You know you're an INFP when...

[Lotr246]

you make a thread to find out more about your type (and if you are that type)

[Flush]

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

[nolla]

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

That's where your name comes from?

[dynamiteninja]

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

LOL. True.

[he's too perfect]

...you don't know you're an INFP.

[/thread]

lol.

[Flush]

That's where your name comes from?

Lol. Yeah, that's it.

...you don't know you're an INFP.

So true!

[nolla]

Ok, me too.. You know you're an INFP when...

...your head is filled with beauty, your house with garbage.
...animals are the cutest, but also delicious.
...you believe in spells, but don't know how to spell s-c-e-d-u-l-e.
...you are expert in the art of living, but only if you ask yourself.
...you don't have imaginary friends, but don't deny talking to yourself.
...you could be really talented in many things, but choose not to. Instead you watch the trees.

[Jack Flak]

You know you're an INFP when...

You're an "INXP."

[EvanTheClown]

You know you're an INFP when..
Everything an ENFP says is what you were thinking

[hugin]

You know you're an INFP when...

You're an "INXP."

IME, ISFP is more likely.

[Lotr246]

when someone you know is upset, you think it's because their upset at you

[Jack Flak]

...When none of your friends have any knowledge of the 1,001 things you hate about them.

[snowflurri]

Ok, me too.. You know you're an INFP when...

...your head is filled with beauty, your house with garbage.
...animals are the cutest, but also delicious.
...you believe in spells, but don't know how to spell s-c-e-d-u-l-e.
...you are expert in the art of living, but only if you ask yourself.
...you don't have imaginary friends, but don't deny talking to yourself.
...you could be really talented in many things, but choose not to. Instead you watch the trees.


very true XD

[ngannacvy]

Ok, me too.. You know you're an INFP when...

...your head is filled with beauty, your house with garbage.
...animals are the cutest, but also delicious.
...you believe in spells, but don't know how to spell s-c-e-d-u-l-e.
...you are expert in the art of living, but only if you ask yourself.
...you don't have imaginary friends, but don't deny talking to yourself.
...you could be really talented in many things, but choose not to. Instead you watch the trees.

That's so true it describes me too. LOL

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode
ha.ha.ha. I do that too!

[Chris_in_Orbit]

...When none of your friends have any knowledge of the 1,001 things you hate about them.

:yes:

[Thursday]

you:
~have perfect recall
~re-live the conversations that you either f'd up in or were victorious
~can readily identify with the woodland critters from the south park episodes
~have the contingency planning and persona of a detective, but the assertiveness of a limp noodle(unless your curiousity probes too far)
~mistake yourself as INTJ,INFJ,ISTJ,ENFJ, and get home from Neptune in time for dinner
~would willing talk to a serial killer if he/she could hold up their end of the conversation
~Disappear alot/in conversations and physically
~You induldge in the dark thoughts like others do chocolate

[heart]

you:
[~would willing talk to a serial killer if he/she could hold up their end of the conversation


:unsure: I don't really think so...

[nolla]

~re-live the conversations that you either f'd up in or were victorious

:yes: Yes! :devil:

[cloakofsnow]

...when you find yourself suffering from frequent bouts of quiet sadness because you know that life/the world will always fall short of your ideals.

...when you find it almost impossible to express what it is that you long for most and what it is that would bring you the greatest joy and bliss, even though you know and feel what it is.

...when you find yourself to be obsessed over "darkness" and suffering only because you are so in love with the "light".

[cloakofsnow]

...when you keep checking this thread and wonder why it isn't growing as long and quickly as the "You know you're an INFJ when..." thread and wonder if that in itself says something about INFP.

[nolla]

...when you keep checking this thread and wonder why it isn't growing as long and quickly as the "You know you're an INFJ when..." thread and wonder if that in itself says something about INFP.

Ne - You see what you are from the patterns of your behavior
Fi - You know what you are and try to find patterns to support that view

Maybe something like that?

[anii]

Insensitive boors are always accusing you of being oversensitive.

[Thursday]

everyone dotes on your tranquil yet amiable nature.
yet shreek at your perfectionistic under-belly

[Noel]

You do not like most INFPs.

[Thursday]

You do not like most INFPs.

