I'm afraid I do lay in fields of flowers not accomplishing anything. That's exactly me.

I find it kinda funny to note that the videos about NFs have the most views by far, but I guess that's just because we are really self-seeking and more willing to stop and look deep into ourselves ☺ - INFP and proud

So who else is watching this alone wrapped up in covers snug.

Do any other INFP think out loud sometimes and people think you talk to yourself? I don't think it's that uncommon.

Infp is not quite at all,infp has a loud mind,infps are only quite when around people who can't understand them,if you don't ,or don't want to understand what I'm about to say,then why should I bother,I'm a infp,and when it comes to my time to talk,no one can shut me up.lol.

i love being an infp but i hate being alone. i have a hard time making friends because im very quiet and very eccentric. im not afraid of being who i am at all but whenever im "being myself" people look at me like i have six heads. that has to be the biggest downside of being an infp. i would never sacrifice who i am to make someone like me but still i just want to be liked.

As an infp, i go from "i love living in this beautiful world" to "i fucking hate everyone and everything and want to die" in a second

I'm an INFP, and I've noticed that a lot of people believe us all to be shy and sensitive, and to some extent (for me at least), it's true. However, it's not really that simple. I may be sensitive, but I'm not easily hurt by stupid comments, and while I am shy, I'm not shy in expressing my opinions and I am able to interact properly with strangers and such. I found this video really accurate, a lot more so than many other sources I have seen.

One really important thing you didn't discuss here is their altruism. INFPs are known for their inner passion to help others.

I agree that my biggest weakness is inaction, often due to being trapped in that dream world alone. Also the fact that I derive sufficient value from my dream world and become lackadaisical in reality, can be frustrating. But more importantly, to fellow INFPs reading, I realise that when I use aspects of outer reality as a hyper focus outlet, I find that I can be extremely relentless in my pursuit to succeed. I find that I can be tenacious in achieving something that I'm passionate about in real life. Whether it's learning a new song on the piano, or stirring up my commitment to travel, to writing. I think we INFPs have very special talents, and if we latch on to something that can provide us infinite value, we are relentless perfectionists. Maybe we should all look for that one thing that inspires us in the real world, and just be an absolute boss at it! Track record and history says we are the best at it.

"I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space," ... This has always been my favorite quote from Shakespeare because I always felt like it applied to me. Thank you for this video.

INFPs are just wildly, endlessly fascinating to me (an INFJ)

INFPs who are determined and actualized are utterly unstoppable.

I'm an INFP. I always had the feeling that I have to make the world a better place and help everyone. I don't know why, also I'm really quirky and optimistic too. Sometimes I see Johnny depp on TV and the people around me say that he says weird things. I always understood what he said. Am I the only one?

I think as an INFP i've noticed how we have a intense and ongoing urge to plan our individual path in life. It needs to be one that is completely based on our heart and soul and makes us happy. We wish to inspire the wider community to find their own passion and live through their heart and we secretly admire our own complete commitment to living life based on what drives us and makes us happy. We tend to obsess over the planning side of tasks and we often fantasise grand results meaning we spend a lot more time thinking than doing. Although we may 'do' a lot and others see us as very 'busy' we spend a whole lot more time thinking and planning. Our downfall is that we often have immense trouble taking these thoughts and ideas and turning them into a finished project of some sort, as we don't want to endure the actual 'work' as that takes us away from our dream world we thrive in. This can be very discouraging to us as we feel as if we haven't succeeded in vital self expression and we get deep sadness from not being able to reach our standards we want to reach when it comes to our passion. We live for constant self discovery and analysis of ourselves and how we fit into the world. We look for role models who seem to hold our core values and who have achieved big things and feel immense pressure by ourselves to reach their level very quickly, for this reason we often experience self doubt but nothing will stop our internal fire and we'll never stop fanning it! We thrive on unconventionality and we feel proud to be unconventional. Expression - Passion - Analysis - Thinking - Planning - Fantasy - Self-Discovery. We have the power to inspire the world around us. (If you would love to chat to a fellow INFP feel welcome to send me a message)

"Dreamer is merely a nick-name." Speaking of actual dreams (while asleep) do other INFP's dream a lot? Usually I dream almost all the time while I'm asleep, and have a pretty good memory of the dreams when I wake up.

"make excellent writers........their enjoyment is in expressing their sentiments not in pursuing them" haha that is so me.

