- A few weeks ago,
we looked at the 16 personalities as villains.
Basically, we were identifying types of super villains
in movies and books, et cetera,
that represented each personality type.
But today, we're looking at something much closer to home.
The dark side of each of the 16 personalities.
Not some cartoonish villain,
but sides of each personality
that you're gonna come into contact with
in your everyday life.
We're gonna be looking at what happens
when each of the 16 personalities
has gotten so far off track
that they start causing big problems for themselves
and everyone around them.
What does your type look like on the dark side?
Let's take a look.
One of the ESTPs greatest strengths,
being able to live in the moment,
can lead to some dark traits if they aren't careful.
Specifically, they can become reckless.
You see, the impulsiveness of the ESTP
is usually tempered by their thinking,
meaning that they're generally pretty good
at deciding if a decision is logical in real time.
When this becomes corrupted, though,
when they go to the dark side,
they can find themselves acting impulsively
against whatever it is they don't like,
typically in a very physical way,
like breaking it. (arm whooshing)
Now, according to some statistics,
ESTPs are one of the types most overrepresented in prison.
And part of this is because their dark side
can be a little more aggressive
than some of the other types,
leading them to get into trouble with others or the law.
The ESFP dark side is the epitome
of the road to H-E-double-toothpicks
is paved with good intentions.
Many ESFPs wanna do well and live authentic and free lives,
but they don't always stop to think
about the consequences of their actions.
- Consequences.
- And when you take this to the dark side,
it's like they really don't think about the consequences.
It's like, "Dude, you really should have seen that.
You should have seen how massively negative
the consequences would be for yourself
and everyone around you
when you took that action."
He is like the young hero in a movie
who sets out on an adventure to save his town,
but ultimately just makes things worse
because he didn't prepare for the journey
and someone gets hurt trying to save him
from the mess he made.
But then the real, real dark side comes out
when they have to deal with the consequences
of those actions that they didn't think through.
They can get angry, make excuses,
and blame others for their own mistakes.
The dark side of the ISTJ takes their preferences
for perfection and details to the next level
by becoming a control freak.
Getting an ISTJ to change their plans
or go against their schedule can become impossible
when they are leaning towards the dark side.
Like, ever dealt with bureaucracy before?
Like renewing your driver's license for example?
You have to wait in line so you can get a number,
so you can wait in line again,
so you can make a request for something,
and then you get to the front of the line and they're like,
"I'm sorry you don't have all the required paperwork."
And I'm like,
"Yeah, but on the Internet,
on the website it says this is what I need."
And they're like, "Oh sorry, the website's outta date.
You're gonna have to come back tomorrow
and do this all over again."
That is what it is like dealing with an ISTJ
on the dark side.
It's like they're doing it on purpose
just to screw with you.
They do things so rigidly by the book
that the book becomes a blunt force weapon
that they're just
smacking you in the face with. (arm whooshing)
Now, the ISFJ dark side is them (laughs).
That word is hard to say.
Catastrophizing about potential problems
and spending way too much energy trying to prepare for them
and shaming you for not seeing things their way.
Because they're such a detailed, focused type,
they may latch onto one piece of negative information
and then go into a negative thought spiral
about how they need to protect themselves
from whatever thing is in question
and make sure everyone around them feels the same way.
Like for example, let's say an ISFJ hears somewhere
that caffeine is addictive and destructive to your health.
So the is ISFJ narrowly consumes a lot of information
about the negative effects of caffeine.
They throw away all their coffee beans
and then they make all their friends feel like
they're drug addicts 'cause they're drinking a latte.
This could become a big problem
for those around the ISFJ (scoffs)
if you couldn't tell,
as it's extremely difficult to convince an ISFJ
to change their mind about something
that they've really dug their heels in on.
They'll be like, "Guys, guys, I've read all about it.
I know way more than you on this subject.
Come back when you've read a few books, okay?"
In fact, if you present the ISFJ
with any point of information contradicting their belief,
they might try to make you feel like you're irresponsible
and you're uninformed.
