me on my specific behaviour but, hey, once I saw this, I could not unsee it. Thanks for all you content. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thanks so much Nydia! The Fe of the ENTP is so often entirely underestimated and the descriptions of this type generally have it completing wrong - glad to shine a light on this subject!
This is very true. I grew up a first child in a very isolated area and I didn't when younger appreciate the mutual benefits of encouraging acts of service from others. I suck up emotions of those around me and in a relationship I usually end up understanding a woman's motivations better than she does(with the benifit of objectivity) For me, Invention and technological innovation has been my sweet spot and I don't achieve intellectual intimacy with those who are happy to praise, but lack in their own creativity or at least have an ability to be a "muse" And computer programming- there are no pyychological disorders to use up my own analytical energy, no bad days, no drugs, no boozing etc. And yet I'm also very happy in a teaching situation.
My friend, this is perhaps the first time I have watched a video in slower than normal speed (some parts ). It's usually the opposite case- listening at increased speed. I really want to spend more time understanding cognitive function dynamics this way.. I really relate to your explanations of the function dynamics
I've been wondering whether I'm an ENTP or not recently (again, for the 50th time) and watching your videos really make me feel validated! No need to take all the different quizzes for a 3rd time only to get the same results again 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜
Not to sound like a meme or anything but Me: Why does my stomach ache and I feel sad My body: Sir. You are experiencing what its called "hunger" Me: Hunger. I see. What a novel concept.
I feel that! After 9 hours working in the chair: Body *screams* Me: Hmm, what is this feeling? Oh, tiredness? Maybe I should stop now. Existential thoughts: Why do we have to sleep anyway? Darn this reality. --ENTP
LMAO SAME, FRIEND 🤣 I literally cried and while I was trying to back away from all my problems I started crying again because I was angry at the fact that crying is a thing and that I don't know how crying scientifically works so then I felt dumb... Yeah :-)
I'm an entp. I have adhd and got mistyped as an infj. However, several factors including lock down also contributed to the mistype. I've always at heart been a social butterfly. Great at networking, seeing how people react and advancing in life to get where I need to be. Everywhere I've gone I've always been great at both big picture thinking and details, but at the end of the day the bigger picture was always so obvious. Also I've always always had difficulty with structure and where it didn't work, I've never hesitated to comment or blurt out inefficiencies which has gotten me into trouble as a child. However since I also have adhd, I know that has also massively contributed to the mistype. It was only until after I seeked therapy and got on medications that I could accept myself and how I am rather than fight against it.
Hey there I'm a divergent ENFJ with an ENTP son who's on the ADHD pathway. May I ask how the medication helped you as an ENTP (I also have ADHD but I believe it manifests in cognitive types differently)? My son is very bombastic with his NeFe & as you said he has a tendency to blurt things out when he sees logical inconsistencies; he genuinely not trying to be antagonistic in fact he's a very caring & gentle little boy I just think because of his charismatic exterior many people feel like he's able to 'take' harsh criticism for his behaviour & don't always understand that it's not under his conscious control...despite being a convergent feeler he can have eruptions of emotions/meltdowns perhaps because his FiSi is so unconscious which I think is probably due to his ADHD. Luckily he has great teachers who are really supportive & really find his cheeky demeanour very endearing. Any advice or perceptive insights would be appreciated...I think CPT is a great adjunctive or at least part of my tool kit for parenting & it helps to understand my son on a deeper level..at least I hope it does. I know you have to be tentative about typing at such a young age but I've given it a lot of thought.
You could make a whole website out of this gold. Like you really have helped me discover my type more then any other resource I’ve been able to find on the internet
Cognitive Personality Theory how long have you been into MBTI? I’ve been a aspiring typologist for a year now still learning more everyday! I’m sure you’ve been mastering the craft for sometime now so I’m honestly curious to how many years it took to reach your proficiency
I feel very strangely validated hearing all this. I have always felt like a good planner and thats my biggest contribution at work, but i also have a tendency to speak up when i think something is not handled well, specifically with regard to other people’s feelings or general rights. I want a video of you explaining just enfp so i can share this with people so they can understand me lol
I thought I already did XD Might make a shorter one at some point though as I'm practising condensing right now! Thanks Michelle - hope all's great btw!
I am bad at planning and i was confused by the message of enfp being good planners in this video and further confused by your answer of « I have always felt like a good planner» so I googled enfp+planning and first thing that came up...the 2017 heart of michi video, «planning - an enfp struggle»...Haha. I am glad you have evolved in this area in the last years. Maybe I must do so too...
@@winterbird4447 it's like when a person doubts themselves, because they know how much they don't know. This is why it'd be hard to an ENFP (who sees too many variables to count) to make a plan. But over time, you realize, you don't need everything to be set in stone to plan, and then you can plan better than most, BECAUSE you see all these possibilities that others might not.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your videos. I get so tired of reading a typical blurb about an ENFP being a flaky, idealistic, social butterfly who can’t commit and who can’t finish projects but who also supposedly becomes a champion of causes. I feel validated every single time I watch one of your ENFP videos because you nail me every single time. And it’s good stuff! I used to feel embarrassed and regretful about being an ENFP. But now I am feeling thankful and proud of being such a paradoxical person with a great set of strengths. Thank you!
I feel really dumb for not understanding 90% of what was said. I still think I'm an ENxP.. Could someone explain this to me as if I'm a 8yo kid please, or send me an easier video?
I feel the same way, maybe I don’t have enough base knowledge to understand. I like to debate just fore the sake of proving my logical framework is strong enough and listening to other point of views
@@favhonky6701 idk but i suspect that autor of video may have autysm or something that makes for him problematic to read things not literally (im basing of coments, his blank expresion and voice tone) and i dont mean to atack him in any way
This is fantastic. I love the holistic approach you have. Everything fits together, and it accommodates the complexity of human beings. 16 Personalities has never come close to quenching my thirst for understanding Jung's original ideas around this.
“The more the ENTP preoccupies themselves with the external reality, the less secure they’ll be at what is driving them” I understood this lesson early on, and formed a video journal in which I get to that bottom of what I feel and who I am. It was such a shock when I discovered that talking about my internal structure make them clear and tangible, when I try to think of who I am in silence it feels so muddy and convoluted. This whole MBTI business is also helping in terms of understanding my internal world I feel called out sometimes, like how dare you say I look for affirmation?
:D As an ENFP, I approve of this message. What you pointed out though about ENTP's using Fe to predict others' emotions while ENFP's use Te to predict more mechanical patterns made me think about how in video games I seek out attack patterns and memorize them best I can while with people I don't always know how they'll react to even the simplest of jokes and it kinda scares me, heh. But man I love a good mock debate about random stuff. I just love thinking up a quick, logical response. It's true! "Often the ENFP is not someone tolerating as much as they must be tolerated." (Paraphrase) :\ Yes, we have our convictions and if you question them we'll explain. I love explaining! I love explaining my feelings and ideas and can do it all day! When someone looks at me and tells me I'm stupid, that is when I get defensive and start trying to break down their opinion and throw it in their face. I admit it. But, ironically, I'm so polite that I often struggle to even stick up for myself and my own opinion and it just kinda stews in my mind and makes me frustrated for hours on end. Okay I'm done with the comment. I'm trying to keep things short. But ESTP Vs ESFP pls :D Sincerely, an ENFP
If we all mature the same, then you'll stop caring about somebody telling you you're stupid or implying the same, soon enough. I only care when somebody I'm supposed to "live" with, tells me that. So, perhaps my best friend who's also my boss. Well, I guess that's it. Nobody else lol When he tells me I'm not open-minded, I wanna throw up. But I don't get "defensive" about it. I just ask questions to try and understand why he thinks that so that I can consider it, and then he tells me I'm being stubborn and defensive. Thug life. It's actually a pattern. Whenever somebody tells me something that I don't agree with, and I start asking questions to actually try and understand their point of view and perhaps see if they're right and I'm wrong, they say I'm not listening, not open-minded and stubborn.I learned to shrug it off though
@@gorilla-san wooow thats something i think i expirienced a lot and was unable to understand what im understanding - (when im being openminded and my openmindednes is judged arovating or missunderstood?) your comment made me realise with more precysion what i was made aware of yesterday - somebody said some hursh words and when i go - "tell me more" mode, and "im thinking on what you said" than he just goes huh you dont listen/play games with me! and goes away
For the past year of learning MBTI from starting at 16P to learning functions, all I’ve been certain of is that I’m an xNxP. I’ve watched your INTP vs INFP, ENTFP vs INFP, and now this video. I really think I might be ENTP now, because I never considered that it was an intuitive feeler type. I’ve always been questioning who I am and am no stranger existential crises over it. It’s why I started learning about MBTI in the first place, and honestly didn’t know it was typical for ENTPs to feel that way. I still can’t be sure that I am an ENTP because I certainly don’t feel like a “debater” ever, in fact I always try to keep the peace. But to that end, thank you for sharing your knowledge of typology and describing every type fairly and not just reverting to stereotypes when explaining differences in types. Who knows if my journey to define myself will ever end.
Hey there I'm an ENFJ who has similar existential crises because my FiSi is so unconscious (I'm a divergent subtype). I'm sure there's an INFP in me screaming to get out! I've found as a convergent extroverted feeler sometimes talking it out with a friend or loved one is really helpful at least as a TiSi- blind type I'm often blind to the contingency that has made me feel a certain way in the first place so others may be better placed to point that out 😊
Hey there! This was wonderful! I actually agree with everything you say. This was so refreshing. I am an ENFP and a massive MBTI fan but this is the first time anyone ever mentioned ENFP's analytical mind. It is exactly how you say it is. I would add only that after all that logical and big picture forming prosses, we do tend to impulsively follow the strongly defined emotions that you talked about, even if they're not in complete sync with our logical viewpoint. I don't know if this is due to maturity or in this case immaturity but it occurs very often. I have a question that I would like you to respond if you have time. Are ENFPs and ENTPs compatible more as friends or romantic partners? I still can't decide. :D Thank you for this awesome video!
Thanks so much! Yes indeed, the Fi-authority is very much the driving force behind the dominant stack's agenda so I do agree :) Hah, I do have a video on the way regarding type and romantic compatability but, generally, there's a good match pairing there :)
@@alexandra499520 I got a couple ENTP friends (who are girls) and I rarely get bored of them. Whenever I need somebody to check some factual stuff with, that I don't wanna bother learning about, I just check with them. Because they do bother. Like, piano theory, who did what where when and to whom in Game Of Thrones, what happened in politics recently, etc lol They also love doing exciting things and aren't too calculated. Lighthearted, and great brainstorming partners I'm an ENFP :D
@@gorilla-san yes I am entp and have some enfps around me. They are so creative and know how to adapt well. As P nation, we never really in a rush. The only different point from us is feeling vs thinking. I speak loud whats on my mind. I dont mind to face conflicts since arguing is my natural thing. Thats what I dont see from my enfp friends.
This is really interesting! At 10.00+ you talk about how enfps might struggle with the outer and inner worlds. I've found that when I am trying to process multiple demands on me, say from other people and also trying to think about things at the same time I can get overwhelmed and 'snap'! Or it's very common whereby I have to try and think very quickly about things and then expected to express it to others, then that process of retreiving information can get 'jammed'. It often feels like the wiring inside my brain gets tangled up. And its not unusual for me to say the wrong word or even the words jumbled up at times. It's like trying to do something so quickly, that the retrieval pathways cannot keep up. So new information for figuring things out is really exciting for me! :)
Not sure. If you'll see this, however I just wanted to add to the conversation, and say thank you! This certainly taught me a lot more about the depth behind these types, and I can confidently, or I should say even more confidently say that I am an ENTP! Fantastic video!