Being an INFP, I like to look into people, animals, ect's eyes. They tell the truth and beauty of the holder to those eyes. Its quite remarkible and interesting. Yet some are hard to see into because they may be so hurt, confused, or they hoder hides them quite well (meaning they do not want the world to see them, and they are so driven to doing as the world that they forget who they are and lose the full beauty of those eyes.) The world is a crazy, and interesting thing.

Do any other INFPs feel like they can get a good sense of others' personalities just by looking into their eyes? I swear I can just make eye contact with someone I've never met and tell their general personality just by that and the way they talk and certain mannerisms. It's weird because if I ever get to know the person more, I'm right about them probably 90% of the time. Is it just a thing with me or is it like that for all INFPs (and possibly some other NF personality types as well)? Edit three years later: yeah, so I'm actually an INFJ. I've realized that I'm actually completely out of touch with Fi and I don't understand my own feelings at all lol. Not sure how I ever thought I was INFP. I'm much more in tune with other's emotions than I am my own. I always thought that these two types we're super similar, but they're really not. Leading with Ni is completely different from leading with Fi, but since they're both introverted functions, it can be hard to tell from the outside.

Am I the only INFP here, who get the negative chills by the whole "dreamer'' thing? I really don't life in a lord of the rings fantasy - land on my unicorn - pony. Everything that's going on inside my head - resonates very strongly to reality. Mostly I use my introverted judging function, exactly like INTP does. (I have an INTP father, and we're as good as the same), to suss everything out. Yes, I do have more fantasy and enjoy creative expression more than he does, it doesn't really work like that. It's not escapistic, at the contrary, it's quite in touch with the world around us. NFP's are easily wondered by all kind of things around them. They notice all kind of interesting things AROUND them, this they take in, in their heads, concepts of life - and think trough, work out. It can be everything. It's more a kind of deepening our understanding about society, the universe, life and human nature - we always get it from impressions of the real world, and it deepens our understanding of the real world. The whole thing NFP's have with literature is just a way of digging deeper in the reality of life and exploring it - constantly going back and fourth, between our artistic work and reality/what we notice about the concept around us. It's more a way of thinking, than a way of "dreaming.'' When you talk with an NFP, it will be about life, the universal, about reality. Not about their 'fantasy - lands.' Dreamer is a wrong cliché. Of course there are NFP's who have the 'dream - land' thing. But it's not the rule of being NFP. Another thing that's interpreted the wrong way on the internet: NFP - types see beauty and everything and everyone. Not exactly, we find interest and fascination in everything. Say, someone kills somebody else. Well, we won't think that person is beautiful for it, but it will trigger fascination, about the why - about the psyche of that person, the motives, about what happened. It's not seeing beauty in everyone, it's finding something interesting in everything.

Wow, this is scary true...I find daily life, for the most part, dreary, as hard as I try to be positive, but I always feel better once I get home to be by myself and my thoughts. Thanks for the video!

lying in a field of flowers is most definitely an accomplishment

This brought me to tears, truthfully. I am trying to figure out why I am stuck and I took a MBT online and discovered that I was an INFP. You have explained it so well and I feel less lost. Thank you.

UPDATE: about 7:29 I explain that the INFP is more likely to resonate with the idea that it doesn't matter what you believe so long as you are sincere about that belief, with the implication that this was a central idea of philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. This idea has been a popular interpretation of Kierkegaard, but this is not the only possible interpretation. Kierkegaard, being a devout Christian, was not necessarily implying that there is no objective truth, but rather, that a pagan praying sincerely to his idol is much better off than a Christian who prays insincerely to God, even though this be the true God. Thus the focus is not on moral relativity, but on the merits and importance of personal sincerity in a belief instead of just knowing its true and going through the motions. This, I think, is a better representation of Fi. Interestingly, this concept of sincerity, as I understand it, was primarily directed against Hegel, an INTJ and Ni dominant, and mirrors the natural objection Fi often has against Ni, that it only seeks to understand things and build great explanatory systems, but has no moral passion or sincerity in it. Thus the feeling that the Fi values subjective passionate truth while the Ni values objective dispassionate truth.

This made me feel a little better about myself. I always struggle with motivation. Also I've become more reserved over the years, due being taken advantage of. I tend to care too much. I wish I could handle the mundane things of everyday life like most people do better. Thanks for this video.

