INTJs are walking paradoxes.
Not because they change their minds all the time, an INTJ is extremely consistent.
With INTPs, what you see is what you get. They’ll even tell you this.
But you dig deeper into an INTJ and find a person who is both cynical and idealistic, a leader and a recluse, quiet yet confident, insightful yet unobservant, logical yet intuitive, passionate yet restrained, alone and isolated yet loving and kind, cold with a burning core, who values honesty but knows how to play the game of life.
An INTJ can be a great actor when they use their Se function and many are stand-up comedians. Yet they’re also seen as intellectuals and nerds, and this is another great paradox.
An INTJ will tell you that they always see both sides of the coin, they aren’t blind to the bad just because they choose to be good. They seem to exist on both sides simultaneously.
And this is the INTJ. And this is why it’s so hard for others to pin them down.
The INTJ is the definition of a paradox, the INTP is someone with a brutally honest character.
INTPs are just who they are, and can’t pretend to be anyone else. But there is something else in INTJs that is not there in the other brilliant type. Contradiction.
Some paradoxes in INTJs:
- Confident yet insecure
- Apathetic yet empathetic
- Cynical yet altruistic
- An asshole yet a kind soul
- Robotic yet with deep emotions
- Hatred for humanity and yet wanting to help anyone
- Cold yet loving
There are a lot more, but these are the things on top of my mind. This is why some people think of this type as contradictory, and as an INFP, INTJs have always amazed me because I can’t quite make sense of them. After all, solving a paradox is like running in circles. But it’s a fun excerise.