Thank you so much for this video!! My test results have always been switching back and forth between enfp and infj. Sometimes I feel that I can show characteristics very much like enfp, and sometimes very much like infj. Watching your video made me understand I gained a clearer understanding of my cognitive functions and discovered that my true personal type is ENTP .Thank you so much for crafting such a detailed and insightful video at a time when the audience and playback volume of such short-length videos is higher. wish you a happy life!❤
thank you for this !! i'm amazed at how you touched on basically every aspect of my mind that always made me question my type; i think i've finally concluded that after years of mistyping, i'm an enfp! there are a couple things that still make me question my type (like the fact that a lot of what i say and do is to provoke reactions out of people and/or seek attention which seems most like Ne-Fe..?) but idk i'm just gonna chalk that up to Ne-Te making me question how every single one of my actions fits into mbti. or idk maybe i wasn't mistyped and maybe that really is all Ne-Fe + Ti. this makes my head hurt.
Thanks for a great video. I'd love it if you could do a comparison video between ENFJs and INFJs. I feel like many broad comparison discussions on these two types over simplify differences and basically say 'ENFJs are natural, charismatic leaders, and INFJs are the quieter, less practical version who loves reading and is better at long term planning'. I'm not very satisfied with the explanations/comparisons those stereotypes offer. I have questions such as: - Are some ENFJs quiet, shy and reserved, especially when they are younger? - Are some INFJs much more invested in the present social/sensory present moment than stereotypes make out? I'm sure you have some great insight on the differences, and it would be great to hear it in a video! Thanks again.
Hey there Harry has done a video on the broader differences if you want to take a look. I'm a divergent ENFJ & therefore much more socially introverted than a lot of ENFJs indeed I can go days without talking to anyone or leaving the house (it doesn't bother my I'm quite happy left to my own TiNi devices). I'd say to monitor however the degree of time irrespective of social introversion as to the extent to which your bouncing off of external mediums such as this video content in order to synthesise your TiNi or used it more convergently as this might be more indicative of being an ENFJ. Also if you feel the need to impact the social landscape - the itch you need to scratch - you're also more likely to be an ENFJ irrespective of the amount of time you spend on your own. I think in terms of my divergent subtype a kind of social bipolarity ensues...we can be very full on (when well) in social circles but very introverted when not in the company of others occupying a much more cold cerebral landscape.
I’m not ENTP but I just wanted to say I love the speed you talk about this because normally I have to speed videos up to 1.5x so this is really great. Besides, since this content is heavily theoretical I can mentally skim through your main points and if I lose attention I can always come back later. Also, I am soooo loving the way you structure your videos. ✨ Just wanted to show some appreciation. 🙌 one day I would love to get typed by you because I can’t settle for a type and asking my friends about a subject this uncommon will only confuse them so I’ll start saving up 😬 hehe. Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪
Ah hah, thank you! It's always refreshing to hear someone appreciates the speed :) It would be my pleasure to help you find your type! Greetings from the UK!
the Si (introverted sensing) part got me so confused bc I swear I've always associated that with memory. i think im getting it though. very interesting perspective wowzers
Your videos are pure gold. But I find it difficult to follow your logic pattern because you speak tooo quickly. And it's funny because I speed up most of the videos on youtube:D
As a now confirmed ENFP its refreshing to have a video that is fast enough to watch at 1.0 or 1.25x speed! Usually need 1.5x-1.75x on most speaking videos!
Before I watch this, I'm just going to explain why I'm here. My discord friend (a likely INTP), said behind my back to another discord person that I might be an ENFP and not an ENTP. It seems that he said this because I keep going on about ideal types. At first, I was saying that INTJs were my ideal and that I wouldn't work as well with any other type, then I switched to INFJs after reading Keirsey, then to ENTJs for a brief time after watching a video that supported them as the ENTPs best match, and then I came to my senses and switched back to INFJs. Anyways, that's just an example of perhaps why he suspected that I was an ENFP. I'm not saying that I think that it's wrong to think that there isn't an ideal type, I saw your video on intertype compatibility and I don't disagree with anything that you said. I think that, all other aspects being the same, I can't accept that two different types would work just as well with a third. Thus, I believe that there must be one that works slightly better when all else is the same. Thanks for the video. Watching it reaffirms in my mind that I am an ENTP. At this point though, if I can't communicate that well to others, what does it matter? I know so so many people who I think are ENFPs that are typed as ENTPs who pretty much never get corrected. Like Steven Crowder, Eric Andre, CS Joseph, etc. I don't know why, but it hurt my soul to be told: "yeah he thinks that you might be an ENFP". This guy knows his stuff. If I'm so right about what type I am, then it should be clear to him, to anyone, what my type is. A few months ago I got typed as an ISTJ, then an ISTP, and I was, I guess, flat out depressed because of it. I want to be making progress: I've solidified my type, now I'll work on my strengths and weaknesses, I'll get better at understanding my purpose in intertype dynamics, etc. Now it's like I'm back to square one. I've done plenty of reading too, I've read Beebe, Types Differing, Lectures on Jung. I know the basics better, but I still can't convince some people of my type. I think I know the solution. The problem is that people have the wrong idea about many types, specifically ENTPs in this context. The solution is to teach them the right idea. ENTPs' dominant stack is Ne-Fe, they are "intuitive feelers" in practice. ENFPs' dominant stack is Ne-Te, they are "intuitive thinkers". It's so nice to have a definition that is easy to share, seems true, and is still consistent with the basics of all the cognitive functions. Thank you sir!
(enfp) from my perspective your comment sugests much for ENTP - 1- i as ENFP wouldnt care much about what type others think i am and if they got it wrong, 2 you pointed out you were conserned a lot with typing yourself and idk tying a lot of emotions to the "who am i" what are the facts abotu me" i hope you see what im saying
Well I mistyped myself, go figure, this video has helped me conclude what type I am, much appreciation and thanks. But just in case I will learn more from these videos you post.
Thanks so much for this clear and thorough explanation of some terms I'd previously never heard before (you really introduced me to some new things I will now have to do more research on and add to my framework and understanding of personality through MBTI lol). It was also really good to get this new perspective on it, most of the descriptions of an ENTP are so biased toward being "strongly argumentative and/or antagonistic", yet I always found myself questioning whether I was really an ENFP as there were some parts I didn't fully relate to. I'm currently still somewhat confused and unsure about it, because there are parts of both types I can relate to. I've always gotten the result of ENFP when I answer tests honestly, and from the first time I took a 16 personalities test (perhaps not the best but it was a starting point) I did relate to a lot of the ENFP's description. But I've come to see it's a lot more complicated than the stereotypical descriptions of ENxP types. A couple questions anyone can answer: 1. Would you say ENFPs or ENTPs are more detached from opinions and refrain from maintaining strong opinions and why? 2. If I'm more focused on/interested in the nature of people, philosophies and others' emotions rather than concrete planning, details and making things happen, is this a likely sign I'm using Fe over Te primarily? 3. Is it possible for me to have formed a general view of myself as an ENFP since my first test (which was 16 personalities and likely would group me as their very general and vague "Feeling" type because I'm not an insensitive "Debater") and now continue to get that result as I've formulated a view of myself based around the basic description of an ENFP? 4. Are there any fairly straightforward ways to tell if I'm an ENFP or ENTP and what might those be? Appreciate anyone trying to help me with this dastardly dilemma!
Hey there, I'd say ENFPs owing to their Fi authority much like ESFPs are much more likely to give you they'd unfiltered opinion whether you ask for it or not - generally met in a good way of course but as SiFi is essentially locked in place they can be very certain of their values & identity. Re ENTPs my son is one & I find unless people make repeatedly illogical claims he's very much more live & let live & would rather seek to create an enjoyable lively environment for everyone involved. As extroverted feelers I find although their SiTi is hard coded they're much more likely to maintain a level of harmony as opposed to risking the discomfort of the external emotional landscape.
I joined the ENTP group on facebook and someone kept insisting that im ENFP and when I got irritated she said that proved it even more lol im still pissed kinda but couldnt help but think it could be true. But most ENFPs ive met are way more emotional for my comfort.
Same, a girl online told me she was sure I was ENFP when I'm ENTP. I wasn't even angry, just annoyed, and told her that I know myself enough to know my personality type. She said that what I said proved her point!! What was I supposed to say? "Oh now that a stranger told me I'm an ENFP I actually think I might be one"?
Well that's pretty stereotypical lol. Look at your enneagram she mightve thought you were an ENFP because of your enneagram and that can easily mistype you to be a different mbti type. For example I'm an ENFP 5w6 and people seem to think I'm INFP or INTP probably because of my enneagram. That doesn't make you any less of being an ENTP if you actually are one so don't doubt it.
could you make ESFP vs ENFP someday in the future?:) In my experience, they can be veeeeeery hard to tell apart. I have been best friends with this girl for almost 8 years yet I still can't tell if she is Se-dom or Ne-dom, she shows so much of both functions...
As an enfp, i am often confused by all the stereotypes out there. I often ask myself, am I really enfp. And your videos were really spot on, like this is what i need. You saved me. Thanks a lot for the video. I really appreciate it!
This is complicated compared to the "community" I came from. Is there a site to learn about your system and the function interactions. Your lack of narcissism refreshing, and I look forward to chewing on more of your theory.
The video on how you came to find out you are an INFJ resonated with me a lot. However, I didn't comment on that video because I wanted to be sure I knew what I was talking about. What mostly stuck out to me was when you received the INTJ code and said that you wanted to be seen as such. You spoke about the pride and hubris I experienced in my later years compared to when I was a child. (I'm 24, and I've been curious since my uni teachers made the class take the MBTI test). I first got ISTP, INTP, INFJ, ENTP. The first three were done using tests, the others I tried doing by learning about the dichotomies, but I realized I needed to learn more to see what was really going on here [Recallibratingmy thoughts so that I can be clear and concise. LOADING......] I came to a similar conclusion about MBTI not being enough to inform people about their cognitive processes. So when I heard about the theory that cognitive processes operate on a continuum and I understood what you were saying. Surprisingly because I kept telling myself based on my experience over the years that I am not smart enough. I had a hard time with the test because I kept seeing how people could interpret the answer to their questions and answer based on experiences and memories that would paint them in a light that was favourable to them. so much for answering honestly. Some things about me: - I'm the person who would be thirsty and walk past the fridge multiple times, not drinking the bit of juice that's left because I said I was saving it from my brother. And I talk to myself convincing myself that I shouldn't drink because it's not like me to go back on my word. So I won't do it. - I generally know what I want to say, but when I try to do it I end up underexplaining or showing too many connections without giving enough concrete details. I know the details and I understand the essence of them, but when it comes to show and tell, people generally leave fascinated and curious all I can think about is how much of a moron I feel like because I couldn't deliver it how I wanted to. - when people aren't straight with me It triggers me but I don't really show it. or maybe I do, I get impatient a bit impatient and I want them to skip to the point, but I don't say it. I feel bad when I get like this because it doesn't demonstrate kindness. Though I have been told my face looks quite intimidating when I'm quiet and sometimes in la la land when I speak. I tend to gaze when I'm talking to gather my thoughts. I don't realize I'm doing it but from videos, I notice that I do it. - imposter syndrome... I feel like an idiot because I'm constantly trying to find the right words to describe the concepts I'm talking about that don't come out as nicely as you so effortlessly speak @CPT. Whenever someone asks me to explain something, it's mostly devoid of specific facts but the truth behind the overarching essence of the matter is there. - I'm always trying to find ways to do things better. I still struggle to explain things in really great detail. I'm better at demonstrating what I know through application than I am at explaining. writing essays and focusing on one thing and expanding it in a way that makes things clear to the reader to I learn how to become better at it, requiring me to really sit down and take in what is actually happening here, I understand it but how can I sort this information without losing sight of the details I need to really understand it. It's ridiculous how much time it took me to write, comment, edit, delete, correct, save, and comment again so that I can encapsulate what I mean to say. 😅 let's just say I posted this two days ago and I'm still editing it to make it clear and concise. But I'm gonna leave it alone. For good now. By learning about the Cognitive process, it seems the description "ENFP" is most closely related to what I experience and what people told me from feedback. I've looked at everything else, and I came to terms with it, and now I want to learn more about these processes and see how can I be more aware of this and continue to grow and develop. maybe even find a way to work out how I present myself better in terms of speech. Look at me still typing. Ok, I'm stopping now.
