When you’re an infj and named Sage🤔

I remember the day I learned I was an INFJ...when I was 24. To that point, I was confused about myself because I knew I was different. After studying Jung and taking the MBTI, my life was profoundly changed by this self knowledge. Learning about my type and learning to accept myself and how my psyche worked and was constituted opened so many doors for me. My professional life blossomed, my inner life grew deeper, and I found balance.

I swear sometimes i can feel the future.

I get tired of being asked if I''m ok all the time.

I think All iNFJs need to think on a higher scale then we do now, we can literally change the world if we think bigger. They need us.

The ability to see patterns and connection in things gives the INFJ the ability to recognise aspects of problems and events which others miss. In some ways this has the effect of apparently predicting things, but not in some supernatural way.

Ni with Fe makes it impossible to hate anyone. You look into the eyes of your enemy and see yourself. New to Mbti but i really appreciate knowing I’m not alone

8:04 I usually pretend I have to go to the bathroom and I'll sit in there for a good 10 mins to take a break. Avoids the "are you ok?" and avoids conflict.

I am an INFJ, I’ve majored in Psychology, I worked in the SW field, and I presently have a counseling agency. Before people get to know me, they expect me to be cold and unfriendly. Once I open up, they seem to be surprised by how real and empathetic I am, but many have to be able to journey the process through someone else helping them reveal so much about themselves as interactions can, at times, be deep and thought provoking beyond what the mind can absorb and may need time between exposure and new information however positive and appealing it might be.

Most of the time when I hear someone being sarcastic towards me and wants to bully me I'd know immediately though he/she talks indirectly like I wouldn't know but I feel it completely and act like I don't know what's even going on lol often they think I'm shy and defenseless but the time they don't expect I become the most intelligent and confidence person and talk back to them like a professional and then leave them with a satisfied smile and left them in awe

I'm an INFJ with social anxiety. Yesterday and today we had really nice, sunny weather. I love being outside when it's sunny, like most other people. But if I spot a stranger while I'm out there I immediately get stressed, even if they're at a distance. I was walking my usual route home after grocery shopping and I found several people sitting on grassy knolls that normally aren't used as picnic spots, etc, as well as noticing a group of people happily chatting away in an area that I would have to pass through and it was very overwhelming. I felt like a weirdo, trying to avoid all of the sun bathers and keeping as much distance from the chatty group as possible to get to where I was going. This is why I have no friends 😑

Man.. I wonder if this is why everyone calls me the peacekeeper. I can create peace and step in between a fierce fight and stop it with my words. I hate violence so much it pains me since I was a child.. crazy.

I always trust my intuition about places and people, it never lets me down. Sometimes I react to situations in an irrational way, and I know it’s right, I just know, and it is!

Great analysis and presentation. I am a Self Realized INFJ. When integrated and enlightened, an INFJ's intuition becomes direct knowing. The INFJ is ideally constituted and destined for spiritual life and enlightenment. The contemplative inner life of an INFJ will itself bring about spiritual transformation. Intuition can be a 2 edged sword however. The same powers that give me uncanny insight into Self and spiritual life also give me dark insights into complex global issues like climate change and its dire consequences. I know how climate change will unfold and it scares the daylights out of me. I then look out and see the world and its dominant extroverted sensates in denial and even completely oblivious and carrying on like business as usual will continue forever. It frustrates me that they don't know that their time is short on planet Earth. Their faith in money and technology is wrongly placed. How wrong they are and how ill equipped they are to deal with the horrors that are unfolding and now quickly unraveling.

I actually love the theme parks and such though. It’s an escape. I can turn off my brain, think about nothing, and just feel.

I’m a mental health therapist, but my first career was as a Army nurse. INJF 100%

Thanks for an insightful video. I have come to understand and accept my personality type more as I have grown older and I have a message to younger INFJs out there - accept yourself and embrace your uniqueness. Thise who matter will accept you as you are and those who want to change you because they don't understand you, don't deserve to have you in their lives.