:(

[Lotr246]

you use self-deprecating humor

you think of all the things you could do, but actually do none of it

[ajblaise]

you've gotten upset by the stereotypes in this thread.

[Thursday]

you use self-deprecating humor

yes, and to the hilt.
and in the moments of danger or need,
out comes this ninja thing that champions the necessary causes

wtf ?

[Introverted-esfp]

You design the most Ingenious weapons only to repulse them after a short while.
You posses extensive knowledge on a subject, that you were totally unaware of.
You come off as a spaced out intellectual hippie.

[colmena]

you make a thread to find out more about your type (and if you are that type)
n
You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode
n
...your head is filled with beauty, your house with garbage.
n
...you believe in spells, but don't know how to spell s-c-e-d-u-l-e.
n
...you could be really talented in many things, but choose not to. Instead you watch the trees.
y. I certainly tree gaze.
You're an "INXP."
Quite possibly
You know you're an INFP when..
Everything an ENFP says is what you were thinking
Fuck no.
when someone you know is upset, you think it's because their upset at you
they're upset at you* - and yes, probably.
...When none of your friends have any knowledge of the 1,001 things you hate about them.
Oh absolutely.
~have perfect recall
no
~re-live the conversations that you either f'd up in or were victorious
yes
~have the contingency planning and persona of a detective, but the assertiveness of a limp noodle(unless your curiousity probes too far)
Yes, absolutely.
~mistake yourself as INTJ,INFJ,ISTJ,ENFJ, and get home from Neptune in time for dinner
No. INTP, potentially.
~would willing talk to a serial killer if he/she could hold up their end of the conversation
Yes. Definitely.
~Disappear alot/in conversations and physically
~You induldge in the dark thoughts like others do chocolate
yes. The chocolate simile irks me for some reason. I don't think I indulge in anything like that.
...when you find yourself suffering from frequent bouts of quiet sadness because you know that life/the world will always fall short of your ideals.
Oh, coitenly.
...when you find it almost impossible to express what it is that you long for most and what it is that would bring you the greatest joy and bliss, even though you know and feel what it is.
No, not really. 'though props for the assonance.
...when you find yourself to be obsessed over "darkness" and suffering only because you are so in love with the "light".
no
Insensitive boors are always accusing you of being oversensitive.
no
everyone dotes on your tranquil yet amiable nature.
yet shreek at your perfectionistic under-belly
oui
You do not like most INFPs.
This is true, nor do I relate. But the non-most I like a lot and look up to.
you use self-deprecating humor
no
you think of all the things you could do, but actually do none of it
certainly
you've gotten upset by the stereotypes in this thread.
no
You design the most Ingenious weapons and repulse them a short time after.
Yes!
[QUOTE]You come off as spaced out intellectual hippie.
Yes. And pretentious.

---

Well then.

[runvardh]

you're so capable of responsability yet you hate having it pushed on you.

[Thursday]

you allow things to happen, rather than making them happen
even though you see it coming ahead of time

[runvardh]

you allow things to happen, rather than making them happen
even though you see it coming ahead of time

you hate being right, while everyone else claims you feel you have to be........... :dont:

[Lotr246]

You talk about the "feeling" you get from something. Such as, that movie gave me a bad "feel". Maybe this happens with all feeling types.

You are always searching for answers or ways to improve yourself.

[FireyPheonix]

When you have flash backs of embarrassing moments at the most inconvienent times.

[ofugur]

you have bittersweet ideals of sadness, longing and "being different."

[Chris_in_Orbit]

When you have flash backs of embarrassing moments at the most inconvienent times.

SO true. :doh:

[speculative]

Much truth in this thread. To what's been posted so far I will add:

-If you are not in an embarrassing situation or remembering an embarrassing situation, you are imagining that you are causing an embarrassing situation in the present and get embarrassed in advance of it happening even though it is unlikely.

-You enjoy theorizing, and unlike the INTP a lack of facts does not hold you back.

-You noticed that "lack" and "back" rhyme and you immediately try to think of a melody and chorus.

-You started typing here several hours ago, opened up the smiley menu because you thought it would be cool to have a different smiley for each item you were goi

-You were typing the above half an hour ago but then had to run to the store for pretzels and dip because you found yourself in a sudden mood for pretzels and dip. (That dilly dip that has just that hint of dill and some onion but not too much.)

