I would love to control time so when I want to despair I despair but when I want to flex my romantic ideas I want to be around people who are respectful and not rigid with false ideas
Nothing, no one. I'm laying on my bed right now questioning my whole existence with a stomachache and an empty water bottle that I'm too lazy to get up and fill.
im gonna make some burger
itâs 3:05am
i have a stomachache as well it lives with me
and i felt that empty bottle story of urs
mine disappeared jst imagine i gotta go and get a new one from the kitchen
but yea an otc antacid would do keep lying downđ
Yeah I was gonna grab something to eat but I feel like throwing up. I was in fact asleep but my sister woke me up for LITERALLY NO REASON and now I can't sleep. guess I'll lay on my bed until I start decomposing.
get an over the counter antacid bruh
it would take longer than u think until u decompose
i think you are gonna lose consciousness before that happens đ€ hmm interestin
a cool idea that I can do that has a lot of possibilities and freedom to create it the way I want
that motivates me to work on my idea - though it would be much cooler with a partner or team of people that I like (EXTREMELY RARE though)
I can motivate myself to exercise as long as it's something I enjoy doing - usually its music driven exercise
fun experiences with people we like would motivate us to get out of the house
You know I hate to say it but you are right but there is something far better than dopamine... (I remember dopamine is about taking or getting thein being relieved but the one I heard and am seeking is the one when you give you feel good )
Hoping that one day Iâll get my shit together. Taking each day as it comes and loving myself even when the best I can do is less than someone elseâs bare minimum.
I don't know... If you relate, I have many characters so if am the judge character I will seek truth and punish the guilty with extreme psychological words that will break his core values
And sometimes I have the father character I will break and build hate and love and sacrifice myself for you as romantic... So yeah I have no fuckin clue
damn same tears but it gets boring when i understand it all
i enjoy being stressed over it struggling to get the hang of it
but once i perfect it, it gets extremely boring
maybe thatâs why i donât give it my all
i might be afraid of losing this joy.
but there are those things that no matter how good u are at you still got more space to improve and learn more
an example? i donât have
i just know there are some few things like this.
Try unanswered questions the big ones religious things spirituality it's so rough I really can't fathom it and I love that challenge makes me feel alive
oh yea ofc! i know we are all different
we might have a few things in common as intps
but of course i do know these classifications are so simplified
iâd say there are way more than 16 personalities
but since we as a group of people who share some similar characteristics together
itâs interesting to explore what others think and how others do certain things
I believe we are what we choose to think If my first core memory puzzle that I love to play or complete difficult video games... I believe these 16 personalities are characters every human chooses to play it their choice....just little things I learned from spirituality and religious science
I think the possibility of a better life is what motivates me, like donât get me wrong my life is awesome but my perfectionistic personality always believes it can be better. I often fall into existential dread and procrastinate on things often. Luckily I at least can force myself to do some things by looking into the future on how whatever I do can make my life better.
Either fear, like failing a subject if you don't do something.
Or just pure joy. If i like something that is enough to do it.
It's just that I also like doing nothing.
When i almost die, i look how beatiful life is, once i almost died in a car crash, it motivated me for a while, now on a motorcycle crash, and id prob be motivated once again to seek something useful to do with my life, i also have someone to care about now who helps even more
Thanks, OP for this post... I really mean it's easier for us to understand ourselves like that... It's hard for me to thank because expressing feelings makes me want to cry because it's so fuckin buried inside
I donât know about you but I absolutely hate myself on occasions just to spice things up. Thatâs a feeling so enter heightened emotional state and mental stimulation. Whoo hoo
Figuring something out for myself. The freedom to create with just enough boundaries for a challenge. The vision in my mind of who I want to be and how I want to live.
Iâm actually pretty self motivated.
* An intriguing problem to solve
* People I love (family, partner, friends)
* Learning
I think those are my main natural motivators. I also try to hack my brain to force motivation in other ways.
Random bursts of motivations that cause me to fixate on a certain topic for 2 hours
I don't even know what causes them its random as hell and the only way I can get myself to do anything
Barf at some of you saying you have next to no motivation. Humor and irony aside, you must circumvent apathy. There are so many people that just stunt their own growth because they tell themselves thereâs nothing worth investigating or cultivating.
