INFP vs INTP Personality Types
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- Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024
- Are you an INTP or are you an INFP? Using a 1. Flow types approach 2. Cognitive function theory and 3. Myths and archetypical representations of the types, let's discuss the INFP vs INTP personality types and feeling vs thinking.
Hey! My name is Erik Thor, and thanks to all the help from my viewers and patreons at patreons.com/erikthor I've been able to build a living on the side of my part-time job making videos about different personality types. I seek to cover Carl Jung and the sixteen personality types in the MBTI from an original perspective. I believe there are sixteen, not eight cognitive functions. I write about them at www.erikthor.com/cognitive-functions.
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Which type won for you? INTP or INFP? :)
I one saw a master pilot who I believe may be an INFP or INFJ, his every calm and caring wise personality, deep insights and smooth, laser precise masterful flying. Yet the mainstream MBTI career list don't feature pilot careers for INFX. What are your insights? Thank you
I'm an INFP female engaged to an INTP male. He is my dream man. I love him so much. I just feel i am a pain in the ass to him. Too dramatic. Too weepy. I hate that part about me. He doesn't make me feel bad about it. He is very caring and loving. I just want to be stronger.
I am an INTP. So true what you say about how to connect with us. If someone asks how I'm feeling, I'll tell them what I'm doing. If they ask again, I run away as fast as I can. Lol! I was in long relationship with infp, the differences in t and f tore us apart. I was too critical and honest, he was so emotional. He lived in a fantasy world, I like real world.
I am an INFP in mutual love with an INTP. I recently broke up with him because I sometimes focus a bit too much on him instead of what I'm trying to do. I have a lot that I'm working towards right now and he respects this. We're both fine waiting for each other for the day we're ready to be together again. I'm a very emotional person and he isn't so I'm trying to figure out how to better love in him and help with his needs. Great content btw!
I totally thought I was am INTP and had scored that on my test. As time went on I saw that I didn’t fit that mould entirely and took another test which register INFP. I see how (for me) I got into INFP more.
As a side note; I really appreciate the way you explain the various differences in detail and hope you continue being prosper and blessed in sharing your knowledge through your talented abilities!
Justin
When i took the test I was 51% thinking and 49% feeling
I’m literally the same. I’m so confised because i’m totally more intp but i still can find myself in infp
I undestand you.. even too much
same
I got 50/50
Ethan Sprague same-
INFP here. I found that I often ask people questions about their life. However, this is rarely by choice as it is more just trying to fill gaps of silence or to be friendly. I really couldn't care where they're from unless they're a close friend or if I see potential in them to be a friend.
I relate to this so much! I ask them questions only to keep the conversation going. And I don't want to talk about myself so I'd rather listen to their talking, even though I'm really not interested at all
Yes. I evidently put people off by asking personal questions too soon but to me I'm just going about normally.
I'm an INTP, and I believe INFPs and us share a lot of commonalities with a different purpose, we're like owners of the same car, but the reason why we chose to drive that particular car is of absolute difference, but we're inclined to be fond of the same design to achieve it. I have been with both INFP and INTP friends, and here's what I personally think about it.
Firstly, both types struggle with emoting, however in two different ways. I agree with the notions that INFPs can be moved easier with the emotions around them, but only if the particular emotion resonates with their personal emotional temperament, in other words, they have to see themselves in others to actually react. INTPs on the other hand is the better version of an empath, we can feel ANY kind of emotions around us, however we tend to weigh its relevance to our conditions, or in other words, we feel with (and in) our heads.
From my experience, INTPs actually understand your emotional state BETTER than INFPs, but not everybody resonates to our rationalized response of care, whereas INFPs are supportive in general, eventhough they don't have a slightest idea of your cause. It depends on what do you prefer when you're down, support or solutions.
I totally agree with your notion over the competence factor, Erik. Both INFPs and INTPs have this tendency to go passionate over something personal. But deep down at the core, the INFP is INTRINSIC with grading their mastery of the subject, a continuous effort to convince themselves worthy at their own standard, and oftentimes they find it very hard to shake their ranks out of their heads, better or worse, they're very defensive (which make them seem closed off).