-Sorry, just got back from another browser window. Where was I?

-You like this icon for 23 minutes a day: :party2: and this icon for the other 23 hours 37 minutes of the day: :peepwall:

-You're never went to the store to get those pretzels and you're thinking about how you never meet anyone at the store even though people say all the time "hey why not try meeting someone at the store" even though you've never met anyone at the store, you've never seen anyone meet anyone else at the store, you've never heard of or met anyone who's heard of meeting anyone at the store, and now you spiral downward into a deep pondering session where you wonder if there is anyone else out there who might be shopping for pretzels on a Saturday night...

-Portishead is like that "Zip-ah-Dee-Doo-Dah" song for you but with crows instead of bluebirds... If you're INFP and haven't experienced the luxurious auditory despair of Portishead listen now! Especially "The Rip" from Third. Go right now to their Myspace page and check out the video: MySpace.com - Portishead - BRISTOL, UK - Other / Experimental / Psychedelic - www.myspace.com/portisheadalbum3 (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=48489150) Beth Gibbons = :wubbie:

Also, fittingly the intro to Third in Portuguese translates to: "Beware to the rule of three. What you give comes back to you. You should learn this lesson. You only receive what you deserve." Very INFP

Also, have a heaping helping of Radiohead's "In Rainbows" every day. It is chicken soup for the INFP soul.

-If you try to get everyone to listen to the bands you like because you feel that then all of humanity could transcend to a higher level, but unfortunately they keep listening to Britney Spears...

-If you could communicate everything you need to in your daily life by quoting song lyrics from your several hundred favorite album whose songs you know by heart...

-You were working on a document several hours ago that you still have open in another window to come here to type this post, then put off finishing typing this post to view/listen to Internet videos that you found while searching for Portishead clips, leading to numerous layers of procrastination...

-"magical" things makes you sneeze (I once sneezed 30 times while really deeply listening to the glorious majesty that is Paranoid Android for example...) I guess this goes overall with having a strong physical reaction to emotions...

-you realize it was three hours ago now the pretzel idea first struck you, you realize you haven't eaten dinner yet either, and suddenly fear strikes your heart for you wonder if you left something on the stove.

-now you're back after a quarter hour from catching the end of a show downstairs after checking to make sure nothing was melting from the stovetop

-you don't get embarrassed when watching a movie and people are making out on-screen but you have to cover your eyes or go hide during certain parts of "Sleepless in Seattle"

-even though you have a high-end computer with a blazing fast processor, tons of memory, and a stable OS installation, you can easily crash your rig through the sheer number of browser windows you open while exploring the web and then never close them nor get back to them on your trek forward into new things...

[Lithium]

i could relate to a few things on this quite well, maybe I'm one of your tribe after all.

[cloakofsnow]

-You're never went to the store to get those pretzels and you're thinking about how you never meet anyone at the store even though people say all the time "hey why not try meeting someone at the store" even though you've never met anyone at the store, you've never seen anyone meet anyone else at the store, you've never heard of or met anyone who's heard of meeting anyone at the store, and now you spiral downward into a deep pondering session where you wonder if there is anyone else out there who might be shopping for pretzels on a Saturday night...

LOL, I can relate to this so much. :)

[iluvstellacat]

Also, have a heaping helping of Radiohead's "In Rainbows" every day. It is chicken soup for the INFP soul.



I listen to this album daily. It's been in my cd player in the car for at least 6 monthes... I like the odd numbered songs the most, and always wonder if they did that on purpose?

[Lotr246]

Existentialism is your middle name

Deciding on a career is difficult because you have so many interests

[GinKuusouka]

Existentialism is your middle name

Deciding on a career is difficult because you have so many interests

haha So true... I finally realized my chosen career path but even now I can't be on it because of financial reasons. Though I am trying to clear that up!

[Lotr246]

You can do a lot with a small amount of information. Basically, you see the world in a grain of sand.

[FireyPheonix]

-If you try to get everyone to listen to the bands you like because you feel that then all of humanity could transcend to a higher level, but unfortunately they keep listening to Britney Spears...
LOL, so true!