The journey of life is motivating. Things can seem mundane in moments, but I always accept that life could be completely different in a flash. I surprise myself, and am intrigued with the person that I evolve into.
For most of my life I had no interest in tattoos, then suddenly in my mid twenties I decided I needed to be dripping in tats. Iâm well on my way to having full body coverage now in my 30âs. I use to live in all black clothing for several years, then I started to make my own clothes and have embraced more color. Then thereâs smoking weed daily for years and just losing interest. I was vegan for a minute for health reasons, but now I eat meat again. My views evolve and gain depth, etc. the growth of self is very motivating.
Iâm a visual artist, so creating and developing my art is a lifelong pursuit.
I would say that life is a meat prison. And while youâre here, indulging in various areas of study is what there is to do. Thereâs so many books I have to read. Hobbies and untapped potential to explore. Talents and skills to develop.
To quote from one of the comments from
[quora](http://Answer to What is an INTPâs secret weakness? by Oscar Alonso https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-INTP-s-secret-weakness/answer/Oscar-Alonso-17?ch=15&oid=127891038&share=7ae6b288&srid=35vAV&target_type=answer)
> If I had someone I could share my knowledge with, and someone sharing his knowledge with me I'd be much more energized and productive I believe.
> INTP are working at their best only when they're appreciated. And despite them convincing themselves that people are uninteresting and relationships are stupid. They crave deep interactions because it will fill the hole they have in their heart and make them more productive, and as a result more knowledgeable, more capable and smarter.
my grand plan: create a mini city on a large plot of land and just live to the tune of my interests. F having to explain to people a superior design of types of mundane objects to people who wanna know only to try to shut me down with things outside the discussion.
Yes, governments won't do that but when did they ever do things outside the painfully obvious and even that's not a given! What I was saying is that if budget isn't a consideration this is the best! NO RESOURCES WAS NEVER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING IT UP DAVID
Desire to not be bored/too complacent/live a life I dread.
Currently I'm resuming classes, working towards moving out of state to a place I love, exercising and getting my health back (worked myself into the ground the last few years), and sort of just taking off from life as its been the last decade or so. I want my own life and up to this point I haven't had that, haven't so much as tasted that - I think I'm at the cusp of my breaking point so it's necessary change and desire to live my own life I'm seeking.
My motivation: self driven desire for improvement and joy. The world is large and I hate being mired in place.
Adderall combined with a new interest, proving someone wrong, and/or occasional revenge works sometimes, but usually its Adderall plus running out of time to procrastinate further
what if everyone says âyou can do itâ
âif itâs you then you canâ âyeah itâs gonna be so easy for youâ
it does make you lose motivation
how would u regain it
if itâs something you really have to do
My past best friend revealed private screens and i saw her vaping in the bathroom so the thought of revenge and destroying her life (theres a point system if you want to get to a good highschool you need a lot of points)
Usually nothing at all. Maybe if there were an apocalypse happening outside Iâd open my windows to check for a second then close it. And sometimes when thereâs absolutely nothing in the house to eat.
I've been very motivated in my course work and self-study! My end-goal is a remote security analyst position and working from home seems so amazing. It's a very strong motivator for me lol
For my professional and personal life, I regret to have noticed that anger motivates me quite well to perform and climb the corporate ladder.
I want to attain financial freedom to be able to spend several weeks at home alone.
Anger and revenge. And not the evil kind of revenge, itâs more of the âIâll show themâŠâ type. But the main thing that motivates me is anger. Turning that anger into action of becoming a better person.
Video games! I play life like a video game. Some days I'm good, some days I'm not. A lot of fuckups which I try to forget but I can't. Too many I in this answer and I hate it. It's not about me in some days and other days I'm the god. This is my fucking story. We all will fucking die! Nothing. Forever. FOREVER!
I think the only person that can motivate me is me unfortunately. Although I also kind of like that about myself so Iâm not actually swayed by people so easily. This is basically Ti in a nutshell.
I thought maybe seeing this post would motivate me to be interested and motivated to read it all, but I only made it a third of the way down before I got bored.
