INFPs are often offbeat and unconventional, but they feel no desire to conform. The INFP would rather be true to themselves than try to fit in with the crowd. INFPs are accepting and nonjudgmental in their treatment of others, believing that each person must follow their own path.
They are flexible and accommodating, and can often see many points of view. They especially hate being steamrolled by people who insist there is one right way to do things.
INFPs want an open, supportive exchange of ideas. INFPs may initially seem cool, as they reserve their most authentic thoughts and feelings for people they know well. They are reflective and often spiritual, and often interested in having meaningful conversations about values, ethics, people, and personal growth. Typically curious and open-minded, the Healer continually seeks a deeper understanding of themselves and of the people around them.
INFPs are sensitive and empathetic, and engage themselves in a lifelong quest for meaning and authenticity. The mundane aspects of life are of less interest to this type, and they are more excited by interesting ideas than by practical facts.
INFPs tend to be very creative, artistic, and spiritual. They are often skilled with language but may prefer to express their thoughts and feelings through writing rather than speaking. Because they have strong ethics and values, they also become passionate about advocating or defending their beliefs. While they feel strongly about their own values, INFPs are also interested in learning more about others and are willing to listen and consider many sides of an issue.
INFPs typically only have a few close friendships, but these relationships tend to be long-lasting. While people with this type of personality are adept at understanding others emotions, they often struggle to share their own feelings with others.
Social contact can be difficult, although INFPs crave emotional intimacy and deep relationships. Getting to know an INFP can take time and work, but the rewards can be great for those who have the patience and understanding. INFP parents are usually supportive, caring, and warm.
They are good at establishing guidelines and helping children develop strong values. Their goal as parents is to help their children grow as individuals and fully appreciate the wonders of the world. They may struggle to share their own emotions with their children and are often focused on creating harmony in the home.
As with friendships, INFPs may struggle to become close to potential romantic partners. Once they do form a relationship, they approach it with a strong sense of loyalty. They can sometimes hold overly romanticized views of relationships and may have excessively high expectations that their partners struggle to live up to.
They also tend to take comments personally while at the same time struggling to avoid conflicts. If your partner is an INFP, understand that they may struggle at times to open up, be overly sensitive to perceived criticisms, and often place your own happiness over that of their own. Ever wonder what your personality type means? Sign up to find out more in our Healthy Mind newsletter. The association between Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and psychiatry as the specialty choice.
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Br J Gen Pract. Pestana JV, Codina N. Being conscious of one's own heroism: An empirical approach to analyzing the leadership potential of future CEOs. They might draw pictures of scary monsters that terrify them or read stories about horrible events that cause them anxiety. Becoming isolated can get Fives lost in a feeling of emptiness and meaninglessness. INFPs need to explore the world around them and get to know others in order to achieve balance.
Core Fear: Of being abandoned or without support. Core Desire: To find security and support. Full of contradictions, the INFP Six looks for a sense of security and support in a world that feels ever-shifting and unpredictable.
They can waver between being rebellious to rule-following, non-confrontational to aggressive, argumentative to agreeable. They can feel sad then joyful, strong and weak at the same time, confident and insecure all at once. The reason for this is that their anxiety causes them to bounce back and forth from one psychological state to another.
When they attend a church they love, they might worry that the pastor is taking advantage of their followers. Although they can be imaginative, loyal, hard-working, and funny, they can also feel lost in a sea of uncertainties. They often struggle to trust themselves, looking for an authority, reference, or support group who can help them to make decisions.
In a sense of community, they hope they will be able to anchor themselves in something trustworthy and dependable. In childhood, Sixes often felt connected to the protective figure in their home. They abandon their own inner guidance and feel cut off from it, especially if the protective figure was abusive in some way. As a result, they feel like they must constantly look outside themselves for direction and guidance.
However, they often feel skeptical and guarded against authority as much as they might seek it. So they can get caught running in circles trying to find something or someone to believe in. They have to constantly evaluate ideas that contradict their original ideas so that they are covering all their bases. Unhealthy Sixes Can Be: Plagued by guilt, self-punishing, self-destructive, paranoid, insecure, delusional, obsessed with fears, panicky, helpless, and depressed.
Healthy Sixes Can Be: Responsible, committed, practical, well-disciplined, insightful, visionary, friendly, trustworthy, hard-working, grounded, serene, and brave.
Core Fear: Of being in pain or deprived. Core Desire: To be happy, satisfied, and have their needs fulfilled. They see possibilities all around them and chase after them with restless enthusiasm. In their quest for fulfillment and fun, they may wear themselves out — feeling like happiness is permanently just out of reach.
At other times, they can be deeply joyful and content — especially as they become healthier and more mature. These INFPs are typically wanderers, searching everywhere for meaning and satisfaction and new sensations.
They want to experience pleasure and gratification through using their intuition and feeling sides to evoke a sense of exhilaration and wonder with the world around them. In childhood, Sevens often felt disconnected from the nurturing figure in their life typically the mother, but sometimes a different person. As a result, they tried to nurture themselves with distractions and toys to keep themselves content. They looked away from their underlying anxiety, trying to look towards happy, exciting opportunities and possibilities.
Unlike the Six, who tries to deal with their anxiety through hyper-vigilance, Sevens repress their anxiety through seeking fun, adventure, possibilities, and re-framing negatives into positives. INFP Sevens experience the best growth when they can learn to be still with their thoughts, meditate, and accept with their feelings.
Basic Fear: Being controlled or violated by others. Basic Desire: To determine their own course in life. To protect themselves. They are typically more confrontational and aggressive than most INFPs, fighting for what they believe in; particularly underdogs or those they see as victimized. However, Eights refuse to be victims themselves. They hate being controlled, told what to do, or having their freedoms stepped on in any way. They chase after courage, self-reliance, leadership, and autonomy — determined that nobody will strip them of their rights and freedoms.
These Eights have a strong need to defend the underdogs. Because personal autonomy is so vital to their well-being they strive to attain that for others.
They may have dealt with abandonment, abuse, or just poor leadership. As a result, these INFPs developed a thick skin and a tough outer exterior to try to survive life. This drive to correct what they decide are flaws often pushes them to work hard.
But idealism is a demanding standard. Turbulent Mediators are apt to ask too much of themselves and become overwhelmed. Self-criticism rings true for any Turbulent individual. But, for these personalities, their imaginations and sensitivity may magnify the damage caused by negative self-talk. Even the smallest flaw may seem more significant than it is. They are more likely to see a mistake as a reason to doubt themselves. But a neutral assessment may reveal this to be not entirely accurate.
All other things being equal, Turbulent people generally work hard to compensate for what they see as a weakness. The poor self-evaluation of their work ethic is just as likely the result of their negative slant as it is a measurable reality. Assertive Mediators are more likely to see a mistake as a one-off accident or simple carelessness — as the occasional kind of thing everyone does. But they are unlikely to let it take up too much real estate in their minds.
These personalities typically do the same with their flaws. They usually prefer to use their time thinking about positive possibilities. They tend to filter their caring for others, as well as other things, through a rosier-colored lens. Assertive Mediators, relying on optimism and self-assurance to inspire them, can put a lot of energy into their humanistic goals.
These personalities are usually good at fostering encouragement and hope.
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