[Skyward]

Originally Posted by speculative View Post
-If you try to get everyone to listen to the bands you like because you feel that then all of humanity could transcend to a higher level, but unfortunately they keep listening to Britney Spears...

LOL, so true!

Quoting a quote for double emphasis :yes:

( No one like my Eurometal as much as I do... :cry: )

EDIT to add: "It takes effort to do a boring assignment, but if there's something that irks you about it you'll go to great lengths to correct it."
An assignment I received for a government class was copied but it was printed crooked and warped. IT REALLY bugged me... so I made my own of those sheets (They were data tables, lots of tediousness).

[Lotr246]

You are idealistic, but also very cynical when you're in one of your bad moods.

[FireyPheonix]

You are idealistic, but also very cynical when you're in one of your bad moods.
Bitterly so, at times.

You know you are INFP, when you spent a sleepless night worrying about something you said to a work college, only to find out, not only did it not hurt their feelings, they've forgotten about it.:doh::

[Lotr246]

INFPs, do you agree with this?

Ethical-intuitive introvert (Dostoyevsky, The Humanist) (http://www.socioniko.net/en/1.1.types/ri.html)

[Thursday]

INFPs, do you agree with this?

Ethical-intuitive introvert (Dostoyevsky, The Humanist) (http://www.socioniko.net/en/1.1.types/ri.html)

yep
to elaborate
The 16 Types.info - Socionics and Oldham personality styles (http://www.the16types.info/types.php?typename=INFJ)

[Introverted-esfp]

You take a tomato from the freezer, and let your mind synchronize and cojoin , you start making all sorts of theories on how the tomato ended up in your grocery bag, you have vivid imaginations of it's past life, it's emotions , its very essence... but then again it's just a tomato.

[Lotr246]

you read in public

[Thursday]

you read the public in the private of your head
:jew:

[kuranes]

you:
~re-live the conversations that you either f'd up in or were victorious
:yes:
~have the contingency planning and persona of a detective, but the assertiveness of a limp noodle(unless your curiousity probes too far) Disagree on the assertiveness, but my line goes exactly down the middle between "T" and "F".

It's funny - I've never thought of a detective as being that aware of contingencies, but I guess they would have to be pretty good at that. I was thinking instead Machiavelli skilz, when you mentioned awareness of contingencies, but the goals would often be very different.

However when Machiavelli said "There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the older order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their favour; and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it." M is explaining one of the very things that INFP's have the hardest time comprehending; at least to the extent that they have reached the point of living it, versus simply intellectually conceding it.


~would willing talk to a serial killer if he/she could hold up their end of the conversation

~You induldge in the dark thoughts like others do chocolate
:yes::yes::yes: The force is strong in this one.

you allow things to happen, rather than making them happen
even though you see it coming ahead of time;);););)

Existentialism is your middle name

Deciding on a career is difficult because you have so many interests
:blush::cheese::yes:

[Thursday]

kuranes - my error
assertivenes and aggression are twain different
i think we lack aggression, but not assertiveness

[kuranes]

kuranes - my error
assertivenes and aggression are twain different
i think we lack aggression, but not assertiveness
I see what you're saying. I generally start out with people on one level, and I may or may not ever have to be ( or even want to be ) very assertive with them, as time goes along. But if they start striking me as someone who's consistently trying to "get over" on me, I can go well beyond assertiveness with them, and become quite aggressive, albeit however obliquely the situation may require.......

[noigmn]

As an ENFP who is about 3-5% E, I think John Lennon (my fav INFP, well fav famous one :)) describes it well with 'watching the wheels'. (i transcribed off an old version not the album one)

People say I'm crazy
to do what I'm doing.
They give me all kinds of advice
to save me from ruin.
When I say that I'm okay
they look at me kinda strange,
"but surely you're not happy now
you're no longer in the game."

People say I'm lazy,
wasting my life away.
They give me all kinds of warnings
designed to enlighten me.
I tell them I'm doing fine
watching shadows on the wall,
"but don't you miss the good times boy?
You're no longer on the ball."

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round.
I really love the traffic flow.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round..
I just got to let it go.

People say I'm stupid,
giving my money away.
They give me all kinds of names and addresses,
designed to save me financially.
I tell them I'm just doing fine watching the flowers grow,
"but surely you're not happy boy, you don't own the whole damn world."