So Luna Lovegood is also supposed to be an INFP? No wonder I always liked her. I could always identify with her in a way. :)

I am an infp. I found that out last year and it makes so much sense to why i am weird. I have trouble getting things done. I usually procrastinate until the last minute. For example, my examinations. I always procrastinate doing my revision and end up burning the midnight oil. I really don't like rigid education system whereby we study just for the sake of the test and certificiations thus i have trouble motivating myself. Surprisingly.. though i always study few hours before the exam, I always get good grades. I think it's luck. Who knows. Often times I feel guilty for taking this "luck" for granted. This does not only happens in the education or studying context. I always procrastinate everything. Even if i put my phone away or make sure that there's no other distraction around, doing something that I feel does not hold deep value...bores me. Phones, people or internet won't distract me. My inner thoughts are enough as a distractors. This comment is long. I'm sorry. Being infp is great. But it's overwhelming.. i don't even understand myself. Why can't i just conform with the things around me. Life would be easier like that. Right? But having to live your life, not being able to find your true self and doing the things that you really want until one day u wake up, old and grey, and realised you've wasted time and it's too late... is really saddening. The problem is I don't know what i want in life, what career path i should pursue, what am i really good at. Infps are usually connected w/ writers.. painters.. etc. But what if i am not good at any of those? Fellow infps.. help. I'm scared and lost. I've watched so many videos and read so many tips regarding infps.. i still feel lost. One minute i thought i had figure it out.. but but... so sorry that this is super long. I have no one that i can talk to regarding this. I feel that if i cant understand myself... how can others understand me.. i did try to talk to my mom or closest friends. I think they think i'm weird. 🤷‍♀️🤔

I love being an INFP. But not feeling overwhelmed by the world for once would be nice. 🐰 Great vid! Sounds like an INTJ nararrator...

I just discovered this personality type a few days ago when I met one, and yes,she did always have that head in the clouds kind of look but that just made me want to figure out what they were thinking! And after watching this video I can see that they are just incredibly amazing people. It almost makes me wish that I was an infp instead of an infj. Also it was super cool to find out that CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien were infps. My two favorite authors!

I'm not sure whether I'm INFJ, ISFP, or INFP, but the painting at 3:21 is so beautiful and speaks to me on a very deep level, like I want to live in that painting

I love your videos. When it comes to INFP mbti videos on KZfaq, so many of them focus so heavily on the negatives, or simplify the type to a fault. I just wanted to say thanks for not being condescending! = - )

From my experience another reason an INFP may reject the deductive reasoning of Te has to do with the multifaceted vison provided by Ne. The INFP may see that a case can be made for many sides of the same issue. Rather than build a fortress out of an argument picked either at random or through personal bias, the INFP may choose to instead side with objective possibility. For this reason they may be more comfortable fiddling with reality, exploring it and poking it with a stick, than settling on and believing wholeheartedly in a deductively derived point of view.

To all the INFPs (and ISFPs) out there: 1. Be aware of the "Fi tilt". What this means is that if a Fi-dom is presented an idea that is a whole, some singular part of it may feel horrible, and Fi has a tendency to close off to the whole idea because of that one unacceptable part, even if taken as a whole it would fit well with what the Fi-dom considers good and desirable. 2. Be careful when dealing with Thinking types: Even if you value logic and reason, and they think understanding others' feelings is important, a communication disconnect will almost inevitably happen. This is because Tx types are prone to making (what they think are) impartial evaluations of things, and tend to make strong statements about many things, while you tend to place good/bad evaluations in everyday language (that they find distasteful or are blind to) From your end, there are a few things that can be done to smooth out communication: Try to repeat to yourself that these statements they make are to describe how they see the world is right now, as if writing things down for a history book. It does not describe what they think is morally right and valuable or desirable. Simply how things are. Try to ask them separately how they feel about things (they like separating sentiment and logic, but sentiment in and of itself is ok), and try to express yourself in that manner as well. Basically: "It's stupid to go to Stabbytown at night and get mugged. A T type saying that does not mean that Stabbytown should stay bad like that, just that the current situation is that going to Stabbytown at night is a Bad Idea and as such should be avoided. Fi is prone to interpret this as them saying it's ok that Stabbytown is a shithole, and understandably ask the T type if they're perhaps crazy or don't give a shit about others. If you then say that you should be able to go to Stabbytown at night, T will go wtf in turn because yes, of course that would be desirable but the world is not a perfect place and Stabbytown happens to be a shithole." Worse example than I intended, but I hope it illustrated at least something. I think the INFP stack's biggest problems come from Fi's dominance and that it's otherwise a very problem-free stack that's easy and nice to develop. Fi is a good function but it has some idiosyncracies that it pays to be aware of. Deal with them, and most of your type's "type defects" are taken care of! Criticism welcome, fire at will ^^

Wow. Are you an INFP????? Because this is incredibly accurate. As someone who's been into Jungian typology for years now and is considered by my friends to be an expert, this was just so detailed and crystal clear and direct, and clearly understandable. This video is the best description of my type I have ever seen or heard; it easily rivals professional works.

