The Reality of ISTPs 

Not sure how I got here but this was like 99% spot on, the only difference I have as an istp are that I don't really care about the people's feelings in the room if they aren't MY people. However the roasting part is my favorite part you brought up because it's the first time I've heard it as a quality, and that's super true to me! Great vid!

For me (ISTP) i show i care by doing things to help you or make your life better. Fixing things especially.

When it comes to inventions, it seems to me that ISTPs are good at making an improved version of something that already exists or, let's say, taking two separate tools and merging them into a single one..i.e. the spork.

I think recently the ISTP's are really becoming more popular in the mbti community and also it seems more people perceive themselves to be ISTP's. Also I think ISTP's and other IP"s sure want to be seen as valuable and all these things by others, but since it's so important to them to remain independant, they do not want to compromise their own ideas to be appreciated and want to make it clear they will not really "sell out" to external pressure to be seen in a more positive manner.

I would give anything to trade being an istp. people really like it for some reason, but they dont experience it every day. When you think every second of every day every hour, you begin feeling trapped in your thoughts. when you realise that you are, it gets worse and it feels like the walls are just thickening. Also dont take this the wrong way im truly flattered but I just hate being an istp. I just wish i could shut my brain off. Something people say alot is "When healthy, istp's...." so on. Thats the problem, its the fact that im an istp that im not healthy or particularly happy. Being an istp also means for me that im much more mentally mature than i am physically, thats a big struggle, when you build up confidence and you try to tell someone about how you feel, but you're immediately crushed by an "Its just hormones" statement, and for me i develop trust issues, and i feel like nobody is going to understand that at my age I CAN and i DO have deep thoughts that perhaps i shouldnt have. Its also for some reason shocking for people to find out that YES I DO have feelings. NO im not an emotionless robot.

You’re spot on about everything. Especially about others being negative about the future not knowing what’s gonna happen. My boyfriend is an ISFJ and always worries about what’s gonna happen next and if it’s gonna be bad and I’m always getting after him telling him not to worry about the negative and focus on what’s happening right now. Loved this video so much! -ISTP

I AM cool, but hide it well.

Does anybody else deliberately do something wrong so that others can see and correct me and feel good and more confident about themselves in what they are doing? It’s teaching them in a subtle way, but because you do it fairly regularly, you end up looking like you’re dumb which irritates you, but kind of cracks you up at the same time !?

As an ISTP, I appreciate the positivity. Thanks for sharing about us.

I'm an enfp. I've always been quite enchanted by istp's. Just underneath, they're almost like an infp; like they get depressed for philosophical reasons. As you mentioned with the street names, they also have a mentor quality to them. I think istp's are amazing, and I usually don't understand why people seem uncomfortable around them. They're extremely moral people (at least from my experience).

When I was an ISFP, I USED to really not want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I’ve learned that people will always try to take that for granted and walk on you. I was moving closer to the T side a while ago. Now, I think about me, and look out for myself because I’m worthy also and will let you know don’t take my kindness for weakness, because I will put you out of my life and walk away which leaves people surprised. Ill still be nice, but I’ll know my boundaries and keep you at a distance.

You're right that we prefer to teach by demonstration. Back in high school when my classmates and I first learned programming, I absolutely enjoyed helping and teaching my classmates out when they're stuck in the activity, while one of my few friends and I are already done with it. Like, I'd asked them what they're having problems with, or if they don't know what they're having problems with, I'd just look through their code and then show them what they're doing wrong and let them correct it themselves so that afterwards they can see the changes that they've made. ISTP guy here. Heh. Edit: After finishing the video, all I can say is: "This is pretty spot-on!"

I don't agree that we are 'people pleasers' . We just really don't want the drama, it's a waste of time.

I’ve been debating if I’m an ISTP or INTP and this really helped. Gave me some things to think about.

Fantastic video, much more realistic than a lot of other videos on this topic -istp

My favorite ISTP is my dad. This was pretty spot on.