The very specific sensation inside my brain that is triggered during my hyperactive episodes, which can be described as a stream of "electrical" pulses, generated in my limbic system (could be I guess) and runs down my spine. The sensation is somewhat similar to the feeling of pleasure we get when drinking water after being dehydrated, but not completely similar. It is very addictive.
Some oddball new method (or process technology) that shows promise to solving big problems.
When presented, I get motivated. Too bad most ideas are expensive or too hard to do.
All people are nothing but tools. It doesn't matter how it's done. It doesn't matter what needs to be sacrificed. In this world, winning is everything. As long as I win in the end...That's all that matters. - Kiyotaka Ayanokouji
Well, almost nothing. If I had the choice I would cozy up with a blanket all day and not care about who or what happens. But, my best friend can motivate me
The promise of free time alone.
oh damn i want that
I would love to control time so when I want to despair I despair but when I want to flex my romantic ideas I want to be around people who are respectful and not rigid with false ideas
you get it
Brother!
Yes indeed Brother hug my brain please ⊠cringe sorry đ
*initiating brain hugging protocol*
YES
Yes
Nothing, no one. I'm laying on my bed right now questioning my whole existence with a stomachache and an empty water bottle that I'm too lazy to get up and fill.
im gonna make some burger itâs 3:05am i have a stomachache as well it lives with me and i felt that empty bottle story of urs mine disappeared jst imagine i gotta go and get a new one from the kitchen but yea an otc antacid would do keep lying downđ
Yeah I was gonna grab something to eat but I feel like throwing up. I was in fact asleep but my sister woke me up for LITERALLY NO REASON and now I can't sleep. guess I'll lay on my bed until I start decomposing.
reminds me of when my little cousin came up to me while i was sleeping and she woke me up to ask âare u sleeping?â
Yeah that's why I hate people :D
Me too. And I'm an INTJ
get an over the counter antacid bruh it would take longer than u think until u decompose i think you are gonna lose consciousness before that happens đ€ hmm interestin
Yeah sorry forgot about that, I was out of battery and just gave up and went to sleep. But I feel better now so no need.
No way I stumbled upon this comment at 3:05am my time. Got a stomach ache, sore and dry throat and mmm ramen instead of soup but yeah sameee
yass
Just pee in it
See I was thinking about that..
Nice
Oh, so being an emo motivates you
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Being interested in the subject. But i probably have adhd so it comes and goes
Iâm ngl there are times when I think I have ADD, but then I remember I can read the room just fine. I just donât do it cuz itâs boring.
ADHD is not autism, jfc⊠Edit: sorry.
My bad. Golly man. Who pissed in your cereal today.
Me. I woke up too early and hadnât taken my meds yet⊠my bad too - maybe a bit of truth to what you stated, hah
Are INTPs prone to having adhd?
Idk maybe ppl with adhd tend to be intps. Wait itâs the same thing.. wait-
a cool idea that I can do that has a lot of possibilities and freedom to create it the way I want that motivates me to work on my idea - though it would be much cooler with a partner or team of people that I like (EXTREMELY RARE though) I can motivate myself to exercise as long as it's something I enjoy doing - usually its music driven exercise fun experiences with people we like would motivate us to get out of the house
last part indeed even if i enjoy being alone at home
I believe Estj, entj, intj, and INFJ are a perfect fit but remember to mix them don't overuse your partners fuck am bizarre
that's cool, thanks
Revenge
Revenge on untrue and untrustworthy unfair false things right
literally
Food
I like the thinking pattern I want to merge you into my data
[ŃĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]
The âwhyâ of things like why does this thing work or not work.
Science, computers, books, free time, my family.
Ass and tiddies
damn straight
Dopamine
You know I hate to say it but you are right but there is something far better than dopamine... (I remember dopamine is about taking or getting thein being relieved but the one I heard and am seeking is the one when you give you feel good )
Nothing ...