I'd definitely say that it sounds like internally you have NiTi/TiNi especially as you can capture the essence of what you're trying to say but getting into specificity/the logical sequentialism of how you've arrived at that conclusion can be difficult. ENFP might still be a good contender. Id say ENFJ like myself might be a good contender but as our divergent TiNi is conscious aslong as we've synthesised enough information we tend to be pretty good at explaining ourselves. You might give some thought to ESFP as well .
13:16 Ps. Hey. Don't call me out like that. I am not coping through my Behavioural Economics, and watching this video. You can't say that. I am going to pretend i never heard that and go about my day as if nothing happened. HOLD ON WAIT, ANOTHER OBSERVATION! NeNeNeNe (that's entp language for HaHaHaHa). Though, tbf, it is rather an internal perspective, on an outward realisation. It is maybe rather a sort of introverted coping mechanism. Ti is very hard on myself first and foremost.
You are doing great job but it's sometimes too overwhelming because english is not my native languge and you are also using different terminology, Could You try to simplify more? Maybe some illustrations for dumb people like me :D
I'll be working on some shorter & simplified videos real soon! I know a lot of the CPT audience don't have English as their first language so can imagine how difficult these more in-depth videos might be to follow!
Nice Videos!!!! Empathy is really important to me. Just found this channel, subscribed! As a youtube myself, I know how hard it is to structure the video XD I really have a lot to learn.
@@CognitivePersonality Oh! I would recommend ENTP Birthday- "It''s my birthday today!" video. Thanks a ton man. Please make a video on how to structure your thoughts better and on your hero's journey
I've been torn between ENFP and ENTP. It's refreshing to hear type descriptions that aren't riddled with stereotypes. ENFP sound like they can be more "hard", "tough" and (in a non gender specific way) "masculine", due to how their Ne relates to Te, and how rigid they Fi can make them in certain situations. I always thought I might be ENFP because I can be more sensitive and hate stepping on peoples toes unless they've crossed serious lines, but now I think I may be an ENTP. The point that really hit home was how Si makes ENTP hyper aware of their Ti, and thus hate when people say things that don't align with it. I have some outside of the box beliefs, backed by science that isn't mainstream. Meaning these are beliefs that are contrary to popular belief, yet backed by experimental data that's often suppressed. When someone disregards my knowledge as conspiracy or pseudoscience I get furious. However, I don't have a strong sense of identity as an Fi user would. I also am not good at doing Te things.
I'm very similar to you in going back and forth between ENFP and ENTP. I'm also interested in out of the box ideas or fringe things as well. I always leaned more toward ENTP though. In my case I can see Ti hammering down all the things I've been learning and refining that the general population won't agree with. Fe I can imagine desires harmony and connection, but first and foremost we place precedence over our Ti. I love to review ideas and concepts in my head and apply them to bring unity to humanity. However when it isn't received well, it creates a lot of internal conflict for me. With this I can for sure see the conflict with Ti and Fe regarding outside the box thinking.
i made the test twice, and i got ENFP and ENTP. honestly, i didn't know which one fit me best. after watching this video, i think (still not sure) that i'm an ENTP. the only thing that makes me uncertain is the fact that ENTPs are supposed to be smart and i'm not smart, at all. i'm curious though and very good at debating. like u mentioned in the video, it stresses me out when someone's only argument is subjective. that's not how it works. why? well, because then no one can be right. feelings can't be valid arguments in a debate because they're different for everyone. you need to find something that isn't arguable for it to be a good argument, and feelings are simply not. i guess i am an ENTP after all
If it helps, at least by normal MBTI standards, Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants, an absolute imbecile of a character, is an INTP. You don't have to be smart to use Ti, sonI wouldn't be worried about that.
Okay.. but an individuated ENTP, from what I remember, would do both ENTP and ENFP things, as you have described them thus far (3:.59 is how far I got). Am I missing something? I actually am missing something. And, it's a real "Duh!" kind of thing. I keep forgetting that the two middle letters are not strengths. (sigh)
THANK U SM THIS VIDEO MADE ME REALIZE THAT IM ENFP. especialllyyy about the forming your identity around other people and the things i do-- thats not something i do AT ALL.
Commenters asking to speak slower aren't ENFP/ENTP. If he spoke slower, we'd speed it up so we don't lose focus during a 60-minute video. Although, 30 mins with this guy feels more like a 7 minute 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata. You'd be a great (school) teacher BTW!
Out of curiosity, between ENTPs or ENFPs, which is more private? ENFPs with Fi make me thing they're more private, and the ENFPs I know are extremely private. However, an ENTP who mainly puts on a mask around people they don't trust can also be extremely private. Just wanted some thoughts and opinions :0
I think it's not fair to compare these types in this way, because they are both private, in different ways, and it also varies, depending on certain people. I am an ENTP and for a long period of time in my life I was very private even with my family members, i still kind of am. But i know ENTPs and ENFPs who are not at all like this and prefer to be an open book. Perhaps they can be equally private in their own ways. I think it has to do more with enneagram types. There are more ENFPs of a private type (type 4), than ENTPs, that are mostly type 7
I watched the video thinking you were going to speak in generalities about both but you pin point it head on. As an ENTP as a young adult I struggle with identity heavily. And also struggle with my natural ability of seeing and hearing people's words and understanding them on intuitive level. And picking up on external signals and expressions. I would constantly internalize and and take myself out the moment. Or I would put on a mask to get a positive reaction and although I hate to admit it was for approval of others and because I want to make sure everyone is having a good time sometimes at my cost of looking like an idiot.. But once I more concretely knew myself and embrace myself, I became like a social guru haha and people were surprised, how can this loose Canon understand me on such an emotional level. And although I still pull stunts to entertain others, I entertain myself as well along with actually respecting myself. I do it less and when I do people understand its a joke and I'm being myself more than I am wearing the mask. I'm being more present and connecting with people more.
This video makes it very clear that I'm not an ENFP, I can never detect how I'm feeling, in fact for years I thought I didn't have feelings except very extreme ones.
id say intuition is more fundamentally about *connections* rather than *patterns* a pattern is a series of connections thru *repetition* a metaphor is so intuition but isnt a pattern its a *connection* thru *similarity*
17:00 - Wouldn’t the ENFP dip more naturally SeFe than NeFe? And similarly with the ENTP, they would naturally dip into SeTe rather than relying on NeTe? If lens codec pairings are fairly static, this would be the case. Though using network theory, the ENFP would have FeNe and the ENTP would have TeNe - but they wouldn’t be as consistent as the aforementioned extension dips.
Hello ENFPs and ENTPs, did you manage to follow this video well because my head is spinning like crazy right now. I'm gonna need another type of video to understand and create my own idea about all of this. Still thanks for the video, it's just really hard to follow for me
Im ENFP and one of my closer friend is ENTP, we get along well, but she because she has Fe so yea somtimes she make fun of my weird thoughts to some friends 😒😑 and she shows emotion and problems unprivately in social media 😅😄🙃 And thanks for the video
i tried to listen, but i keep loosing track thinking about points being said, and forgetting about what i was thinking about as i hear another interesting point. this whole process repeated it self at least 5 times during the whole video. and it doesn't help that i was doing the laundry as i was listening. so... i guess i will have to replay it.
I'm having trouble bc I took the test 3 times and I keep getting 50% and 50% at thinking vs feeling so I dont know if I'm an entp or an enfp bc both are accually accurate
Well I always come out as a enfp, but I'm not I'm a entp. I cant really explain...we talk differently.. Enfps are like intjs openness..really open like I a selfie without filters , doing a funny face.( This is who I am ) Entps and intps are like ( selfies with filters) but I have no issue telling you a weird idea and I dont care what u think.as I'm not attached it's an objective idea.. my feelings come from a subjective idea i see as core. That's me and very very private to my subjective thoughts...very different.
Generally there is a slight variation in the speech patterns of each of these types, but I wouldn't outright state one is more private than the other. ENFPs absolutely where their true emotions on their sleeves more, but they tend not to seek the spotlight to the same extent as the ENTP (again, generally speaking). ENTP's absolutely conceal emotions past a certain threshold, but wearing a mask or otherwise they are still 'behaviourally' very open people. ENTP's tend to be very attached to what they consider logical but in my experience both type's enjoy exchanging myriad perspectives :)
@@CognitivePersonality yeah, totally agree.. Yes both open but just a different type of open, to me their openness as for the intj would be way to vulnerable to express.. I've had the same convo with two intp friends over this . Think entps openness is more ego based,enfps have a softer approach when expressing ..entp= I while enfp= we..
@@CognitivePersonality I would agree that ENFPs wear their emotions on their sleeves. ENFPs tend to be more bubbly though you might occasionally find a subdued ENFP or a bubbly ENTP. I know one bubbly ENTP. I would say the best clue, is their worldview based in the importance of moral values or factual truths ? ENTPs seem to prioritize facts. ENFPs prioritize values and their worldview. That last part is what makes us intense and sometimes behave strangely to others. For example my one man protest against Monsanto a few years back. That seems a very Fi motivated behaviour.
Can someone explain this to non-English speakers ? I was categorized as an entp many times but I am not 100 percent sure and these comparisons are way too long and they always talk so fast I either loose interest or can’t understand . Lol please help me.
I was a few minutes in and was thinking I need pictures or something to understand what he’s saying. Judging by the comments its safe to assume I was typed correctly as an ENFP
Thank you for this very articulate video! Well-done. ♡ May I just ask more about the "Se dip" of the Ne-dominant types? Because based on all your other videos (especially on your take on ENTP empaths), and this video as well, I think I am an ENTP.... with a high Se. Is that possible? And what are the manifestations of this Se dip?
Hi, I have a question. Although it was very well done informative video (I actually thought its very clear, idk what the others are on about, even sped up to 1.5) still struggled to find which type I am. I really related to Ni,Ti and Ne, Te but It still didn't sit right because I actually did more Ni,Ti than Ne,Te. Could I be an ESTP? I mean I'm very theoretical and imaginative and not That good at sports so It just never went through my head. I've used this Ni, Ti process in some of my earliest memories so it's not like I've integrated the shadow. Also not an Introvert or good at Fe to be an INFJ. I'm really confused about the order of my axes.
I’m confused, why do you refer to an ENTP’s Fe as their auxiliary when it’s located in the tertiary slot of their function stack? You’ve been making such great points I want to understand it!!! -procrastinating entp
Because an auxiliary is assistive (Ne-Fe), rather than opposing (Si-Ti); if a function was facing the opposite direction of the function it is supposed to be *directly* assisting, it's not a great auxiliary!