I actually hate that my ISTP husband is always correcting how I do things, especially when it is something he doesn’t do. When we were dating I thought “wow, he is so smart. He knows so much about so many things.” After 7 years together it’s more like “why don’t you let me do me without all the criticism!”

Amazed at how accurate this was! Nice job!

I actually do try to some degree to be perceived as "cool" lol, but only as far as I'm doing things that I genuinely want to do. And when someone acknowledges it, I get this warm feeling like "omg I didn't want to bring attention to it but thank you for noticing" Last week I actually had a friend say "Are you military?" after seeing my camouflage rain jacket. I said no, it's just ordinary camo. She responded "Oh, well I thought you were. You look like it. You know, like, tough girl sort of vibe." I could feel my soul swell up with pride, I was so happy. I said "Thank you! That really means a lot..."

Yeah you’re right. It’s nice to be acknowledged. Actually everything you said was spot-on. It would be cool to be an ISTP if I were a boy. It’s weird to be an ISTP girl. I use to snowboard too. I like to learn new things on my own. I do better watching and learning rather than someone trying to explain. I tend to fail on purpose because I know it’s expected for a newbie to fail and struggle. I hate that I do that. That’s why I’d rather learn alone so I don’t feel like I have to do bad to make others feel good. Weird eh? Yes don’t like to count chickens before hatching. I don’t want to get too excited because it’s too hard if it doesn’t work out.

Lol what you said really resonated with me! Your boyfriend is lucky he has someone who understands him so well

Every ISTP video I pass by holds various aspects that touch my soul. Love to teach, give, care, learn. Learning especially. Emphasis on learning to learn. Cross referencing various and sometimes wide ideas might yield positive results, and even negative results are also good because eventually, it's the road to success.

Yep, so true about sports being jntellectualized by ISTPs..especially football. It takes a whole lot of thinking to master the game and understand the role of each player and have the fluid grasp of tactical scenarios

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I'm late to the party here, but as an ISTP who finds a bunch of crap about personality type online, I find you are an exception. As such, I must tip my hat to you about your accuracy! Great video 👍

I’m infp. My isfp mom taught me how to play piano. She doesn’t even play. She homeschooled me and taught my Sunday school class. She was our favorite teacher. She makes furniture by hand. She is just freaking awesome 😎 🤩 One of the coolest person I know.

Wow this is insanely observant

That is pretty accurate, as an 16y.o ISTP girl I might not be very good about inventing new things.. I guess, it comes with maturity) you were especially right about people-pleasing for my experience (but nowadays I’m becoming less gentle somewhy, I’ll try to be nice later,but in a more healthy manner) Thank you for the video, enjoyed it pretty much!

bruh when you said at 3:50 they tend to be people's pleaser even tho their nature is like ''idc fuck all of yall type '' i literally thinked youre spitting FACTS

Its odd but I find my dreams also tend to lead to absurd scenarios that make me laugh. The night I saw the Jurassic Park 3 trailer (were grant talks about raptors learning how to speak) I had the following dream: I was being chased by a T-rex and made it to a clearing in the center there was a 20 story high pile of tires. I ran for it hoping that I could find cover but the T-rex stopped at the clearing edge and than turned away. It was as I would soon find out because this was Utah Raptor territory (the movies have always portrayed velociraptors as being grossly oversized.) I made it to the stack of tires and started making my way through the maze (which had odd hobbit doors about every 20-30 tires at all angles) and was soon hunted by raptors. Now I had to simultaneously track my progress through the maze while also anticipating their hunting behaviors. Eventually I opened the top most door and it lead to my bathroom. Looking down I saw that I was dirty so I decided to take a bath. I was just starting to relax when I heard the bathroom door open and smelled the stench of rotting flesh and the iron of dried blood. I could see the silhouette of the raptor on the shower curtain and before I could try to think my way out of the situation it pulled back the curtain and dropped a toaster into the tub. The last thing I remember while being electrocuted was hearing it chuckle. After all language denotes intelligence and humor goes hand in hand with intelligence.

I AM SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS.

