Hey! I am an ENTP and I think I'm very empathetic. I don't always act like I am but I am. I mean understanding other people is generally our thing. I do willingly admit we can be aggravating, exhausting, and we push buttons just to see what happens so that might be what comes across as a lack of empathy. It's not! We just lack that filter.. What other people who aren't ENTP don't realize is MOST of us had a rough childhood. It's hard to be that kid who questions everything and pushes buttons because not everyone realizes that we are generally just curious. If I had a nickel for every time I heard that I needed to change my attitude or that I have a problem with authority I'd be one wealthy dude. Sadly, I feel like my niece is leaning toward being ENTP (being her mother is also an ENTP) and you better believe this ENTP is not letting that kind of s#!t stand. She's not going to be made to feel lesser or wrong just because of how her brain is wired... I thinks that's pretty empathetic.. Perhaps some pre-empathy ;-)
Brian Supple (not verified)says...
Hey! I am an ENTP and I think I'm very empathetic. I don't always act like I am but I am. I mean understanding other people is generally our thing. I do willingly admit we can be aggravating, exhausting, and we push buttons just to see what happens so that might be what comes across as a lack of empathy. It's not! We just lack that filter.. What other people who aren't ENTP don't realize is MOST of us had a rough childhood. It's hard to be that kid who questions everything and pushes buttons because not everyone realizes that we are generally just curious. If I had a nickel for every time I heard that I needed to change my attitude or that I have a problem with authority I'd be one wealthy dude. Sadly, I feel like my niece is leaning toward being ENTP (being her mother is also an ENTP) and you better believe this ENTP is not letting that kind of s#!t stand. She's not going to be made to feel lesser or wrong just because of how her brain is wired... I thinks that's pretty empathetic.. Perhaps some pre-empathy ;-)