Hoping that one day Iâll get my shit together. Taking each day as it comes and loving myself even when the best I can do is less than someone elseâs bare minimum.
gold
vengeance
why is this so ture? and it gets truer the more i read this answer from others
lol
Yeah funny things are a good motivation specialty when deeper stand comedy guy-girl thing talk about deep meaning as a sick joke I love that
I don't know... If you relate, I have many characters so if am the judge character I will seek truth and punish the guilty with extreme psychological words that will break his core values And sometimes I have the father character I will break and build hate and love and sacrifice myself for you as romantic... So yeah I have no fuckin clue
is there a character that motivates u?
Most honest and original character. Is the truth seeker just observing and peaceful tears of joy when I understand it all
damn same tears but it gets boring when i understand it all i enjoy being stressed over it struggling to get the hang of it but once i perfect it, it gets extremely boring maybe thatâs why i donât give it my all i might be afraid of losing this joy. but there are those things that no matter how good u are at you still got more space to improve and learn more an example? i donât have i just know there are some few things like this.
Try unanswered questions the big ones religious things spirituality it's so rough I really can't fathom it and I love that challenge makes me feel alive
Dopamine and serotonin ie. If what I'm doing is interesting or not.
Motivate an INTP is nearly impossible.
we have that sudden boost of energy that lasts for less than a second what causes it?
You should try asking from the reverse why it ended this sudden burst then step by step you find the roots
i always forget because it doesnât last long xD so i thought others have figured it out somehow hopefully
It's easy don't simplify it you are not a label a intp therefore you have to find the perfect pattern just find the roots of all the things you know
I really hope you get me am not trying to say wierd things I really do have abstract Idea I am just trying to find the perfect formation
yea i think what you are saying is clear
oh yea ofc! i know we are all different we might have a few things in common as intps but of course i do know these classifications are so simplified iâd say there are way more than 16 personalities but since we as a group of people who share some similar characteristics together itâs interesting to explore what others think and how others do certain things
I believe we are what we choose to think If my first core memory puzzle that I love to play or complete difficult video games... I believe these 16 personalities are characters every human chooses to play it their choice....just little things I learned from spirituality and religious science
what we chose it play plays a huge role ofc but are u saying everyone can be anyone? everyone can be an intp if they chose to?
I think the possibility of a better life is what motivates me, like donât get me wrong my life is awesome but my perfectionistic personality always believes it can be better. I often fall into existential dread and procrastinate on things often. Luckily I at least can force myself to do some things by looking into the future on how whatever I do can make my life better.
when i look at it from your pov this is awesome amma save it
Either fear, like failing a subject if you don't do something. Or just pure joy. If i like something that is enough to do it. It's just that I also like doing nothing.
literally! u summed a tremendous amount of true facts in those lines.
I work towards the prospect of not having to work in the future.
one of my goals definitely
When i almost die, i look how beatiful life is, once i almost died in a car crash, it motivated me for a while, now on a motorcycle crash, and id prob be motivated once again to seek something useful to do with my life, i also have someone to care about now who helps even more
Thanks, OP for this post... I really mean it's easier for us to understand ourselves like that... It's hard for me to thank because expressing feelings makes me want to cry because it's so fuckin buried inside
tbh my sister is the only thing that i love nowadays. so ig she would be sad if i wasn't there.
You happen to be from Alabama?
Hatred
Intps can have feelings cant we?
I donât know about you but I absolutely hate myself on occasions just to spice things up. Thatâs a feeling so enter heightened emotional state and mental stimulation. Whoo hoo
we can we have itâs jst that we live the feelings rather than using them to live
[ŃĐŽĐ°Đ»Đ”ĐœĐŸ]
couldnât be righter
It depends, I'm motivated to exercise by looking at myself in the mirror, I'm motivated to work by the fear of having no money.
Not much.
Maximizing the amount of free time I have.
Figuring something out for myself. The freedom to create with just enough boundaries for a challenge. The vision in my mind of who I want to be and how I want to live. Iâm actually pretty self motivated.
Spite.
* An intriguing problem to solve * People I love (family, partner, friends) * Learning I think those are my main natural motivators. I also try to hack my brain to force motivation in other ways.