I really dislike having conflicts because that's just stressful but sometimes i really want to resolve a conflict

Being detached to the outer world is familiar to me and my kind. I would probably appreciate an INFJ. INTP

I'm an INFJ. All this information is very true. Thanks. 👍

I dated an ESFP and nearly had a stroke

Being an INFJ, and maybe I'm an exception to this, but my introverted intuition has manifested in events of clairvoyance, ESP, and lucid dreaming. My intuition has been increasing in power and frequency. I'm hoping to find someone to help me work through not only enabling but strengthening these abilities to better help mankind.

This video articulates very well what I experience every day. Particularly the part about not being directly impacted by outside stimulus, but it's the meaning behind that stimulus which has a greater impact on me. People think I'm zoning out, but I'm taking time to translate the outside world into my own "language".

I write individual letters to my children and wife every month and sit down with each one to review them. This has been consistent for years. We talk about only them. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I also wrote a book about it. Working Class Dad. Not promoting the book, but just confirmation on being an INFJ. The world makes sense now. ☺️

Great video, the funny thing is I didn't even know I was INFJ or there was a personality type for people like me. Just this day is like millions of times I heard from my friend stop help others now try to think for ones about how you are feeling. living with depression because of society around is hard to handle, however, I'm happy more people can connect to each other through information like this video.

I’m sixteen and I’m an INFJ who is simply terrified by large groups of people. Being so different I was scolded for a lot for things like asking to many questions or staring out into space while accidentally looking at someone. For the longest time I didn’t know why I was so different or why I felt so alone, but now that I am exploring my personality a bit more I feel like I am growing. Now instead of feeling sorry for my differences I like to use my uniqueness to its full potential and this video has helped me with that.

👏 INFJ here. Since 2016 I finally found Myers-Briggs and it helped so much to understand myself and this way to feel/observe our world. Greetings from Europe, Portugal 🇵🇹

So this is why I feel like I don’t have emotions sometimes 3:30 I don’t respond to the stimulant I think about it. Very true😬 P.S. I’ve taken the Myers Briggs personality test consecutively for three years so I know I am a TRUE INFJ. Don’t go off KZfaq videos to find your type. TAKE THE TEST

Introverted thinking, while tertiary, creates the Ni Ti loop which is one of the cognitive patterns that make the INFJ appear aloof. So though it is tertiary in the function stack, when combined with the primary introverted intuitive function it has an amplified effect on the inner world and the outer persona of the INFJ (and is the primary reason why the INFJ can at times appear aloof).

Your definition of introverted intuiton is the best and most articulate and accurate I have EVER HEARD. Thanks for helping me find the words

Excellent video you touched all important points spoke truth about the INFJ'S thank you! Honestly all personality types need to be lead with Integrity honesty and loyalty in the right direction the way it should be. I'm grateful you!

THANK YOU BEAUTIFUL SOUL. I AM LOVE AND LIGHT!! SENDING YOU AND THE WORLD BLESSINGS.🌈💜🙏

Your explanation of Ni is perfect. I’m an INFJ. Basically my perception of the world is more real to me than the actual world is in most cases. That’s the struggle of high Ni!

I've realised that I need time to process and investigate my feelings after some event triggers an unrecognised but strong inner reaction. I never immediately know what the reaction was about or how it relates to whatever caused it. I just feel internally jarred as if knocked off balance. In the past, and I'm talking decades of lifetime, because everything always has to be done in the moment (or so it has always seemed to me), including respond to people and situations, I felt pressured to respond immediately (especially by my mother) and this had me suppressing my inner reactions because there was not time for investigation, consequently saying yes or just going along with others preferences and feeling off-balance and actually unwilling. Folks don't have a lot of patience for "I don't know yet, I'll get back to you", about which movie you want to go see or which veges you want on your plate for dinner, or some much deeper issue. And truly it can come down to that, investigating what I feel in order to make a good choice for myself can take way too long for the person who sees things in black and white, or lives by routine and habit. I have learned to acknowledge these inner "jolts" and to request time to think about whatever may have triggered it. Behind them there is an inner realm of information, insight, memory and the wherewithal to make a correct choice for myself.

