KLessard
Aspiring Troens Ridder
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- Apr 25, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INFJ
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- 1w2
I recently read this comment about NFPs on typology central, about how they always need to be reassured and told they are doing a good job, and all. My late father was an INFP, and my mother once said this about him. INFPs also get real mad at people's criticism or ingratitude when they have been working so hard and so creatively at something. :steam:
Being more on the INFJ side myself, I feel that I can go on for a long time without being reassured or seeing concrete results to my intense dedication in abstract cooperation, but at some point, I demand concrete results and get real depressed if I can't reap any fruits from my work.
I once got into a serious depression because of this.
I think the frustration lies within the fact that abstract cooperation has a subtle way of working into people's lives, and it often takes years before people understand how we have helped them or how much we cared. I was stunned at how many people came to see me at my father's funeral, feeling sorry that they had never thanked him for what he had done for them.
Being more on the INFJ side myself, I feel that I can go on for a long time without being reassured or seeing concrete results to my intense dedication in abstract cooperation, but at some point, I demand concrete results and get real depressed if I can't reap any fruits from my work.
I once got into a serious depression because of this.
I think the frustration lies within the fact that abstract cooperation has a subtle way of working into people's lives, and it often takes years before people understand how we have helped them or how much we cared. I was stunned at how many people came to see me at my father's funeral, feeling sorry that they had never thanked him for what he had done for them.
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