INTPs on the other hand, NEEDS an adequate dose of healthy competition to fuel the passion, but we acknowledge that nothing stays the same forever, even success, which makes us such continuous and efficient learners. However we're definitely more EXTRINSIC and are more prone to be affected by communal criticism than the INFPs, we're more offensive (which make us seem critical). That's the perks of us having Fe instead of Fi.
PS: I really loved how you tackled about the interpersonal issue for an INTP together with how to tap into us. The truth is, emotions are more overt than cognition, for instance, we can to some extent predict someone's thinking style with ease when he's emotionally charged, but we can barely see through his emotions while he's in deep thought. That's how covert our thinking processes are, people don't know where to even start with us and it's really a double edged sword in my opinion, it's a strength that comes with a price, so use it wisely.
Feeling an emotion is much deeper than intellect knowing of a feeling
Ngl (definately supporting your defensive point), I think INFPs understand people’s emotions better than INTPs. Emotions aren’t rational so why would I try rationalise them?
I agree with nearly everything else, this has just been my experience of being an INFP and knowing INTPs. My boyfriend is a. INTP. I love u guys
@@rachiekimberly6800 Emotions aren't always irrational. There is always a reason we feel them. If you approach it that way, you become much, much more sympathetic.
Andyroo Brick-a-Brack This is very true. I think emotions encourage irrational behaviour more than them actually being irrational
Somewhere in the between. This is very difficult. Probably I'm an INFP who also values logic.
Same here 51% INFP 49% INTP; some people say that i am the stereotype of INTP but when they know deeper about me they also say that I have a lot of INFP
You could be an INxP. It’s basically when it changes or is a mix of both, or can change depending on the situation
I believe there can be optimal dynamic between INFP and INTP, depending on the situation. I'm speaking from my experience.
INFPs may be bad at explaining themselves but they're good at recognizing their emotions and that goes a long way when you need to explain them. INTPs on the other hand barely even know when or why they're feeling depressed.
Well, as an INTP, I know when I am depressed or anxious because I have a well developed IntrovertedThinking function, but the problem is that I go into a loop of despair while trying to get out of that deep hole called depression.
Anytime a INTP falls into a deep thought about ethics, depression normally follows.
@DeathWorld Hey, do you care to elaborate some of the differences as you see it? I find it really hard to tell the difference in my own head as a possible intp/infp (I am female). It is especially hard for me, since I am educated within science, but also have a strong ethical code.
I'm that INFP that actually gets lost a few times trying to understand how I feel or even others I get it wrong. Mind you I am the turblant type through and through, not at all assertive. I also find INTP are the next thing close to my personality. I'm not competitive in the sense of against others but more against myself then proceed to mull over the events and criticise my actions and how I could have done better. Yeah a self judger but oh man I hate criticism from others, can't handle one bit, even just postitive criticism makes me unhinged.
I must be a freak INTP - I am so NOT competitive. I push for others to do well, even at my own expense. Also, I love hearing the view points of others, as an education to myself. I may not agree, but I do not usually feel the need to correct them - that would stifle my ability to explore their perceptions. The idea of being a player feels weird to me too... as that seems to contravene my love of truth.
you could have just a healthier Fe.
I'm competitive but I hate being competitive because I want everyone to do well as much as I want to win.
In a way it's more that I don't want to lose more than wanting to win per se
Well put! I’m the same thing basically.
Same thing : ) might be typical for a lot of intps.
Im not competitive either and not argumentative. I am an INTP artist. I’ve never found anyone else like me. Its nice to know you exist in the world🙏🏼
Yes, I'm the same, I am probably more INTP than INFP but I hate arguments and rather let others have different oppinion than argue because of it, if it is not something extremly important.
But actualy at the same time I am competitive against myself, so when I find some problem, I just try to solve it (today I was trying to solve the rubics cube.. then I found out the colors are wrong so it was imposible)
I think it's because I never really felt the urge to show others that I'm smart, I mean, my classmates saw that I had never really problems in school even though I started learning as late as possible, so it was more embarrasing than triumfal when I often got better grades though I was learning only like five minutes before the test while they were learning for 2 afternoons.. And my family members were all older than me, or a lot younger, so with the older ones it was not embarrasing when they were smarter, it just made sense, and with the younger ones it was no competition for me..
