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Your intp friend was damaged. Like if you use the enneagram system they were low on self actualization slider, she was being paranoid of everything. Sure, if it was negative like that you should separate from them.

You shouldn't close doors on all future INTPs because of that one. I (intp) have had a lot of intj friendships. I don't consider myself particularly positive but I think I had a more positive outlook on life/status of planet than them (to counter the negativity aspect). I remember at my very worst I might have been how you described but I matured and got my help. Some of my intj friends were very confident people while some of them were depressed and abused people. The most damaged of them were very negative and painful to be around, in general it's bad to be around someone who pulls you south because of their problems. Leave her but don't leave all people. I had recently very bad intj friendship and I might rant like you have. But my other friend took test and is intj also and is nothing like that, with the emotional blackmail and all. I had to reconcile those feelings that you can resent someone for being a certain thing but realize someone you like is the same. A healthy intj is good, a healthy intp is good. And then the nuances of personhood go beyond that.

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