Overview
Introverted I intuition n emotion f perception P, infp will be the best and most efficient person as long as it serves others and tries its best for its own ideals. But if their work is meaningless, their work effect and efficiency will be greatly reduced. Obviously, infp is most willing to do things that are in line with its own values. However, as long as they are willing to change their perspective a little and regard what they are doing that is not so interesting as a job of serving others, they will do their best for the job. For example, learning computers may be very interesting to others, but if you only learn computers for learning computers, it is a waste of time for infp; While learning computers, if it is to help others understand computers and overcome problems, it may become very attractive to infp.
The intellectual philosopher / healer type (infp) imagines a deep, green valley surrounded by flowers and trees that will always bloom, living animals that gently accompany people, and people's daily life is filled with love, creation and selfless dedication. This is a very small (about 2% of the world's population) philosopher / healer world. Infp is always making efforts to live in a perfect world with only love and harmony.
Character characteristics
Infp tends to be quiet and reserved. In socializing, they consume energy. Infp is more concerned with abstract things than with concrete things. They prefer to focus on the whole rather than details, and pay attention to the possibility of the future rather than the closest reality. Infp generally believes that personal preferences are higher than objective criteria. When making decisions, they usually focus more on human sophistication than logic. Infp will reserve opinions or postpone important decisions, prefer open options and be more able to respond to changes.
Infp focuses their energy on the inner world, which is full of strong feelings and firm ethical and moral beliefs. They look for an external world that meets these values. They are loyal to those who are important to them and will quickly find opportunities to realize their ideals. They are eager to know the people around them, usually easygoing and reasonable, unless their values are threatened.
Infp's view of the world is so idealistic that it is difficult for them to meet in real life. Their requirements for the real world are very high in the eyes of others. The standards they desire for among people, society, country and the world are extremely noble. They seem to have no satisfied standards for the pursuit of the ideal world, Maybe this standard is clear or vague, but they usually consider which one will be more perfect and noble.
Usually, infp people have experienced some mental or physical trauma when they were young. Perhaps from a certain point of view, infp is an unnatural MBTI personality, which may be distorted into infp because of the shadow of childhood. In the eyes of others, these mental trauma may not be very serious or have a profound impact on infp, However, for infp itself, these traumatic experiences are indelible in their hearts. These sad fragments will always grow up with them, envelop them like a shadow in infp's mind and accompany them all their life. Infp has a sensitive mind, which is very sensitive to the outside world, and a trace of wind A ray of light will easily touch the pure little heart of an infp child. Being too sensitive to external things and people will make infp easy to think nonsense and guess whether others are aimed at themselves. Infp pays attention to the views of others on them and thinks about whether external people like and accept themselves, hate and want to exclude themselves. Although it seems to others that infp has not suffered any injury or suffering in its experience, the introverted and sensitive infp will keep the injury in his mind and often think of it. The injury of infp often reappears in his mind for a long time. In addition, infp is used to paying attention to the inner world and ignoring what happens in the outer world. Therefore, This sense of hurt will be deeply engraved in their souls and aggravate their sadness. This feeling is accompanied by infp's life journey, so infp's world outlook is more gray than bright. Their understanding and view of the world will naturally tend to pessimism. They feel that life is a tragedy and feel sorry and sad for their situation.
When infp grows up, they will explore themselves. They have an idea in their heart, who am I? Why do I experience pain? Where am I going? Why can't I be happy in this world? Infp will feel that their experience is unhappy and unhappy, and this sense of lack of happiness will remain in infp's heart. After long-term self suggestion, this feeling will be exacerbated. However, in this way, the fun they experience in real life is insignificant to infp, as if these fun can't make up for their sad experience, These pleasures can't seem to fill their missing happy soul. Infp can hardly get real happiness and beautiful experience in reality. They will instinctively invest in their inner world, where they can freely build a beautiful world that can make themselves happy. In this beautiful world built by imagination, it must be 100 times more ideal than the real world, Only in this way can infp's heart really experience happiness. However, in the eyes of outsiders, the real tragedy is that INFPs missed experiencing and enjoying the real real world, and they still focus on the illusory and idealized world.