All of my life, I've had people tell me that I am a good listener and am able to think through others' problems, then give good advice. People open up to me and tell me things that they might not tell just anyone. It's like they can tell that I'm the sort of person whom they can trust. They are right. I never gossip about people, not even the ones who tell me things. I never betray a confidence, nor spread rumors. Some say that I have an uncanny ability to predict what will happen and that I'm almost always right about it. When they ask how I knew, I can't always adequately express it. It's like I can see patterns in what others see as chaos. Or see how seemingly unconnected things are actually quite connected. As a kid, when I learned what the word 'holistic' meant in English class, I remember thinking 'Of course, that makes total sense. Everything is connected to everything else and affects everything else. Why wouldn't you stop to consider every aspect of a problem or situation?' I think it's why I've gravitated towards gardening as one of my professions. It is one that lends itself well to holistic problem solving. Success in gardening isn't about getting one aspect of it right, it's about getting all aspects of it right. The thing that keeps me from being a true INFJ though is my instinctive aversion to dealing with feelings 'head on' or delving into them deeply - especially the feelings of others. I'm much more comfortable with focusing on physical things and abstract ideas. A person tells me they feel sad. My instinct is to try to figure out if there is an underlying reason why they feel sad and to see if there is anything tangible about it that can be improved, replaced or better understood so that I can help them solve the root of their sadness. In the meantime, if I can do something for them that makes them feel happy, thus alleviating their sadness, at least temporarily, I'll try to do it. But, it is difficult for me to sit with them and just listen to them describe their sad emotions in detail and go over and over the situation that is making them feel sad, without trying to do anything about it. That's why I'd probably make a poor therapist. I'd probably be too quick to try to get them to stop focusing on their feelings and start focusing on the cause so that they can solve it.

AsuraPsych, You have literally described my life and you are by far the best MBTI Enthusiast that I have come across that described INFJ's so clearly.. Thanks man! Keep up the awesome work!

INFJ has a very in-depth distinct way of engaging with the world... too much external stimuli and detach from it... results to high levels of stress and anxiety... now that explains a lot!!!! HAHAHAH I've been struggling stress and anxiety because I'm like this, but I kinda like how I am though 😊

I have the INFJ type, I've known for a few years but never thought about it or believed it because of how rare it is. But listening to your thorough explanation of what it is, I know that personality type is true to me. People around me have noticed the traits and habits you have mentioned and what I have read about it.

Fantastic content. You’ve got a new subscriber! I watch so many INFJ videos and a lot of them are unicorn fluff, but this was very informative information. One thing I particularly like that you touched on was that INFJs are not likely to fall for manipulation tactics. I feel this within myself very strongly. If I sense that someone is trying to manipulate me, especially emotionally, I get really angry and rebel against whatever they’re trying to make me do or feel. This is why I am so peeved by passive-aggressive people. I’d rather them be forthcoming with their feelings rather than dropping hints.

Me as an INFJ: "Why is it so freaking hard to put my thoughts into words?!" Me listening to your description of Ni: "Oh." I disagree with the music Fe-Fi (fo fum) analogy though. Because Ni very easily relates to art of all kinds, and we would kill or die before letting anybody screw with our Ni. Once something enters one of the archetypal/abstract concept bubbles, it's there to stay. Ain't no Fe strong enough to budge us on that; we'd just hide it.

There's no real tactful way of saying this without sounding douchey, but as the ghost of Carl Jung, (I can prove it, honest) I want you to know that this is the best one of these videos about INFJs that I've seen. I like to hear a real human voice, and your explanations and insights about my people are well done and spot-on. Thank you very much for your work!

