IxFP? Please help me figure this out!

-I wish I were more assertive and I often daydream about being someone who is no-nonsense and respected for my intelligence, but I would never be like this in real life because I'm too afraid that people wouldn't like me if I were that way.
-I am very in tune with my body and feel (irrationally) personally betrayed when I get sick or injured; I feel like my body is sabotaging me or letting me down.
-I drop into fantasies easily during the day, and have to force myself to snap out of them in order to not miss bus stops, get to class on time after lunch, etc.
-Something I do accidentally, but without fail, is forget which side of a book a page is on. If I am reading a book, then put it down and pick it up later, I will be sure that something I read was on the left page (for example), and it will be on the right. I have no idea why this happens.
-I am also terrible with directions. If someone asks me for directions, I direct them towards someone who would know the route better than I would.
-I hate giving people misinformation by accident. If I tell someone something and it turns out to be wrong, I feel personally responsible for any trouble it may have caused them.
-I love watching quiz shows, especially comedic ones. I feel like I've learned more from comedy quiz shows than from all my schooling thus far.
-I love comedy in general. I think comedy is much more important than people give it credit for; it can be used to posit ideas that might not be listened to otherwise, or to make a serious story or set of facts more interesting and accessible. (Part of the reason I admire comedians so much is that I would never be able to become one, due to both crippling stage fright and fear of peoples' reactions to the things I said)
-I cried at the end of Reichenbach because I felt so bad for John. (I'm sorry for putting this in; I know it will only make sense to Sherlock fans, but I felt it was probably a telling character point)
-I hate romance in most movies because I feel that the sappy or gratuitous way in which it is portrayed cheapens it. Because of this, I'm sure other people must see me as a prude, although I don't consider myself one.
-I don't necessarily believe in soul mates, just because it seems impractical (and even if they did exist, it would be nearly impossible to find the one person out of the 7 billion+ people in the world), but I do need relationships that are meaningful. A relationship with someone who didn't understand me, and who I didn't understand, would make me more unhappy than being single would.
-I don't like being around children, not because I dislike them (I don't in general), but because I'm always worried that I'll say or do something around them that will scar them somehow, or that I won't be able to keep them entertained and happy. I think childhood is an unbelievably important time of life in developmental terms, and I don't want to do anything that would ruin it for them.
-Sometimes I get caught up in worrying about what consequences my actions will have, so much so that I get paralysed and am afraid to do anything at all. I do this much less than I used to, fortunately.
-I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs for several reasons: a) I don't want to do anything which would have such damaging long-term effects on my body, b) I'm afraid I might have an addictive personality and don't want to find out, and c) I don't want to lose control over my brain that much.
-I tend to discover something, become obsessed with it, think about it almost constantly, try to talk to other people about it (usually they don't share my enthusiasm), and then slowly get tired of it until I'm bored and move on to something else. I go through phases, which can last anywhere from weeks to years before fizzling out. I might revisit it later, but it will never have the same spark and momentum.
-I like starting new projects but it takes a massive effort for me to finish anything. In the case of art projects, most of the time after they are finished, I stare at them and think of all the things I could have done differently, but don't want to touch it again because then I would have to work on it even more.
-I am very impatient. If I don't understand something the first time, my instinct is to stop wasting my time and move on to something else. I feel like if I'm not a natural at something, I probably shouldn't be doing it.
-I like to classify things and separate them into groups, but I try to keep this to a minimum because I know that most people think of it as labelling or generalising, which I don't want to be accused of. (Conversely, I am very bad at keeping things organised and keeping track of things. My room is always messy, and has been ever since I can remember. I don't remember ever having a tidy room, and every time I try to tidy it up, it takes about a week to go back to its previous state.)
