Infj

[radhead]

I always considered Beauty4Ashes an ESFJ type. SF due to her fondness for children and animals.

Actually I imagine that a lot of NT's write letters to editor as well.

I don't think you can analyse all the prophets by their words. Their words were from God. Sometimes they were directly from God, without the filter of the individual. As in the case of John's Revelation. (John was a fellow INFP by the way, or so they say.)

 

[Gardener101]

^^ Welcome to the club.


(Oh, and in response to someone earlier who mentioned that most of the people on this thread are INFJ... I have a theory about that. The thread's title is infj, so it will most likely attract that kind of audience.)

No, was referring to the 'innocents', the 'I don't know what I am' who come to the thread, decide to take the test, and surprise surprise, find out they belong in the INFJ club.

 

[JPPT1974]

To be honest I don't know what I am
As well as am afraid to guess
Because I might not like it.

 

[Niels]

I'm an INTP.

 

[Jenster]

Either some of these sights are just making stuff up, or there must be some personalities out that account for some 20% of the population each, from mine:

Quote:
Found in about 1 percent of the general population, the INTJs live in an introspective reality, focusing on possibilities, using thinking in the form of empirical logic, and preferring that events and people serve some positive use.

Llauralin, I'm an INTJ as well, and have always believed the 1 percent statistic. Then I preceded to meet SO many INTJs, I had to seriously wonder who they sampled to get that 1 percent stat!

 

[BoazB]

Well INFJ must be a small percentage. When I was at school, one teacher discribed me as an enigma (something that can never be understood). There weren't any others who fell into the mystery category at school (600 kids) - maybe hidden here or there, but never got to meet them.

Only when I turned 35 did I actually meet someone else who was definitely INFJ.

(One might also wonder HOW MANY, and WHERE, people were tested to get these results. )

 

[* kittie *]

matches(best and worst)

you Best Worst
Entp Infj Estj
Intp Enfj Istj
Entj Infp Esfj
Intj Enfp Isfj
Estj Isfp Entp
Istj Esfp Intp
Esfj Istp Entj
Isfj Estp Intj
Enfj Intp Esfp
Infj Entp Isfp
Enfp Intj Estp
Infp Entj Istp
Esfp Istj Enfj
Isfp Estj Infj
Estp Isfj Enfp
Istp Esfj Infp

Although I usually hate takings things seriously...I do see a lot of truth to that. I know someone who fits into a ISFP personality types, and we can't get along. And ENTJ is a kind of guy I would look for (along with ENFP).

However, I'm kinda hesitant to believe that INFJ (which I fit into) is 1%. I'm wondering how they got such a statistic...and if it would be different if a "survey" was taken again.

Anyways, I do relate to a lot of the descriptions for the typical INFJ. Just the name itself..."Protectors"...

If it's of any help to anyone, I once did a popular personality test on a dating website and was told I had a 'yellow' personality. I actually saved the analysis (but lost the folder) because it was so accurate. It was based on my personality as a CHILD. That is because it believes that we are born with a certain core personality but as adults deviate from that true personality due to social conditioning...eg. the introvert can become an extrovert one day after many years of being a performing artiste/street actor etc.

I think I heard of that test before. mm...There was a color based one that I took in my psych class. lol um...Think I was blue or something....I forget. That is...if we're talking about the same test.

To be honest I don't know what I am
As well as am afraid to guess
Because I might not like it.

Well...you don't need to really take the test so seriously. There is a lot of truth to it...but...you're not "doomed". Honestly, all of them have good points and then bad points.
Taking a test might be okay...but I don't do well in those. I always have too many questions depending on "how the questions are asked." Basically...Just some quotes from wiki (hehe...I know...evil wiki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

I and E = I think you know these at least. You probably which you are most inclined to.

Sensing and iNtuitive

Sensing people tend to focus on the present and on concrete information gained from their senses. Sensing prefers to receive data primarily from the five senses. Intuition tend to focus on the future, with a view toward patterns and possibilities. These people prefer to receive data from the subconscious, or seeing relationships via insights.

Feeling and Thinking

Thinking tend to base their decisions on logic "true or false, if-then" connections and on objective analysis of cause and effect. Feeling tend to base their decisions primarily on values and on subjective evaluation of person centered concerns. Feelings use "more or less, better-worse" evaluations. It could be said that thinkers decide with their heads, while feelers decide with their hearts.

Perceiving and Judging

People who prefer judging tend to like a planned and organized approach to life and prefer to have things settled. People who prefer Perceiving tend to like a flexible and spontaneous approach to life and prefer to keep their options open.

 

[Macrina]

P and J also have to do with which of the two middle functions is dominant. N and S are Perceiving functions, and F and T are Judging functions. One of your middle functions you tend to use in introverted ways, and one in extroverted ways, depending on if you are an I or and E.