First KZfaq comment ever, in life; yaay! Now that's out of my system lol, I desire to speak admirably about INFPs by comparing us with the lovely INFJs. If INFJs are Instinctive Psychics due to their primary subjective intuition and extraverted feeling as a secondary function, then I prefer to coin INFPs as "Clever Psychics." I say clever because INFPs will always remain genuine to personal values as that is our primary function. Yet, our secondary function is extraverted intuition. This means we would have assessed an environment including all of its details to perceive possible outcomes well before any other MBTI Type. The implications of this phenom? INFPs could instinctively perceive a possible future for persons or an enviornment objectively unlike the INFJs that can perceive unspoken feelings within an unsaid person's present moment. Furthermore, INFPs would be able to avoid danger, clamity and possible conflict by instinctively evaluating their surroundings and perceiving its end results at record breaking speed. This is absolutely clever for one to consider as oppose to our INFP "dreamer" reputation. Oh, and although our crutch are critisms, we are great harmonizers ;-) Natrually peace keepers.

I’m an INFP and have experienced Astral projection numerous times. 😋 Besides that I feel we are here to Wake up not by becoming fully into our Ego but rather by reconnecting back and balancing with our natural state of being our authentic self!

ENFP here. This is the best vid on INFPs that I've seen EVERRRRRR. Seriously the best. In depth and so right on it. Great description of INFP and also the contrast with INFJ is spot on as well. That is something that is hard to nail down in words. Fantastic excellent help to explain the differences! Honest. Really great! I've seen a lot of these vids and this tops them alllll. Thank you.

Someone else had noted that INFP females have a childlike, youthful appearance. I’ve noticed this as well, with attitude and appearance of innocence, for both male and female INFPs. It would be interesting to form a hypothesis as to why that is-indeed if it is. Perhaps, aspects of introversion and aversion to stress maintains a semblance of youthfulness, in attitude and appearance. Furthermore, INFP’s sensitive nature may manifest itself in an outward appearance of childlike innocence. Also, spending time in isolation, to some degree, could also possibly add to the phenomenon as the sun is a primary factor relating to the aging process? But, as noted, it would be difficult to make a logical argument for such an observation, particularly with a small sample size, from which I am drawing, as well.

J. K. Rowling herself said that she's INFJ

Thank you so much for this video... by far the most soothing robot voice I've ever heard. Good job, and thanks for your explanation of INFPs. Very happy that there are other people out there who are like me, who feel think and act the same way. INFPs = aliens. I appreciated the contrasts between INFJ and INFP.

Well. With that cave metaphor, you described in a couple minutes something it's taken me probably five years to figure out about myself. Can I send this video back in time to myself? .__.

I've always consistently scored as INFJ in all the tests I've taken, but it never quite resonated with me. I read about ISFJ and it didn't feel like me, either. But I didn't question it further because I felt quite confident about the "J". It wasn't until later on when I read more thoroughly about the functions, that I learned that I was actually quite the INFP. And this video describes me very well. I finally feel I've found my true type. Thank you for your very well-done and beautifully crafted videos. I love the imagery that you use, I find it really helpful to get the theoretical stuff across, which can be a little hard to navigate.

Seeking the 'source of the light' indeed. This is a profound and well-thought out video. The amount of wisdom MPTI embodies is amazing. I'm intrigued by the bit about being more "aggressive towards inner experience," which suggests more involved with and possibly in conflict with. I had never thought of it in terms of aggression, but it makes a lot of sense. It suggests both that INFPs move toward that which is possible and the past-as-present, and that they are likely to struggle with self-evaluations when they are negative in a way other types might not. It is probably true that once implanted such evaluations are less readily transcended by this type. INFP seems to correspond to point 4 of the Enneagram. I notice that typologies (whether MBTI, Astrological horoscopes, or the Enneagram) reinforce each other.

This was really nice to watch btw. Usually infp type descriptions and videos are pretty negative

this is so spot-on, one of my favorite descriptions ever. it resonated a lot. thank you! also your voice is so soothing, i think maybe i should just put your videos on to help me sleep (that's a compliment.)

