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This is a discussion on Can INFPs be cynical? within the INFP Forum - The Idealists forums, part of the NF's Temperament Forum- The Dreamers category; I visited mt aunty the other day and we get along like two peas in a pod. We can talk ...

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    INTP - The Thinkers

    Can INFPs be cynical?

    I visited mt aunty the other day and we get along like two peas in a pod. We can talk about things for hours and be cynical on every subject we discuss. So I mentioned personality types to her and I was absolutely bewildered when she told me she was a INFP.



    So fellow INFPs, is there times you just stop caring and hate the world?

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    INFP - The Idealists

    I recently had a strongly apathetic mood spanning a few days (sometimes it can last up to a couple of months, or, you know, the entire span of puberty.) Um, I have always been pretty cynical. I frequently hate the world (because I love it, and it won't let me help it/is destroying itself).
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    INFP - The Idealists


    I was actually thinking about making a thread like this not too long ago.

    I can be apathetic every now and then. I feel I need that balance in my life. I can't always be a kind person.
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    INFP - The Idealists

    Does howdy doody have wooden balls? For sure we can be cynical, I am totally convinced we are all headed for disaster. Just look at gold and silver prices, thru the roof cause the dollar is crashing. I don't hate the world, but for nearly every problem we have, humankind is offering a less than practical solution. Just wait for the gulf oil + dispersant to hit the entire east coast with the rains, yikes!

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    INFP - The Idealists

    Of course. During my younger teens I was always cynical. people liked me better then though... wtf.
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    Unknown Personality

    I go through shifts sometimes I can be such an optimistic person and the world will be this
    amazing place and will fascinate me and make me feel so good but then other times
    I'll just feel dull and numbed and like nothing is real and nothing is good and just go to a really
    dark place.
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    INFP - The Idealists

    I try not to be cynical, but oftentimes feel I am. But when I talk to a very cynical person (my ISFP dad, for example), I feel rather optimistic. I think a lot of it depends on my mood.
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    INTP - The Thinkers

    I'm cynical as hell. I find it hard to see how people can avoid being cynical in today's world.
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    INFP - The Idealists

    I have been cynical since forever, lol...Maybe I'm not an INFP. Nah, people think I'm ENFJ, and they're not too cynical, usually. But this isn't to say I don't love the world, I just think it's deteriorating and can only get worse.
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    INFP - The Idealists

    of course we can be cynical...i don't think it's limited to any type though...to me it's just a mood that comes and goes like the wind (see Calvaire's comment above ^^^^)
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