[ana]

I have been typed myself as an INFP since I took the test for the first time. I did also take the Cognitive Functions test and I was an INFP... the thing is that I don't fit a lot of the "stereotypes" that INFP's have. I am going to list a few:



- I am not a cat person. Lol
- I am not a crazy animal lover, I mean dogs are ok and I love horses but that's it.
- I am not Mother Theresa nor I am a "social injustice fighter". I actually have been pretty active with activities helping the less fortunate and even though I feel compassion and sympathy I found them really "extrovert" activities to do so they drain my energy.
- I am pretty logical, I do make decisions using my heart most of the time but if I see that something does not make sense I can be pretty determined to make a logical decision.
- I am not really spiritual... I have problems having "faith". I feel that I need more logical reasons to believe in something. I wish I had more though.
- I am creative but I can't seem to put my words into something meaningful. It's like I "appreciate art" more than "do art" (does that make sense?)
- I love having money and I want to be a millionaire. Not that I am good at business or economy or those money-related careers. Giak.
- I go out a lot... like two to three days a week, but maybe because I am in college and I'm young. But I really like it! lol
- I am seen sometimes as naive and innocent and perhaps too soft, but I think that's because people don't know me very well. If I get threatened I can be a bitch.
- I think I am too selfish to be a stereotypical INFP.


I can't think of more right now but do any of you INFP's also feel that you don't fit the stereotypical INFP??? But I identify myself more with the INFP description than the INTP. I am not that logical analytical. Maybe I just have a well-developed Ti??

[dann]

I don't think any of those things matter all that much. I just saw a recent thread about the thinking/feeling thing and it seems like alot of people are on the borderline, including me.

I consider myself very INFP and I can relate to every bullet point, except for the horses thing. Horses are weird and freak me out

[Tincan]

- I am not a cat person. Lol - Me too
- I am not a crazy animal lover, I mean dogs are ok and I love horses but that's it. - I like animals a lot, but that doesn't mean all of them will be under my umbrella
- I am not Mother Theresa nor I am a "social injustice fighter". I actually have been pretty active with activities helping the less fortunate and even though I feel compassion and sympathy I found them really "extrovert" activities to do so they drain my energy. -Same here

- I am pretty logical, I do make decisions using my heart most of the time but if I see that something does not make sense I can be pretty determined to make a logical decision. - I'm also very logical, I'm not good at logic, but I use it all the time in thinking and decision making
- I am not really spiritual... I have problems having "faith". I feel that I need more logical reasons to believe in something. I wish I had more though. - Religion is mostly bollocks to me, and I don't care much about becoming spiritual
- I am creative but I can't seem to put my words into something meaningful. It's like I "appreciate art" more than "do art" (does that make sense?) - same here, I have a deep connection to art, but I can't do it well myself
- I love having money and I want to be a millionaire. Not that I am good at business or economy or those money-related careers. Giak. - it would be nice, but I don't really care much. I wouldn't know what to do with the money.
- I go out a lot... like two to three days a week, but maybe because I am in college and I'm young. But I really like it! lol - Everyone goes out sometimes, I went out 4 times this week.
- I am seen sometimes as naive and innocent and perhaps too soft, but I think that's because people don't know me very well. If I get threatened I can be a bitch. - I'm not really nice either, I'm very moody and callous. When threatened I could either become angry and sulk, or explode.
- I think I am too selfish to be a stereotypical INFP. - I'm very selfish too. Who needs to be a stereotype anyways, be yourself.

I got a well developed Ti like you, but that was mostly school that did that to me. Your personality doesn't solely rely on your functions, it also has to do with your experiences and those around you. Since those 2 things are different for everyone, we won't all be the same.

[locofoco]

Those are just individual qualities that don't have anything to deal with MBTI type. If you relate to the cognitive functions, then you're just as much an INFP as other INFPs.

[summer solstice]

I can't think of more right now but do any of you INFP's also feel that you don't fit the stereotypical INFP??? But I identify myself more with the INFP description than the INTP. I am not that logical analytical. Maybe I just have a well-developed Ti??

Of course you don't fit the stereotypical INFP description, because no one *is* the stereotypical INFP description. :3

As for your question on Ti, it is not necessarily Ti. The least that could be said is that it's just you using your brains. ^^

[Vivid Sunset]

- I am pretty logical, I do make decisions using my heart most of the time but if I see that something does not make sense I can be pretty determined to make a logical decision.

When you say "logical" what criteria are you using? Do you use facts from the external world? Do you use what's important to the group?

Also, by saying you lead with your heart/what's important to you over your head would indicate that you're a feeler.

- I am creative but I can't seem to put my words into something meaningful. It's like I "appreciate art" more than "do art" (does that make sense?)

Creativity is not just limited to painting, writing, music, or any of the traditional "artsy" stuff. It's also being able to look for new ways to do things. Or to figure out how to navigate around obstacles when something or someone gets in your way.

- I think I am too selfish to be a stereotypical INFP.

Self deprecation is a typical INFP trait... just saying...

I can't think of more right now but do any of you INFP's also feel that you don't fit the stereotypical INFP??? But I identify myself more with the INFP description than the INTP. I am not that logical analytical. Maybe I just have a well-developed Ti??

Actually, what you're probably using is Te. Te is about organization, truth, facts, getting things done efficiently, and it looks at systems in the external world and figures out how best to use them to accomplish it's goals. Te doesn't care how the system works, it just cares about using the system as a means for to an end. For an INFP, Te is used for changing the world in response to internal values, and to help getting things done.