[ethylester]

I can say with certainty that I have never daydreamed about a unicorn or a fairy.

[Sily]

I'm just popping into this thread to ask that the Unicorns & Fairy People not be dissed.

You'll upset them.

[ThatOne]

It's nice to know that even our own type likes to stereotype us...

I have never actually seen any INFP, on this forum, come out and say that they dream about Unicorns and Fairies and all that Fairytale stuff. It sounds much more like you're just making assumptions, based on something you've read or what someone has told you.

As someone else said on the first page (can't remember who now) I personally dream about my IDEAL world. Ideal personality, ideal life, ideal friends, etc. Unicorns and pixies don't fit anywhere into that. I dream about fixing up all the embarrassing mistakes I might have made earlier that day. Fixing up all the things I could have done better.

Doesn't sound very magical now, huh?

[ImminentThunder]

I have a nice fantasy life. But that in and of itself doesn't determine whether or not you're an INFP. :)

[Cmk]

My daydreams are based on realism too. I don't fantasize about magical things, super powers and unicorns :)
I daydream about travels, people in my daily life, the future, books, people who are not in my daily life, food (yes.. I love to fantasize about what kind of food to make) Etc.

I think it is 'typical' INFP to 'dream' about things, more than other types. But other types daydreams too, especially introverts. It is not limited to INFPs, and neither is it necessarily all INFPs who do it that much.

[amethyst_butterfly]

I am an INFP and I am pretty realistic about life, which sometimes makes me pessimistic. I think that is mainly a stereotype about us lol. If I daydream is about real events and people.

[da_gobbo]

my daydreams are usually an escape of a break from reality a way to avoid stress from work etc, rather than augmenting my real life its an alternative to it, somewhere i can go/be where things will be going right regardless of how my day went, a great way to calm down, or jsut kill some time when i've nothing better to do (stuck on the bus when my motorbikes broken leaps to mind)

i guess each of us who daydreams a lot, does so for different reasons / to get differnt things from it so our inner worlds differ because their existance is based on what we want to get out of them.

[summer solstice]

can you explain the infp functions, ive read it and i dont really understand it.

What is it exactly that you don't understand?

[TJSeabury]

all of you sound like u live in a dream world full of fairies and unicorns and i understand thats a typical infp. all my test results say im infp and i think i relate to many infp traits but my inner world is all in a sense realistic. im not dreaming bout fairies and flying,

inb4 stereotypes, read up on Jungian functions.

im "dreaming" about real life situations tht could happen or shouldve happend and w.e... so what does that make me?

I do this too, that's an INFP "trait" for lack of a better word.

[kyliecarefree]

As aforementioned, fuck stereotypes. INFPs are idealists, which basically means they focus on ideal situations (Which sounds a lot like what you focus on -- ideal events that you would have liked to have happened), so you still fit the definition. And as a side note, I think living in that unrealistic fantasy world is actually quite unhealthy, and makes for a harsh reminder when reality comes back to bite you in the ass (Excuse my language in this post!), which can lead to sadness/depression --> increased dependency on the fantasy world to ease the pain --> reality check, and over again. But that's just my take. The point is, yes you can still be an INFP without living in a world of fairies and unicorns.