Memes For People With The INTJ Personality Type

24 Nov 2022
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Memes For People With The INTJ Personality Type

Are you an INTJ who’s feeling misunderstood? Or perhaps you're dating an INTJ who’s driving you crazy? Scroll down for a selection of memes that tap into the INTJ’s unique set of (occasionally frustrating) characteristics.

The INTJ personality enjoys solitude and peace and most INTJs value silence. The INTJ needs these conditions to pursue their own thoughts and the intrusions of other people can often seem incredibly unaware or rude. The INTJ isn’t a sociable animal and on the rare occasions when they aren’t sending out signals with a book or headphones, or even a stony expression on their face, it’s best to leave an INTJ to their own devices.

The INTJ is guarded and often slow to trust. The notion of vulnerability puts the INTJ on edge. Though, over time, they can be very open and trusting with their friends, and with new acquaintances, they often maintain a front until they have a full sense of the other person. Sometimes, those getting to know the INTJ can find this process quite frustrating; as soon as it feels like you’re getting somewhere or building toward intimacy, then another barrier springs up.

Known for being direct and uncompromising in their critiques, the INTJ can often rub people the wrong way with their succinct analysis of a situation. Even when trying their best to be sensitive, the INTJ sometimes just doesn’t get why something that, to them, simply seems obvious and true is considered harsh by others. At work or in relationships, the INTJ often needs to learn to soften their natural mode of expression in order to maintain harmony. Sometimes, however, this just isn’t possible. People are stupid!

Sometimes other people's lives seem unbearably complicated to the INTJ, who often makes sure their own life is free from messy emotional entanglements and unresolved conflicts. Being caught up in the drama of their friends and families is incredibly frustrating to the INTJ. They often see a straightforward path to a resolution that others seem to deliberately be avoiding.

The INTJ personality is often characterized as the “Strategist” or “Mastermind,” meaning they often see some broader picture playing out compared to other personalities who may be caught up in the surface details of any situation. This means that the INTJ may feel a sense of smug satisfaction when the outcomes they’ve predicted or warned others about come to pass.

INTJs aren’t known for their ability with small talk or social niceties. They do enjoy talking—but only if they can see the point of the conversation. This means it has to be stimulating, informative, challenging, and so on. Party chit-chat doesn’t cut it with the intellectual INTJ who would much rather exit such a situation than stay and force conversation about things they don’t care about.

The INTJ is an excellent planner and finds great satisfaction in making and executing their plans. Often, an INTJ works at a goal over long periods and has a schedule prepared for the execution and achievement of said goal. While other, less logical personality types have a more ad-hoc approach to their goals and achieve things through a combination of luck, talent, and winging it, the INTJ is more someone who chips away at a goal. This means the INTJ feels immense satisfaction when everything they worked for pans out. It's no surprise that a lot of the supervillains in fiction tend to be categorized as INTJ.

INTJs can have trouble with relationships, romantic and otherwise because their confidence and directness can be read by others as superior. Sometimes, it’s not just that they seem superior, the INTJs' intelligence and drive can make them believe they are inherently superior to others. If you’re an INTJ who finds yourself riding on a high horse a little too often, it can be helpful to think about the skills others possess that you might struggle with.

Collaboration? No thanks. The INTJ prefers to work on projects alone, without having to deal with the various opinions and strategies of others. Being forced to work in a group can be painful for an INTJ, who often has strong ideas about how something should be achieved. The act of collaborating (read: compromising) is a struggle, especially when you know your idea is better than everyone else's.

Sometimes the INTJ can find the behavior of other people mystifying. Because the INTJ functions in such a logical way, living in a world where most other humans seem to be guided by emotion can be perplexing for the INTJ.

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