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[NF] Question for INFP's or NF's in general...

JRT

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So one of my good friends (INFP) and I were talking the other day and however it came up She was telling me how there's a good versus evil battle going on inside her head and usually believes that good will prevail. So anyways I was just wondering if this is a norm for NF's because being the strong S that I am I can't really relate.
 

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From the INFP's I know, this sounds normal. I usually am so in love with myself that I hardly can believe that I would be capable of being evil...
 

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So one of my good friends (INFP) and I were talking the other day and however it came up She was telling me how there's a good versus evil battle going on inside her head and usually believes that good will prevail. So anyways I was just wondering if this is a norm for NF's because being the strong S that I am I can't really relate.

Definitely not for me. I'm not too concerned with words like "good" and "evil".

My goal is long-term happiness maximization. I value other people, which means it makes me happy to make them happy -- so I try to make them happy too. But "good" and "evil" are just terms that confuse my goals -- no point in complicating the issue.
 

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From the INFP's I know, this sounds normal. I usually am so in love with myself that I hardly can believe that I would be capable of being evil...

and someone tried to call us cocky yesterday...hmmmp...i don't believe it...haha...really lol'd at that one!! :smile:
 

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yeah...there's no good vs evil in my head either
there's what i want to do vs what i should do but not at all the same i don't think...cuz they're both "good"
 

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Definitely not for me. I'm not too concerned with words like "good" and "evil".

My goal is long-term happiness maximization. I value other people, which means it makes me happy to make them happy -- so I try to make them happy too. But "good" and "evil" are just terms that confuse my goals -- no point in complicating the issue.


I agree with you 100% I just noticed that you're a type 9 male like me wohooo! I don't like complicating the issue either it seemed like an interesting topic to bring up though.
 

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I've heard that in the type descriptions for INFP, but I can't really relate to it. I generally tend to think of things that I come across in those terms (good and bad), but I don't feel like I'm in some constant internal struggle with the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other or anything. I try to do good and be on the side of what is good, but I don't really view it as an epic battle or anything. I guess I just don't think of myself as that important. :coffee:

eta- Wow it took me awhile to come up with an answer, five posts inbetween ha.
 

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I've heard that in the type descriptions for INFP, but I can't really relate to it. I generally tend to think of things that I come across in those terms (good and bad), but I don't feel like I'm in some constant internal struggle with the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other or anything. I try to do good and be on the side of what is good, but I don't really view it as an epic battle or anything. I guess I just don't think of myself as that important. :coffee:

eta- Wow it took me awhile to come up with an answer, five posts inbetween ha.

haha I always do the same thing! I go back delete something and write it again. I think she was referring to situations when she was in a rough spot in her life not simple things..I couldn't imagine all that inner turmoil!
 

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I think she was referring to situations when she was in a rough spot in her life not simple things..I couldn't imagine all that inner turmoil!

Hm, what do you mean by rough spots? During times in my life where I have felt like there was some sort of decision to make or different paths I could choose I do tend to see it in terms of good or evil in a way that others might not. Or, looking back, I can see times when I have made a decision that I now regret and it looms very, very huge for me as, like, nooo I did WRONG - I beat myself up for those things a lot. In that way maybe I can relate.

I wonder what it's like for you, being Fi dominant as well?
 

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I think she was referring to times where she was in a bad situation and it was very difficult for her to decide what to do.

Personally I don't think in terms of good vs. Evil. I think it maybe because I'm a strong sensing type. However I do my best to be a good person and to be respectful and to try to make a pleasant environment for everyone.

Sorry if there are any spelling erros I'm posting this from my blackberry :)
 

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Question for INFPs or NFs in general

There have been times in my life where no matter what decision I made, it seemed to me someone would get hurt and I tend to analyze these situations to the point of paralysis. I don't think of them so much as good vs evil as a conflict in principles.
 

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not so much an epic battle as a slow sensuous dance
 

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As an INFP I concur with your friend, there is a constant play out of bad vs good in my head. It's the kind of books I like, the kind of films I like, pure evil vs pure good.

I DO concern myself with things like good and evil and have no trouble applying such labels to them.
 

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There have been times in my life where no matter what decision I made, it seemed to me someone would get hurt and I tend to analyze these situations to the point of paralysis. I don't think of them so much as good vs evil as a conflict in principles.

Ditto.
 

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As an INFP I concur with your friend, there is a constant play out of bad vs good in my head. It's the kind of books I like, the kind of films I like, pure evil vs pure good.

I DO concern myself with things like good and evil and have no trouble applying such labels to them.

Definitely, I agree.
 

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Definitely not for me. I'm not too concerned with words like "good" and "evil".

My goal is long-term happiness maximization. I value other people, which means it makes me happy to make them happy -- so I try to make them happy too. But "good" and "evil" are just terms that confuse my goals -- no point in complicating the issue.

Same here, evil and good never come into consideration. My goal is to be happy, and in turn make the people in my life that are important to me happy as a sort of bi-product. Good and evil never come into my line of thought concerning my goals, only what would prove useful to said pursuits and what would hinder them.

When you say a battle of good vs. evil in your head I kind of imagine a duel between a Swordsman in black and one in white. In my head both have been slain by a Gunslinger in gray.
 

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Hmmm, personally I think it's an oversimplifcation of thought patterns, but yeah. Don't other people think in terms of good and evil?
I wonder what an evil INFP would be like?
 

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So one of my good friends (INFP) and I were talking the other day and however it came up She was telling me how there's a good versus evil battle going on inside her head and usually believes that good will prevail. So anyways I was just wondering if this is a norm for NF's because being the strong S that I am I can't really relate.

I can relate.
 

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So one of my good friends (INFP) and I were talking the other day and however it came up She was telling me how there's a good versus evil battle going on inside her head and usually believes that good will prevail. So anyways I was just wondering if this is a norm for NF's because being the strong S that I am I can't really relate.


I think that the phrase ":jesus: vs. :devil:" is basically describing the emotional intensity of an INFPs inner turmoil/conflict. Everyone is different, but there are those, including myself, that are very hard on themselves perhaps due to parents, friends or siblings making one feel inadequate to be so emotional and caring perhaps making it so intense and extremist. The emotion within can be so intense that it appears to be "good vs. evil" sometimes, or as I call it, "mind vs. heart." A lot of the times our head tells us to move on and to stop investing anymore time and effort into someone that could be hurting us or who just has nothing positive to offer (like a black hole), but our hearts keep seeing the goodness in the person and wants to persevere and be there for them to the point where we'd bend over backwards to see them be okay, even if it means putting ourselves on the line. The conflict lies where we know we "should" take care of ourselves and listen to our heads, but our heart disregards what our mind says and so we are left with having to make a choice, right dab in the middle of either extreme, it's "all or nothing." Anyway, that's my take on it.
 
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