[ENFP] Do ENFPs keep an INFP locked inside?

[Wild horses]

Do we ENFPs actually keep an INFP locked up inside like a caged animal?? Strange question I know but so many ENFPs that I speak to have said that they feel as though they are in fact INFPs or are at least confused by the term extrovert when it is applied to them? They do not think it appropiate somehow.

Also there seems to be a common story emerging amongst the ENFPs that I have had contact with IRL, As very young children they seemed to display definite INFP traits which were either trampled on by parents or schools etc. They then went on to develope a false sense of confidence to make a better fit into the world. Most of the ENFPs mention a particular time in their lives when they chose to be more confident. This process could be simply maturity, something that happens to us all, it could even be an explanation for extraversion in general. Have other Es had a similar experience?

I do know that the difference bewteen ENFP and INFP is not simply a difference in extroversion and introversion but I think that more so than many other types, the lines between ENFPs and INFPs are blurred.

What are your thoughts or experiences?

 

[Jack Flak]

"No" might not be the response you're looking for, but all the same, "No."

 

[Wild horses]

LOLOLOLOL Are you sure you don't keep a very opinionated E locked inside yourself??

 

[Nihilen]

Tis locked outside.

 

[Jack Flak]

LOLOLOLOL Are you sure you don't keep a very opinionated E locked inside yourself??

Uh, yeahhhhhh.

Tis locked outside.

Good show.

 

[Wild horses]

How comes I get two intraverts posting who just wanna keep their territory to themselves..

 

[Jack Flak]

How comes I get two intraverts posting who just wanna keep their territory to themselves..

Think about that while I beat the rap.

 

[Amargith]

FWIW, I test as an INFP whenever I feel insecure

 

[Jack Flak]

FWIW, I test as an INFP whenever I feel insecure

No you DON'T! *waits for test results*

 

[Amargith]

No you DON'T! *waits for test results*

I'm physically incapable of lying and morally against pandering to a grown man acting like a 5 year old. But I will you instead

 

[Wild horses]

I've tested as INFP on one or two occasions too, however, the majority of the time I am ENFP! And I have been told by those 'in the know' about these things that I am a typical ENFP *yawn*

 

[Wild horses]

Why is this impossible to believe Jack??

 

[Wild horses]

I also don't forget as T you have the advantage of a clear head on your side when taking the test, man if I am in a certain mood I can't even tell you my name

 

[Amargith]

Sorry WH, we seem to have scared him off

 

[Jack Flak]

Why is this impossible to believe Jack??

Do you not realize you'd deny the INFP all that makes them unique with the claim that you possess all their traits?

Of course, if I thought the proposition held water, such ethical matters wouldn't concern me.

 

[Wild horses]

Hey thats OK typical ENFP/INTP relations if you ask me So what do you think to the OP do you feel like there was a turning point, or a sink or swim moment when y ou grew some confidence

 

[Amargith]

Do you not realize you'd deny the INFP all that makes them unique with the claim that you possess all their traits?

Of course, if I thought the proposition held water, such ethical matters wouldn't concern me.

Stop Bssing, there are plenty of people who don't perfectly fit into the little cube MBTI has designed for them, and you know it.

 

[Wild horses]

Ohhh I do see what you mean I certainly do not mean it to be offensive to my INFP cousins as I them sooo And boy they have uniqueness in the bucket loads... Yea I need to think about the effects of things before I post... Damn maybe I am an ENFP after all!

 

[Jack Flak]

Stop Bssing, there are plenty of people who don't perfectly fit into the little cube MBTI has designed for them, and you know it.

On the contrary. They may move around the cube, but within it everyone remains.

 

[Amargith]

LOL