 

[radhead]

ESFJ, ENFJ, ISFP, INFP - Primarily feelers.

ESFP, ENFP, ISFJ, INFJ - Primarily sensors and intuitors.

ESFP is my least favorite type. I don't know why. I would say "no offense" but (thankfully) I doubt there are many who hang out in message boards. Change one letter and there is a world of difference.

 

[radhead]

The first time I tested for this I tested (accuately) as an INFP. Then, later (during the summer of that same year) I had forgotten about the test (it was summertime man!) and someone gave it to me at their house. I tested initially as an ESTJ. That's a joke now but at the time I truly believed it...for about an hour or so. But I think I was just appreciating those opposite qualities at the time.

I think there is a lot of validity to this system. I wish I had known about it when I was a teenager. I think I would have been able to cope with the world better. But I do not believe it should necessarily be used as a guide to finding jobs and relationships. It's really just a narrow part of our whole personality.

 

[Beauty4Ashes]

But I do not believe it should necessarily be used as a guide to finding jobs and relationships. It's really just a narrow part of our whole personality.

No, we SHOULD erect shrines with the letters of our personality in our homes and bow down to them morning noon and night! And we SHOULD refuse to speak to ANYONE until we know what their personality is also and whether it is compatible enough that we see fit talking to them! (definately refuse to work for someone, be in a relationship with somoene, OR (gasp) horror of all horrors, WITNESS to someone with an opposing personality type!




























































(pls. note the extreme sarcasm!)

 

[BoazB]

To fellow INFJ's out there... Do you guys feel a lot of peronsal responsibility / sadness when things go wrong, even when it really has nothing to do with you?

(e.g. They cancelling this thing now since we became involved with it... Have I had any negative influence on this thing? I feel so bad )

 

[Beauty4Ashes]

To fellow INFJ's out there... Do you guys feel a lot of peronsal responsibility / sadness when things go wrong, even when it really has nothing to do with you?

(e.g. They cancelling this thing now since we became involved with it... Have I had any negative influence on this thing? I feel so bad )

uhh...with relationships...but how can I have not had atleast something to do with it?

 

[* kittie *]

To fellow INFJ's out there... Do you guys feel a lot of peronsal responsibility / sadness when things go wrong, even when it really has nothing to do with you?

(e.g. They cancelling this thing now since we became involved with it... Have I had any negative influence on this thing? I feel so bad )

hah...Always. Even when I try not to feel bad/remind myself that it isn't my fault...I worry a lot about those kinds of things.

 

[radhead]

It's amazing how much difference one letter can make. I said earlier that I didn't like ESFP's. The odd thing is that I get along really well with ESTP's. There is never any difficult communication there. They feel like my champions sometimes. It reminds me of the classic rock song by The Band: "Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me / If I spring a leak, she mends me / I don't have to speak, she defends me / A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one."

 

[Irascible]

uhh...with relationships...but how can I have not had atleast something to do with it?

You've worked the retail and service industries. I'm sure you've noticed how utterly capricious some customers can be in their responses. You can treat everyone with the same respect. Yet no matter what you do some will love you, some will hate you and most just don't care.

If one is acting in good faith and gets a negative response, it's almost always the other person's issue coming out - not yours. That's true whether it's romance or selling shoes.

 

[Niels]

If one is acting in good faith and gets a negative response, it's almost always the other person's issue coming out - not yours. That's true whether it's romance or selling shoes.

One of the best posts I've read on CF! Quoted for emphasis.

 

[sherri]

To fellow INFJ's out there... Do you guys feel a lot of peronsal responsibility / sadness when things go wrong, even when it really has nothing to do with you?

Yeah, big time. Reading the INFJ profiles was the first time I realised that I did it though. So even in the last few days I've started to reshift and rethink that attitude. It's like I've always been responsible for everything around me somehow to some degree. Sheesh I guess it's the negative flip side of being super aware of whats going on in the people around you and tapping into their emotions and issues. Because you can often understand it, you can also subconciously get involved and think you're responsible for it somehow and take it onboard. Even when it has absolutly nothing to do with you.

 

[Beauty4Ashes]

You've worked the retail and service industries. I'm sure you've noticed how utterly capricious some customers can be in their responses. You can treat everyone with the same respect. Yet no matter what you do some will love you, some will hate you and most just don't care.

If one is acting in good faith and gets a negative response, it's almost always the other person's issue coming out - not yours. That's true whether it's romance or selling shoes.

reply got a bit too long...decided to reply via pm.

 

[college4christ81]

Introvert
Sensing
Feeling
Passive

That's what I found out when I took the test at my college a year or so ago. What I find interesting is where it says who you would have the best chemistry with in marriage or friendships. Lol the bad part is I forget who I found out what type of people I would work with.