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[MBTI General] would you like yourself?

jamjam

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Feb 10, 2008
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7
MBTI Type
INFJ
this may be a weird inquiry...

i was wondering to myself today if i met myself on the street and hung out with him for a day, would i actually like that person?

getting more into it, i was wondering if a male infj like myself, would get along with another infj--considering i dont think i have met or know another infj in my life. at least not that i know of. and since we dont wear our MBTIs on our chest, i wonder if the people i see on the street who i despise, could very well be infjs...

anyways, anyone can respond--if any does at all...
 

theshadow

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Sep 15, 2007
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123
MBTI Type
enfj
this may be a weird inquiry...
it is ;)

i wonder if the people i see on the street who i despise, could very well be infjs...

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of course :steam: , who likes infj's..... jk one Of my new dearest freinds is an infj.

I cant really tell you what people think of "you" as a person so.. what exactly do you want? I am going to assume you were asking how people saw infj's?... but I am going to wait until you confirm that. :devil:
 

Lateralus

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May 18, 2007
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ENTJ
Enneagram
3w4
I don't know about the whole INFJ thing, but I know I'd have a blast hanging out with myself. :party2:
 

theshadow

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enfj
I don't know about the whole INFJ thing, but I know I'd have a blast hanging out with myself. :party2:

Did I leave that out of my post.... oh yah thats right. good point, I always try and be energizing to people
 

Mempy

Mamma said knock you out
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I don't know about the whole INFJ thing, but I know I'd have a blast hanging out with myself. :party2:

That was my thought. I think I'd like myself. I mean, I already like myself, so I have to say I would like myself even if there were a duplicate of me living in another (identical?) body, and I met her (or him? Hypothetically speaking, what if I were reincarnated as a man?).
 

alcea rosea

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Nov 11, 2007
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3,658
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ENFP
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7w6
I don't know if I would like myself if I met me. Probably not because there should be only one of me around. ;) I would feel dublicated. ;)
 

INTJMom

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Sep 28, 2007
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INTJ
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I would be able to tolerate me.
 

prplchknz

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MBTI Type
yupp
I'm sure I'd hate myself, but I'd pretend to like her, because that's what I do. Otherwise I get you shouldn't hate yourself or, you can't love others if you don't love yourself. No I love others but I hate myself. Ok sometimes I hate others but that's not the case at this exact moment in time.
 

disregard

mrs
Joined
Apr 23, 2007
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MBTI Type
INFP
I would like her.

I tend to be more trusting and open with women.. I don't feel pressured by them.. so I am extremely accomodating and nice and fun.

Different story with men. I'm a bit cavalier and rude if they get too close!
 

arcticangel02

To the top of the world
Joined
Oct 5, 2007
Messages
892
MBTI Type
eNFP
I think I'd like me.... maybe not enough to hang out every day and all day, but sure, an occasional friendship with myself could be quite nice. :)
 

wedekit

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Nov 10, 2007
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INFJ
I would hope I would like myself. I spend a lot of time alone, lol. ;)

I don't think I would be interested in me as a partner though.
 

miss fortune

not to be trusted
Joined
Oct 4, 2007
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sp/so
Me meeting myself would be DANGEROUS! :shock: I'm a bad influence, and I'm also easily influenced by someone else who suggests something that sounds wickedly fun! :devil: I would get in way too much trouble hanging out with me! :rofl1: (this is why I often hang out with Js who think things through before doing them :blush: other than the fact I like them! :) )

I don't think I'd really DISLIKE me- I don't dislike many people and I like people who are easy to converse with :) I'd have a lot to talk about with me, but I might get bored after discovering that I know everything that I know ;)

Not an odd question- kind of funny to think about though! :laugh:
 

proteanmix

Plumage and Moult
Joined
Apr 23, 2007
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5,514
Enneagram
1w2
this may be a weird inquiry...

i was wondering to myself today if i met myself on the street and hung out with him for a day, would i actually like that person?

getting more into it, i was wondering if a male infj like myself, would get along with another infj--considering i dont think i have met or know another infj in my life. at least not that i know of. and since we dont wear our MBTIs on our chest, i wonder if the people i see on the street who i despise, could very well be infjs...

anyways, anyone can respond--if any does at all...