Infp regarded themselves as an injured person in their childhood. For empathy reasons, they will naturally sympathize with people in weakness, sadness and pain. Their inner grief will communicate with the outside world. After transformation, they will generate noble qualities such as kindness, compassion and love. In the idealized world of infp, our human compatriots are very perfect. Infp will take the real world as a model. On this model, they will imagine how to make human life better. First, the society in this world is a superior society with perfect system. People in this society have good quality of life and live a beautiful and happy free life, There is no exploitation, no dark power organizations and demons. In the imaginary world, infp thinks it is great. Infp thinks it has built an ideal and beautiful world for the people at the bottom of the society who are suffering and compassionate. They advocate equality between people and hope that each individual can freely pursue his own happiness and happiness. In infp's consciousness, the world has long been free of the shackles that bind mankind, The social system and culture are humanized oriented.
Influenced by their over idealized ideas, infp will imperceptibly become a person with high moral quality. They pay attention to the fate of mankind, deeply love their human compatriots, and hope that they can save this dark world and fight against those demonic people through what methods. However, infp's heart is sensitive, kind, compassionate and easy to get hurt, They are generally not good at socializing with people in the real world. Infp is reluctant to destroy their idealization and contact those imperfect people in reality. Their thoughts are noble, and they unconsciously find that people in reality tend to be selfish, stupid, vulgar and low-level. Infp will hate people who can't achieve their wishes, At the same time, I sympathize with these people. Infp's idealized thought is difficult to meet people with similar thoughts in reality, so infp is reluctant to communicate with people with big differences in their thoughts. In this way, infp will appear less talkative, lonely and easily frustrated in the crowd. They are willing to be alone, but they continue to manage the illusory dream.
Since infp focuses on the internal world, they are introverted and sensitive. They are bored and uncomfortable with the so-called rules and worldly sophistication in the external world, and feel powerless for those high-pressure jobs. Therefore, they all like free and unrestricted work, In addition to the work itself, infp hopes to idealize itself and turn it into reality through the platform of work. Therefore, many infp figures can be found in some jobs that can give full play to their idealization and freedom, such as psychology, art, philosophy, social service, etc. They hope to influence and improve the world by spreading their noble ideas. Although infp itself is aware of it, their subconsciousness strongly hopes that they can improve the world and save mankind. Perhaps their work and behavior activities do not really help the world and mankind, But they will feel joy and satisfaction through similar work. It's not that other jobs are not suitable for them, but the work platform they need is best consistent with their lofty thoughts, personality traits and values.
Recognizing the personality of infp, we appreciate their fraternity, noble and idealized spirit. Infp has made great contributions to the progress of human civilization. The great progress of the times is inseparable from the sweat and struggle of infp. They are struggling for human equality, fairness and freedom, the promoter of the humanization process and the pioneer committed to the improvement of social system, They have a great and noble spirit of sacrificing themselves to contribute to the world.
In addition to the value of fraternity and noble ideas, infp is gratifying to us. When we see the value of infp, we should also see their situation. They are generally disappointed with the reality. In fact, the main reason why infp feels pain is largely because they have not been able to make up for their lack of happiness, Maybe they don't know how to make up for their happiness, maybe they lose too much happiness and can't make up for it, or some things are very important to infp, but they can never pursue them. These are infp's difficulties, but it is worth paying attention to: infp will really feel happy only if it bravely looks for its own happiness in reality, They need to turn their idealization into motivation rather than high expectations. A good suggestion to infp is to forget their injured past and re-establish a positive and optimistic world outlook. Perhaps this change is a big project, which requires a lot of energy and adaptation to various changes, However, every step of change means that they have succeeded. Infp should act bravely instead of staying in the ivory tower. When infp really comes out, their original nature will still affect them. They can use their creativity to create something better and valuable. It's very simple: as long as they keep a positive and optimistic attitude to face the world, they use their action to express their positive and optimistic spirit. In this way, their life will become colorful and happy. The key is whether infp is willing to change from the heart. Faith is very important. Firm faith is enough to succeed.