And at their worst,
they might cut you and others out of their life
over something trivial like a latte.
There isn't anything more verbally straightforward
than an ESTJ on the dark side.
If you're doing something wrong,
you aren't following the plan or protocol,
or you're just not meeting their expectations,
then they will let you know
in a very public and humiliating manner.
Like, have you ever had a boss
where you make a small mistake
and they blow it out of proportion
and make it seem like you've done the stupidest thing ever?
And like, people's lives are in danger now
because you didn't like answer an email fast enough?
Healthier ESTJs are direct about mistakes and problems
but they use a little bit of tact.
But the ESTJs on the dark side,
they throw any form of politeness out of the window
and unleash their fury upon you
for the slightest wrongdoing.
It's like walking through a minefield,
or it's like you use the invisible fence for a dog,
and it's like you're walking along
and you just get shocked and it's like,
"What did I do?"
The ENTJ's dark side turns
their natural organizational skills
and even their leadership abilities
towards selfish goals.
They envision a goal they wanna reach
and then they get into a mindset
where all the people under them and around them
are just mere resources to help them get there.
For the ENTJ on the dark side,
anyone who works for them or supports them,
or could even potentially provide
some sort of benefit to them,
is merely a pawn in the ENTJ's game.
Even scarier, anything or anyone that gets in their way
is seen as an obstacle that must be overcome
or in some circumstances, taken out.
And I don't mean on a date.
I mean like, taken out.
No, not, I don't mean like Chinese food.
I mean like, taken out.
Okay, you get what I mean now.
Healthy ESFJs spend a lot of energy maintaining
a positive social atmosphere.
ESFJ's have a unique dark side, though.
You're either a friend or you're an enemy.
They shut off their social care
for people outside of whatever circle
they have decided is important to them.
Not only that, but they will also have high expectations
for others to fulfill their role in the friend group.
And if you don't, well then,
they might just use their social sway
to turn everyone against you.
To the ESFJs on the dark side,
you are either with us or against us
and there can't be middle ground.
In fact, if you try to take a middle ground
in a conflict involving an ESFJ on the dark side,
even if you're just trying to like mediate
and find a win-win solution,
there's a good chance that the ESFJ
will see you as being part of the problem
and try to turn everyone against you.
Likewise, the ENFJs like to ensure
that their social spheres are well maintained.
Their dark side can come out
when that burden becomes too much to handle
or if there is some unfixable problem
like two friends arguing to a point where they won't talk.
The ENFJ in the dark side (laughs),
the ENFJ on the dark side will have zero tolerance
for people acting in ways
that don't support the larger group,
and they can lash out against anyone
who is causing conflict.
The calm and guiding ENFJ
can suddenly become aggressive or even manipulative
to put an end to what they see as the problem.
While the ENFJ isn't as likely as the ESFJ
to like exile someone from their social circle,
they are more likely to publicly shame those
who they see as troublemakers,
to a point where those individuals
might just decide to peace out on their own.
Even in the best of times,
ISTPs have a constant conflict
between what they want to do and the way they want to do it
and other people's emotions.
ISTPs are super logical and practical.
So ask any ISTP and they'll tell you,
"Man, I'm just doing my thing.
I'm not trying to cause problems,
but people just get their feelings hurt so easily.
Like, sorry, I really need to get a project done for school,
so I can't make it to Aunt Hilda's funeral.
I mean, what's the big deal?
It's not like she's gonna know."
But an ISTP on the dark side takes it a step further,
and they start looking at the hypothetical Venn diagram
to intentionally find the overlap
of stuff that will upset other people
and how I wanna do things,
and then, they'll do all those things in the middle.
Shout out to Venn diagram (laughs).
Like, oh, my next door neighbor
is hosting his daughter's wedding in his backyard.
This seems like the perfect time
for me to get out all my loudest tools
and totally (hedge trimmer whirring)
re-landscape my yard.