@@CognitivePersonality This was the answer I needed without knowing. I’m an ENFP (btw your video validated that greatly) and many times, while I talk or do things with others, they wonder “where is my Fi”. And I’m like “what to do with that right now?”. It’s just not directly serving to the task.
I thought I was an INFJ when first into MBTI a couple years ago then this year thought I was an INTJ. I then thought I was either an ENTP or ENFP and getting stressed out but this video has really helped me realise I am an ENTP. I relate to the part about anxiety of overturning internal logical frameworks and still feeling introverted feeling, however it being kaleidoscopic rather than concrete for the ENFP. Honestly thank you so much for your research, the thoroughness of your thinking has helped me a lot.
Can I be an Entp? The tests give me Entp and Enfp. I am a very sensitive person, I can cry because of the sad song of Lana Del Rey, damn it. I adore romantic films with beautiful aesthetics and fullness of feelings. I love to run music through myself. I love sensations, fantasies, beauty. I am very sensitive to other people's criticism, I can be very choleric. I can be indecisive, but at the same time, I can write to an ex after 4 months of separation and a friend with whom we had a big fight, just because it came into my head. At the same time, I cannot be angry for a long time, but I can also be vindictive. I often forgive people, but at the same time I don't trust anyone, I can be very manipulative. I really appreciate logic and facts, although emotions overwhelm me as a result, I still choose logic, as it will be better for me. I am very skeptical, even to myself. I love to learn everything new and find the truth in unresolved cases, I have been studying mbti for 2 weeks now and I even think about it in my SLEEP, my thinking process just never stops. I'm stubborn and purposeful, that's the only thing I understand. Like "I don't need sleep, I need answers." Although I am somewhat of a humanist, and it bothers me when people do not pay attention to other people's feelings, at the same time I am very selfish, and most likely I will make a decision in my favor. I can only sacrifice myself in relationships, where I am very giving. But if I cannot emotionally interfere with a person, I do not give in to him. Friends always accuse me of selfishness, that I don’t know how to take other people’s points of view, because I need a WEIGHT argument to compare my opinion with someone else. But at the same time, I am very empathic and read the emotions of others well, I can cry because of other people's emotions if they are similar to my experience, I used to help people a lot, they were a personal psychologist, I realized that people do not appreciate this, and just stopped helping people and searched so deeply in others. At the same time, I don’t know how to emotionally support people, I don’t know how to verbally sympathize, I just fall into a stupor. I mean, I have a very strong Fi because I love to dive into emotions and feel them, they are in the territory of a huge part of my life, but that does not mean that I give in to everything I want. I can only be very impulsive when shopping, but as far as real life goes, I'll think twice. At the same time, I like to live in the present moment, but I always want to improve my life, I think in advance what can be fixed, what opportunities there are. I have a very strong Ne, I think. I am one of those who think 10 options ahead of the development of events in any situation, I am one of those who "warn" people and myself. I often argue with people, I don't just believe in sayings or facts on the internet. I love sarcasm and original answers. I am very skeptical and don't trust people or anything I see. I just can't have too much Te. I think I have Ti and strong. Though I also love attractive men, but more in others I am attracted by the brain and erudition, I am excited by someone else's self-confidence and foresight. Whatever I think about myself will never happen in ENFP or ENTP. If there was any intermediate option, it would be me! Am I too sensitive ENTP or am I still ENFP? But I think ENFP is too simple for me, and for ENTP I feel too many emotions. I think due to mbti stereotypes, real understanding of types is difficult.
Wow this is the first video that explains these two types in this way and it makes so much more sense. For some time I believed I was an ENFP but there has always been a part of me that thought that I may be an ENTP instead, because of my debative nature and my huge reliance on thinking function, while the usual descriptions and stereotypes attribute these actions to ENTPs. The reason I was confused is because like you said ENFPs are very concerned with individuality and authenticity and this is so promient with me, ever since I was young I was always obsessed with having my own "image" or "trademark", even now as an adult in projects or any sort of activity, I like to do it with my "own personal style" that represents me. This is what made me believe strongly in me being an ENFP isntead of ENTP but now after watching your videos everything I have a better understanding of how ENFPs use their functions and it makes so much more sense than everything I ve seen and read until now! Thanks a lot for this top notch content !
11 Differences Between ENFP and ENTP
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ENFP attuned to more external objective patterns Ne-Te
ENTP attuned to more external subjective patterns Ne- Fe
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ENFP Improvises with Planning and is very flexible when making plans Ne-Te
ENTP improvises with Socializing and is very flexible in interactions with people Ne-Fe
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ENFP prefers one on one close friend groups Ne-Te
ENTP prefers larger friend groups with many different people Ne-Fe
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ENFP Takes authority over Big picture planning and Systemization Ne-Te
ENTP Takes authority over Big picture Social harmony and Charisma Ne-Fe
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ENFP enjoys taking authority more often Ne-Te
ENTP enjoys testing the emotions of others Ne-Fe
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ENFP Is great at precisely knowing how they feel in the moment Fi-Si
ENTP Is great at remembering facts and logical consistencies Ti-Si
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ENFP values authenticity and individualism and Hates being forced to conform Fi-Si
ENTP values logical consistency and hates when people speak incorrectly Ti-Si
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ENFP emotions are heavily influenced by the sensory world Fi- SI
ENTP thoughts are heavily influenced by the sensory world Ti-Si
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ENFP has a tendency to form an unhealthy identity around their opinions Fi-Si
ENTP has a tendency to form an unhealthy identity around their logic Ti-Si
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ENFP tends to misread the Social Atmosphere Fe Critical Parent
ENTP tends to misread the details of a situation Te Critical Parent
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ENFP tends to criticize others for not being harmonious Fe Critical Parent
ENTP tends to criticize others for not being factual Te Critical Parent
Thank you!
@@CognitivePersonality You're welcome! I love how you formulate your videos! Ive gone back and forth between ENFP and ENTP for myself and this video helped me realize I am an ENFP not an ENTP after obsessively studying personality theory for the last 2 years! I also have something I call mask theory that helps with cross checking when typing! Also i appreciate the speed of talking because I usually do 1.5x speed on other peoples videos but only need 1x-1.25x on yours
@@brennenhrebeniuk9661 similar boat, what is this cross check theory? What helped you differentiate between the two?
@@alkalinehawk So I call it Mask theory and its based on the child function of every personality type. Essentially most people in their teens until 30 are probably intensively trying to master their child function as a stepping stone of becoming more mature. So essentially certain types are commonly mistyped as other types especially when they are focused on strengthening their weaknesses. I have seen this in multiple people and types. Here is the chart that shows which types most likely "Mask" as.
ExTP = ExFJ mask
ENxJ = ESxP mask
INxP = ISxJ mask
IxTJ = IxFP mask
ISxP = INxJ mask
ESxJ = ENxP mask
ExFP = ExTJ mask
IxFJ = IxTP mask
Can I say that I do both? 😂 I identify with both ways of acting. I see the differences you posted and I feel that in just two I am more of an ENFP. In the rest, I am basically doing both according to the situations I am facing.
I really liked this video, ENFPs aren’t generally considered analytical and that is partly why I felt so torn between Entp and Enfp. And thank you for bringing some new perspectives, it’s truly refreshing to hear someone talk about ENFPs without being stereotypical.
Cheers for this comment!
Michio Kaku, an enfp physicist, is one you should definitely look up. It's interesting to see an ENFP in the setting that he is
You develop your analytical side during school . Subjects like physics etc
your thumbnail looks like you have just freshly graduated from college lol
Aye :)
The hat in the background 🤣🤣🤣🤣
YALL, the blinks in between points he made are all the breaks we need, his talking speed is literally perfect I love it
Yes, you get it!
I saw this comment at the beginning of the video and was already ready to critique but waited and, now I can confirm, you're right. :D -ENTP
Yeah, I never really say it out loud but I do recognize other people's emotions or even "predict" them. I sometimes wish I am capable of doing that with myself. Sometimes, it would take me months or even years to recognize that my feelings have been hurt by someone or a situation. I often think ENTPs are very susceptible to emotional abuse since we don't realize it until it's too late.
The classic Fe-user dilemma - particularly for those with Fe in an auxiliary position such as the ENTP. As an INFJ (divergent-aux) I can relate to this quite a bit too, albeit to a lesser degree :)
Well when we can see why person A would have ill intent to person B and how it would go about it and how the recipient would react based on well logic almost instantly almost as if we just dip into a dimension where all the answers are and taking answers we merely find ways to break it down to others rather than working for them. Even when we can do that we can't seem to realize why would anyone have ill intent to us, cause well why would anyone have it? Its illogical. I think after introspecting that we kinda turn a blind eye to abuse done to us to ignore pain. Kinda counter intuitive but hear me out and try not laugh. What truly hurts us is losing and accepting facts (the finite). So a finite abuse where we gotta admit and internalize we are abused and that we are then placed in a position where we must take a choice (finite) over the abuse places stress on us. There is no seeming growth in confronting a finite action with another finite action cause we only seem to trust our infinite transformation of ideas to move aroud and dodge pain. We have this avertion to conclusions. And i think it may seem like I'm restating myself again and agian. I tell ppl to look at the nuance . when we transform ideas we regurgitate them again and again bringing nuance everytime we do. But i digress. Pain avoidance. An endless transformation to ideas it only seems logical we do this to ofc to help ourselves deal with pain. Kinda like an event horizon where we keep falling endlessly to a black hole endlessly to tje perception of the subject but already having transpire those outside of it. Honestly i have trouble expressing myself when my stomach is aching. I wonder if this is common or just a pretty useless gauge my body uses to let me know I need food.
Constantly. This is so me too
jose ramirez I turn into a monster when I’m starving. I can’t seem to think straight but I think that’s just how humans work(?)
EXACTLY MY PROBLEM
It's generally really hard to see me hurt because when in pain, I completely shove the negativity away and leave my emotions in some imaginary dark abyss but after months or years it becomes way too much and I just need to cry and then when I do cry, I try to find a logical reasoning as to why I found the need to do something as weak as crying
This video is too long for Ne dom.
Fair.
watch at 3x+. nothing's stopping you! TH-cam limits #Don'tControlMeBro
Take my advice.
In instances like these. Watch till you reach an idea that inevitably catches you're eye. Take to writing about it on say your phone since lets be honest you're probably watching this on it and its already on your hand. Explore said idea's multiple intricacies and the seemingly endless string of nuance that arise as you type away about it.
Having done that resume the video. And proceed to do it all over again. Once the video ends and your sitting ,unbeknownst to yourself, on a mountain of pure gold set to put it all together and proof it for grammar cause lets be honest to ourselves it was kinda a waste of space and time and effort to learn and memorize.
Once all that is done, and ik lol its a lot of steps and this comment seems to have gone on and on for an eternity, ask yourself as if you were being asked by say the author of the video "so what did you thought of the video?" If all went as plan you'll answer along the lines of "wHaT vIdEo?"
I’d rather have more content to help explain ideas and the like. Short and sweet won’t always explain it well enough to everyone. Just don’t start talking about stuff like what your pets did today lol. Besides I’ll probably watch this X speed while I’m doing something and replay it a few times till I got it anyway lol. I figure, if you can’t stand to watch videos for information anyway then you’re probably reading.
who else is watching in 1.75? that may just be my adhd tho haha
So, clarifying! I came out as an ENTP on the first test I found about these cognitive functions. On reading and listening to various description I thought it was wrong: I don’t argue just for the sake of it. I like to discuss things and, on doing it, I do care about the feelings of others. When developing a collective project, which is what I do best, I design each thing for the feeling of every one no to be hurt by the design itself!