The polite and reserved appearance of INFPs may be difficult for them to understand at the beginning. They like to talk, especially when the topic is unusual. When INFPs want to socialize, their sense of humor and charm shine from beginning to end. Inclined to like others and try to avoid conflict, INFPs tend to be relaxed companions.
Deeply love those who can enter their inner circle. INFPs protect the emotional peace of others and comfort those under pressure. Guided by their desire for harmony, INFPs tend to be reasonable unless their morality is violated. Then they will enthusiastically defend their beliefs. Through wit, strategy and the ability to see more than one side of a problem, they can change the views of others.
INFPs develop this insight through introspection, and they need a lot of time alone, meditating and processing new information. Although they can be very patient in the face of complex problems, they are usually tired of routine work. Although not always organized, INFPs are always meticulous about what they value. As perfectionists, they may have trouble completing the task because it cannot meet their high standards. They may even go back to the completed task after the deadline so that they can improve it.
INFPs are creative types, usually gifted in language. As introverts, they may prefer to express themselves through writing. Their emotional dominance makes them have the desire to communicate, while the intuition of the second function provides imagination. Because they have the talent of symbolism, they like metaphor and simile. They constantly seek new ideas and adapt well to change. They like to work in an environment that values these talents. Because of their personal beliefs, this environment must also allow them to make positive changes in the world.
Comprehensive description
Infp is introverted, focused (I), and prefers to observe things around (n) in an abstract, visionary and imaginative way. Their decision is based on personal values, subjective decision (f), not to control others, but to adhere to themselves. Infp's life is very casual and flexible (P). These characteristics make infp seem a little traditional, but they are very warm and friendly. Usually, it's very comfortable to get along with infp. There is only one situation that makes infp abnormal. Once they feel that the values they defend are threatened, they will become very tough.
When infp does not assume the leadership responsibility of the team, the factor that motivates them to work is to find personal meaning in their work. When you are incompetent and perform poorly, your infp colleagues are likely to sit idly by. Their most typical idea is: everyone does his own job. but if you have an infp boss or your work is closely related to the interests of an infp, he will become very controlling. Like other perceptual (P) types, infp will not realize that you have influenced him until the moment of actual occurrence; Coupled with the introversion of infp, they will try to avoid direct conflict with others. This may confuse both sides: for you, you are blamed but don't know why, because he didn't communicate with you before; For infp, even himself will feel that his feelings and reactions are too sudden and inspiring. People often wonder how easygoing people like infp suddenly become so tough and stubborn, which is not like their original character, but if you understand the four preferences of infp, you will understand that this is in line with their character characteristics.
Usually, there are few INFPs in important positions, and it is even rarer to be a CEO. However, once infp becomes a very senior leader, he can always make his subordinates loyal. He is good at balancing the completion of tasks and the feelings of team members. As a subordinate of infp, you can develop freely and get a lot of recognition, and someone will listen to you. As long as you work hard and don't touch the personal value of infp, even if you fail, your efforts will be affirmed and encouraged. Because infp gives people a feeling of sincere respect, it is easy for everyone to express different opinions, so the open conflicts in the team will be greatly reduced.
If you offend infp's value system (remember, you won't know this until the facts are obvious), it's very difficult to get infp's forgiveness if they are willing to forgive you. The I and F sides of infp make them indifferent in any case. Infp said it doesn't matter, but in fact, it's not as easy to get their forgiveness as it seems. If an EJ makes a mistake and apologizes, infp will give him a typical infp answer it doesn't matter. EJ naively thought it was okay, but it wasn't at all.
In the United States, there are not many people belonging to the infp type. Statistically, there are more women than men in infp. At this time, because women often show a preference for emotion. Infp is keen to improve people's lives. For example, we oppose drunk driving and advocate women's liberation, including the development of MBTI. If you are looking for an infp that holds power, it is easiest to find it in social movements and social organizations of this nature.
