I was recently reading about the characteristics of INTPs, and one distinction caught my attention — the difference between INTP and INTJ when it comes to structure. It said that INTPs are more willing to integrate new, even contradictory information, while INTJs are more likely to protect their existing framework.

That point stayed with me.

Because I recognized myself in it.

If you sit with me and present something thoughtfully, even if it challenges what I currently believe, I will not reject it simply to defend my position. I prefer discussion over silent confusion. I would rather reach clarity than remain comfortably uncertain. If you hand me the tangled yarn, I will work with it. I may not always see everything immediately, but I am willing to examine it.

Even in my lowest moments, I analyze. I try to understand what went wrong, what shifted, what needs adjustment. If something between us feels slightly off, I do not see that as failure. I see it as something to inspect, maintain, refine. But I need to know it exists. I cannot fix what I do not see.

You know how analytical I am — almost painfully so. There is a diplomacy in that. I care deeply, even if I do not always express it in obvious emotional gestures. Sometimes I miss small emotional cues. Not because they are unimportant, but because my mind is often solving rather than sensing.

If I ever overlook something, tell me gently. Tell me I could have done better. Tell me I missed a detail. I will not take it as an attack.

I will take it as data.

And I will appreciate it.