When I heard you on another video talking about ENTP being responsible for otter peoples feelings it hit me like a drop hammer (maybe a bad translation from Spanish). I hadn’t realised that’s what I’d been doing all my life! Cause there isn’t something so feeling in me on my specific behaviour but, hey, once I saw this, I could not unsee it.
Thanks for all you content.
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thanks so much Nydia! The Fe of the ENTP is so often entirely underestimated and the descriptions of this type generally have it completing wrong - glad to shine a light on this subject!
This is very true. I grew up a first child in a very isolated area and I didn't when younger appreciate the mutual benefits of encouraging acts of service from others. I suck up emotions of those around me and in a relationship I usually end up understanding a woman's motivations better than she does(with the benifit of objectivity) For me, Invention and technological innovation has been my sweet spot and I don't achieve intellectual intimacy with those who are happy to praise, but lack in their own creativity or at least have an ability to be a "muse" And computer programming- there are no pyychological disorders to use up my own analytical energy, no bad days, no drugs, no boozing etc. And yet I'm also very happy in a teaching situation.
My friend, this is perhaps the first time I have watched a video in slower than normal speed (some parts ). It's usually the opposite case- listening at increased speed. I really want to spend more time understanding cognitive function dynamics this way.. I really relate to your explanations of the function dynamics
Thanks so much!
I do tend to speak rather fast for these videos too :)
I've been wondering whether I'm an ENTP or not recently (again, for the 50th time) and watching your videos really make me feel validated! No need to take all the different quizzes for a 3rd time only to get the same results again 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜
Thank you!
Not to sound like a meme or anything but
Me: Why does my stomach ache and I feel sad
My body: Sir. You are experiencing what its called "hunger"
Me: Hunger. I see. What a novel concept.
Haha!
I feel that! After 9 hours working in the chair: Body *screams* Me: Hmm, what is this feeling? Oh, tiredness? Maybe I should stop now. Existential thoughts: Why do we have to sleep anyway? Darn this reality. --ENTP
LMAO SAME, FRIEND 🤣
I literally cried and while I was trying to back away from all my problems I started crying again because I was angry at the fact that crying is a thing and that I don't know how crying scientifically works so then I felt dumb...
Yeah :-)
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Don't we just love existential crisis ✨✨✨
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When I watch your videos, it's not AS IF I'm re-learning "MBTI"... I actually AM. XD THANK YOU, Harry! :D
Thank you my friend!
Totally man.
I'm an entp. I have adhd and got mistyped as an infj. However, several factors including lock down also contributed to the mistype. I've always at heart been a social butterfly. Great at networking, seeing how people react and advancing in life to get where I need to be. Everywhere I've gone I've always been great at both big picture thinking and details, but at the end of the day the bigger picture was always so obvious. Also I've always always had difficulty with structure and where it didn't work, I've never hesitated to comment or blurt out inefficiencies which has gotten me into trouble as a child. However since I also have adhd, I know that has also massively contributed to the mistype. It was only until after I seeked therapy and got on medications that I could accept myself and how I am rather than fight against it.
I was also an ENTP mistyped as a INFJ on the pandemic, it taked a lot of research and self discovering to find out
Hey there I'm a divergent ENFJ with an ENTP son who's on the ADHD pathway. May I ask how the medication helped you as an ENTP (I also have ADHD but I believe it manifests in cognitive types differently)? My son is very bombastic with his NeFe & as you said he has a tendency to blurt things out when he sees logical inconsistencies; he genuinely not trying to be antagonistic in fact he's a very caring & gentle little boy I just think because of his charismatic exterior many people feel like he's able to 'take' harsh criticism for his behaviour & don't always understand that it's not under his conscious control...despite being a convergent feeler he can have eruptions of emotions/meltdowns perhaps because his FiSi is so unconscious which I think is probably due to his ADHD. Luckily he has great teachers who are really supportive & really find his cheeky demeanour very endearing. Any advice or perceptive insights would be appreciated...I think CPT is a great adjunctive or at least part of my tool kit for parenting & it helps to understand my son on a deeper level..at least I hope it does. I know you have to be tentative about typing at such a young age but I've given it a lot of thought.
You could make a whole website out of this gold. Like you really have helped me discover my type more then any other resource I’ve been able to find on the internet
Ahhh if I only I could find the time!
Cognitive Personality Theory how long have you been into MBTI? I’ve been a aspiring typologist for a year now still learning more everyday! I’m sure you’ve been mastering the craft for sometime now so I’m honestly curious to how many years it took to reach your proficiency
I feel very strangely validated hearing all this. I have always felt like a good planner and thats my biggest contribution at work, but i also have a tendency to speak up when i think something is not handled well, specifically with regard to other people’s feelings or general rights. I want a video of you explaining just enfp so i can share this with people so they can understand me lol
I thought I already did XD
Might make a shorter one at some point though as I'm practising condensing right now!
Thanks Michelle - hope all's great btw!
Cognitive Personality Theory omg im a terrible person 😭 you did. But i feel like you said some unique things in this video that you didnt in that
I am bad at planning and i was confused by the message of enfp being good planners in this video and further confused by your answer of « I have always felt like a good planner» so I googled enfp+planning and first thing that came up...the 2017 heart of michi video, «planning - an enfp struggle»...Haha. I am glad you have evolved in this area in the last years. Maybe I must do so too...
@@winterbird4447 it's like when a person doubts themselves, because they know how much they don't know. This is why it'd be hard to an ENFP (who sees too many variables to count) to make a plan. But over time, you realize, you don't need everything to be set in stone to plan, and then you can plan better than most, BECAUSE you see all these possibilities that others might not.
@@gorilla-san I really felt this.
Is he talking faster in this than the others? Way to read your audience
idk I had to speed this one up lol
The distinctions and nuance you displace is extraordinary. Very well done.
Thank you!
Thank you! I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this but it’s finally clicking and I’m pretty confident I’m an ENTP. 💜
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your videos. I get so tired of reading a typical blurb about an ENFP being a flaky, idealistic, social butterfly who can’t commit and who can’t finish projects but who also supposedly becomes a champion of causes.
I feel validated every single time I watch one of your ENFP videos because you nail me every single time. And it’s good stuff! I used to feel embarrassed and regretful about being an ENFP. But now I am feeling thankful and proud of being such a paradoxical person with a great set of strengths. Thank you!
I feel really dumb for not understanding 90% of what was said. I still think I'm an ENxP..
Could someone explain this to me as if I'm a 8yo kid please, or send me an easier video?
Glad the ENTP video helped you out and, given your age, be careful with using type code!
I feel the same way, maybe I don’t have enough base knowledge to understand. I like to debate just fore the sake of proving my logical framework is strong enough and listening to other point of views
@@CognitivePersonality Baha I don’t actually think they’re 8 yo, they want it to be explained to them AS IF they’re 8yo💀💀
@@favhonky6701 idk but i suspect that autor of video may have autysm or something that makes for him problematic to read things not literally (im basing of coments, his blank expresion and voice tone) and i dont mean to atack him in any way
This is fantastic. I love the holistic approach you have. Everything fits together, and it accommodates the complexity of human beings. 16 Personalities has never come close to quenching my thirst for understanding Jung's original ideas around this.
“The more the ENTP preoccupies themselves with the external reality, the less secure they’ll be at what is driving them” I understood this lesson early on, and formed a video journal in which I get to that bottom of what I feel and who I am. It was such a shock when I discovered that talking about my internal structure make them clear and tangible, when I try to think of who I am in silence it feels so muddy and convoluted. This whole MBTI business is also helping in terms of understanding my internal world I feel called out sometimes, like how dare you say I look for affirmation?
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As an ENFP, I approve of this message.
What you pointed out though about ENTP's using Fe to predict others' emotions while ENFP's use Te to predict more mechanical patterns made me think about how in video games I seek out attack patterns and memorize them best I can while with people I don't always know how they'll react to even the simplest of jokes and it kinda scares me, heh.
But man I love a good mock debate about random stuff. I just love thinking up a quick, logical response. It's true!
"Often the ENFP is not someone tolerating as much as they must be tolerated." (Paraphrase)
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Yes, we have our convictions and if you question them we'll explain. I love explaining! I love explaining my feelings and ideas and can do it all day!
When someone looks at me and tells me I'm stupid, that is when I get defensive and start trying to break down their opinion and throw it in their face.
I admit it.
But, ironically, I'm so polite that I often struggle to even stick up for myself and my own opinion and it just kinda stews in my mind and makes me frustrated for hours on end.
Okay I'm done with the comment. I'm trying to keep things short.
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ESTP Vs ESFP pls
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Sincerely, an ENFP
Absolutely loving all the spaces here!!
Thanks for the great comment :)
ESTP vs ESFP is definitely on the agenda!
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Thank you!
If we all mature the same, then you'll stop caring about somebody telling you you're stupid or implying the same, soon enough.
I only care when somebody I'm supposed to "live" with, tells me that.
So, perhaps my best friend who's also my boss. Well, I guess that's it. Nobody else lol
When he tells me I'm not open-minded, I wanna throw up. But I don't get "defensive" about it. I just ask questions to try and understand why he thinks that so that I can consider it, and then he tells me I'm being stubborn and defensive. Thug life.
It's actually a pattern. Whenever somebody tells me something that I don't agree with, and I start asking questions to actually try and understand their point of view and perhaps see if they're right and I'm wrong, they say I'm not listening, not open-minded and stubborn.I learned to shrug it off though
@@gorilla-san wooow thats something i think i expirienced a lot and was unable to understand what im understanding - (when im being openminded and my openmindednes is judged arovating or missunderstood?) your comment made me realise with more precysion what i was made aware of yesterday - somebody said some hursh words and when i go - "tell me more" mode, and "im thinking on what you said" than he just goes huh you dont listen/play games with me! and goes away
For the past year of learning MBTI from starting at 16P to learning functions, all I’ve been certain of is that I’m an xNxP. I’ve watched your INTP vs INFP, ENTFP vs INFP, and now this video. I really think I might be ENTP now, because I never considered that it was an intuitive feeler type. I’ve always been questioning who I am and am no stranger existential crises over it. It’s why I started learning about MBTI in the first place, and honestly didn’t know it was typical for ENTPs to feel that way.
I still can’t be sure that I am an ENTP because I certainly don’t feel like a “debater” ever, in fact I always try to keep the peace. But to that end, thank you for sharing your knowledge of typology and describing every type fairly and not just reverting to stereotypes when explaining differences in types.
Who knows if my journey to define myself will ever end.
Hey there I'm an ENFJ who has similar existential crises because my FiSi is so unconscious (I'm a divergent subtype). I'm sure there's an INFP in me screaming to get out! I've found as a convergent extroverted feeler sometimes talking it out with a friend or loved one is really helpful at least as a TiSi- blind type I'm often blind to the contingency that has made me feel a certain way in the first place so others may be better placed to point that out 😊
Hey there! This was wonderful! I actually agree with everything you say. This was so refreshing. I am an ENFP and a massive MBTI fan but this is the first time anyone ever mentioned ENFP's analytical mind. It is exactly how you say it is. I would add only that after all that logical and big picture forming prosses, we do tend to impulsively follow the strongly defined emotions that you talked about, even if they're not in complete sync with our logical viewpoint. I don't know if this is due to maturity or in this case immaturity but it occurs very often. I have a question that I would like you to respond if you have time. Are ENFPs and ENTPs compatible more as friends or romantic partners? I still can't decide. :D
Thank you for this awesome video!