Idealists are loyal to their own values and people they value. External life and internal values cooperate, have curiosity, and quickly see whether things are possible or not, which can accelerate the practice of ideas. Try to understand others and help others develop their potential. Strong adaptability and elasticity; If it's with them Values do not conflict, and they are often tolerant of others.
Infp regards inner harmony as above everything else. They are sensitive, idealistic, loyal and have a strong sense of honor for their personal values. They have firm personal beliefs and the spirit of dedication to the cause they consider valuable. Infp people are interested in possibilities beyond the known and focus on their dreams and imagination. They are open-minded, curious and insightful, and often have excellent long-term vision. In daily affairs, they are usually flexible, patient and adaptive, but they are very firm in their inner loyalty and set virtually impossible standards for themselves. Infp people have many ideals and loyalty that keep them busy. They are very determined to complete what they choose. They often bear too much, but they always have to complete everything anyway. Although they seem cold and silent to the outside world, infp people are very concerned about the inside. They are compassionate, understanding and sensitive to the feelings of others. Except that their values are threatened, they always avoid conflict and have no interest in forcing or dominating others. Infp people often like to express their feelings in writing rather than orally. Infp people are probably the most persuasive when they persuade others of the importance of their ideas. Infp rarely shows strong feelings and often appears silent and calm. However, once they get to know you, they will become warm and friendly, but they often avoid superficial communication. They value people who spend their time thinking about goals and values.
Job characteristics
As an infp, career satisfaction means that you do these jobs:
1. My work is consistent with my personal values and beliefs, and allows me to express my imagination through work.
2. Give me time to develop my ideas to a considerable depth and control this thinking process and thinking products.
3. Work independently, have a private workspace and a lot of undisturbed time, but you must have the opportunity to exchange views with people I respect.
4. My work environment is a flexible organization, in which cumbersome rules and regulations are minimized, while allowing me to work when I have inspiration.
5. I want to work with other creative and likable people in a cooperative environment without tense interpersonal relationships and interpersonal disputes.
6. Allow me to express my unique views, and my personal development at work is encouraged and praised.
7. Don't ask me to often introduce my work to a large group of people, or let me share it with you before my work is completed to my satisfaction.
8. I help others grow, develop and realize all their potential.
9. My work includes understanding others and exploring the motivation for their behavior, allowing me to develop deep one-on-one relationships with others.
10. Allow me to work for the realization of my ideals without being limited by political, economic or other obstacles.
Contribution to the organization
Committed to finding a place for everyone in the organization; Its ideal is very persuasive; Bring people together for a common purpose; Be able to discover new opportunities and development possibilities for the organization.
Leadership style
Leadership through promotion; Prefer to play a unique and unconventional leadership role; Emphasize the possibility of work progress and be able to work independently for long-term goals; More willing to appreciate others than criticize and criticize; Encourage others to act according to their ideals.
Potential defects in work
Due to the pursuit of perfectionism, work tasks may be delayed; Please too many people at the same time; Stubbornly do not adjust their views according to logic and facts; Spend too much time thinking over and taking no action.
Development proposals
Need to learn to work realistically, not just to pursue perfection; We need to develop their tenacious, practical and no conscious actions; More emphasis and attention should be paid to facts and logic; Action plans need to be developed and implemented. Set realistic expectations; Attach importance to concessions; Don't take things too subjectively.
Suitable occupation
Creative career / Art: Artists, poets / novelists, journalists, entertainers, architects, actors, editors, musicians, information graphic designers, editors / Art Directors (magazines), illustrators / cartoonists
Infp people are attracted to art because of their ability to express themselves and their ideas in creative personal ways. Working in art has personal freedom and flexibility, which is the lifestyle believed by infp people. Whether writing articles, drawing or working by other means, designing or using their own bodies as actors or musicians, infp people strive to create unique results, which is the real expression of their aspirations. Many infp people describe themselves as deep-seated artists, even if they don't live on art. Some infp people even say that being an artist is not their choice, but the cross they must bear.