-I like knowing everything I can about something before I do it. If possible, I like to see it demonstrated.
-I don't like making mistakes and I hate looking stupid. Embarrassing situations haunt me for years.
-I am terrified of both routine and the unknown. I hate the idea of being locked into one job for my entire life or of never visiting other countries, but I equally hate the idea of being dumped into a new environment, like a new school. One of the things I hate most is having to phone someone I don't know.
-I am constantly worried that people will stop liking me.
-I follow Anxiety Cat on Tumblr and identify with an uncomfortably high number of submissions.
-I am in art school right now and while it is the happiest I have been in school so far, I can't help but feel that something's missing. I want to use my brain more and work in a group as well as working alone. I want to work with ideas that have more practical applications, but still tend towards aesthetics and an artistic way of thinking.
-I never listen to/read the news anymore because I find it too depressing. There are so many terrible things happening in the world that I have no control over, and when I read about them, I feel as if I should be doing something to help. Then I realise that I can't, and then I stew over it.
-I love learning about different accents and dialects. At one point I wished I could be like Henry Higgins from Pygmalion, who could identify a person's birthplace and parentage from their accent (although I have since realised that I don't want to be like him because he is actually quite annoying)
-I wish people thought of me as being practical and down-to-earth, but truthfully, I don't think I am. I try to be, but my mind just wanders too much.
-I am not the sort of person who could go to a pub and get off with someone. To me, that is tantamount to sleeping with a complete stranger you've just met off the street.
-I admire people who are multilingual. I love the idea of being able to learn different languages, but when it comes down to actually learning them, I get bored after looking up the basics.
-I hate deadlines. I am of the opinion that creativity and inspiration can't be rushed or turned on like a tap, and I like to work at my own pace. Having a deadline makes me feel like someone is standing over my shoulder and is going to rip the paper out of my hands when the clock chimes, whether I'm finished or not.
-I used to love reading more than almost anything else. Now, after having had to read so much for school, dissect every story, read things chosen by someone else at a pace set by someone else, and have to read textbooks about things I'm not interested in, I feel like I've lost that hobby. I rarely read at all anymore. I tell myself it's because I have less time, but I think it's really because I now have bad associations with it.
-I'm afraid that people reading this will think I'm pretentious because I've used so many semicolons. I try to use them when I think they are the punctuation marks that fit the situation best, but I always feel wary of them for that reason.
-I hated school. I hated the boring routines, being told what to do, constant deadlines, work without breaks, the feeling that students were scum and that the administration didn't care about what we thought or felt. It's slightly better now that I'm in university and have more choice about what I study, but I still feel constant pressure to pick a major, go out and get a job, etc. I feel like every day I'm at uni without knowing what my major is, I'm wasting time and money.
-Some of my greatest fears are: losing all of my friends and being completely alone; being mentally ill/not having control of my brain; and never really being in love.
-Part of the reason I'm trying to figure out my type is that I want to feel like I belong to a group, like there are other people out there like me, who think in a similar way. At the moment I don't feel like I know any very similar people, and I feel very weird and lonely.
-The things I want to know most are what I'm good at and what I could do for a career. I feel like if I knew those things, everything else (friends, love life, country of residence) would fall into place. I'm constantly frustrated by not knowing because I feel like I've failed at evaluating and knowing myself.
-I would love to have someone completely objective tell me who I am, what I'm like, and what I'm good at, but I don't think that anyone in the world is really completely objective. I wish mind readers were real. But they aren't. (and if they were, I would wish I was one so that I could tell people what they were like if they wanted to know)

