Lack of Ti in INTJs

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I feel disappointed when I see people that aren’t willing to use their Nemesis or Critic functions. We are all naturally good at it, it just takes a lot of energy from us when we do but that’s absolutely not a valid reason to not use it as often as you can and when you do not use them, do not replace it by its counterpart (in this case, replacing Ti by Te) whilst still acting like you included the Critic/Nemesis in the process.

I feel I see this very often and I especially personally dislike it in INTJs when they aren’t willing to think for themselves but will act as if they have thought about it for themselves. What happens then is they become overly dependent on other people’s opinions and their validation so they can feel like they did a good job, instead of being able to discern effective and ineffective for themselves. I am aware there are many actual INTJs that do not share this issue and are willing to put in the mental work but there are I feel just as many actual INTJs who shy away from their Ti because it’s probably related to something traumatic for them + it takes a lot of effort. But that is not an excuse, you have no excuse to run away from other parts of yourself.

Posted Sep 8, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC

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