I'm just sitting here watching the world go round...
I really love to watch it spin.
No longer riding on the merry-go-round..
I just had to do it in.

[Lotr246]

you can't remember the last 10 minutes while driving down the road

[noigmn]

you:
~would willing talk to a serial killer if he/she could hold up their end of the conversation


hehe, I've got that one as an ENFP. I'm actually really interested in psychopaths.

[ragashree]

Having decided that someone is an utterly obnoxious asshole, you start thinking of ways you can help them become a nicer person.

[Flush]

You get lost in your own neighborhood.

(or is that just me? :mellow:)

[noigmn]

People mistake you for emo, but your poetry isn't that bad and you've never really got around to doing weird things with your hair, clothes and makeup.

[Thursday]

ENTJs foam at the mouth when they see you in action

[ragashree]

You get lost in your own neighborhood.

(or is that just me? :mellow:)

:steam:

I will have you know I reserve that particular activity exclusively for the neighbourhoods of others, thank you very much.

[heart]

People mistake you for emo, but your poetry isn't that bad and you've never really got around to doing weird things with your hair, clothes and makeup.

Emo is people trying to fake INFP. :D

[Mondo]

you realize that all human beings are evil and good at the same time.

[niki]

you talk to your stuffed animal or toy, or your pen/pencils.

[Chris_in_Orbit]

you talk to your stuffed animal or toy, or your pen/pencils.

And they talk back to you.

[ragashree]

Emo is people trying to fake INFP. :D

What would worry me in that case is why in the name of the supernal presence and the sorrows diuturnal anyone would WANT to :shock:

[FireyPheonix]

What would worry me in that case is why in the name of the supernal presence and the sorrows diuturnal anyone would WANT to :shock:

Hey, my thoughts exactly. I'm not exactly unhappy with being my type, though, but I get the point. Maybe being seen as emotionally sensitive is a romantic ideal these days...which in some respects isn't a bad thing, but why so focused on the negative side of things.
I dunno, teenagers and young adults, always seem to embrace what is seen rebelling, and some times contrary to societies values and desires. It's a good thing really.

[r0wo1]

Hey, my thoughts exactly. I'm not exactly unhappy with being my type, though, but I get the point. Maybe being seen as emotionally sensitive is a romantic ideal these days...which in some respects isn't a bad thing, but why so focused on the negative side of things.

I agree! Im pretty emotionally sensitive but I think I tend to focus on positive emotions because I would prefer to feel happy as opposed to feeling sad. I think people think that because focused on sadness and negative emotions is the romantic ideal? dunno

Oh, you know you're an INFP if the person who just arrived in town you live in, has to show you around.

[ragashree]

Hey, my thoughts exactly. I'm not exactly unhappy with being my type, though, but I get the point. Maybe being seen as emotionally sensitive is a romantic ideal these days...which in some respects isn't a bad thing, but why so focused on the negative side of things.
I dunno, teenagers and young adults, always seem to embrace what is seen rebelling, and some times contrary to societies values and desires. It's a good thing really.

Actually, that makes me think... maybe a lot of Emo's have TJ parents and the melodramatic Emo-ness is a sort of knee-jerk reaction against this? Worthy of further study, perhaps!

[heart]

Hey, my thoughts exactly. I'm not exactly unhappy with being my type, though, but I get the point. Maybe being seen as emotionally sensitive is a romantic ideal these days...which in some respects isn't a bad thing, but why so focused on the negative side of things.
I dunno, teenagers and young adults, always seem to embrace what is seen rebelling, and some times contrary to societies values and desires. It's a good thing really.

I don't think it is necessarily a good thing. Knee-jerk rebelling, to be rebel for the sheer sake of rebelling, mindlessly, seems as bad or worse than conforming for conformity's sake.

It means being totally controlled by that which one rebels against instead of being an indepedent, free-thinker.

[Lotr246]

You have some artistic outlet

[ragashree]

I don't think it is necessarily a good thing. Knee-jerk rebelling, to be rebel for the sheer sake of rebelling, mindlessly, seems as bad or worse than conforming for conformity's sake.

It means being totally controlled by that which one rebels against instead of being an indepedent, free-thinker.