You are describing INFP's so well 😍 especially the way you are describing our dream world is amazing 😍 i felt overwhelmed while watching that video 🙈 thank you soooo much

This video is very insightful and greatly appreciated. As an INFP, I would just like to add that even though in your comparison between INFJ and INFP it makes sense that INFJs would resonate more with finding universal, objective truths, I do not agree that most developed INFPs are okay with believing whatever as long as it's with your whole heart. A belief can cause harm if it does not fit a certain line of ethics or facts. I think that INFPs aware of this are more likely to champion individualism that could potentially enrich the world, not make it a worse place.

This is extremely eye opening, I didn't know about this until now. I thought it was strange to make up my own world in my mind. I had no idea it was actually a personality type. I'm glad I watched this video.

4:40 You Put It Into Words I’m Crying .

The dream world for the most part is true. I find it very amusing to toggle all sorts of dilemmas in my fantasies, the only problem I have, is that I don't know how to properly write. I do always enjoy narratives you write of your free will in school, but simple grammatical errors are quite off puting for me. I also have no idea as to how to write a book. But, I also have a true inner desire to lead people as moving a crowd with my voice, but I get way too uncomfortable to start a conversation with people I know very well. Another problem that arises, is knowing if people read my writing, so uncomfortable to let anyone see my inner spirit. Though I will say it is a thousand times easier to talk through texting than face to face. Finding a career is also horrible, I could change from wanting to be an architect to a forensic anthropologist in the course of a week, until I just kind of gave up and I have thought hard on being a writer. Also just something I noticed personally from watching the video, Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter, was always a very interesting character to me.

I feel like I live in a cartoon of my own making. As an INFP I'm finding that the reality that I make for myself in my head in my mind space with my own values and morality codes is at times realier than the reality that lives outside of that space. And in recent years a lot of the fears that I guess infps fear are coming true; a dark soulless conformity, a loss of individualism, and the changing of one's self to fit the society at large. And, while I have my mind and my silly faculties about me I've made it abundantly clear to those who want to listen and those who want to experience this short life that at the end of the day you don't have to change to fit the world around you just keep being your strange unique and get beautiful self. I love being an INFP, so full of mystery, contradictions, and a sense of childish wonderment and I'm starting to realize that these aspects about myself and other INFP personalities are exactly what makes us so unique. Even if others can not see it for themselves.

I love INFP's they are such beautiful people, I can relate to them so much even though I'm an ENFP I still really love their individuality and inner fantasy worlds, because I'm like that as well.

The end of this video brought me to tears. Thank you for so wonderfully communicating what I've been struggling to for forty years! Be blessed 🙏

This video resonated with me so much I legitimately almost teared up. I'm glad we have you sharing such accurate insights on people.

Your presentation style is extremely effective

Great video. The way you talk is very soothing too.

INFP = Repressed ENFJ. ENFJ seeks love and acceptance from the external world. INFP does the same in his/her internal world, tries to find the internal version among many where they are god-like and at their best.

An extremely well made video about this personality type. Usually videos as such leave out information or go away from the point, but in your case the core aspects have been mentioned and focused intensively upon. There were new insights as well, which were either paraphrased or not present in other videos, books - you made great connections and these new revelations do make sense when one starts to think about, consistent logic. If to get on a more personal level this theoretical background of the video, combined with the reason if its existence might mean that you are either INFJ with a well developed Ti or INTP. As for a feedback, I am still not sure as of yet what my personality type is (either INFP or INFJ), since my internal world seems so chaotic and ever-changing, but I have great ideas to select and compare from. Thank you kindly, Chris

As sweet and dead on as this video was, even I sort of started to find all the flattery unhealthy and tiring. But all things aside, this was a masterful video. Thank you.

I love being an INFP. It is challenging at times but overall, magical. Also, narrator (had to google spelling on that!) sounds like an INTJ. Yeah? 😊

(ENFP) HAHA The way you combine concepts with pictures is awesome.

