The Many Faces of INFJ

Definitely, I can relate to The Guru and the chair, and the method actor. Too funny!

The Many Faces of INFJ

This is the kinda thing I have been looking for . . .

Good find . . .

This is so cool. I can see myself in all of them.

Slightly:
Academic
Guru (sometimes I find the meaning of life, but then I lose it again)

Totally:
Method Actor
Cobra
Gypsy King (I only use this and the Cobra for good, I swear!)
Revolutionary

Rarely, but still sometimes:
Destroyer of Worlds
SP Wannabe

Method Actor speaks volumes to me, I also use the Cobra now and then and Guru as well. The others...here and there but Method Actor, Cobra and Guru fit me perfectly.

The Method Actor
The Destroyer of Worlds

Ahem..."gypsy king"? A little bit bigoted there aren't we?

Not sure this is always trickery. I tend to use this function just as a self-protection device. If I look at someone and they're obviously a dick I just don't talk to them. There is a manipulative side, though - poetic justice and revenge. I tend to value revenge more if I'm sticking up for a friend. I get a little too caught up emotionally to stick up for myself but I must admit I love attacking the achilles heel of someone whose been a cock to one of my mates. The good thing about this "gypsy king" trait is that you don't have to know much about them. You observe, you recognise their number one neurosis, and if they step out of line and start making other people feel bad then you bring them back down to earth. The best thing is that you don't even need to say anything unfriendly. You know it's going to hurt but on the face of things you're not actually doing anything wrong. You just feign ignorance.

Example of this that I REALLY enjoyed:
Friend has ex that keeps calling her and trying to get it back on. When she was with him he was always talking about other girls and trying to make her jealous and now that she has a new boyfriend he's suddenly chasing her again. Analysis: Needs to prove to himself over and over again that he is desirable to women - that women will compete over him and leave their boyfriends for him, because he is the best. Meanwhile, he can pick and choose his girls, drop them and pick them back up - he's so great that the girls will wait for him - he is totally in control.

Last time she saw him, he tried to kiss her. She said "no I have a boyfriend" and left. He texts to see if she feels like hanging out the next day. The text I want my friend to send back: "Sorry but it's obvious from your behaviour last night that you still have feelings for me. I've moved on and I don't think it's really fair for us to hang around like this if I can't offer you what you want. Let's catch up once you're feeling better."

Totally manipulative and evil and hits him right where it hurts - suddenly she's in charge and he's the one chasing and competing for a girl - it's the submissive position. It's his greatest fear. Yet she still sounds like a saint...

I'd only use this if they deserved it, though. If someone is being a bully or a cheat and others are falling in line - which means they may never have seen repercussions for their bad behaviour - they should recognise the consequences at least once. They should be shown that they cannot get away with hurting others.

The other one I identified with was the academic. I definitely act like a T but my compassion marks me out as an F (I know that last paragraph doesn't sound that compassionate but there's compassion for victims there - it's poetic justice not just "everything fair regardless of feelings") I think I've got a bit of all of those traits, though. I always get these moments were I realise I'm a lot angrier than I think I am so I recognise that "hater" personality, I am horrified to confess!

I'm an SP Wannabe and a method actor for sure ;D. Most of people will see me as a purely extrovert...

I might be the destroyer/academic/cobra INFJ coming into the method actor and SP wannabe parts.

Originally Posted by myjazz

This came from an INTP forum. Damn you INTP's trying to figure us out :) This is a little long but interesting.


Preface:
The Revolutionary:

“The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous.”

Fuck yeah! What would this guide be without the INFJ Revo-motherfucking-lutionary!? The Revolutionary aspect is to the INFJs, as Superman is to the Superfriends, INDESPENSIBLE! I mean, this isn’t even a face of the INFJ, this is the INFJ. The INTJs might have been nick named “The Mastermind”, but being a mastermind really comes from being an Ni dominant more than it does from being a Thinker. The INFJ Revolutionaries are masterminds in their own right, visionaries of the people. Literally beginning as children, INFJs go through life observing the world. The inner workings of society, human behavior, and natural law become clear to them through their observations and experience. Naturally, their Ni begins expanding as their worldview, and through it they acquire a future vision of what the world should be like. The world would be so much better if it worked the way it did in their Ni, but it doesn’t, and that just fucking pisses them off. This deep dissatisfaction for the world as it is now is what fuels the revolutionary fire that burns in the hearts of the INFJ. Because the solutions to all of the world’s problems are obvious, so obvious that it is maddening to think that they and a few others are the only people who can see it. This dissatisfaction for society creates a certain adversarial nature for the INFJ, it is them against the world. But no matter, if the world we live in sucks, just make a new one!