An istp armed with the knowledge of MBTI or depth psychology will also take hypotheticals or extroverted intuition into his equations.

Ha yeah we’re overlooked because y’all know we’ll just get it done.

I always get excited about the future some things have no chance but to happen

As an ISTP I prefer to to teach and learn by doing while learning.

The thing I really avoid would be commitments or systems that make me part of it and its responsibilities, like feel trapped in it. If someone wants to take advantage or control me, I wouldn't hesitate to have them beaten up or dead by someone.

So true about the roasting. When I was younger I would get people to fight me by the level of insult. The best one a are when they have to think about it for a moment

You could sum this up by just saying ISTPs are logically grounded.

Oh wow 🤩 this vid is the most accurate to me, after watching a brunch of ISTP vid,

Hi Kate. Your video shined a light on my behavior. Thanks for yr insights

Well, that's was pretty close to how am. Well done.

Lmao is like she is describing me. For some reason it was very difficult for me to get a correct result for a long time but when i discover i was an istp, everything made so much f sense.

I also like to push my esfp friend's buttons in class to let him create more disturbances hahahaha.

As an INTJ, ISTPs are one of the few (or perhaps only) types I find genuinely intimidating. I have an old ISTP friend who would always be the stoic "alpha" in the room, which somehow put me off my cool and I often found myself suddenly lacking the internal authority I always held onto. He was always incredibly inventive growing up and took a lot of interest in physics... when he wasn't collecting knives and practising archery! He has always been emotionally clueless, however, and can be appallingly blunt (and that's coming from an INTJ!). I thought it was hilarious when he couldn't remember his girlfriend's surname from fifteen years earlier -- he could barely remember her first name! -- but could remember his boss's name and what car he was driving at the time! He really is dead inside. 🤣

Pretty accurate, good observed, apart from having a dry humor. That must just be your boyfriend.. ISTPs can be very different..

Interesting info on ISTP's. Thanks. Here's some info I'll bet you haven't heard. These days. "everybody and their dog", online, who talk about the 16 types....always talks about: Functions. But-- it was not always that way. Here come the juicy parts: 1. I've heard that JUNG himself, didn't even use J vs. P ...so it wasn't quite "Myers-Briggs", yet. and then, later-- Isabel Myers-Briggs would CO-author the book: Gifts Differing. Functions are mentioned in this book, but verrry brifely. Almost in passing, with nowhere near the constant mania we see online today. It WAS about the 4 letters and which ones you had. Not the functions. This is also shown in 2 other widely popular Books on Myers-Briggs, both well-researched. They are: 1. TYPE TALK by Kroeger and Theussen. 2. LIFE TYPES by Hirsch & Kummerow Both books have profiles of all 16 types, and yet, you won't read about functions. These books are much closer, time-wise, to when Isabel was still living. and used for years after. Even closer to OUR time, in 2010, MIKE ADAMS and "Vision Leadership Systems"" had youtube videos on Myers Briggs, again all 16 types, and again, much, much smaller use of functions. This WAS Myers-Briggs and was " the real deal." Here's an example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xYvHckBPIWI.html Now, I ask you: Did you hear him go on and on and on about: "introverted intuition", extroverted sensing, or "auxilliary" functions? Maybe 5%. Nothing at all like now. So what happened? Where did this "all-functions-all-the-time" get started? There may also be other causes, but one that was very noticeable to me and stood out (because of the sheer numbers of RU-vid videos, back when folks were making far less of them and there was "less competition") was stuff by "Dave Superpowers". It seemed to me that suddenly, out of nowhere, this guy practically flooded youtube with a tidal wave of videos, and this guy preached-functions-from-the-housetops. Most young Millennials and 20-somethings and 30-somethings apparantly didnt know any different...probably hadnt read ANY of the above books, which were around FIRST, and this guy seemed to "out youtube" everyone else/ So-o...it caught on. In my opinion. But it seemed much more like his own new system. I didnt find any other RU-vidrs preaching functions like this. Again, compare Mike Adams, above, with anyone today. (more below)... Again, there may also have been other things, but on RU-vid, this one really stood out and was noticeable. There was less videos and less competition then. It was practically looking like a whole new system (his) at the time, but he made video after video and people started listening to him. Then, those who listened (and AGAIN very likely has nooo knowledge of the above books) started making their own videos on type, parroting what they heard about functions. Now we have another generation and another wave and its all the rage because folks can say a more complex system gives "a deeper look"....and again, People dont read the FOUNDER of the 2 or 3 most widely circulated books. But no one talks about that these days. Further, no one today asks: who wrote "the FUNCTIONS Reference-Bible" that this would even catch on in the first place? Food for thought.