I am an INFP, however I restrict my thoughts to whatever I like and I don't like thinking too deeply, even though I know very well that I have the ability to. I often find myself conflicted because of this barrier because I find myself unable to delve deeper into my own world, because I know it would eventually lead to opening up some long drawn out introspective about the real world which I don't want to know. It can also lead to wandering down a road only to find out that it was just a dead end. I then feel frustrated about the time and thought wasted when I could have been doing more useful things. With all the demands of life on the outside, trying to make my introspection clear to myself through thought is difficult; especially after an incident a few years ago where my thoughts became so muddled that I couldn't think up more than 3-4 cohesive sentences,(which I chalked up to a severe case of writing block) I became sleepy all the time during lessons and other mental activities that didn't fall under my absolute favourite subjects. However a year and a few months before this happened a humongous wall appeared in my mind scape. After I removed it I dispersed my world because I realised it took up too much of my "real" life. Eventually I began to feel sleepy even in my favourite class, I'm still combating the effects. Relating to the real world is often a struggle now and I can't quickly distinguish beyond basic details( colour, what the object is, if its an irregular shape, etc) about the things I see around me like I used to. I do want to learn and read deeply but I don't want to know the evils and demonic hardships of life, then there's this block... Light can't be without dark..urgh, I'm basically in a tug-o-war with myself here...This was a very thought provoking piece. Great job!

im kinda sad the fact that my parents aren't happy for me being an infp naturally, theyre trying so hard to make me an extrovert

I was in relationship with an INFP. Beautiful person but as an ESTP it was difficult to find a common ground of active engagement.

I call infp the vegan type, since someone asked to make the personality test in a vegan group in facebook and overwhelming majority were infps, me included.

I noticed that some people have expressed disagreement with your characterisation of the INFP 'dreamworld', but personally I actually resonated with it to an uncanny degree. Especially the image you use of a system of caverns and the inner light within and the desire to delve down into the self and construct a detailed imaginary world. All that is completely spot on for me. In fact, exactly this kind of imagery has turned up in my own writing over and over again. I literally write about characters who delve into underground realms - systems of caverns and subterranean tunnels - and discover ancient, mysterious and strange secrets. And even the image of the glowing inner light in this underground world - it turns up repeatedly in my writing. I also have a penchant for surreal and strange imagery. I'm obsessed with the idea of making imaginary and strangely beautiful worlds, and describing them in so much detail that they become real, concrete, material even. One of my favourite writers who I hold up as a model to myself in this regard is Mervyn Peake (who wrote the 'Gormenghast' trilogy or the 'Titus Books'). I don't know if you're familiar with him, but I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts regarding him and his type, because his writing seems to me to exemplify a lot of the traits that you describe in this video. But the confusing thing is that I've recently started questioning my type and started to wonder whether I might actually be an ISFP, and that these qualities could actually be described as arising from the Se-Ni axis in conjunction with dominant Fi. What confuses the matter, of course, is that everybody seems to have a slightly different understanding and definition of what the functions actually are. But in many ways Jung's characterisation of introverted intuition in Psychological Types resonates with your description of the INFP dreamworld (and of my own dreamworld); he described the 'introverted intuitive type' as a dreamer, a mystic and an artist; specifically (if I understood and remembered rightly) as somebody who has greater access to the collective unconscious, who can look inwards and see into this archetypal realm. And what better an image for the realm of the collective unconscious than that of a system of subterranean caverns full of strange riches? And then, perhaps, Se could be understood as manifesting in a desire to flesh out, give substance and form to this rich inner world so that other people can experience it. I don't know. It's all rather slippery! No sooner do I think I've finally gotten a hold of the functions and how they work than some new point of view or piece of information comes along to scatter the little model I've been building for myself! Another thing I wanted to say: I thought it was really interesting in your INTP video when you mention how their inferior Fe imparts the tendency to formulate universal moral systems, a la Kant's categorical imperative. And it occurred to me that there may be a parallel tendency with INFPs and their inferior Te: namely, that INFPs (and perhaps also ISFPs) actually have a tendency to create their own philosophies. Two examples I was thinking of were Tolstoy (with the notorious philosophical disquisitions in War and Peace), and the English writer Thomas Hardy, both of whom, incidentally, were very influenced by the philosophy of Schopenhauer, and both of whom, accordingly, had deeply pessimistic philosophies centred around the idea of a universal 'Will.' Of course, I'm not sure if both of these writers were INFPs, but I at least strongly suspect that Thomas Hardy was. Tolstoy's a bit harder to figure out! Anyway, sorry for this ramble. I got very stimulated by this video!

I'd always heard the argument that J.R.R. Tolkien was ISTJ (SO much detail in his world, so much history and realism that textured his Middle Earth) and C.S. Lewis was INTJ (granted an INTJ with uniquely well developed Fi, but I think it's a fair argument when you read his nonfiction work). Amazing writers no matter their type though.

Thank you for the section on differentiating INFP and INFJ

Is it because I'm an INFP that I have zero interest in sports?