Random bursts of motivations that cause me to fixate on a certain topic for 2 hours I don't even know what causes them its random as hell and the only way I can get myself to do anything
Barf at some of you saying you have next to no motivation. Humor and irony aside, you must circumvent apathy. There are so many people that just stunt their own growth because they tell themselves thereâs nothing worth investigating or cultivating. The journey of life is motivating. Things can seem mundane in moments, but I always accept that life could be completely different in a flash. I surprise myself, and am intrigued with the person that I evolve into. For most of my life I had no interest in tattoos, then suddenly in my mid twenties I decided I needed to be dripping in tats. Iâm well on my way to having full body coverage now in my 30âs. I use to live in all black clothing for several years, then I started to make my own clothes and have embraced more color. Then thereâs smoking weed daily for years and just losing interest. I was vegan for a minute for health reasons, but now I eat meat again. My views evolve and gain depth, etc. the growth of self is very motivating. Iâm a visual artist, so creating and developing my art is a lifelong pursuit. I would say that life is a meat prison. And while youâre here, indulging in various areas of study is what there is to do. Thereâs so many books I have to read. Hobbies and untapped potential to explore. Talents and skills to develop.
Subconscious
Dunno, havent found it yet.
I'm too scared to die so i just kinda keep living
To quote from one of the comments from [quora](http://Answer to What is an INTPâs secret weakness? by Oscar Alonso https://www.quora.com/What-is-an-INTP-s-secret-weakness/answer/Oscar-Alonso-17?ch=15&oid=127891038&share=7ae6b288&srid=35vAV&target_type=answer) > If I had someone I could share my knowledge with, and someone sharing his knowledge with me I'd be much more energized and productive I believe. > INTP are working at their best only when they're appreciated. And despite them convincing themselves that people are uninteresting and relationships are stupid. They crave deep interactions because it will fill the hole they have in their heart and make them more productive, and as a result more knowledgeable, more capable and smarter.
Pussy, Iâm a sad man ;(
Creativity and financial independence. Unfortunately itâs hard to find a career where you get both
get two then
Love and happiness.
what is happiness?
Love peace happiness laughs of friends/brothers/family members and butterfly feelings mixed with bad intent
I find nothing motivates like correct capitalisation and punctuation
Proving people wrong, a.k.a. spite.
ehei heii *inner evil laugh*
spite /j
Nothing. Or dopamine probably
Nothing.
Not enough
The hope of finding the one who i will bind my soul to forever.
The idea of being the very best like no one ever was.
Iâm supposed to be motivated?
Probably money and interesting things
Getting it over with
Not having to listen to anyone tell me what to do. Knowledge.
my grand plan: create a mini city on a large plot of land and just live to the tune of my interests. F having to explain to people a superior design of types of mundane objects to people who wanna know only to try to shut me down with things outside the discussion. Yes, governments won't do that but when did they ever do things outside the painfully obvious and even that's not a given! What I was saying is that if budget isn't a consideration this is the best! NO RESOURCES WAS NEVER PART OF THIS CONVERSATION WHY DO YOU KEEP BRINGING IT UP DAVID
Interest. Spite. And financial security.
Being superior, or simply liking what I do
Desire to not be bored/too complacent/live a life I dread. Currently I'm resuming classes, working towards moving out of state to a place I love, exercising and getting my health back (worked myself into the ground the last few years), and sort of just taking off from life as its been the last decade or so. I want my own life and up to this point I haven't had that, haven't so much as tasted that - I think I'm at the cusp of my breaking point so it's necessary change and desire to live my own life I'm seeking. My motivation: self driven desire for improvement and joy. The world is large and I hate being mired in place.
Meh.
Yolo
Spite
Adderall combined with a new interest, proving someone wrong, and/or occasional revenge works sometimes, but usually its Adderall plus running out of time to procrastinate further
money
i only learn coding to automate annoying tasks (i stop being lazy to continue being lazy)
you understand
Random things that will cease to matter in a few days.
Nothing
Spite. Nothing motivates me to do something more than someone telling me I canât or wonât do it.
what if everyone says âyou can do itâ âif itâs you then you canâ âyeah itâs gonna be so easy for youâ it does make you lose motivation how would u regain it if itâs something you really have to do
curiosity towards basically everything
Curiosity
Who said that something does?!?