Clint Eastwood is another example of an ISTP

I like being cool but just a little bit, I don't want to push myself and if I'm gonna be cool then it needs to be in my own flow. It must come off as natural and nonchalant-ish or just eh don't care about what people think about me. Anyway I like the last part of the vid.

I'm an ISTP with highly developed Ni and Te. My Fe is horrible. In fact lower in use than Fi in my stacking. Sometimes I'm mistaken for an INTJ when in the Ti-Ni loop.

8:43 besied all true things you said, this is extremely true for me i love creating items, movies and all in my mind just even by the smallest or most ridiculous thing u can think of i guess thats one of the reasons why i am always in my mind and want to talk with people so i can keep the movie playing

You think you know me. You don't know me. 😭😭😭 Ugh 😩 Get out of my head🏃🏽‍♀️ 🤣🤣🤣

Wait I am not batshit crazy and their more like me out there

Spot on 😁😎😇

Cool. I'm an ISFP.

My god you nailed this 😂

Being naturally isolating, I'd like to know how to acquire a suitable female specimen with little to no effort. I'm curious as to how my services could benefit a worthy female. The following are the services i am willing to provide: appreciating your core aspect (may be unsettling at first), engaging in meaningful conversation (avoiding small talk), finding out what makes you tick (may annoy you)

ISTP here i love the living room music story =-)

I don’t care about being accepted as cool. I only want them to recognize my cognitive superiority. 😅

So...I'm an INTP, and my fwb is an ISTP. I have a question about questions. You know how INTPs can come off as uncaring, but we aren't really? Well...part of that is that I tend to assume that if someone wants to share something, they'll share it, and I hold off on asking personal questions out of what I see as respect for a person's privacy level. Is the ISTP likely to interpret my lack of inquiry in that way? There are things I'd like to know about him, and it would be ironic if he thought I wasn't more interested in him because I wasn't asking. Thanks!

Nice and kinda accurate

Man, you’ve got me pinned. Gracias

Wow. Dead on. So much for feeling unique. ;)

Sometimes I think I'm an ISTP and other times INTJ.

I am dry as an old boot 🐧

How many of you are smiling while watching this 😂😂

What is your type?

Can you help me...???. I am confused whether I am an intp / istp person please give me a test in the form of questions...

i need a woman like is in my life

We ISTPs are Sigma types, and I find the Sigma type to be the new Alpha. And they don't care what others thing, for we are all about finding the truth of all things. And that keeps us grounded in reality.

3:29 I like it 😂😂 lol

Or just lerk in the shadows

I’m an ISTP and my GF is an ESFJ…. Thoughts?

Subtitulos in spanish please

I love hypotheticals, do other ISTPs enjoy hypotheticals?

You’re cute, what’s your MBTI

Do you think Eminem is an ISTP?

I'm ISTP, be my girlfriend!

« bUt SeNsOrS ArE bOrInG » lol nice explanations!

This is the most spot on ISTP vid that I have seen - as soon as I heard we like to roast people, I was like “oh she gets it”. I’ve noticed that we seem respected but (almost) feared by the other types. Like we’re super mysterious (which, okay I guess I’ll take some responsibility for that one) mechanical wizards. I think it’s because we are constantly taking in information and internally cataloguing it, we expect the people we love to do the same in order to understand us, and it feels a little frustrating when it seems like they aren’t putting in the effort to do what we do naturally. …I might have had a personal break through just now 🫢