This is such a sweet, insightful, and well made video! I'm an INFP and I want to thank you for making this video. c:

I've been working really hard trying to change my situation. Just working hard at something I don't care about. It is how I can make $$$ but still, not really working out for me. So I was watching personality videos that were not very accurate so I decided to take the 16 personality test. Took it before a while back. I just feel reading into INFP is helping me clear things out in my life. I have always wanted to be authentic but I felt it was not bringing to me the things I need. All my life I have tried to be someone I am not. I am unique and I like being unique. I am passionate about my values. (Veganism, fitness, weed, gratitude, spirituality, love, intelligence, peace) But now I know just to be my authentic self and do what matters to me most. Follow what I believe. I am grateful.

just a note: what's motivating me to look and act different is not a hatred for conformity, but rather an alignment with my true self.

I'd made my day seeing the all these amazing human beings in the intro classified as INFP's. This video in general put a very big smile on my face :D

Great explanation. I'm an INFP myself. Feel that it's little hard to follow at some points but good. Wonder if the narrator's addicted to valium.

Thank you for such a well put together, somewhat beautiful and accurate description. I am INFP (not my opinion, or guess - was verified through interpersonality.com) and realize online there are many poor interpretations of types. Nice to see someone putting up information that is correct.

I cried for two weeks when my best friend moved away to Vermont. I've met a few other people over the years who seemed really nice, but soon scare them off with my all-in intensity. So I do spend a lot of time on the internet because I am so hungry for some kind of connection. In real life I find that trying to fit in is very tiring; hiding who I am is hard. I love movies and books where I can really identify with a character when they react within the plot the way I would do in similar circumstances. It is nice thinking that maybe there isn't anything wrong with me except my INFPness and I'm not alone after all.

This video made me want to have INFP's in my life. Not saying I don't, but you make them sound so cool. I appreciate that. :)

i love the imagery you use in your videos, it's very humorous :) I also like the way you describe our inner world and the functions, its very accurate. Thanks!

You have such a nice, calming voice!

Really well made video man, thank you for your service!

I'm an INFP and its trippy what I've found out about myself, I love all my quarks good and bad, embrace who you are, love yourself, and keep away from bad buzz people, we are all unique individuals...

At the end you say Thankyou but I am the one that should be thanking you, you making this video has helped me so much with self discovery and letting me me free

extremely good video... spot on! insightful and rich analysis and beautiful presentation

this explains why J.K. Rowling is so successful at what she does.

Recently I've been doing a lot of reading up on the MBTI, especially since most of the tests I do say INFJ and only some say INFP, while the enneagram tests every single time said "It is not clear by your answers what your type is. You are equally possibly a 5w4 or 4w5". It seems my personality isn't that easy to pin down and since I am a little different every day, my honest answers vary every day, too, while in the MBTI and INFJ groups I am in people seem to be quite certain which one suits them best. I have come to the conclusion that the indicator just is what it is: An indicator, a preference, not necessarily an exclusion of the traits of other personality types. So often I read or hear „You are EITHER OR. You can't exchange them or be both!“ While I fully agree that you can't be both AT THE SAME TIME, I do not agree that you can only stick to one. Either that or there are certain people who despite of the excellent and detailed work in Jung's 16 Types theory still do not fit into a single one of them to a hundred percent. I wasn't sure if I was INFJ or INFP as well - superficially they look very similar, it's the foundation and in-depth motivation that's contrary. After learning as much as possible about both and theory in general I could conclude that most of my days I indeed am INFJ, absolutely, with all its positive AND negative traits. Often enough, though, I have those days where my perspective shifts or gets shifted by a certain event or thing and I find myself identifying myself with INFP a LOT more. I am pretty sure even that in my teenage years I was a lot more of an INFP than INFJ. I have also noticed that while I'm working creatively, as in painting and drawing, my views and "feeling" switches to be more INFP-like while when I'm designing I am fully in analytic logical pattern- and connections seeking INFJ mode. It is, by the way, even one of the main reasons why I chose exactly the job I have - to be able to switch and have the best out of both worlds. I seem to only stick to those two though, I find myself not being able to switch to an xSTJ- or xSTP-mode yet, which would be a huge advantage career-wise. The thing I miss a little in both descriptions is the ability to change your perspective purposefully. One does see every side of things, the other isn't really aware. This is something though that does come with age, experience and knowledge for people who truly work on themselves and actively work on growing to become a "bigger" person. It's kind of immature to claim you can only stick to and live by your traits and not get out of your personality box; it's an excuse for people who aren't willing to try in my opinion. Ths isn't meant as an insult, absolutely not - I'm just saying that by growing also your perspectives shift and you see things like the indicator a little more open instead of being too stuck with some rule so many seem to see as untouchable. We have the beautiful advantage of free will and formable intelligence. Who's to say we can only be what that little indicator says about us?