A lot of these things sound exactly like me and I'm a pretty typical INFP. Sorry, I know that's not much help. You sound INFP to me anyway.

Thank you, it is definitely helpful!! I'm happy with any and all feedback =)

I found a site that explains the differences between the traits in an in-depth way, which was useful. I'm still IxFx, but I think I have a better handle on the terminology now.

(I can't post links yet, but if you search for "Myers-Briggs Typology System" in google, it's the first link.)

Originally Posted by Twigs

Thank you, it is definitely helpful!! I'm happy with any and all feedback =)

I found a site that explains the differences between the traits in an in-depth way, which was useful. I'm still IxFx, but I think I have a better handle on the terminology now.

(I can't post links yet, but if you search for "Myers-Briggs Typology System" in google, it's the first link.)

This one?
Myers-Briggs Typology System

Yep, that's the right one, thank you! =)


Now I'm leaning towards INFJ. This is confusing =/

Originally Posted by Twigs

Yep, that's the right one, thank you! =)


Now I'm leaning towards INFJ. This is confusing =/

Just take your time, no need to rush really

In all honesty though, what will happen if you don't know your type tomorrow? or next year even?

But think of all of the information you will gain about others regardless.

It just bothers me that I couldn't figure this out ... I know it's not the end of the world, but not knowing makes me feel like an anomaly. It would be nice to know my type so that I could know for sure that there are other people out there like me =/

Anyway, I looked up a bunch more definitions and did some thinking, and I think milti girl and you, L_Lawliet, were right all along, I'm probably closest to an INFP. I think I was resisting it because I really don't want to be thought of as flaky, but I have to face the fact that I recognise more INFP behaviours in myself than those of any other type x)

Scratch that. Now I can't tell between INFP and INFJ.

I really want to just give this up and stop thinking about it, but I can't. I hate the fact that I can't type myself.

Originally Posted by Twigs

Scratch that. Now I can't tell between INFP and INFJ.

I really want to just give this up and stop thinking about it, but I can't. I hate the fact that I can't type myself.

Well, INFX is easy I think.

Your Feeling function, is it directed towards yourself or at the general area around you? Then there is your iNtuition, is it directed at finding out patterns and just going crazy and drawing you away from the external world in a way?

Ne typically plays a big part in imagination and it often times will draw a person away from reality to just go wherever the wind takes them in a way. Then there is Ni, Ni will kind of memorize patterns unconsciously in a way, that is why a lot of INFJ's honestly believe they are psychic sometimes. Ni picks up patterns from people utilizing Fe which is then directed back through Fe. There is a good analogy people use with the two different iNtuition functions while problem solving involving a tree. Ni starts at the branches (multiple scenario's and information centers) and ends at the trunk (single, concise answer). Ne on the other hand will start at the trunk (single problem) and will end at the branches (multiple solutions).

The two different Feeling functions are also easy I believe, although I know a lot less about them. Both are in the same slot and are both used to make decisions. Now, Fi will generally go with what you personally believe, you will act according to your inner values, what you believe, etc. Fe will try to harmonize the outer world in a way, so as to better connect with the outer world. Fe seeks to connect with other individuals and will oftentimes focus primarily on the positive things of a person and neglect the negative so as to better connect (not to say that it is always like this, but generally at first it is, Fe is the type to see the good in others, in a healthy Fe user I mean).

So the question is, do you generally go with the flow to make everyone else feel better regardless of yourself? Or do you go with what you internally believe and go by it no matter the cause and effect assured to follow.

The other question is, do you pick a specific problem and then come to multiple different outcomes (open-ended)? Or, do you see a problem and bring in all relevant data to try and fix the problem with a single, concise, efficient solution (closed-ended)?

Might be biased, but, just my 2 pennies : I think he's INFP.
But like I said, that's just because a) He seems a lot like me or the majority of INFPs, and b) I don't think he's a "J" type (look below).
1.I wish I were more assertive
2.I am also terrible with directions
3.Sometimes I get caught up in worrying about what consequences my actions will have, so much so that I get paralysed and am afraid to do anything at all. (IMO a "J" type would be in control of the outcome of every action)
4.I am terrified of both routine and the unknown. I hate the idea of being locked into one job for my entire life or of never visiting other countries, but I equally hate the idea of being dumped into a new environment, like a new school. One of the things I hate most is having to phone someone I don't know. (Yes, he hates the unknown, but that would mean just a less developed Ne, but his Ni is even less developed - again, I might be wrong -, making Ne, by comparison, the function used more often)
5.I hate deadlines.
6.I hated the boring routines, being told what to do, constant deadlines, work without breaks, the feeling that students were scum and that the administration didn't care about what we thought or felt
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Well, I'm not good at this, so all this might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that you're a "P" type. Not because you're very "P", but because you show little signs of "J". Hope this helps. Oh, and, by the way...
..."I don't think that anyone in the world is really completely objective." aaaand you're right. It was proven that no human being will ever have a fully objective mind (the more you know :D)

Definitely ISFP! Basically exact same as me in all those aspects, pretty much scream ISFP, to me anyway. :)