Education / Counseling: Professor, researcher, psychologist, consultant, social worker, librarian, educational consultant, special education teacher, bilingual education teacher, early childhood education teacher, employee help consultant, child welfare consultant, alcohol and drug abstinence consultant, translator / interpreter, legal mediator, social worker (daily care of the elderly and children)
Education and consulting industries are areas where infp people can work to help others grow and explore their human potential. Infp people's desire and efforts to improve the quality of life of others are indeed very noble. They prefer university to primary school or middle school, because the motivation from students in university is stronger. They like the process of learning and like to explore deeper and more meaningful understanding as investigators or librarians. Infp people are compassionate and insightful consultants, psychologists and social workers who strive to help their clients gain self understanding and harmony in their social relations and life. As consultants, they are happy that they gradually understand themselves when they understand others.
Religious profession: Priests, religious educators, missionaries, church staff
For many infp people, it is worthwhile to devote themselves to the cause of religion. They are willing to help people develop their spiritual world. They are deeply happy in the process of striving for and realizing their own and other people's dreams. They often like one-to-one communication, but with the increase of experience, they are gradually willing to preach and report. For infp people, the most fundamental thing is to engage in work consistent with their inner values and beliefs, which can often be met by careers in the religious field.
medical care: Dietitian / nutritionist, physiotherapist, family health social worker, occupational therapist, massage specialist, general health doctor, speech pathologist / auditory pathologist, optometrist / optometrist
What attracts infp people in the field of health care is that it enables them to work affectionately and intimately with customers or patients. Infp people generally like this career, which gives them autonomy. They can start their own business or be a consultant in a large health care institution. The diagnosis and treatment of physical therapy, systemic therapy and massage have creative and spiritual factors, which are satisfactory. They use the intuition and emotional tendency of infp people.
Love
Infp always appears in front of the world with a calm and happy attitude. They treat people calmly and kindly without too many demands. In fact, the inner world of infp is very complex. In the process of interpersonal communication, this complexity will make them show more love and care than other personality types. Infp does not show such love for anyone, and they tend to be conservative in internal emotional expression. This kind of love and care in their hearts will only be shown to a few people close to them. INFPs usually show a comfortable, supportive and helpful attitude in the process of communicating with their close friends. Because introverted feelings play a leading role in their character, they are very sensitive and accurate to others' feelings, and will show sincere attention and care for others' feelings. It is a long process for them to trust others. They will be very cautious at the beginning of the relationship, but once they seriously enter a relationship, they will show absolute loyalty. Because of their inner firm core values, they attach great importance to the depth and sincerity of their feelings. For those who can understand and accept their views, infp will show great admiration. Infp will show strong adaptability and homogeneity in most cases, but if the other party's views conflict with their core values, they will put aside their gentle attitude and become a strong guardian of their core values. In this case, they will become unusually severe and harsh.
Most INFPs show the following advantages in emotional issues: they are enthusiastic about and care for others, can actively perceive others' feelings, and are loyal and single-minded. They hope to maintain their relationship for life, are good at caring and caring, strive to seek a win-win situation, support others, inspire people, recognize and respect others' needs for space, and can well express their flexibility, Diverse personality
At the same time, infp also tends to be introverted and conservative. It does not want others to occupy their private space. It is extremely disgusted with contradictions and criticism. It has a strong need for praise and positive evaluation. It will be emotional under pressure. After emotional failure, it is difficult to get out of the shadow, criticize or punish others. It is very conservative in emotional expression, Perfectionism tends to make them lack enough trust in themselves. They are easy to blame themselves when they encounter problems, and like to shoulder everything.
INFPs have a strong sense of loyalty and responsibility for their lovers. Because of the dominant perception in the character, the feeling of harmony and warmth is very important to INFPs. They have their own needs for responsible love. If they don't have these elements in their feelings, they have only two choices: actively looking for such feelings or paralyzing their needs with fantasy.
INFPs' idealistic and romantic feelings often make them have a perfect complex for feelings or situations. They will also use to romanticize their lovers and make them have qualities they don't have. Most INFPs have such a problem: it is difficult for them to reduce their unrealistic romantic attitude towards real life. Because of this, they always show an uncertain attitude towards themselves and their friends. However, infp's sincere love for their lovers and their extreme aversion to contradictions make them have to show loyalty to their feelings, but their minds may not be calm for a long time.
