'Would someone who isn't happy have an avatar like this?! I think the stereotypical high school guidance counselor advice is most apt for INFPs: do what you would do for free. It's incredibly...
I get told this a lot too. I suspect it's partially because my sense of humor is very deadpan, and people don't always realize when I'm joking.
The upside: I figure a lot of things out before other people. Don't let the sensates fool you, they miss things all the time. The downside: People think you're from another planet, crazy, or just...
Ahem... Did you read my post? I ask this as a fellow ENFP with a horrible propensity for skimming things. :-) I absolutely agree that Hitler wasn't an NTJ. I just don't agree with your reasons...
You're probably right. The saying Greed is Good sounds a lot like naive, inferior introverted feeling. In fact, I don't know that I agree with most of the examples I made in my previous post...
There's a perennial debate that I have with my ISFP boyfriend. I'm always excited every time I see a show about black holes. I find the concept so fascinating. My boyfriend's response? We don't...
Absolutely not. ESTPs are made out of guns, steel, and can-do attitudes. Their dominant function is Extraverted Mister T with auxiliary Introverted Chuck Norris. ESTPs are genetically incapable of...
I love technology. I'm a programmer after all.
This is inferior Si rearing its ugly head. When I'm alone, my inferior Si starts complaining to me about all the details in my life I'm missing, about how little attention I pay to things, and...
One thing I'm really beginning to notice is that I have much better work/life balance than most of my coworkers. In particular, Ti/Fe types seem to have horrid work/life balance. Sometimes I sense...
When it comes to routine, it sometimes seems like my brain is like a house with bad electricity where turning one light on means another one somewhere else goes off. This would be ok, but it...
An ENFP would use Fi in a more parental manner as opposed to it popping up every once in a while to cause trouble. Ahem... The purpose of this type thing is for you to learn about yourself. ...
It definitely sounds like you're using Fi, but not like an ENFP would. Plus, the way you describe using Fe is almost a textbook description of how the tertiary function tends to work. Perhaps I...
I think a lot of people don't understand that Ni isn't really terribly different from Ne except that Ni tends to be bottled up inside. My boss is an INTJ, and although he tries to keep the rest of...
I would say that the best way to answer this is to ask the following question: Do you have a tendency to wear your heart on your sleeve (Fe) or do you dislike sharing your emotions with other...
I talked my ENTP friend into taking a picture of dogshit with his iPhone. To be fair, I didn't think he'd actually do it.
My ISTP coworker is constantly annoyed by me. It's kind of a bizarre love/hate thing. We get along, but it just seems that I upset his sense of order in the universe. Conversely, I always feel as...
Heh... I'm most definitely not the life of the party. In fact, I know a lot of introverts who are far more gregarious than me. It's worth repeating: introversion doesn't imply that a person has...
That's a tough one. I mean it's not like you can just get new parents. I wish I had something else to say that could help you. I mean, I'm 28 years old and I still have issues with authority. I...
If there is one thing that really makes my blood boil, it's someone who goes out of their way to treat others like shit. The first thing you have to focus on is being able to see through what he's...
I'm a programmer. It challenges my thinking ability and gives me a chance to challenge my coworkers' feeling ability (What do you mean your way is the most fun?! You need to be more pragmatic!)
You could be saying this because you're better at math than I am an this is old hat to you, but just in case you're not, it's worth pointing out that this isn't necessarily trivial mathematically. ...
Did you know that it's been mathematically proven that an infinite number of monkeys would eventually type Hamlet given an infinite amount of time? Infinite monkey theorem - Wikipedia, the free...
Have you tried talking to him about it? Just say Usually you're really excited about any ideas I have, but lately you seem to be a bit down. Is something wrong? It's incredibly difficult to...
This one is a pet peeve of mine. It's called sarcasm. Like how I say Nice catch! when someone drops the ball or I could give a damn when I don't.
I used to be a dog person. But then my boyfriend talked me into getting a cat. Now I'm the one who loves my sweet, furry feline friends to death while my boyfriend complains about me coddling them....
I frequently find myself lying to get out of going to work even if I have a perfectly valid reason for not showing up (like a doctor's appointment or such). Fortunately, I have an employer who's...
If I had to guess, I'd say some combination of trickster introverted thinking and demonic extraverted sensation. Trickster Ti is that voice inside your head that says You're too smart for these...
There's one rule of thumb that may cause problems for introverts: when dealing with an extravert, persistence is polite. I don't mean that you need to be a stalker or anything. I just mean that...
You know, I love typology. It gives me a great understanding of who I am, and who others are. However, if your type is serving as something to say This is who you have to be. Don't you wish you...
My boyfriend is an ENTP. I think this is a good fit because we're enough alike that we have a common understanding, but different enough that it isn't like dating myself.
I would like to hear these wacky philosophical theories about cats.
I'm not a playa I just crush a lot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOEOn3fng9U
I wish other types would do this too sometimes. Especially SJ types. I am amazed at how good they can be at finding the most verbose way to say the simplest things.
Introversion is not shyness. In fact, I would even argue that shyness is largely an extraverted thing. Shyness implies that a person wants social interaction, but is afraid of it (and yes, this can...
As much as I like the idea of wreaking havoc with unsuspecting types, I'm for real that I feel I'm an ENFP. I mentioned a few of the reasons here: ...
I heard a saying once: Thinkers get their feelings hurt. But some of us are feelers and we get our thinkings hurt. For me, it's always some form of So and so doesn't like my plan/logic...
How dare you ask such a thing?! I'm just sensitive! Maybe if you took the time to get to know me better you'd know that I'm not emotional! *runs away crying*
I think you've pretty much hit the nail on the head. Here's my type put into my own words: http://personalitycafe.com/enfp-forum-inspirers/49379-functional-analysis-enfp-using-beebes-model.html
So, after years of typing myself as an INTP, I've decided that I'm actually an ENFP, and I went to see a pretty well-known Jungian analyst in my area who is pretty well-versed in John Beebe's version...
I agree completely. Feeling is probably the most misunderstood function. The thing is that logic of people isn't a terrible way to think of feeling. At any rate, it's pretty much settled. I'm...
Absolutely not. P types are nothing but sunshine, bunnies, and unicorns.
I'm seriously beginning to doubt my personality type. I'm not sure what exactly happened, but something just seems to have struck me recently. I think something has been bubbling up in my...
Marie Louise Von Franz quotes Rilke's I love you, but it is none of your business as being exemplary of the EXTJ. That is, they bottle their inferior Fi up inside. For IXTPs she says that the...
So, the CEO of my company is an ENFP. It's a small startup, so we all work in the same room. My desk just so happens to be right by his. Occasionally, I'll notice him watching me work out of the...
I was going to reply to this thread but... what were we talking about again?
I think the problem is that intuition in general is the most difficult to explain. Jung himself even struggled with it. Let me take another stab at it. I'm stealing Lenore Thomson's description....
You might be surprised, actually. I find that I'm actually pretty good at math, but I'm not very good at understanding our school system's very Te-oriented way of teaching it.
I'm still learning to sell myself, so I don't know that I can be a ton of help. :wink: That said, there are a few things I've learned: 1. People need to know how you will be useful to them. ...'
