[MBTI General] do INFPs have a silly switch?

[+ patch]

I sometimes test INFP, so I was wondering if the famed ENFP silly switch also happens to introverts. I sometimes test INTJ or ENTP because I have a serious intellectual side. Actually, I might wake up in a mood where Im not serious at all, and stay that way for a time. A couple of ENFPs I know can be silly continually.

 

[runvardh]

Silly switch is fun as long as the audience understands. This is why I often only allow it when no one is around.

 

[Udog]

I certainly do, but it doesn't get switched on very often. (At least, not in the same manner that it usually manifests itself with ENFPs.)

 

[GZA]

It's on my right shoulder blade, and it's more like a knob than a switch.

 

[Sniffles]

I know heart does.

 

[Bubbles]

Haha, my INFP silly switch is awesome. It surprises people who don't expect it, like my ENFP friend who assumes he's the craziest one of my friends. Apparently I'd been considered the shy sweet one? Pfft. Proved that wrong.

 

[whimsical]

I definitely flip that switch a lot

 

[Southern Kross]

I'm pretty silly at heart but whether it comes out or not really depends on who I'm around. A small group of good friends and a few drinks usually does it. And ENFPs particularly seem to set me off with their wonderful goofiness. It really relaxes me to be around them because I don't feel like I have to maintain the guise of respectability/normality . My Dad (an ISTP) also has a seriously stupid sense of humour that like to play along with.

We INFPs don't spend our entire lives in deep and serious reflection. Sometime I feel like everyone thinks we're boring and humourless.

 

[Thessaly]

If I'm not being serious and contemplative I'm usually very silly. Humor is the only way to get out of this whole life thing alive.

 

[Thalassa]

Definitely! I can be very, very silly. In fact, I wish someone would trip mine today cause I'm being awful negative.

 

[OrangeAppled]

Silly switch is fun as long as the audience understands. This is why I often only allow it when no one is around.

It's nice when I feel comfortable enough with someone to get silly and not feel like a dork (in the bad way).

 

[lost verses]

When alcohol or large amounts of sugar are involved! heh

 

[songofcalamity]

Yes. Happens most of the times with my ISFP friend.

 

[CrystalViolet]

Yes. Happens most of the times with my ISFP friend.

+1
Silly is good, ya! But yeah, I have to feel safe to do it. I like laughing...I should do more often.

 

[metaphours]

yer, we do have silly switches

 

[Nocapszy]

it's called the clitoris.

 

[metaphours]

it's called the clitoris.

LOL

 

[Asterion]

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[Chloe]

oh, it turns out after all comparison ENFPs with INFPs that only difference is that INFPs are less expressive...
I think that can't be only difference. I think the vibe of INFPs and ENFPs is quite different, like ENFPs can sound less deep and more superficial than INFPs because we value expression more than thinking things trough. Maybe, just an idea.
For example, my INFP friend rarely has silly switch on her own. Even when we're two together alone I'm always the one initiating jokes and being silly, I lead more than her.

 

[Thalassa]

oh, it turns out after all comparison ENFPs with INFPs that only difference is that INFPs are less expressive...
I think that can't be only difference.

I don't think it can be the only difference, either, because I'm very expressive. Does that mean I'm secretly an ENFP? Then why do I want to spend so much time alone?

I think the vibe of INFPs and ENFPs is quite different, like ENFPs can sound less deep and more superficial than INFPs because we value expression more than thinking things trough. Maybe, just an idea.
For example, my INFP friend rarely has silly switch on her own. Even when we're two together alone I'm always the one initiating jokes and being silly, I lead more than her.

I had this experience a great deal when I was younger. Maybe I've just become more confident as I've grown older - in fact, I have - but when I was a teenager it seemed that my friends would "lead" me into silliness, among other things.