ENFP or INFP? I can't decide! Help, please? :)

I've taken quite a few tests and gotten varied results. Varied as in, half give me ENFP and half INFP (with a couple ENTPs thrown in there, too, but I know it doesn't fit me).

Oh, and hi! I just joined, so I'm still working on the whole navigation thing. I'm Olivia. I'm going to try to keep this short, since it's a school night, but it's not like I get enough sleep on Thursdays, anyway.



Okay, back to the point... Yeah, I'm really easily distracted. Anyway, I've always thought of myself as an introvert (as a younger child I was quite shy - I'm only fifteen now, though, so there's still time for change), so the prospect of being an extrovert at first confused me.

But then I thought about it. I'm always friendly and smiley, cheerful, unless I'm in a really foul mood. I share personal information about myself willingly - I'm not really ashamed of who I am, except for a couple things I keep covered up. I tend to attract attention, just because I can be loud and a spaz, but not in a really obnoxious way. I have a very expressive face, though I usually don't mean to. -.- I'm kind of a social group juggler, especially at parties and dances, or else I get bored.

Those were the traits I found to be extroverted. However, I have considered the introverted ones. I like to be independent, and I don't always need people around for support. I do enjoy some alone time, where I'm not constantly entertaining, although I tend to lose confidence when I'm by myself. In unfamiliar environments I can seem extremely withdrawn, just because I'm bad at joining groups and including myself. I always had a problem with approaching people, even friends, and making the first move in general (now I rarely have a problem, unless it is an entirely new situation).

What I'm wondering is, which traits seem more prominent? Would certain ones outweigh others and indicate that I'm a certain type?

And what exactly is the difference between "The Inspirer" and "The Idealist"? They seem to be both about imagining a better future for the world and helping society, which is certainly what I want, but what are the key differences? I've always valued ideas and communication, and my primary life focus is to come up with something that'll change people. Whether it's a tangible, physical idea or way of thinking, I want to move the world, somehow. Not for the recognition, but because... Well, I don't quite know.

I'm sorry that I talked SO much... I need to work on keeping my brain-to-mouth (or, well, brain-to-keyboard) flow to a minimum. Basically, I need to shut up. I'm sorry. I'm exhausted and delirious.

Thanks!

Welcome, my guess, ENFP :)

ENFP. They're some of the most introverted of the extroverts. INFPs seem cautious about even talking to someone.

If you can't decide, you're definitely an ENFP.

ENFPs are the most introverted extroverts.
INFPs are the most introverted introverts.

Thank you! I definitely think I'm an ENFP now :) "Introverted extrovert" is probably the best way to describe me.

Don't let the world make you feel you have to decide between you and everybody else. All of them are essential to you. Don't let anyone put you in a box. Balance between many things is the key to a fulfilling life.

You sound just like me. I also vote ENFP!

Holy guacamole! My profoundest apologies for only responding to this now, but I was...well, not a member yet and all ;D ANYHOW, I must say that the very nature of your writing reads as ENFP (which makes you the same as me - yay!): for one thing, ENFPs are known for being descriptive writers, because we incorporate so much of our intraverted feeling into our characteristically enthusiastic expression i.e. extraverted intuition.

...The bit about being open and easily distracted is also a dead giveaway XD While openness may characterize many extroverts, a lot of your thinking-type extroverts tend to be less comfortable sharing personal feelings for the simple fact that their assessments are based more on impersonal and detached logic...not to mention their intraverted logic 'filter' limits what they find relevant to express. 'Stream of consciousness' communication in which essentially every thought and feeling on our minds is put right out there is firmly extraverted-feeling terrain!

As for jumping between one thought and another, that also corroborates your placement as an extraverted-perceiver I'd say.

I think the reason we ENFPs tend to seem a little more introverted that the rest of our sort in some ways is because that inward feeling function makes us extra conscious to reading feelings around us and taking things to heart by virtue of our own; while we march to the beat of our own drum, we worry about the impression our actions will make on others and their feelings as well. (That may sound like extraverted feeling, but it all goes back to OUR inward sentiments!)

Still, if you feel lonely and/or bored when you're alone for a while, that suggests that you derive your energy predominantly from outside interaction rather than from alone time and within yourself. Taken together with your openness, I'd say that indicates extraversion regardless of shyness or needing time alone; it seems to be a general rule that introverts like their inner-selves kept private.

When all else fails, I have a firm hypothesis that putting in little witty jokes sharing our EXACT feelings...about talking too much and being exhausted and delirious for example (especially since we usually DO talk far too much - hardly a bad thing of course - and DO tend to get delirious with all that lovely Ne'ing of ours!)...is a veritable deal-breaker for ENFP-hood ;D

Nice to meetcha!! *Handshakes*

I think that you are an ENFP. :)