[NF] are you impulsive?

[joealienprince]

over time I've heard many adjectives used to describe NFs fundamentally, and one I hear at a somewhat lower frequency than others (creative, spontaneous, kind-hearted, etc.) is impulsive
it always sticks out for me though
I've known that I was impulsive since about 8th or 9th grade, and honestly it might just be a personal case, but it seems to become a more prominent character trait throughout the years
now I'm still a teenager technically, so this might be a phase, but I just biked home from a friend's house about 6 miles away at 4 am, and it got me thinking
would anyone else describe themsel(f)(ves) as impulsive? I've always been interested in how others control themselves and their impulses. discuss!

 

[Verona]

In my youth I was a bit impulsive but now as an adult I am more cautious. Maybe it has something to do with the development of Si for INFPs in adulthood.

 

[Forever]

over time I've heard many adjectives used to describe NFs fundamentally, and one I hear at a somewhat lower frequency than others (creative, spontaneous, kind-hearted, etc.) is impulsive
it always sticks out for me though
I've known that I was impulsive since about 8th or 9th grade, and honestly it might just be a personal case, but it seems to become a more prominent character trait throughout the years
now I'm still a teenager technically, so this might be a phase, but I just biked home from a friend's house about 6 miles away at 4 am, and it got me thinking
would anyone else describe themsel(f)(ves) as impulsive? I've always been interested in how others control themselves and their impulses. discuss!

Impulsive in what way though? Usually that's more of an sp thing I would think if you're thinking what I'm thinking.

 

[joealienprince]

Impulsive in what way though?

idk I think I might mean more in a spontaneous way. I'm like impulsive and cautious at the same time, because I worry so much but I also want to be crazy and spontaneous sometimes

 

[Forever]

idk I think I might mean more in a spontaneous way. I'm like impulsive and cautious at the same time, because I worry so much but I also want to be crazy and spontaneous sometimes

And what is meant by spontaneous?

 

[Norrsken]

It could be an age thing. Not that all teenagers or early 20-something year olds are always spontaneous and impulsive beings, but it does taper off after a while and then you mellow out as you grow older.

 

[five sounds]

Yes

 

[Frosty]

Painfully.

Whatever I am.

 

[Numbly Aware]

over time I've heard many adjectives used to describe NFs fundamentally, and one I hear at a somewhat lower frequency than others (creative, spontaneous, kind-hearted, etc.) is impulsive
it always sticks out for me though
I've known that I was impulsive since about 8th or 9th grade, and honestly it might just be a personal case, but it seems to become a more prominent character trait throughout the years
now I'm still a teenager technically, so this might be a phase, but I just biked home from a friend's house about 6 miles away at 4 am, and it got me thinking
would anyone else describe themsel(f)(ves) as impulsive? I've always been interested in how others control themselves and their impulses. discuss!

I am very impulsive.... It usually goes like, "Ahhh, what the hell?"
Then the repercussions come in...... maybe it wasn't... NOPE, I already knew, dammit.

But, when I piss people off, sometimes I didn't realize it, or sometimes I didn't read all the "details". oopsa
Maybe that's why raw honesty is my love language...
Correct me if I'm wrong! I didn't know!
Hmm, freedom of expression is what I crave.

 

[Hawthorne]

sometimes i choose to be...

 

[Punderstorm]

Usually no, I can be though.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Most people see me as brutally deliberate.

I basically suck everything into some kind of structures or plans and I am natural coordinator. Therefore I never rush impulsively into situation. (I have test scores where I am 100% J)

 

[Nico_D]

I can be but only when I plan it.

Seriously though... it depends. I am impulsive in the way how I decide - in spur of the moment - to try something new but when I see in my head how it will end up, I decide not to do it cause I've kinda experienced it already. So I am and am not.

Sorry.

 

[Kheledon]

ESI (ISFj in Socionics and either ISFP or ISFJ in M/B typology) is, as far as I know, regarded as the most impulsive of all the Sociotypes. As an EIE (ENFj in Socionics and ENFJ in M/B typology), I am definitely not impulsive. Quite the contrary. I am a plotter and a planner. I make decisions very slowly and only after careful deliberation. Then I act on those decisions with a definite plan based upon a throughly-considered long-term strategy. I would say that impulsivity, generally speaking, is not a typical feature of NF types.

 

[meowington]

I'm very calculated. I've actualy been called unspontaneous.

I would rather associatie being spontaneous with P types than NFs.

 

[Poki]

No, i reason and weigh my wants

 

[Poki]

I'm very calculated. I've actualy been called unspontaneous.

I would rather associatie being spontaneous with P types than NFs.

I am spontaneous, not impulsive. My change is reasoned for a bit, then i jump. Not really an impulse, i listen to my reasoning. I may seem impulsive though

 

[Cellmold]

Eh, I tread a fissure crack between the lines of reckless impulsivity and acquired information in service of a longer aim.

But I may have other issues that contribute to this, largely to do with rapidly changing moods.

 

[ZNP-TBA]

Realizing the thread was intended for NF types I still found the question interesting enough to respond to.

Typically ENTPs are seen as impulsive ( this seems a common thread in ExxP types) and I don't think I'm any exception. When I was younger I was incredibly impulsive and definitely not risk averse.

Over the years and well into my thirties now I've become somewhat more tempered but the impulsive urges are still ever present.

 

[Tilt]

Sort of. But I try my hardest to hold back. On the other hand, one defining trait that people describe me as is "calculcated".