This says it all, really
INFP
creative, smart, idealist, loner, attracted to sad things, disorganized, avoidant, can be overwhelmed by unpleasant feelings, prone to quitting, prone to feelings of loneliness, ambivalent of the rules, solitary, daydreams about people to maintain a sense of closeness, focus on fantasies, acts without planning, low self confidence, emotionally moody, can feel defective, prone to lateness, likes esoteric things, wounded at the core, feels shame, frequently losing things, prone to sadness, prone to dreaming about a rescuer, disorderly, observer, easily distracted, does not like crowds, can act without thinking, private, can feel uncomfortable around others, familiar with the darkside, hermit, more likely to support marijuana legalization, can sabotage self, likes the rain, sometimes can’t control fearful thoughts, prone to crying, prone to regret, attracted to the counter culture, can be submissive, prone to feeling discouraged, frequently second guesses self, not punctual, not always prepared, can feel victimized, prone to confusion, prone to irresponsibility, can be pessimistic
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February 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
It is certainly a demanding list of things you have found to live up to.
February 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
That’s okay, Linguistics has trained me to be descriptive rather than prescriptive.
Or has it? I’m confused.
Stop victimising me!
February 14th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I wasn’t victimising you, that would imply that I thought you were the victim rather than the perpetrator. If I know two things about you (neither of which are on the list), they are that you are yourself, and that you are not a list of attributes.
February 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
That was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the list… why so serious?
February 14th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
The internets are serious business!
It is something I’ve been thinking about lately, I should probably just blog about it instead of accosting others in comments.
February 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Yes. Hiding in dark virtual alleyways and jumping people (metaphorically speaking) generally doesn’t bode well… even for philosophers like you, Era
(although it would be an interesting way of picking up girls, maybe?).
Ha, approximately 2/3 of that stuff has me to a T, and I’m an ISFJ. I shall now go and quietly worry about it in my loneliness for a while.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am
Whoa! did anyone else notice that in those16 descriptions, the extroverted ones are full of glowing praise while the introverts are mostly described in terms of what we suck at and miss out on? On reading your post I assumed you’d just taken an exerpt to make an ironic point, and that somewhere it would go on to describe the INFP’s great moral courage, essentially loving nature, resilience despite apparent hopelessness, sensitivity to beauty etc etc. But no. Introverts are so awesome and misunderstood…
Incidentally, the INFJ description didn’t match me particularly well, though other ones I have read spectacularly do.