Quite, that's why I never acted like that in my teens. Other people's opinions never really mattered enough to me for me to be so afraid of the hold they might have over me. I think that sort of rebellious mindset comes from a fear almost of engulfment, of being so overwhelmed by another person's thoughts and feelings that the only defense is to be radically different to them in every respect. I suppose someone with a secure sense of self in the first place doesn't need to go to such lengths.

It's funny how much teenage rebels often end up resembling their parents once they reach middle age...

[ragashree]

Actually, my last post belatedly caused me to think of another one:


In order to rebel against your own rebeliousness, you refuse to rebel

[noigmn]

You have some artistic outlet

Is that an INFP trait? Cool. Cos I'm only 5% E and I need artistic release when I'm alone. It's something I can't do without.

[Siegfried]

Actually, my last post belatedly caused me to think of another one:


In order to rebel against your own rebeliousness, you refuse to rebel

Isn't that just not rebelling, lol. :D

[Jeffster]

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

BZZZZ. You could also be an SP, so cross that one off the list.

[wolfy]

Originally Posted by Flush View Post
You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

BZZZZ. You could also be an SP, so cross that one off the list.

Agree. Me and my kids do that.
Kind of funny how your name is Flush.

I gotta go peepee now :alttongue:

[FireyPheonix]

Hmm...sorry for my belated reply.
My point about being all emo, and rebelling in this way seeming like a good thing is sometimes people remember the idealist state they were trying to achieve, and retain a certain affection for it, and even respect. I do reliese this isn't always the case, I'd be willing to compromise for acceptance....which often happens when a generation choses a rebel persona. Examples in case, the James Dean persona, the 1960's hippie etc. They often get villified at the height of popularity, and then get integrated into the general land scape, and often the next generation, or even the next one admires the ideals behind it, and you have a revival. What's not to love, tortured artist souls, desperate to express themselves but feel suppressed, disconnected,and misunderstood. I missed out by about ten years, I'd have made a great emo kid.http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h146/adenosine28/emo.jpg

[Introverted-esfp]

You refuse to admit that some people are truly evil, despite having every contrary evidence infront of you.

When your sitting in a park filled with flowers, you suddenly start crying as a rowdy SP drunkard tramples on few, an incident which you interperate as symbolic and metaphorical in nature.

[ice cream head]

You naval gaze a little too much for it to be healthy.

[Thursday]

sizing people up(analyzing others) is an obsession for you
at least deciphering the vibes you get from them.

[noigmn]

You refuse to admit that some people are truly evil, despite having every contrary evidence infront of you.

When your sitting in a park filled with flowers, you suddenly start crying as a rowdy SP drunkard tramples on few, an incident which you interperate as symbolic and metaphorical in nature.


Hehe, interpreting symbolism is an S thing. For us there is nothing symbolic or metaphoric about it. It's the needless destruction and ending of something beautiful and artistic, that could've stayed that way.

I don't know about INFPs, they might be more attached, but my empathy for flowers isn't that high, there'd just be a cringe in the back of my mind each time you crushed one.

Also on another level I would find a drunkard in the flowers quite amusing because of my love of anarchy. And maybe join them or go talk to them if it looked fun.

How do you INFPs differ from ENFP on this?

(You're right on the evil part. We more have to class them in an unfixably troubled category.)

[gretch]

You both love people and loathe them with everything you have simultaneously.

[bronte]

you have too many enthusiasms and try to do too much

youre moved to tears by the TV adverts

[Lotr246]

You find that the thing you hate the most, in time, naturally becomes the thing you love the most.

[Lotr246]

You read a book and feel the pain of its characters

[ragashree]

You both love people and loathe them with everything you have simultaneously.

Hopefully not the SAME people, however!




Sometimes you can't bear the funniest comedy, as it is just too painful to keep laughing at the misfortunes of others.

[Cameigons]

Sometimes you can't bear the funniest comedy, as it is just too painful to keep laughing at the misfortunes of others.

So true.


Having decided that someone is an utterly obnoxious asshole, you start thinking of ways you can help them become a nicer person.

lol I can't control myself


You know you are INFP, when you spent a sleepless night worrying about something you said to a work college, only to find out, not only did it not hurt their feelings, they've forgotten about it.