Thanks so much! Yes indeed, the Fi-authority is very much the driving force behind the dominant stack's agenda so I do agree :)
Hah, I do have a video on the way regarding type and romantic compatability but, generally, there's a good match pairing there :)
Cognitive Personality Theory Thank you for your answer! I can’t wait to watch that video! 🤗
@@alexandra499520 I got a couple ENTP friends (who are girls) and I rarely get bored of them. Whenever I need somebody to check some factual stuff with, that I don't wanna bother learning about, I just check with them. Because they do bother.
Like, piano theory, who did what where when and to whom in Game Of Thrones, what happened in politics recently, etc lol
They also love doing exciting things and aren't too calculated. Lighthearted, and great brainstorming partners
I'm an ENFP :D
@@gorilla-san yes I am entp and have some enfps around me. They are so creative and know how to adapt well. As P nation, we never really in a rush. The only different point from us is feeling vs thinking. I speak loud whats on my mind. I dont mind to face conflicts since arguing is my natural thing. Thats what I dont see from my enfp friends.
This is really interesting! At 10.00+ you talk about how enfps might struggle with the outer and inner worlds. I've found that when I am trying to process multiple demands on me, say from other people and also trying to think about things at the same time I can get overwhelmed and 'snap'! Or it's very common whereby I have to try and think very quickly about things and then expected to express it to others, then that process of retreiving information can get 'jammed'. It often feels like the wiring inside my brain gets tangled up. And its not unusual for me to say the wrong word or even the words jumbled up at times. It's like trying to do something so quickly, that the retrieval pathways cannot keep up.
So new information for figuring things out is really exciting for me! :)
Not sure. If you'll see this, however I just wanted to add to the conversation, and say thank you! This certainly taught me a lot more about the depth behind these types, and I can confidently, or I should say even more confidently say that I am an ENTP! Fantastic video!
Wow, this was really helpful! It further convinces me that I'm an ENTP rather than an ENFP - thank you!
Thank you so much for this video!! My test results have always been switching back and forth between enfp and infj. Sometimes I feel that I can show characteristics very much like enfp, and sometimes very much like infj. Watching your video made me understand I gained a clearer understanding of my cognitive functions and discovered that my true personal type is ENTP .Thank you so much for crafting such a detailed and insightful video at a time when the audience and playback volume of such short-length videos is higher. wish you a happy life!❤
thank you for this !! i'm amazed at how you touched on basically every aspect of my mind that always made me question my type; i think i've finally concluded that after years of mistyping, i'm an enfp! there are a couple things that still make me question my type (like the fact that a lot of what i say and do is to provoke reactions out of people and/or seek attention which seems most like Ne-Fe..?) but idk i'm just gonna chalk that up to Ne-Te making me question how every single one of my actions fits into mbti. or idk maybe i wasn't mistyped and maybe that really is all Ne-Fe + Ti. this makes my head hurt.
Thanks for a great video. I'd love it if you could do a comparison video between ENFJs and INFJs. I feel like many broad comparison discussions on these two types over simplify differences and basically say 'ENFJs are natural, charismatic leaders, and INFJs are the quieter, less practical version who loves reading and is better at long term planning'. I'm not very satisfied with the explanations/comparisons those stereotypes offer. I have questions such as:
- Are some ENFJs quiet, shy and reserved, especially when they are younger?
- Are some INFJs much more invested in the present social/sensory present moment than stereotypes make out?
I'm sure you have some great insight on the differences, and it would be great to hear it in a video! Thanks again.
Hey there Harry has done a video on the broader differences if you want to take a look. I'm a divergent ENFJ & therefore much more socially introverted than a lot of ENFJs indeed I can go days without talking to anyone or leaving the house (it doesn't bother my I'm quite happy left to my own TiNi devices). I'd say to monitor however the degree of time irrespective of social introversion as to the extent to which your bouncing off of external mediums such as this video content in order to synthesise your TiNi or used it more convergently as this might be more indicative of being an ENFJ. Also if you feel the need to impact the social landscape - the itch you need to scratch - you're also more likely to be an ENFJ irrespective of the amount of time you spend on your own. I think in terms of my divergent subtype a kind of social bipolarity ensues...we can be very full on (when well) in social circles but very introverted when not in the company of others occupying a much more cold cerebral landscape.
I’m not ENTP but I just wanted to say I love the speed you talk about this because normally I have to speed videos up to 1.5x so this is really great. Besides, since this content is heavily theoretical I can mentally skim through your main points and if I lose attention I can always come back later. Also, I am soooo loving the way you structure your videos. ✨ Just wanted to show some appreciation. 🙌 one day I would love to get typed by you because I can’t settle for a type and asking my friends about a subject this uncommon will only confuse them so I’ll start saving up 😬 hehe. Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪
Ah hah, thank you! It's always refreshing to hear someone appreciates the speed :)
It would be my pleasure to help you find your type! Greetings from the UK!
the Si (introverted sensing) part got me so confused bc I swear I've always associated that with memory. i think im getting it though. very interesting perspective wowzers
Cheers
Your videos are pure gold. But I find it difficult to follow your logic pattern because you speak tooo quickly. And it's funny because I speed up most of the videos on youtube:D
Thank you! Haha, I do speak too quickly and I'll definitely try to slow it down to 1.0 speed :)
Same, I always repeat it a bit 🤣 to really grasp it
As a now confirmed ENFP its refreshing to have a video that is fast enough to watch at 1.0 or 1.25x speed! Usually need 1.5x-1.75x on most speaking videos!
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Lmao I actually like it cuz in my brain, most videos are too slow for me
Before I watch this, I'm just going to explain why I'm here. My discord friend (a likely INTP), said behind my back to another discord person that I might be an ENFP and not an ENTP. It seems that he said this because I keep going on about ideal types. At first, I was saying that INTJs were my ideal and that I wouldn't work as well with any other type, then I switched to INFJs after reading Keirsey, then to ENTJs for a brief time after watching a video that supported them as the ENTPs best match, and then I came to my senses and switched back to INFJs.
Anyways, that's just an example of perhaps why he suspected that I was an ENFP. I'm not saying that I think that it's wrong to think that there isn't an ideal type, I saw your video on intertype compatibility and I don't disagree with anything that you said. I think that, all other aspects being the same, I can't accept that two different types would work just as well with a third. Thus, I believe that there must be one that works slightly better when all else is the same.
Thanks for the video. Watching it reaffirms in my mind that I am an ENTP. At this point though, if I can't communicate that well to others, what does it matter? I know so so many people who I think are ENFPs that are typed as ENTPs who pretty much never get corrected. Like Steven Crowder, Eric Andre, CS Joseph, etc.
I don't know why, but it hurt my soul to be told: "yeah he thinks that you might be an ENFP". This guy knows his stuff. If I'm so right about what type I am, then it should be clear to him, to anyone, what my type is. A few months ago I got typed as an ISTJ, then an ISTP, and I was, I guess, flat out depressed because of it. I want to be making progress: I've solidified my type, now I'll work on my strengths and weaknesses, I'll get better at understanding my purpose in intertype dynamics, etc. Now it's like I'm back to square one. I've done plenty of reading too, I've read Beebe, Types Differing, Lectures on Jung. I know the basics better, but I still can't convince some people of my type.
I think I know the solution. The problem is that people have the wrong idea about many types, specifically ENTPs in this context. The solution is to teach them the right idea. ENTPs' dominant stack is Ne-Fe, they are "intuitive feelers" in practice. ENFPs' dominant stack is Ne-Te, they are "intuitive thinkers". It's so nice to have a definition that is easy to share, seems true, and is still consistent with the basics of all the cognitive functions.
Thank you sir!
Thank you for sharing this - I'm really glad the video helped! I couldn't agree more - most types are completely misunderstood by the majority.
(enfp) from my perspective your comment sugests much for ENTP - 1- i as ENFP wouldnt care much about what type others think i am and if they got it wrong, 2 you pointed out you were conserned a lot with typing yourself and idk tying a lot of emotions to the "who am i" what are the facts abotu me" i hope you see what im saying
Well I mistyped myself, go figure, this video has helped me conclude what type I am, much appreciation and thanks. But just in case I will learn more from these videos you post.
enfp vs entp...given you are 1 of the 2....can you follow the Ti heavy language of this video...well then you are most likely an entp.
Hehe
Lol
I stopped listening after 6 seconds and moved to comments to seek faster answer :^) Am i Enfp or entp?
Or you are an ENFP who is able to dip into Ti...
@@SweetMewsic More of a swim…in this case. But I get your point :)
Thanks so much for this clear and thorough explanation of some terms I'd previously never heard before (you really introduced me to some new things I will now have to do more research on and add to my framework and understanding of personality through MBTI lol). It was also really good to get this new perspective on it, most of the descriptions of an ENTP are so biased toward being "strongly argumentative and/or antagonistic", yet I always found myself questioning whether I was really an ENFP as there were some parts I didn't fully relate to. I'm currently still somewhat confused and unsure about it, because there are parts of both types I can relate to.
I've always gotten the result of ENFP when I answer tests honestly, and from the first time I took a 16 personalities test (perhaps not the best but it was a starting point) I did relate to a lot of the ENFP's description. But I've come to see it's a lot more complicated than the stereotypical descriptions of ENxP types.
A couple questions anyone can answer:
1. Would you say ENFPs or ENTPs are more detached from opinions and refrain from maintaining strong opinions and why?
2. If I'm more focused on/interested in the nature of people, philosophies and others' emotions rather than concrete planning, details and making things happen, is this a likely sign I'm using Fe over Te primarily?
3. Is it possible for me to have formed a general view of myself as an ENFP since my first test (which was 16 personalities and likely would group me as their very general and vague "Feeling" type because I'm not an insensitive "Debater") and now continue to get that result as I've formulated a view of myself based around the basic description of an ENFP?
4. Are there any fairly straightforward ways to tell if I'm an ENFP or ENTP and what might those be?
Appreciate anyone trying to help me with this dastardly dilemma!
Hey there, I'd say ENFPs owing to their Fi authority much like ESFPs are much more likely to give you they'd unfiltered opinion whether you ask for it or not - generally met in a good way of course but as SiFi is essentially locked in place they can be very certain of their values & identity. Re ENTPs my son is one & I find unless people make repeatedly illogical claims he's very much more live & let live & would rather seek to create an enjoyable lively environment for everyone involved. As extroverted feelers I find although their SiTi is hard coded they're much more likely to maintain a level of harmony as opposed to risking the discomfort of the external emotional landscape.
I joined the ENTP group on facebook and someone kept insisting that im ENFP and when I got irritated she said that proved it even more lol im still pissed kinda but couldnt help but think it could be true. But most ENFPs ive met are way more emotional for my comfort.
Interesting
Same, a girl online told me she was sure I was ENFP when I'm ENTP. I wasn't even angry, just annoyed, and told her that I know myself enough to know my personality type. She said that what I said proved her point!! What was I supposed to say? "Oh now that a stranger told me I'm an ENFP I actually think I might be one"?
Well that's pretty stereotypical lol. Look at your enneagram she mightve thought you were an ENFP because of your enneagram and that can easily mistype you to be a different mbti type. For example I'm an ENFP 5w6 and people seem to think I'm INFP or INTP probably because of my enneagram. That doesn't make you any less of being an ENTP if you actually are one so don't doubt it.