Watched this because I'm an INFP and my husband is an INTP. It's great to hear the distinctions between us. And we definitely agree that he is better at making friends than me. Lol. A lot of people say that I'm aloof. But if I try to use feelings that I know and think will work in making people feel comfortable, I usually end up doing the opposite. Lmao. So I'm starting to do that a lot less now and am just trying to be my normal self even if I won't be able to make many friends. Which can be kind of disheartening as I moved to a different country and have nobody to hang out with. But at the same time... At least I get to be at home and be myself with him, haha.
But I like the questions you ask an INTP! I'm definitely going to use some of those. :) I can already see how much he'd prefer it. Thanks for the great insight!
When in the company of others, the moment that it looks like a group hug is about to form, I run for the nearest exit.... : o INTP.
Jay Taggert I hate every social interaction except hugs-
Don’t ask how or why, I run away from EVERYTHING except hugs xD
I still don't know. I do both in many ways. I think I'm an INFP 6w5 but I'm not quite sure. I think I'm more on the INFP side of things but no matter which test I take I get both INFP and INTP, if I take the same test twice. I don't know why. My current theory is that the INTP is how I want people to see me, while the INFP is how I actually am. I'm not sure.
I relate to both equally! I have always been the artist Utopian but focus outwardly as if life is dystopian.I also am super analytical and a critical. I am introverted but expressive and struggle with relationship and small talk. I like to talk and express what i think and feel. I relate to almost no one. I have extreme values but can also examine my own values and change my mind if my thoughts are inaccurate and I am willing to dismiss my own feelings if what I am feeling is not rooted in truth. I am good at separating ideas from people and their feelings. However I am very much about value based judgements. I equally would say accuracy of thought and authenticity are both important to me. I feel intensely and have a great capacity to empathize and imagine what other people feel and also analyze why the feel what they feel by thinking deeply about life or a situation from their perspective. I spend most of my time thinking. At the same time I think much of what people feel is based on their lack of information or not interpreting reality objectively or because of immaturity and selfish natures. It does not mean that they do not feel and that their frustration is not real. It is just that it is based off false or flawed thinking a lot of the time. When I engage the world outside me I express my insights. When I do I am passionate about what I think and observe and brutally honest . I often hurt people feelings. When others speak because I am reacting to their ideas and whether they make sense or are flawed in their assumptions theories or premise from which they derive a conclusion. I know how i feel and why I feel and can articulate it easily. I am majoring in Philosophy and psychology with a focus on consciousness studies but not to delve into the science for the sake of discovery but to explain and apply it to see how the things that most INTP’s consider pseudo-science might actually be true and for reasons beyond what can be know by logic alone. There is also emotional intelligence that is equally as valuable to develop as their is intellectual intelligence. There is more science needed to explore and validate intuitive insights and the possible implications of what quantum mechanics may eventually be able to explain and enlighten humanity about. I died once and then was revived. I experience something that I would describe as Samadhi or quantum existence and pure consciousness. I have always been interested in all subjects under the umbrella of philosophy.This includes political science,anthropology, mythology, religious studies, aesthetics. However the earliest memories were me always gravitating to artistic expression, dance, music, fine arts, acting and writing. I was very empathic, hypersensitive, extremely intuitive. Time is abstract and does not exist to me. I hate small talk and people asking me how I feel not because I don’t feel but because most people do not actually want to know they say it out of some kind of obligatory programing. Also if I am asked the answer is never simple and “fine” it is deep complex and the question provokes introspection and a lengthy explanation. So the whole thing is uncomfortable. So i would rather not be asked if you don’t want the truth of an answer and do not have the time to listen to it. So i resent the formality because it makes no sense to ask when that is not at all genuine. I do not have time for superficial bullshit! I do not feel I fit neatly into either box . I feel personality to be fluid and I think I was once typing as an INFP but then developed into an INTP because of trauma and the need to survive. I learned to second guess my intuition by have narcissist parents. Then I became borderline. Then after having complex PTSD and dying . My personality shifted and I now type INTP consistently. What are your thoughts? Which do you think I am?
I did two test and I got on one test the infp and the other intp
Do you know why?