"Hey, it's not my fault if it makes a lot of noise
and ruins the wedding.
What am I supposed to do?
Not cut my own grass? (lawn mower whirring)
The INTP's dark side is what happens
when they feel smarter than everyone around them.
Now, I know the INTPs are watching it like,
"But Frank, I am smarter than everyone around me."
But the dark side takes it,
as I was saying, with many of these,
to a whole 'nother level.
On the dark side, this can lead an INTP to become bitter
because they feel like no one is smart enough
to appreciate their genius.
This dark side will isolate the INTP from others
as they spend a ton of time soaking up new information
about their favorite topics
or working on their pet projects,
while continuing to stray further and further.
Or is it farther and farther?
Away from normal human contact.
As this goes on, it becomes harder and harder
for the INTP to get back into normal social situations
or to even explain their genius-level ideas to others.
And that can really compound the problem
with a lot of frustration,
until the point where they just give up on people as a whole
and decide that they don't need
or want to deal with anyone else.
This will become apparent to those around them
because the INTPs attitude and outlook on life
will take a noticeable turn for the worst,
to a point where they will lash out at anything or anyone
they think is beneath their lofty intellect.
ISFPs are incredibly dedicated
to the things that matter to them,
and that can be the very thing that comes out
in their dark side.
I mean, what happens when you take,
"This matters to me, "
up to 11?
You get obsession, complete dedication towards something.
Now this isn't always bad and there's a fine line here.
Like for example,
if an ISFP YouTuber really cared
about making amazing content,
their complete obsession is the thing
that's going to separate them from everyone else
and propel them towards success.
Usually.
The tipping point is when the ISFP gets so obsessed
over something that could be good,
like that YouTube channel for example,
but they take it so far
that literally nothing else matters to them.
Like, maybe they spend all their money
buying new cameras and equipment,
even though they can barely afford rent,
or they stop doing any chores around the house,
or they cut loved ones out of their life
who try to suggest gently
that the ISFP maybe wash the dishes
and also get a real job to pay the bills.
Speaking of which,
this dark side tends to be most noticeable
to people who live with the ISFP,
because those are the people who have to share the burdens
of the ISFPs neglected responsibilities,
like when they can't pay their rent, for example.
It isn't exactly fun to have that person around
who could easily be helping more,
but just chooses not to.
INFPs dark side is probably one of the darker ones
as they sink very deeply into a dark pit
of negative emotions,
so deep that is really difficult for anyone to get them out.
INFPs have amazing imaginations
and tend to be very creative.
So for them,
it's like having the engine of a souped-up Ferrari
for their mental processing.
Very potent, fast, 800 horsepower, whatever that means.
But it's also difficult to control
and when it's dark out
you could drive off a cliff if you're not careful.
INFPs on the dark side get laser focused
on only their darker, negative experiences.
And when their amazing, creative, 800 horsepower imagination
gets a drop of that dark fuel,
it spirals outta control pretty fast.
INFPs can get into this selfish and fatalistic mindset
where every tiny thing that goes wrong
or even just things that are kind of neutral
get woven into their fantasy story
about how their life is absolute crap.
This is amplified in that INFPs,
being feelers as well as perceivers,
aren't the most action oriented-type.
So when they get into these dark spirals,
it's really easy for them to just sit in them
for long periods of time.
It's like having a black hole of negative energy
in the room.
This is just great.
You won't be able to express
your good times or accomplishments
without the INFP's dark side dragging it down
into the bad mood that they're in.
The ENFP's dark side wants to push the envelope
until it is pushed into a place that is really dark.
Their love for new experiences
and their hatred of being limited and controlled
can often make them kind of off the wall,
even when they're healthy.
When they're on the dark side, though,
they just take it way too far
and it becomes fueled by a disdain for others.
ENFPs on the dark side will push boundaries
with people, and systems, and society itself
to test the limits of what they can get away with
and to prove that they are above the rules.
They might also make big life decisions erratically,
like quitting a job three days after they started the job
because it feels like they're too good for that job.