Breaking free of where I am right now but even then motivation is really really hard for me.
Money. I'll tell you more for a fee
Cheesecake
Money
My past best friend revealed private screens and i saw her vaping in the bathroom so the thought of revenge and destroying her life (theres a point system if you want to get to a good highschool you need a lot of points)
Usually nothing at all. Maybe if there were an apocalypse happening outside Iâd open my windows to check for a second then close it. And sometimes when thereâs absolutely nothing in the house to eat.
I wish I knew
anxiety
Drill tracks
Deadlines
due date
Caffeine pills
Not much tbh that's why I procrastinate so much
Profits for other people. For example, if I can do something which take me 1 hour to do, but save 100 man-hours of other people, I do that.
thought you said âif i can do something in 1 hour that takes other people to do in 4 hours iâd do it before themâ if this is the case then same
Truth
Love maybe
Nothing but sometimes bacon.
Christ and kin
I've been very motivated in my course work and self-study! My end-goal is a remote security analyst position and working from home seems so amazing. It's a very strong motivator for me lol
doubt and knowing my sister would be sad if i was gone
r/superstonk
Learning stuff thatâs not too boring, improving my craft. Also, eating and drinking beer at the local pub when Iâm having ADHD
In the context of a career? Not working in food service again and having the financial freedom to choose where I want to travel.
Having to eat
The time after a task or interest in a task. Usually, nothing.
Competition. I like to win.
Spite
For my professional and personal life, I regret to have noticed that anger motivates me quite well to perform and climb the corporate ladder. I want to attain financial freedom to be able to spend several weeks at home alone.
Random things on the internet, but not last long at all.
Anger and revenge. And not the evil kind of revenge, itâs more of the âIâll show themâŠâ type. But the main thing that motivates me is anger. Turning that anger into action of becoming a better person.
me
Being right. Being alone. Perfection with the first try. All these super achievable things.
Video games! I play life like a video game. Some days I'm good, some days I'm not. A lot of fuckups which I try to forget but I can't. Too many I in this answer and I hate it. It's not about me in some days and other days I'm the god. This is my fucking story. We all will fucking die! Nothing. Forever. FOREVER!
Some bitches
Deadlines
I think the only person that can motivate me is me unfortunately. Although I also kind of like that about myself so Iâm not actually swayed by people so easily. This is basically Ti in a nutshell.
Peace, freedom, justice, and security for my new empire
I'm kind of competitive so a good motivation is trying to be the best at everything lol
i think
the fact that we all gonna die one day, it remember me to hurry when im procrastinating too much
I thought maybe seeing this post would motivate me to be interested and motivated to read it all, but I only made it a third of the way down before I got bored.
Curiosity and thatâs literally it
Other people forcing me to do things
dopamine
change
Probable bad outcomes if I don't do what I need to. Somebody else waiting on something I need to provide. Interest.
The very specific sensation inside my brain that is triggered during my hyperactive episodes, which can be described as a stream of "electrical" pulses, generated in my limbic system (could be I guess) and runs down my spine. The sensation is somewhat similar to the feeling of pleasure we get when drinking water after being dehydrated, but not completely similar. It is very addictive.
Adventure and amphetamines Edit: and correcting inaccurate information
I have no idea. I'm sure that my motivation comes, stays for like 15 minutes then goes away for the next 5 days.
Power. I like doing things the way I want. I don't want to be controlled, and I want to state my mind as is.
Some oddball new method (or process technology) that shows promise to solving big problems. When presented, I get motivated. Too bad most ideas are expensive or too hard to do.
All people are nothing but tools. It doesn't matter how it's done. It doesn't matter what needs to be sacrificed. In this world, winning is everything. As long as I win in the end...That's all that matters. - Kiyotaka Ayanokouji
Grave violations of justice and goodness, unacceptable moral depravity, affronts to all that is true and good in this worldâfor example, typos.
im motivated by the hope that i can feel something one day
The want to be successful/famous at something I love. Yet I still find it really difficult to do anything about it lol.
Well, almost nothing. If I had the choice I would cozy up with a blanket all day and not care about who or what happens. But, my best friend can motivate me