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Which type has the richest inner life?

Which type do you think tends to have the richest inner life?


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Orangey

Blah
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Theoretically, I'd say INFPs. But since I cannot know what the inner life of anyone other than myself is like, my range of meaningful speculation is decidedly limited.
 

Valiant

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This is not type-related... I know braindead people of many or all types.
 

JocktheMotie

Habitual Fi LineStepper
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What's inner life though? I find my tangled web of intricate ideas, funky theories, and absurd fantasies having a bit more depth than an INFP with a couple imaginary friends, but that's because I'm an INTP.

So I'm going to go with me.
 

Simplexity

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I'd think of mine as really clear and void until I get some sort of stimulus. From that point on I can maintain and persist and constantly add newer levels of intricacy but it's dependent on that spark of curiosity. Some days I just don't have it and I feel pretty empty. That's where drugs of any sort are to be kept out of my presence. Except caffeine. I'll make an exception for that.
 

NewEra

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INFJ, they are supposedly the most complex of all 16 types.
 

Valiant

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Yeah. Also define "rich"?

Highly subjective.

Indeed...

And why are there only introverts in that list, aj?
Even though I am an extrovert I know I think, feel and imagine a lot more inside my head than I do on the outside. I can drift off for hours if I let go of sensory information. I can build pretty vivid dreams inside my head... It's a lot of training behind that particular thing, though. It's a brain exercise that I do.
First off it requires complete relaxation, silence, comfortable clothes, warmth etc... Wine is good, too. Then slowly put together, say, a library. Add one detail every now and then, and try to hold all of them inside your head. Even the book covers should have names, and the books in the shelves shall have contents. This is a great way of storing information.
 

BlackCat

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This is the same thing as saying "What type does the best art?" None of them. If you enjoy art and have a passion for it, then naturally you will strive to be good. The ISFP is the stereotypical artist, but what if the ISFP dislikes art? Does that automatically make them good artists? No.

Anyone could have a rich inner life.
 

AOA

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Rich, as in having soul-searched on a spiritual level, it's got to be the INFP.
 

Apollanaut

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I've only got myself to go on and I as have always had a very rich inner life (so much so that I sometimes think that the real world exists in my dreams and that waking reality is the fantasy), I've voted for INFJ.

I thought of a good example to illustrate how my inner world continually impinges on so-called reality. It's a bit like the visualisations in a show like "Ally McBeal" - I "see" special effects occurring in line with the situation, for example if someone says "I feel like an ass", they will briefly morph into a donkey in front of my eyes. This effect extends to sounds (esp. music) and sensations as well.

In case anyone was wondering, this does not make me a case for a psychiatric ward (yet) as my imaginings are quite hazy and I am always (usually?) aware of what is "real" and what is fantasy! :headphne:
 

ajblaise

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This is the same thing as saying "What type does the best art?" None of them. If you enjoy art and have a passion for it, then naturally you will strive to be good. The ISFP is the stereotypical artist, but what if the ISFP dislikes art? Does that automatically make them good artists? No.

Anyone could have a rich inner life.

I'm interested in what type people perceive to have the most rich inner life, it's obviously something with too vague of a potential definition to be able to know objectively.
 

527468

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I = inner
N = awesome?
F = rich
P = anything goes

INFP

But I've heard descriptions that ISFJ have the "richest" inner life. There is not an ISFJ choice so I chose INFP, although it could be INFJ. It could be any type I'm sure. Why does it matter? Get out of my head!
 

disregard

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Does one have to be intuitive to have a rich inner life...?

(The answer is no)
 

ajblaise

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Indeed...

And why are there only introverts in that list, aj?
Even though I am an extrovert I know I think, feel and imagine a lot more inside my head than I do on the outside. I can drift off for hours if I let go of sensory information. I can build pretty vivid dreams inside my head... It's a lot of training behind that particular thing, though. It's a brain exercise that I do.
First off it requires complete relaxation, silence, comfortable clothes, warmth etc... Wine is good, too. Then slowly put together, say, a library. Add one detail every now and then, and try to hold all of them inside your head. Even the book covers should have names, and the books in the shelves shall have contents. This is a great way of storing information.

Because introverts don't need "complete relaxation, silence, comfortable clothes, warmth etc... Wine is good, too." to be able to introvert.
 
G

garbage

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Indeed...

And why are there only introverts in that list, aj?
Even though I am an extrovert I know I think, feel and imagine a lot more inside my head than I do on the outside.

A lot of very strong extroverts say that they have no internal world.

That said, I'm not a strong extrovert by any means myself.

I'm going with INFP.
 

Lauren Ashley

Revelation
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Rich in depth or breadth?

EDIT: For the former I vote INFJ and for the latter, INFP.
 
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