It's not weird, I always ask myself that question, especially when I'm behaving badly.

Generally, yes, I would like me if I met me. I believe that I am a likable person in the most basic sense of the word. I work hard to leave neutral to favorable impressions on new acquaintances because I don't know what the future will bring. And I've liked all three of the INFJs I've met. I wonder what would happen if two ENFJs met? One of us would have to back off. I think with two INFJs one of you would have to step up. Pinkpiranha used an excellent word to describe herself and I think it applies to me as well: piquant.

I remember a quote I used to like back in the day during my angsty teenage years. It's from The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice.

I don't like myself you know. I love myself. I'm devoted to myself till my dying day. But I don't like myself.

I just wanted to share. :)
 

jamjam

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INFJ
it is ;)

I cant really tell you what people think of "you" as a person so.. what exactly do you want? I am going to assume you were asking how people saw infj's?... but I am going to wait until you confirm that. :devil:

overall, i was trying to step out of my own shoes for a moment and observe myself. and yes, as a whole, i wonder how i would feel about other infjs--if i ever met one.

the way i break people down to see whether they are safe, likeable, cool, etc i can usually tell if i will be able to be around them within the first 5 minutes i see them. but if i saw myself in public, with the public persona i normally have on, would i steer clear from myself, like how i normally do from people who have a sometimes strong persona? i think i do have a strong persona in public, depending on the situation (only to cringe of my actions later on) and when that happens, i wish i could reckognise it and slap the nonsense out of me. i hate it when i try to force myself to be funny. i hate it when i find myself too opiniated, trying to be cool, or acting tough, and blaza blaza.

im always looking for transparent people, but i think i find myself to be quite opposite. but then again, these different masks i wear were collected over the years for protection.

at first i felt some kind of pride to know i was a rare male infj--but at the end of the day, i wish i didnt have to feel and think the way i do. its always heavy and too stressful.
btw--is a male infj really that rare?

ignorance is bliss------god what i wouldnt give to be that way...

omg, did i just ramble again? i ramble alot everyone-tending to go off track. sorry.

VAMPIRE LESTAT....
i am a BIG anne rice fan!
sigh....damn melencholic vampires....they need some therapy.
 

scantilyclad

almost nekkid
Joined
Jul 31, 2007
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INFP
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4w5
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so/sp
i could definitely be best friends with me.
 

cascadeco

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Oct 7, 2007
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9w1
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sp/sx
I know four INFJ's - three females and one male.

Two of my closest friends are INFJ's. I do have to admit it was a gradual friendship, but I DID like them all along. I've known one for about 6 yrs and the other for about 5, but I didn't become really close to either until the last 2-3 yrs. I think with INFJ's it's the whole thing where we do tend to be more cautious, and it takes a while to really start peeling back some of the layers. Not even that we're necessarily hiding things; it's more that I think there are just a lot of sides to us. And maybe like protean was saying...with two INFJ's, one might have to 'step it up' a bit in order to get things moving.

I recently met another INFJ who I get along with really really well..we just communicate so easily together, because we think and process things very similarly.

Then one of my coworkers is a male INFJ. We were on the same team 5 yrs ago, but we didn't sit near each other and never directly worked with each other, I didn't really talk to him at all, and to be honest I was kind of afraid of him!! But after both of us had some job changes and a year ago ended up being on the same team again, and ended up having cubicles right across from each other, we just started talking and I realized how much we had in common. He's a pretty cool, interesting guy.

At least for me, what I like about my INFJ friends is that communication/understanding is rather effortless. :) And of course I think they're great people too..otherwise we wouldn't have the friendship to begin with!
 
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