@@powpowpow9743 lmao thanks dude you just saved my entp 7w6 ass from being called an enfp
Probably ENTP, ENTPs are in their heads a lot which will make them seem emotional to outsiders
could you make ESFP vs ENFP someday in the future?:) In my experience, they can be veeeeeery hard to tell apart. I have been best friends with this girl for almost 8 years yet I still can't tell if she is Se-dom or Ne-dom, she shows so much of both functions...
Yes definitely :)
Random comment but you talk fast enough to the point where I don’t have to speed up the video so thank you -Enfp
As an enfp, i am often confused by all the stereotypes out there. I often ask myself, am I really enfp. And your videos were really spot on, like this is what i need. You saved me. Thanks a lot for the video. I really appreciate it!
This is complicated compared to the "community" I came from. Is there a site to learn about your system and the function interactions. Your lack of narcissism refreshing, and I look forward to chewing on more of your theory.
Hah, thank you! I have an eBook available with the fundamentals explained in-depth, and eventually I'll be putting theory articles on my website :)
@@CognitivePersonality great, I look forward to it.
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The video on how you came to find out you are an INFJ resonated with me a lot. However, I didn't comment on that video because I wanted to be sure I knew what I was talking about. What mostly stuck out to me was when you received the INTJ code and said that you wanted to be seen as such. You spoke about the pride and hubris I experienced in my later years compared to when I was a child. (I'm 24, and I've been curious since my uni teachers made the class take the MBTI test). I first got ISTP, INTP, INFJ, ENTP. The first three were done using tests, the others I tried doing by learning about the dichotomies, but I realized I needed to learn more to see what was really going on here
[Recallibratingmy thoughts so that I can be clear and concise. LOADING......]
I came to a similar conclusion about MBTI not being enough to inform people about their cognitive processes. So when I heard about the theory that cognitive processes operate on a continuum and I understood what you were saying. Surprisingly because I kept telling myself based on my experience over the years that I am not smart enough. I had a hard time with the test because I kept seeing how people could interpret the answer to their questions and answer based on experiences and memories that would paint them in a light that was favourable to them. so much for answering honestly.
Some things about me:
- I'm the person who would be thirsty and walk past the fridge multiple times, not drinking the bit of juice that's left because I said I was saving it from my brother. And I talk to myself convincing myself that I shouldn't drink because it's not like me to go back on my word. So I won't do it.
- I generally know what I want to say, but when I try to do it I end up underexplaining or showing too many connections without giving enough concrete details. I know the details and I understand the essence of them, but when it comes to show and tell, people generally leave fascinated and curious all I can think about is how much of a moron I feel like because I couldn't deliver it how I wanted to.
- when people aren't straight with me It triggers me but I don't really show it. or maybe I do, I get impatient a bit impatient and I want them to skip to the point, but I don't say it. I feel bad when I get like this because it doesn't demonstrate kindness. Though I have been told my face looks quite intimidating when I'm quiet and sometimes in la la land when I speak. I tend to gaze when I'm talking to gather my thoughts. I don't realize I'm doing it but from videos, I notice that I do it.
- imposter syndrome... I feel like an idiot because I'm constantly trying to find the right words to describe the concepts I'm talking about that don't come out as nicely as you so effortlessly speak @CPT. Whenever someone asks me to explain something, it's mostly devoid of specific facts but the truth behind the overarching essence of the matter is there.
- I'm always trying to find ways to do things better. I still struggle to explain things in really great detail. I'm better at demonstrating what I know through application than I am at explaining. writing essays and focusing on one thing and expanding it in a way that makes things clear to the reader to I learn how to become better at it, requiring me to really sit down and take in what is actually happening here, I understand it but how can I sort this information without losing sight of the details I need to really understand it.
It's ridiculous how much time it took me to write, comment, edit, delete, correct, save, and comment again so that I can encapsulate what I mean to say. 😅 let's just say I posted this two days ago and I'm still editing it to make it clear and concise. But I'm gonna leave it alone. For good now. By learning about the Cognitive process, it seems the description "ENFP" is most closely related to what I experience and what people told me from feedback. I've looked at everything else, and I came to terms with it, and now I want to learn more about these processes and see how can I be more aware of this and continue to grow and develop. maybe even find a way to work out how I present myself better in terms of speech. Look at me still typing. Ok, I'm stopping now.
correction: ...INTJ
I'd definitely say that it sounds like internally you have NiTi/TiNi especially as you can capture the essence of what you're trying to say but getting into specificity/the logical sequentialism of how you've arrived at that conclusion can be difficult. ENFP might still be a good contender. Id say ENFJ like myself might be a good contender but as our divergent TiNi is conscious aslong as we've synthesised enough information we tend to be pretty good at explaining ourselves. You might give some thought to ESFP as well .
13:16 Ps. Hey. Don't call me out like that. I am not coping through my Behavioural Economics, and watching this video. You can't say that. I am going to pretend i never heard that and go about my day as if nothing happened. HOLD ON WAIT, ANOTHER OBSERVATION! NeNeNeNe (that's entp language for HaHaHaHa).
Though, tbf, it is rather an internal perspective, on an outward realisation. It is maybe rather a sort of introverted coping mechanism. Ti is very hard on myself first and foremost.
I think I’m an entp, I finally starting to see that and Thanks to your excellent video.
Glad it was helpful!
You are doing great job but it's sometimes too overwhelming because english is not my native languge and you are also using different terminology, Could You try to simplify more? Maybe some illustrations for dumb people like me :D
I'll be working on some shorter & simplified videos real soon!
I know a lot of the CPT audience don't have English as their first language so can imagine how difficult these more in-depth videos might be to follow!
I agree. English is my first language and I have a hard time following along.
DBND same😭😭.
Pls make transcripts :)
Automated ones are confusing, check it :)
Samee
Nice Videos!!!! Empathy is really important to me. Just found this channel, subscribed!
As a youtube myself, I know how hard it is to structure the video XD
I really have a lot to learn.
Cheers! I've subscribed to your channel and will be sure to check it out when I have some time :)
@@CognitivePersonality Oh! I would recommend ENTP Birthday- "It''s my birthday today!" video. Thanks a ton man. Please make a video on how to structure your thoughts better and on your hero's journey
I've been torn between ENFP and ENTP.
It's refreshing to hear type descriptions that aren't riddled with stereotypes.
ENFP sound like they can be more "hard", "tough" and (in a non gender specific way) "masculine", due to how their Ne relates to Te, and how rigid they Fi can make them in certain situations.
I always thought I might be ENFP because I can be more sensitive and hate stepping on peoples toes unless they've crossed serious lines, but now I think I may be an ENTP.
The point that really hit home was how Si makes ENTP hyper aware of their Ti, and thus hate when people say things that don't align with it.
I have some outside of the box beliefs, backed by science that isn't mainstream. Meaning these are beliefs that are contrary to popular belief, yet backed by experimental data that's often suppressed.
When someone disregards my knowledge as conspiracy or pseudoscience I get furious.
However, I don't have a strong sense of identity as an Fi user would. I also am not good at doing Te things.
I'm very similar to you in going back and forth between ENFP and ENTP. I'm also interested in out of the box ideas or fringe things as well. I always leaned more toward ENTP though. In my case I can see Ti hammering down all the things I've been learning and refining that the general population won't agree with. Fe I can imagine desires harmony and connection, but first and foremost we place precedence over our Ti. I love to review ideas and concepts in my head and apply them to bring unity to humanity. However when it isn't received well, it creates a lot of internal conflict for me. With this I can for sure see the conflict with Ti and Fe regarding outside the box thinking.
This was extremely helpful!
Thank you so much.
No worries and thank you!
i made the test twice, and i got ENFP and ENTP. honestly, i didn't know which one fit me best. after watching this video, i think (still not sure) that i'm an ENTP. the only thing that makes me uncertain is the fact that ENTPs are supposed to be smart and i'm not smart, at all. i'm curious though and very good at debating. like u mentioned in the video, it stresses me out when someone's only argument is subjective. that's not how it works. why? well, because then no one can be right. feelings can't be valid arguments in a debate because they're different for everyone. you need to find something that isn't arguable for it to be a good argument, and feelings are simply not.
i guess i am an ENTP after all
Sounds like it :)
If it helps, at least by normal MBTI standards, Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants, an absolute imbecile of a character, is an INTP. You don't have to be smart to use Ti, sonI wouldn't be worried about that.
Okay.. but an individuated ENTP, from what I remember, would do both ENTP and ENFP things, as you have described them thus far (3:.59 is how far I got). Am I missing something?
I actually am missing something. And, it's a real "Duh!" kind of thing. I keep forgetting that the two middle letters are not strengths. (sigh)
THANK U SM THIS VIDEO MADE ME REALIZE THAT IM ENFP. especialllyyy about the forming your identity around other people and the things i do-- thats not something i do AT ALL.
You just read my mind.
Hah, cool :)
INFJ seem to do that to me
Commenters asking to speak slower aren't ENFP/ENTP. If he spoke slower, we'd speed it up so we don't lose focus during a 60-minute video.
Although, 30 mins with this guy feels more like a 7 minute 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata.
You'd be a great (school) teacher BTW!
Thank you, that means a lot! Haha this is an excellent rebuttal - speaking slower would definitely stretch the duration somewhat.
Unless the viewer is foreign.
@@sceard9019 im foreigner so yeah his explanation was so fast. But we thats okay i can adjust the speed.
I definately agree as an ENFP :)
So then is it safe to say if you’ve watched through the whole vid and STILL can’t determine what you are… you’re an entp? :D
ENFP- Genki
ENTP- Chad
The INFJ INTJ dynamic at the end you mentioned wow. It's worse than the new LOTR's series music :P Scared for life but thanks for the speed and energy
This is simply brilliant.
Thank you!
Out of curiosity, between ENTPs or ENFPs, which is more private?
ENFPs with Fi make me thing they're more private, and the ENFPs I know are extremely private.
However, an ENTP who mainly puts on a mask around people they don't trust can also be extremely private.
Just wanted some thoughts and opinions :0
I think it's not fair to compare these types in this way, because they are both private, in different ways, and it also varies, depending on certain people. I am an ENTP and for a long period of time in my life I was very private even with my family members, i still kind of am. But i know ENTPs and ENFPs who are not at all like this and prefer to be an open book. Perhaps they can be equally private in their own ways. I think it has to do more with enneagram types. There are more ENFPs of a private type (type 4), than ENTPs, that are mostly type 7
@@myormeow Understandably so, thank you for your insight!
It depends on people. Well I am way more private about my feelings (not my thought) rather than my enfp's friend. But both of us considerated private.
so much better than cs joseph.
Hah, thanks!!
I watched the video thinking you were going to speak in generalities about both but you pin point it head on.
As an ENTP as a young adult I struggle with identity heavily.
And also struggle with my natural ability of seeing and hearing people's words and understanding them on intuitive level. And picking up on external signals and expressions.
I would constantly internalize and and take myself out the moment.
Or I would put on a mask to get a positive reaction and although I hate to admit it was for approval of others and because I want to make sure everyone is having a good time sometimes at my cost of looking like an idiot..
But once I more concretely knew myself and embrace myself, I became like a social guru haha and people were surprised, how can this loose Canon understand me on such an emotional level.
And although I still pull stunts to entertain others, I entertain myself as well along with actually respecting myself. I do it less and when I do people understand its a joke and I'm being myself more than I am wearing the mask.
I'm being more present and connecting with people more.
Thanks Jeffrey!