Unlike those who respect their lover, infp's respect often does not deteriorate in the relationship. INFPs will carry out their ideas to the end and strive to achieve the great goal of respecting their loved ones. The result of this is that infp usually shows recognition, pride and love for its lover, which can stand the test of time.
INFPs are usually not interested in managing things like paying bills and cleaning the house, but they will do well if they have to do it. As long as they work hard, they are definitely good at financial management. One of the big problems of infp is their extreme aversion to contradiction and criticism. Infp will quickly find out the other party's personal views in critical remarks, whether or not such criticism really contains personal factors. They regard all kinds of criticism as an attack on their character. In this case, they usually become irrational and dominated by personal emotions. This will become a big problem in the communication between infp and thinking and judging people. Such speculators will adopt an objective and firm attitude when considering problems, and this attitude will often bring a point of view to their remarks. If this view is negative, the thinker attitude is likely to pose a threat to infp. In this case, infp will give a perceptual response and regard this negative attitude as an attack on its own character.
For those INFPs whose perceptual dominance is very serious, if they lack mature intuitive skills to help them obtain enough information to make decisions, their aversion to contradictions and criticism will become a major hidden danger in their intimate relationship. In contradictory situations, the reactions of these INFPs will take on a very strong color of emotional pressure, which often makes them show a state of confusion. Because they lack the basis to find measures, they may take any possible way to get rid of this contradiction. Doing so usually means attacking others unreasonably, or using some evil means to force their partner to provide them with the support they need. This behavior can have a very negative impact on healthy and lasting emotions.
If they can recognize this trend, they can more objectively understand the criticism of others. They should also remember that the generation of contradictory situations is not necessarily their problem, and even if this situation occurs, it is definitely not the end of the world. Contradiction is only an integral part of life. Facing and solving this contradiction in time can enable you to solve this problem in the bud so as not to be dragged down in the future.
Infp has a clear understanding of the private space of itself and others. They attach great importance to their personal space and the freedom to do their own things. They cherish those who recognize the essence of infp and respect their unique styles and views. At the same time, they will also give enough respect to each other's privacy and independence. In fact, infp will not only respect each other's views or goals, but also spare no effort to provide support for each other.
In general, INFPs always convey warm care and love in love. They regard the health of their feelings as the focus of their life. Although they will show a cautious exploratory state in the initial contact, their loyalty to love will be revealed after a period of time, which can often last a lifetime. They take their feelings very seriously and devote a lot of energy to the success of their feelings.
Love type
Many studies have found that a male philosopher (infp) is most likely to marry his mirror image: that is, marry a female philosopher. At the same time, the study also pointed out that whether male or female philosophers, the happiest thing is to marry people of the same type of love. A philosopher who marries a philosopher shows the least conflict than a philosopher who marries any other type of love.
Female philosopher type: You will be happy with your philosopher partner. At the same time, you can also get along well with writer (INFJ), educator (ENFJ) or journalist (enfp). Because educators and journalists have extroverted characteristics, they can lead to your socialized side and balance your original introverted characteristics.
Male philosopher type: Your best partner is a female philosopher or a female writer (INFJ). Female writer is a woman with wisdom and reflective ability. She can provide you with the elements you need for future success. There is a warning: please make sure she is not too strong in decisive (J) bias; Otherwise, she may be very critical of your casual style.
Interesting details
His personality characteristics include: artistic, deep, careless, sensitive, flexible and good at appreciation.
Heart disease is the least likely of all types.
Men are least likely to reflect chronic pain.
Among all types, it has the second highest rate of marital dissatisfaction.
Of all people, suicide intention is most likely to occur during college.
It is easier to succeed than most people in learning a foreign language.
Of all types, you are most likely to be dissatisfied with your work.
Personal values include an emphasis on autonomy and creativity.
In writing, consulting, art and other professional fields, it has above average outstanding representation.