This is hard for people around the ENFP
because in their rule breaking and wildly shifting paths,
there is often collateral damage.
People who suffer the consequences of the ENFP's chaos.
At the very least,
when the ENFP on the dark side ends up in a bit of a pickle
due to their actions,
they will reach out to anyone in their circle
to help bail them out
and they'll probably never pay you back or return the favor.
Curiosity killed the cat,
and ENTPs take curiosity to the next level.
Few things are more exciting to ENTPs
than the whys and hows of something they don't understand.
And this can be a big problem
when they don't have the patience
to find the answers to those whys and hows,
and start to resort to more questionable methods.
Sure, it might be interesting
to see how two unknown chemicals mix together,
like you're, you know, at the alchemy table in Skyrim.
"Frank, we're not gamers." (laughs)
But it could also be dangerous
to the ENTP or those around them.
Especially an ENTP fully on the dark side.
At that point, they're just not innocently experimenting
but they have a hypothesis
of how they think the experiment will turn out
and it's probably a destructive one,
and they're gonna do it anyway.
If you look at the mixing of chemicals as an analogy,
a typical ENTP might bring up
a controversial political topic.
I wish I could (laughs) speak.
Controversial political topic at Christmas dinner
just for the fun of watching everyone argue,
like mixing some chemicals together.
An ENTP on the dark side, though,
at that same dinner might bring up a very personal topic
that they suspect could create not just an argument
but rifts in the family that could last for years.
The INTJ dark side is probably one
of the easier ones to imagine.
I mean, when you think of INTJs, just in general,
not even on the dark side,
you probably already imagined someone dressed up
in a black cloak,
scheming to take over the world with some (laughs).
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky.
Try to take over the world."
And yeah, that is the dark side of the INTJ too.
Their superpower of seeing 8, 9, 10 steps down the road
and planning for it becomes a tool for negativity,
perhaps even for darkness.
Now, at their healthiest, INTJs are visionaries
who can lead people to build a better future.
That's why they're called the architect, baby.
But when they are on the dark side,
the future they're working to build
is one that only benefits them.
Even if it means that other people's futures
will be much worse off.
The INTJ will do anything they can,
working tirelessly to create such a well-oiled system
propelling them forward,
that anyone else who gets in the way will be steamrolled.
Nothing personal.
An INTJ on the dark side, for example,
is like the kind of entrepreneur
who builds a business as quickly and efficiently as he can
so that in five years he can sell it for $100 million,
even if it means taking advantage of the workers
or tricking customers into buying something
they don't really need or want.
It can be difficult to communicate with an INTJ
in this mindset because as they get worse and worse,
their patience and empathy
for those who would slow their progress becomes nonexistent.
So if the INTJ's dark side
is manipulating events and systems,
then the INFJ's dark side
is manipulating people and their psychology.
INFJs are natural students of human emotion.
What makes other people tick?
What are the mechanisms that work behind people's decisions?
INFJs understand faster than any other type
that everyone, even the most logical INTP,
at their core is ruled by irrational feelings
that might not even be clear to the person feeling them.
And after a while,
when an INFJ becomes confident in that understanding,
they put it into action
by subtly influencing those around them,
which sounds nefarious perhaps,
but it's not all bad.
In fact, a lot of it is good.
This ability can help and heal people.
Like, a healthy INFJ might see someone
who just needs a little push in the right direction,
but wouldn't take the advice
if they just came out and gave it to them.
The INFJ has gotta just influence them
without them realizing it,
so that they think it was their idea.
But it's ultimately a positive thing.
An INFJ on the dark side, though,
will use those tactics of suggestion and influence
to manipulate people into doing things
that are ultimately detrimental.
It might be to benefit the INFJ,
perhaps manipulating their boss
into firing a coworker that the INFJ doesn't like,
or at their absolute worst,
it could be manipulating a person for no real reason at all
other than for the INFJ's amusement.
Thanks for watching and until next time,
stay cool and attractive.
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