Also, this is a really great account of experiencing life as an ENTP :)
Wow, such a great video. You explain things very well, you can tell you have a vast amount of knowledge. What type are you?
This video makes it very clear that I'm not an ENFP, I can never detect how I'm feeling, in fact for years I thought I didn't have feelings except very extreme ones.
id say intuition is more fundamentally about *connections* rather than *patterns*
a pattern is a series of connections thru *repetition*
a metaphor is so intuition but isnt a pattern
its a *connection* thru *similarity*
Speaking fundamentally, I concede your point :)
Intuition = connection
any internalized function (with the main one being ti) = patterns
17:00 - Wouldn’t the ENFP dip more naturally SeFe than NeFe? And similarly with the ENTP, they would naturally dip into SeTe rather than relying on NeTe?
If lens codec pairings are fairly static, this would be the case. Though using network theory, the ENFP would have FeNe and the ENTP would have TeNe - but they wouldn’t be as consistent as the aforementioned extension dips.
Hello ENFPs and ENTPs, did you manage to follow this video well because my head is spinning like crazy right now. I'm gonna need another type of video to understand and create my own idea about all of this. Still thanks for the video, it's just really hard to follow for me
YOU DESERVE SO MANY MORE SUBSCRIBERS!!!
Thank you! Hopefully some day :D
Im ENFP and one of my closer friend is ENTP, we get along well, but she because she has Fe so yea somtimes she make fun of my weird thoughts to some friends 😒😑 and she shows emotion and problems unprivately in social media 😅😄🙃
And thanks for the video
Amd sorry for bad english :"v
Hah this does sound very ENTP!
@@CognitivePersonality 😅😂 yea so sad, thats the biggest turn off 🙃
i tried to listen, but i keep loosing track thinking about points being said, and forgetting about what i was thinking about as i hear another interesting point. this whole process repeated it self at least 5 times during the whole video. and it doesn't help that i was doing the laundry as i was listening. so... i guess i will have to replay it.
It's 2 am and your video is too complicated for 2 ams, but I can tell you're going somewhere interesting with this, so I'll get back to it tomorrow
the placement of the square behind his head framed him the circle inside the square ...and we all know what that means ......
Aye
it's very Jesus/Mesiah-like
I'm having trouble bc I took the test 3 times and I keep getting 50% and 50% at thinking vs feeling so I dont know if I'm an entp or an enfp bc both are accually accurate
Tests won't help you I'm afraid, you need to look to the cognitive functions. An ENFP will seldom resonate with a highly conscious and precise Ti :)
One thing that gives out an enfp from an entp is their inability to emotionally manipulate people :)
Ahh, indeed :)
I just feel the need to let you know that you are brilliant.
Thank you :D
I finally know who to go to when I need help with this and mistyping😂✨👌
I like your magic words, Mr. Personality guy
Well I always come out as a enfp, but I'm not I'm a entp.
I cant really explain...we talk differently..
Enfps are like intjs openness..really open like I a selfie without filters , doing a funny face.( This is who I am )
Entps and intps are like ( selfies with filters) but I have no issue telling you a weird idea and I dont care what u think.as I'm not attached it's an objective idea.. my feelings come from a subjective idea i see as core. That's me and very very private to my subjective thoughts...very different.
Generally there is a slight variation in the speech patterns of each of these types, but I wouldn't outright state one is more private than the other. ENFPs absolutely where their true emotions on their sleeves more, but they tend not to seek the spotlight to the same extent as the ENTP (again, generally speaking).
ENTP's absolutely conceal emotions past a certain threshold, but wearing a mask or otherwise they are still 'behaviourally' very open people. ENTP's tend to be very attached to what they consider logical but in my experience both type's enjoy exchanging myriad perspectives :)
@@CognitivePersonality yeah, totally agree..
Yes both open but just a different type of open, to me their openness as for the intj would be way to vulnerable to express.. I've had the same convo with two intp friends over this . Think entps openness is more ego based,enfps have a softer approach when expressing ..entp= I while enfp= we..
@@pugninja7037 Cool, agreed :)
@@CognitivePersonality I would agree that ENFPs wear their emotions on their sleeves. ENFPs tend to be more bubbly though you might occasionally find a subdued ENFP or a bubbly ENTP. I know one bubbly ENTP. I would say the best clue, is their worldview based in the importance of moral values or factual truths ?
ENTPs seem to prioritize facts. ENFPs prioritize values and their worldview. That last part is what makes us intense and sometimes behave strangely to others. For example my one man protest against Monsanto a few years back. That seems a very Fi motivated behaviour.
I guess we’re essentially the same.
i'm kindof confused by what ur saying but i think its confirming that my random retyping of myself from enfp to entp was right :D
Haha :D
My results often mix between enfp and entp
This is common, I hope the video helped!
You’re blowing my mind (pause)
ENTP is exactly how I operate. I had thought I might be an ENFP, but no. Not at all. That would be my brother.
As an ENTP, I thoroughly appreciate the detail in this video. Well done.
I was 3% tilted towards t at the beginning, now I am way more F
Can someone explain this to non-English speakers ? I was categorized as an entp many times but I am not 100 percent sure and these comparisons are way too long and they always talk so fast I either loose interest or can’t understand . Lol please help me.
Fair
I was a few minutes in and was thinking I need pictures or something to understand what he’s saying. Judging by the comments its safe to assume I was typed correctly as an ENFP
Fair enough :)
@@CognitivePersonality I watched the whole video! Just had to pause a few times
Thank you for this very articulate video! Well-done. ♡
May I just ask more about the "Se dip" of the Ne-dominant types? Because based on all your other videos (especially on your take on ENTP empaths), and this video as well, I think I am an ENTP.... with a high Se.
Is that possible? And what are the manifestations of this Se dip?
Yes, absolutely! Check out my ENTP Subtypes video :)
Hi, I have a question. Although it was very well done informative video (I actually thought its very clear, idk what the others are on about, even sped up to 1.5) still struggled to find which type I am. I really related to Ni,Ti and Ne, Te but It still didn't sit right because I actually did more Ni,Ti than Ne,Te. Could I be an ESTP? I mean I'm very theoretical and imaginative and not That good at sports so It just never went through my head. I've used this Ni, Ti process in some of my earliest memories so it's not like I've integrated the shadow. Also not an Introvert or good at Fe to be an INFJ. I'm really confused about the order of my axes.
Excellent work. Milton (entp) from godtype.com ... married 30+ years to an enfp
Thank you! The Ne is strong on your site :)
I’m confused, why do you refer to an ENTP’s Fe as their auxiliary when it’s located in the tertiary slot of their function stack? You’ve been making such great points I want to understand it!!! -procrastinating entp
Because an auxiliary is assistive (Ne-Fe), rather than opposing (Si-Ti); if a function was facing the opposite direction of the function it is supposed to be *directly* assisting, it's not a great auxiliary!
@@CognitivePersonality This was the answer I needed without knowing. I’m an ENFP (btw your video validated that greatly) and many times, while I talk or do things with others, they wonder “where is my Fi”. And I’m like “what to do with that right now?”. It’s just not directly serving to the task.
I thought I was an INFJ when first into MBTI a couple years ago then this year thought I was an INTJ. I then thought I was either an ENTP or ENFP and getting stressed out but this video has really helped me realise I am an ENTP. I relate to the part about anxiety of overturning internal logical frameworks and still feeling introverted feeling, however it being kaleidoscopic rather than concrete for the ENFP. Honestly thank you so much for your research, the thoroughness of your thinking has helped me a lot.
He said I’m awesome. If he tells me that at the end of every video I’ll maybe make the videos a morning routine 😂
So you describe as entp what elsewhere is described as enfp and vise versa.
Can I be an Entp? The tests give me Entp and Enfp. I am a very sensitive person, I can cry because of the sad song of Lana Del Rey, damn it. I adore romantic films with beautiful aesthetics and fullness of feelings. I love to run music through myself. I love sensations, fantasies, beauty. I am very sensitive to other people's criticism, I can be very choleric. I can be indecisive, but at the same time, I can write to an ex after 4 months of separation and a friend with whom we had a big fight, just because it came into my head. At the same time, I cannot be angry for a long time, but I can also be vindictive. I often forgive people, but at the same time I don't trust anyone, I can be very manipulative. I really appreciate logic and facts, although emotions overwhelm me as a result, I still choose logic, as it will be better for me. I am very skeptical, even to myself. I love to learn everything new and find the truth in unresolved cases, I have been studying mbti for 2 weeks now and I even think about it in my SLEEP, my thinking process just never stops. I'm stubborn and purposeful, that's the only thing I understand. Like "I don't need sleep, I need answers." Although I am somewhat of a humanist, and it bothers me when people do not pay attention to other people's feelings, at the same time I am very selfish, and most likely I will make a decision in my favor. I can only sacrifice myself in relationships, where I am very giving. But if I cannot emotionally interfere with a person, I do not give in to him. Friends always accuse me of selfishness, that I don’t know how to take other people’s points of view, because I need a WEIGHT argument to compare my opinion with someone else. But at the same time, I am very empathic and read the emotions of others well, I can cry because of other people's emotions if they are similar to my experience, I used to help people a lot, they were a personal psychologist, I realized that people do not appreciate this, and just stopped helping people and searched so deeply in others. At the same time, I don’t know how to emotionally support people, I don’t know how to verbally sympathize, I just fall into a stupor. I mean, I have a very strong Fi because I love to dive into emotions and feel them, they are in the territory of a huge part of my life, but that does not mean that I give in to everything I want. I can only be very impulsive when shopping, but as far as real life goes, I'll think twice. At the same time, I like to live in the present moment, but I always want to improve my life, I think in advance what can be fixed, what opportunities there are. I have a very strong Ne, I think. I am one of those who think 10 options ahead of the development of events in any situation, I am one of those who "warn" people and myself. I often argue with people, I don't just believe in sayings or facts on the internet. I love sarcasm and original answers. I am very skeptical and don't trust people or anything I see. I just can't have too much Te. I think I have Ti and strong. Though I also love attractive men, but more in others I am attracted by the brain and erudition, I am excited by someone else's self-confidence and foresight. Whatever I think about myself will never happen in ENFP or ENTP. If there was any intermediate option, it would be me! Am I too sensitive ENTP or am I still ENFP? But I think ENFP is too simple for me, and for ENTP I feel too many emotions. I think due to mbti stereotypes, real understanding of types is difficult.
Had to listen to this at .75 speed
I listened to 1.5 speed cuz ExTP
What about mistyping as ENFJ? But often getting ENFP? With 1 time getting ENTP?
Wow this is the first video that explains these two types in this way and it makes so much more sense. For some time I believed I was an ENFP but there has always been a part of me that thought that I may be an ENTP instead, because of my debative nature and my huge reliance on thinking function, while the usual descriptions and stereotypes attribute these actions to ENTPs.
The reason I was confused is because like you said ENFPs are very concerned with individuality and authenticity and this is so promient with me, ever since I was young I was always obsessed with having my own "image" or "trademark", even now as an adult in projects or any sort of activity, I like to do it with my "own personal style" that represents me. This is what made me believe strongly in me being an ENFP isntead of ENTP but now after watching your videos everything I have a better understanding of how ENFPs use their functions and it makes so much more sense than everything I ve seen and read until now!
Thanks a lot for this top notch content !
Thank you for the top-notch comment! Really glad to have provided some insight :)
So what are you? Are you part of the winning team?
I would appreciate if you used a more accessible language. It’s very abstract, and therefore hard to understand
Fair!
This person is like a robot
I thought I knew english... very hard to follow this
Fair!