"Quick and anticipatory conclusions" describes it all. Sometimes I just wonder if it's magic.

My dad said it's rude to look into peoples' souls :/

Love being an INFJ. Idealistic people are needed in the world.

Wonderful video! You know when you are an INFJ, when you recognize all those quotes from Dean Koontz, Khalil Gibran, Carl Jung already. :) You have a profound grasp on INFJs, and it is really helpful because we may be mirrors and guides to others, but we also need mirrors and guides too. Thank you. 🙏🏼

Great cognitive descriptions! When it comes to Fe, I only remember past events that are emotionally significant to me. I tend to forget about the little details though, especially if the event had 0 emotional impact on me, or the people in my life. I’m engaged to an INTJ, and I do go out more to interact with people. If I’m in a good state of mind, I briefly chat with my neighbors. She doesn’t do this, and hasn’t interacted with our neighbors at all.

WOW. Your insight into and description of what goes on in the mind of the INFJ in terms of categorical abstractions is so spot on.

Best overview description of INFJs. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Take care 🍀

I don't know.But i enjoy being an INFJ. We are unique and all the hard,confusing feelings and the way we see everything in people just by seeing them is really cool and like magic. There are times where i was really amaized about my self.Of the way i read people and help others and the way i tuink about life and others and all.😊😊😊😊I feel like i have a superpower or something.

Very interesting! The last few minutes of the video truly discribed me completely. People usually call me a "teacher" though. 🙏❤️🙏

Everything that you've stated was spot on. Thank you for the superb elucidation.

I really appreciated your technical definition of Introverted Intuition. Very well said, and made me realize a lot about myself. I do exactly as you say vis-a-vis my experiences.

I agree on your Ni part. This is literally one of the best descriptions of the way I experience stimuli. And yes, the mapping and drawing connections is intense.

This was so well put together ♥️ and I completely resonate with it all

Dang, that was quite the in-depth analysis and explanation of the INFJ. Thanks for all the time and effort putting out such quality content. Might have to watch this one a couple more times to catch everything, and I need to study into Myers Briggs and take the test to see exactly where I do land.

So glad you are back.

The reason I looked for this video is because I was told I was a sage! Thank you for explaining it you described me perfectly!

I thank you, because you provided some additional interpretations on the characteristics of the type that I've never seen before. This pleases especially because I feel in sync with some things you said and I feel glad to learn such thing. The main thing I want to congratulate you is your definition of Ni. This really seem like a very difficult thing to do, I may be involved with it all the time, but it's mainly subconscious and unstructured, so I have a hard time explaining it. You're spot on in my opinion, simply, it's a complete system of metaperception and its abstractions and categorizations, in such a way that the real sensing gets a back seat, in favour of shortcuts of interpretation of meaning, implications, cause, effect and a lot of inner connections between all of these that elevate the quality of the interpretation of facts, and consequently, of reality's aspects and events. This is probably the main source of the myths of predicting the future and reading minds. I believe Ti can have a great part on the quality and efficiency of this internal system of thought, I'd certainly say so about my internal logic's role in my reasoning of the world. I also got a smile hearing what you said on how _exactly_ we're prone to qualities deemed of counselors, I never considered in this way how Ni as described above could also support emotional knowledge in the system, and that we quite automatically tend to see emotions and values in a similar way that expands the perception of them and their ontological comprehension as well, resulting in a better preemptive understanding.

Possibly the best Ni explanation I've heard! Subscribed! - infj-a

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who is an INFJ

While I feel that some may struggle to understand your word soup description of the INFJ, I understand every word you’re saying as one who the experience of meta-perceptions. Often not experiencing the experience, but an interruption of the moment.

Holy smokes, I thought all this time others perceived things like that. Mind blown. Around 3:50 . Uh, I think you managed to describe it very succinctly. I'm an INFJ.