The Destroyer of worlds:

“Why me, because it's my revenge on this robotic society, because someone has to do it.”

The adversarial nature and discontent with society, is natural for the INFJs. However, at times, their adversarial worldview can become so strong that it turns to hatred, and the point of view that humans are just too stupid to live up to what they think they should live up to. The worse cases are when INFJs are also not in touch with their Fe. Their Ni will continue growing, and their Ti will make sense of it, but because they never get that push back for Fe, their worldview just becomes more and more detached and distorted from reality. This only perpetuates their hatred, because at the times they do try to articulate their distorted worldview, they are met with resistance from other people. Which leads them to a perspective that is no humans are worth saving, they are all just mindless idiots. Obviously these are very extreme cases, but make no mistake; they do exist, and have always existed. The Destroyers might even gain enough power to lead their own revolution, but it will be a revolution of hatred, destruction, and death. These kinds of INFJ also make some of the best villains in fiction, which everyone mistakes for INTJs on the forums. Apparently evil = T.

The SP Wannabe:



“Let me tell you a little something about the universe. Fuck you.”

Nobody expects the SP wannabe! They are the face of INFJ that as soon as most people see, they automatically think “ESTP”. Little do they know there is a massive worldview and understanding of human kind and natural law behind that rough and tumble exterior. They are by in large the most in your face and Alpha Male/Female you can get with the INFJ breed. It is actually quite normal and even common for all personality types to have a fetishy relationship with their inferior function. For the INFJ, this fetish comes in the flavor of Se. They go out into the world, grab Se by the balls, and show the world who’s in charge. This is how they master their shadow, by fighting it head on becoming their Shadow’s master. Most if not all INFJs take on the aspect of the SP wannabe for at least brief periods of time. It could be through martial arts, racing, cooking, a good friend of mine does it through Hula Hooping. It is all a part of learning how to live in the now. Some INFJs take this fetish to a whole new level, almost fascinated with the sensations; Retelling stories emphasizing every gory detail they can remember in full detail.


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wow lol...this is so me all over. in fact if I was a male INFJ I would be just like Julian Assange or even more full on than he is...robotic - um that was the last word along with the word moronic that I used on facebook before I deleted my page entirely - am so over the robotic moronic types! I sound so abnoxious I know but I bloody care so much that it makes me get really crazy! I am not uncaring or rude but people make me out to be like that. I get so annoyed at being misread! I say stuff because I care and I would like people to change their way just a tad to make the world a better place - for dog's sake I have effortlessly changed a lot of what I do to be in line with modern ethics...but other people - well, am so over the fact that they don't give a shit - yeah whatever! I give up and have crawled into a metaphorical @#$%ing cave or gone to live in a commune...who cares? I do!!

lol...I have just reread your post again and the Guru and The False Guru are also me all over....I have been both and am over the new age fakeo phase and am so real that it hurts so good/bad :) Cobra and the Gypsy King - yes!! this is also me all over! actually the whole description is so accurate it scares me :~

I find that I am a bit of a chameleon... a real actress when I need to be. I have lately found myself being manipulative but I think this is just how the world works - or it appears to be. I can be whatever someone wants me to be if I need them/it or want them/it really badly. Like in relationships I can be what somebody wants as long as they are clear of their intentions and their wants/needs I am happy to accommodate as I see this as the reality. You want polite nice girl and I like you enough...ok, I will be your polite nice girl (only part-time though)...you want bad girl or crazy girl? Ok I can do that too. all of those are me naturally. I am the sort of lady that likes to express herself and I express all of my emotions fully without restraint...when I am feeling shy I am shy. when I feel anger I am angry. when I feel turned on; I am turned on. when I am serious; I am very serious...but I can go from one to the other easily. I do this naturally - call it manipulative or whatever...I call it natural and innocent!!