And all my coworkers are (S/N)Ts... imagine that.


you're so capable of responsability yet you hate having it pushed on you.

True.

I can relate to a lot more in this thread, but enough with the crtl+c crtl+v... :)

[celiapleete]

So true.



lol I can't control myself



And all my coworkers are (S/N)Ts... imagine that.


True.

I can relate to a lot more in this thread, but enough with the crtl+c crtl+v... :)

Oh my god, I can relate to all of those. And more.

[Nancynobullets]

You look so damn adorable in that penguin costume! :wubbie:

[candylandjoe]

you make a decent habit out of being late for work

[Nillerz]

This thread makes me sad. It's gotta suck to be an INFP.

[Chukamok]

You never finish anyth

[jeeze]

You know you're an infp when......

You're sitting in the front row of your philosophy class to avoid chit chat with other classmates and your teacher relates a tree to a cheese sandwich, at which point the subtle laughing under your breath turns into body convulsing hysterics until you leave the room with all eyes following you out.

[Thursday]

you live Alanis Morissette's " Ironic " everyday
albeit - the eye in INFP stands for Ironic

[Thursday]

you make this face alot
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc28/AveryDena/screen.jpg

[noigmn]

You know you're an infp when......

You're sitting in the front row of your philosophy class to avoid chit chat with other classmates and your teacher relates a tree to a cheese sandwich, at which point the subtle laughing under your breath turns into body convulsing hysterics until you leave the room with all eyes following you out.

I do this one too. I just see something that no one else even thinks is funny in the class and get set off. Like one time they had graphs of psychopath's reactions to different stimuli and most were scared of the neutral stimulus. The lecturer didn't even highlight it, was just focussed on them not reacting to the bad stimulus. I was just having visions of psychos running away from books or trees.

[jtanSis1]

You are prone to trusting a complete stranger.

[runvardh]

You are prone to trusting a complete stranger.

You stop trusting everyone because you've done this too much.

[Amargith]

aww, not exclusive to you guys ;)

[Anja]

That's the flip side. Then the challenge is to find the middle ground.

[runvardh]

That's the flip side. Then the challenge is to find the middle ground.

And finding it soon enough that you don't scare off any friends or potential friends.

[jtanSis1]

can't understand when others don't notice your great qualities.

[tibby]

can't understand when others don't notice your great qualities.

Unfortunately in this world it seems to be so, that people pay attention mainly to those who draw the attention to themselves. :shock: But lemme ensure you that, those of us who do notice you and your great qualities, think you're the best.

Don't mind those who can't understand - their loss. :jew:

[jtanSis1]

That's just it, we don't want it to be their loss. We want them to know all about it so they can be better off. Also, I have the desire to have that great romance, not just for me and her, but for all who notice and are inspired to seek the same.

[runvardh]

That's just it, we don't want it to be their loss. We want them to know all about it so they can be better off. Also, I have the desire to have that great romance, not just for me and her, but for all who notice and are inspired to seek the same.

Trust me, show them a piece of Wonderland and see how they react. If it's good, keep going; if it's not, they're not worth the time. Te is a beautiful thing when Fi brings naught but pain.

[Silence11]

You know you're an INFP when you can't bring yourself to get rid of that old blanket because you're afraid you'll hurt its feelings.

[jtanSis1]

Your inner world is the world, your just dreaming reality. If they get to know you, you might bring some of your world into theirs.

[tibby]

That's just it, we don't want it to be their loss. We want them to know all about it so they can be better off. Also, I have the desire to have that great romance, not just for me and her, but for all who notice and are inspired to seek the same.

Hm. Now that I think about this I kind of get it, although it's not familiar to me. :huh: The thing is, the beautiful mind and soul you guys have, complex and deep, isn't it sort of complimentary to know that not all can understand it? :) But those who can (or at least try :) )... Well they are the people who appreciate and value you like crazy.

[runvardh]

Hm. Now that I think about this I kind of get it, although it's not familiar to me. :huh: The thing is, the beautiful mind and soul you guys have, complex and deep, isn't it sort of complimentary to know that not all can understand it? :) But those who can (or at least try :) )... Well they are the people who appreciate and value you like crazy.