That was really good information. The best in depth video I've seen. Thank you soo much :)

Great video. Also, thanks for citing Kahlil Gibran, his words are powerful

Truth...well put, great presentation quick and accurate.

This video was both intriguing but also insightful I just discovered I'm an infj and I've been struggling with maturing to the higher depths of spirituality and you confirmed great job thanks

Thanks ~ infj You won me as a subscriber , Keep it up .

Can you please speak slower in your future videos? Great content but I feel like I'm getting mental indigestion when listening to you. Thanks :)

I really enjoyed your explanations, felt spot on. Except maybe the theme parks, I really enjoy those. I liked how you talked about we speak in images, I definitely do that. To all my INFJ's out there: I love you!

I really enjoy your videos, Mr. Asura and I like intellectual rush your fast speech gives me (not native speaker and INTJ) Looking forward on videos about all other types. Thank you.

I was an INTJ, but I always felt insecure about my deficient emotional development. So I taught myself how to be an INFJ, now I feel complete.

For anyone telling him to speak in a slower manner, have you thought about thinking faster? Lol Seriously though, you can change the playback speed on the upper right to go as slow as you prefer!

I believe I’ve finally been understood

Your presentation is very dense with information. I will need to review it a few times at least. Thank you.

I am amazed at how you have literally defined exactly how I tend to see everything and conjure In in my head at 2:37. Blew my mind. Pictured explosions :)

This is an excellent articulation!

Just found out that my brother is an INFJ we have always called him the Epic one!

Great Interpretation 👏

Great video!

This is an interesting insight, thanks!

INFJ's are reserved because we know ahead of time what the outcome will be of saying certain things around certain personality types.

I’m an infj and a lot of these things are very accurate. I give this video an A+

I can highly relate to all you said, great video :D

Wow, this is so spot on for me.

Again I got to sit through all the big words and what you’re trying to describe is the way I get lost in my day dreams how I can fall down a rabbit hole listening to sad music. Sometimes while I’m using my imagination in such a way I can almost smell things Back to the video

im an infj-a and my whole youth life i thought I was weird and something is wrong with me before I know these 16 personalities

We INFJ we leave on our on world and if our mind combine the whole world will change fully

Thank you so much for your interpretations and imagery. will certainly listen to - watch it again. I would rephrase one part though -so not to completely exlude psychic or future predicting as a possibility. I personally have had these through dreams and waking hours. Thank you so much for sharing!

They are unstoppable once realized their potential

I never felt a sense of belonging or a feeling that I was understood as much as when I amreading through these comments, I always felt so aliented.

This fits me exactly! Such validation!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙈🙈🥳🥳

I feel like this is why I’m always trying to draw my word with my hands because it can be so hard to express myself with words... thank you for the video.

I think you really have researched on this, many people have made it a views gathering topic, there are plenty of videos about this topic but your feels more genuine.

Wow...... you described so much about me that I always thought was a secret or unknown. And I always try to not allow confirmation bias creep into my thinking as best as I can. Ever since I was a child I have been so deep in thought , always wondering about how I think and so on. I tried the social thing for years but never liked it....now at 48 I have finally retreated back to my childhood comfort of isolation however this time with the knowledge that this is preferable to me. Anywho nice video

This was really insightful and I appreciate how directly to the point you are. Would you consider doing an INFP video? And perhaps an INFP vs INFJ one? I know they share none of the same cognitive functions so I’m a bit embarrassed that I can’t figure out which one I am but I still find myself confused at times because I can relate so much with both of them. Thanks!

I had to freeze this before the three minute mark the description you were giving is a little hard for me to keep up with never been to college but I think what you’re trying to say is when I eat food I see things in my head related to the taste and texture I get visuals in my mind hard to describe that’s just the tip of the iceberg back to the video LOL

GREAT video.!!!

This was very accurate ,💯👍👍👍

Thank you for sharing...

Highly reserved but not timid