That was a weird synchronicity. The music you have playing at the end, I played that cello part when I was a teenager. I knew it by heart. Its still living in my fingers ;D

this is so great! Thanks for the video, it reaffirmed that i am most definitely an infp :)

What I recently been thinking about is that one difference between INFP and INFJ which is less talked about, but better addressed by socionics and personalityjunkie.com is the following. I run an MBTI group. What I notice is that INFJs are usually put together and have an elegant appearance. When they talk they seem to be part of an intellectual or spiritual aristocracy (I am not trying to moralize, bear with me). They would buy for quality and they live to eat. This has the quality of Fe+Se. Leading with Ni, INFJs are ethical but they are highly concerned with aesthetics. They prioritize beauty, intellectually and also appearances. INFPs are very plain, they just put together whatever that is comfortable. When they talk, though they may be intelligent or have fantasies, they want to come off as ordinary and down-to-earth. They save money, so they buy second-hand furniture and go to the Salvation Army for clothes. This has an Si-Ne quality (being sparse but resourceful, even whimsically so). It might make Fe-Se go "yuck!" INFJs and INFPs are both ethical and aesthetic, but INFPs will prioritize the former and INFJs the latter. As a result, INFJs may appear to be snobby, and INFPs like dirty hippies that need a makeover (and that is important, because it affects others when one does not take care of oneself), if we take both types to the extreme. INFJs may need to be less indulgent and INFPs need to relax overly-strict standards (ascetic and ethical) that prevent them from taking in the richness of life.

💗😊💕Thank you for making your video. I’m an INFP. I listened to this video 3x. I’ve got a lot to learn about the MBTI topic.💕😊💗

Being an INFP, people seem to think I’m sensitive and shy and so because of this I tend to not accept compliments or when someone asks if I’m hurt after I fall down I tend to get a little aggressive. I think a way of describing this is “I don’t always need emotional support, I’ll wipe away my own tears.”

I truly love being an INFP.

Bro, watch all of this dude’s videos, it’s literally the same thing

The contrasting INFJ and INFJ part was really interesting to me. That’s me and my best friend and we kind of have an ongoing debate about the difference between the two. She feels they’re exacuthe same because we’re so similar. I think our main difference is that while we both have strong beliefs she’s so sure hers are right and true and must be the way the world really works whereas I know mine are purely subjective. I think I’m just fully aware of how little I know and how limited my view is. I think it also makes me much less forceful about trying to get others to care about what I care about...even if I long for them to

Love the video. I type myself as an introvert, my friends say I am an extrovert. So I feel unsure wether I am an ENFP or INFP. The ENFP video feels wrong. I may be able to act like an extrovert, all bubbly and funny but it feels like a mask. I kinda trained socializing and being really warm with people because years ago I considered myself too 'uncool' - way too quiet and shy as a teenager. I then, changed and don't act shy anymore...but still I feel drained after spending too much time with people. I even pretended to like clubbing and concerts when in reality I wanted to leave...fast. I became well liked and popular but untrue to myself. Maybe I should accept my shy self again... but then I am constantly asked: "Are you sad? What's wrong with you?" which is really annoying...but to be true to myself, no matter what other people think of me becomes more and more important after I grew into an adult. Is it possible for an introvert to wear an extrovert mask? Am I just a depressive ENFP? A more outgoing INFP? Where is the line? I hope the next INFP Video revisited will help...I am looking forward to it! :)

I am definitely in line with most of the INFP characteristics, except for not caring if my beliefs are objectively logical. I agree that I start with a rich subjective view, but then I test it with objective logical reasons. Anyone else think that INFP's get a bad rap for not being logical?

I had to (try to) watch this several times. The monotone voice just made me space out so much that I don't feel I got as much out of this video as I could have. I would love to hear it done over again with some more enthusiasm as the points I did pick up helped me.

Yes the INFP is a completely different creature than the INFJ.

you said "struggling with being normal" while I was trying to watch this video upside down. *upside down* stranger things ;) anyone?

I can always find other INFPs online but never offline. ;-;

Is it just me or is the piano intro extremely fitting? Kinda mystical like MBTI haha