Hence why it's best to give bits at a time rather than full imerssion in it.

[jtanSis1]

bits of your world can fix reality.

[noigmn]

You know you're an INFP when you can't bring yourself to get rid of that old blanket because you're afraid you'll hurt its feelings.

I had that when I was younger. I used to be the same with stuffed toys. Had to find them all and tuck them in before bed, and if one had fallen down the side of the bed or was missing, it was tragedy and a rescue operation was needed before sleep.

[Chukamok]

You post to a thread in The Bonfire and the thread dies.

[ragashree]

Trust me, show them a piece of Wonderland and see how they react. If it's good, keep going; if it's not, they're not worth the time. Te is a beautiful thing when Fi brings naught but pain.


:yes: TJ is furthermore a very useful function for ridding oneself of obnoxious people. I would recommend the judicious use of it to all INFPs who are having trouble with the aforementioned.

[Anicca]

You know you're an INFP when..
Everything an ENFP says is what you were thinking

Love it!

Luckily all of my iNfp friends have me around to voice their thoughts for them.

[jtanSis1]

wish I did, would be cool. Maybe I should ask an ENFJ to act on it instead.

[ajblaise]

If you seriously considered deleting the last post you made, you're an INFP.

[jtanSis1]

or wanted to improve it before it's finished.

[lane777]

If you seriously considered deleting the last post you made, you're an INFP.

:nice:

[candylandjoe]

When you look at an object, say a sign for those Target stores, and can't remember what the word means, what the red and white rings mean, whether the thing is a sign or not, what it's doing all the way up there, how you got in the car, is this even a car, if not how am I moving so fast, how do I break again?... etc., etc.

[Thursday]

find no joy in repetition
but enjoy delirium and the rinse-repeat of manic-depression
?

[Chukamok]

You try to make everyone happy, but feel like you failed miserably.

[Banana]

"Having decided that someone is an utterly obnoxious asshole, you start thinking of ways you can help them become a nicer person."

there were so many things I related to in this thread but this one made me laugh out loud. i not only think of ways to help them become nicer, but immediately begin making overtures toward the person, talking them up to others and berating myself for ever being so shortsighted.

some others:

you know you are an infp when you avoid a scheduled responsibility in favor of commissioning satirical cartoons that passive-aggressively express your boredom and frustration with the mundane and...anything else you don't like.

when you come into work late only to stay late and come in on the weekends just to assure yourself you are not on anyone elses timetable.

when you fill out bureaucratic forms in the opposite order or answer simple, straightforward questions with a deflecting joke or an absurd invention.

when you rescue animals while spacing out on the ones you already have.

when you christmas shop with your bill money.

when you respond to compliments with embarrassment or skepticism (I wonder why they said that??)

when you feel more comfortable with strangers than with your intimate others.

when you overanalyze to the point where you have to go to sleep in order to shut your mind up.

[travelinthrough]

You know you're an INFP when you can't bring yourself to get rid of that old blanket because you're afraid you'll hurt its feelings.

LOL - I can so relate to this . . . glad I'm not the only crazy one! :smile:

[lane777]

Sizing people up(analyzing others) is an obsession for you

You have some artistic outlet

You forget to eat or go to the bathroom until you're about to explode

You get lost in your own neighborhood.

You read in public

Deciding on a career is difficult because you have so many interests

You're so capable of responsability yet you hate having it pushed on you.

You are always searching for answers or ways to improve yourself.

Mistake yourself as INTJ,INFJ,ISTJ,ENFJ, and get home from Neptune in time for dinner

Disappear alot/in conversations and physically

You induldge in the dark thoughts like others do chocolate

You know you're an INFP when you can't bring yourself to get rid of that old blanket because you're afraid you'll hurt its feelings.

...when you find yourself to be obsessed over "darkness" and suffering only because you are so in love with the "light".

You are prone to trusting a complete stranger.

Find no joy in repetition.



Yep.

[quietmusician]

- you can remember conversations from years ago, but can't remember to clean your room.

- your INTJ friend takes the time to mock you then discovers that he is also very similar, hence the laughing stops.

- if you are more interested in personality types than others.

- you get so lost in your thoughts you don't realize an hour has passed.

- you want life to be great, but can't get passed not having your ideals met.