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PHQ | QUESTIONS FROM COMMUNITY: In this episode Joel and Antonia talk about INTP vs INFP.
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I’m an INTP woman who thought was an INFP, certainly because I’m really artistic. I feel like I’m in the middle of both personalities but I care more about doing things right artistically, than about being authentic.
Because of this my art subject is always changing and I don’t get stuck in a style or identity, or I don’t care much about it. But I’m a 5w4 so I don’t like when people copy me.
It took me a long time to get here, it was certainly after I completed the basic puzzle you talked about. Before this I thought I was an INFP.
I understood it because of extroverted feeling, I studied the function and understood it didn’t make sense to be an introverted feeler.
Hello,
Very interesting discussion! I’ve been interested in personality ever since I read The Introvert Advantage about six years ago and realized I’m not completely weird, I’m introverted (and only somewhat weird). After learning about MBTI a few years ago, I’ve been trying to clarify whether I am an INTP or an INFP. I’ve taken several different tests online from various sites and have gotten both results, usually with the T and F scoring very closely, for example about 55% T and 45% F or vice versa, on tests that show percentages. I have always second guessed the results of these tests as they could have gone the other way if I had answered one or two questions differently.
When I delve into the cognitive functions as a way to try to clarify my type, I find that I still end up relating to both INTP and INFP personalities. So I wonder if maybe my struggle to figure out whether I am an INTP or INFP is actually a manifestation of Accuracy trying to gather all the data to make the correct conclusion, and therefore I am in fact an INTP. I know the general thought holds that it’s far more likely for an INFP to misidentify as an INTP than for an INTP to misidentify as INFP; however I wonder if in my case I may be INTP based on my use of Accuracy to try to validate my “true” personality type.
Though one point that confuses me is that I am very conscious of other people’s feelings to the point that I will not point out their mistakes because I don’t want to hurt their feelings or appear pretentious even when I know that they are wrong about something. And this seems to be a feeling, or Harmony, trait, of an INFP. So I am still a bit confused.
Hopefully all of that makes sense. Does anyone happen to have any thoughts? It would be helpful to get some outside perspective on this.
Maybe that is why you’re confused about INFJ and INFP. Maybe you are an INTJ. INTJs conscious 10 year old is Fi or Authenticity. I used to think my INTJ husband was a feeler because he spent more time in his feeler process than he should have.
Have you read this article?
http://www.personalityhacker.com/intj-personality-type/
Thanks for the feedback, Wulfex! Interesting observation that most people who are confused about being INTP/INFP are usually INFP. I think there are a lot of INFPs that type as INFJs too. I wonder if that is their tendency to mirror others, like a chameleon. They take on the personalities of whomever they are with.
I’m so glad you guys answered this. I hang around PerC quite a bit, and on the INFP forum, this topic comes up at least once a month. After seeing it so often… I’m kind of getting tired of repeating myself in every one of these threads, I feel like a robutt. As a generally rule of thumb, I have also found that most INFP/INTP confusion is from an INFP.
Interesting you mention INTPs and video games. Had had never really thought about it in terms of cognitive functions. After you mentioned it, I wondered if that was why a lot of gamers come of as, kind of assholes to new players. Usually, when I find one of these people, I have done something that is completely illogical to them and they can not let it go. Now, I’m curious how many of those are XXTPs who use “Harmony” as their 3 year olds.
Anyway, thank you for answering this question! I will be linking all confused INTP/INFPs here! :)