Oh Crap, now i'm unsure!

[scantilyclad]

So I've never really doubted being an INFP before, but lately I guess i've been spending a bit too much time inside my head, and i'm starting to doubt myself.

I've found that while i fit the description of an INFP quite well, i also kind of fit the description of an ISFP and even ENFP. I'm pretty sure i'm not an ENFP, because i am very much an introvert, so i don't quite see how ENFP could be a possibility, but could i be an ISFP?

Another thing that is making me doubt myself a bit is the fact that i just found out one of my friends is an INFP, and we are nothing a like, you would never guess we had a similar personality type if you were around us. When she found out i was an INFP, she said that she didn't believe it, and claimed i seemed more INTP to her. Which may only be because when i hang out with her, it is when i'm with my best friend, who is an INTP and her boyfriend who is an ENTJ, so i sneak into thinking mode, so i can have conversations with them.

SO WHAT IS IT INFP, ISFP, INTP, ENFP???? confused.
I need help.

 

[prplchknz]

are you sure that she isn't not the INFP?

 

[scantilyclad]

are you sure that she isn't not the INFP?

well..i thought about that, but she seems REALLLLY INFP

 

[heart]

What does "really like an INFP" mean to you? I think that would be a good reference point for discussing the issue.

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

 

[anii]

Remember that function preferences run along a continuum, from weak to strong. Also with all the millions of people in the world each belonging to one of 16 types, you can see that there is much variation within types. If we put all the INFPs into one room, by nature of group dynamics and the influence of preference strength, some would appear more extraverted than others, others more sensing, etc.

So it's possible that you may share the same preferences with your friend, but that the strength of your preferences may greatly differ. If you have both of your MBTI results, take a look at the strength.

Or it may be that you are in fact another type. I believe the MBTI is only considered valid when administered after age 18. Or you might have taken it while undergoing a transition or under stress.

The good thing is, it's a normative instrument. No type is better than any other. And it's all based on your self-reported preferences. Only you can be the final judge of the validity of your reported type.

If you're still in doubt, consider taking it again or taking the MBTI Step II. It breaks the each of the 4 bipolar scales into 5 subtypes. For example, you could be a Questioning Feeler, or an Early-Starting Perceiver. And it's recommended that a qualified practitioner administer the instrument.

Finally, we are more than just our MBTI type.

 

[scantilyclad]

What does "really like an INFP" mean to you? I think that would be a good reference point for discussing the issue.

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

My side of the bed does look like this occasionally.

And as for what "really like an infp" means to me, i don't think i can really explain it. It would have to be something that i need to think about.

 

[SillySapienne]

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

Uh-oh, perhaps I'm an INFP too then.

 

[heart]

I think the side of the bed thing is Ne. Someone (It was in a thread about neatness that INFJMom started) mentioned that INFP always have a "rat's nest" of books, notebooks and papers beside the bed. It seems ENFP might have the same.

 

[Kiddo]

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

Must...clean...and...organize.

 

[heart]

Must...clean...and...organize.

That is actually a specific INFJ-free zone.

 

[scantilyclad]

yeah my clutter isn't allowed to be organized because i can find everything just how it is!

 

[Kiddo]

yeah my clutter isn't allowed to be organized because i can find everything just how it is!

The sad part is if it was my space, then I wouldn't care if it were that messy because I would know where everything is and I would eventually get to cleaning it up, but since it is someone else's spot I want to clean it soooo bad.

Typcial NFJ/NFP difference.

 

[alcea rosea]

... but lately I guess i've been spending a bit too much time inside my head...

I would say you are not E because of the bolded part.

 

[ThatsWhatHeSaid]

I love all this type-paranoia! It's awesome. I'm probably an ESFJ.

 

[Eileen]

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

HAHAHA!

How I know I am not INFP, Case. In. Point. I am periodically messy and appear to be totally disorganized, but that would drive me up the wall batshit.

(How I know my little sister is an INFP, and why I am glad I haven't shared a room with her for about fifteen years--Case. In. Point.)

 

[WobblyStilettos]

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

I'm guilty of that too xD

I think maybe deep down you think you probably know what your type is? Of course I could be wrong

 

[Randomnity]

I don't know if you genuinely want an opinion on this, but you asked, so I'll say that you've always struck me as ISFP. Both because of the way that you come across on this forum, and the fact that you seem very different from my INFP mom and ENFP friends, and do remind me a bit of my ISFP friend. You might also just be close to/on the borderline of S/N.

But hey, I'll be the first to admit I barely know you. I wouldn't have brought it up if you hadn't questioned it yourself.

 

[redacted]

read up on the difference between Ne/Si and Se/Ni

my ISFP friend has very strong Ni; she's quite intuitive.

 

[Haphazard]

Also does the side of your bed look like this?

WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO MY ROOM?!

Either way...

INFP = Fi Ne, and ISFP = Fi Se. How does the person in question think? Also, considering... it'd be a combination of Ne/Si, and then Se/Ni. Go with what dissonance said.

 

[heart]

Scantily, did you take this?

Understanding the Eight Jungian Cognitive Processes / Eight Functions Attitudes