Hey same here..the first time i did the test and the result was infp the 2nd time i got intp...
Same!
This seems to be a reoccurring thing.. mine did too..
I never got infp and always get intp
But I think I act like an infp sometimes
It's just scary how Erik has accurately described my entire existence accurately as an INTP not just here but on each and every one of his INTP videos. Amazing, this is very very VERY helpful sir. Thank you.
As somebody in a stereotypically Feeling profession (Music) I have often considered I might be an INFP - or possibly even an ESFP due to being a performer - but I realise these are merely stereotypes. I have always tested as INTP, and this video has reminded me of that fact. Regardless of my actions my brain functions as an INTP, right from the preference for Ti to the struggle with Fe. Thank you, Erik, for such an informative and, indeed, reassuring video.
INTP can be great artists too. I'm an INTP and a singer. I love art i just don't view it in the same way a feeler would. I have a much more analitical and technical approach to it. I love learning about the phisiology of the voice to be as technically proficient as possible and I love learnin about different styles, different kind of inflections, agilities... And i love improvising when singing. I love opera for it's technical proficiency and gospel and Jazz for their inflections and improvising nature.
1 letter makes a huge difference.
YOU LITERALLY READ MY INFP MIND I LOVE YOU
"You can't count your way to INFP"
Lol, totally put that on a t-shirt 👕
Damn, I love your name!
I like watching you talk :) You're so full of knowledge in this field.
Thanks Gillian! :)
I am INFP and INTP. Can't explain why, because it is to complex.
I kinda feel that
: ) that is such an inpf thing to say! Jokes aside tho... i think i get what you are feeling. Both ring true to me as well...
This is *spot on* me (INFP) and my best friend (INTP). We'd been questioning whether we truly fit into these types, and about our dynamics in the first place! 😄 But you got us in *a lot* of ways, here. Great video!
Ooooh. The thing about befriending people/ asking questions to them really hit the nail on the head. I am really good at just asking surface question to people and is interested in who they are. I have trouble with identifying feelings and to stop theorizing about them and just let myself experience them (which is good, I have learned from therapy) - and I really love theorizing. Furthermore, I really worry ALL THE TIME whether or not I might have upset people; I can't tell often and have to constantly ask them. I think I'm an INTP
Nice observations in the end. So INTP wants to analyse feelings and INFP wants to value thinking.
Exited to see this online. A bit of news today. A plane just crashed,presumed all are lost, I feel as if its not an accident,rather a domino effect caused by lack of skill,training and etc. So be careful when traveling by air
this was a very good presentation format.
you were so accurate about intps thinking that the other people do not recognize their skills
i think i used to be an INFP when i was studying music. i had a psychedelic experience that made me realize music was not the right professional pursuit for me. i've been working in IT since, and i don't see myself going back to music. i can see myself staying in IT for the rest of me life.
That's the opposite of what I'd expect from a psychedelic experience. If anything, I'd expect someone to go from a technical field to a creative field, not the reverse.
This was so clear and smooth also the most objective explanation. Thank you!
I am an emotional intp...fun stuff. And all my friends are infp haha
It's just scary how Erik has accurately described my entire existence accurately as an INTP not just here but on each and every one of his INTP videos. Amazing, this is very very VERY helpful sir. Thank you. Looking forward for more :)
I am an INTP, and I am dating an INFP. How do you think gender comes into play? As a woman, I've theorized it may be possible that I've been socially pressured to more fully developed my feeling side, whereas he has been socialized to be more pragmatic. He is also older than me and a father, so he has had to learn to be more practical than he is naturally.
I should make a video about masculine and feminine functions! :)
@@ErikThor please make a video 👍🍻
This was the best explanation I’ve ever came across on the internet... you are a genius!!! Thank you Erik ❤️
This was very helpful for me. I’m an infp with an intp son and you do a lovely and caring job of describing these types. (Btw, I don’t ask others a lot of personal questions because I worry about being invasive or stepping on an emotional land mine. I’m busy analyzing and feeling out the other person and how they are feeling and their motivation but I rarely share what I know because, again, it feels invasive. Also, I shrivel when Fe types ask me lots of questions. They want to get to know me, but I feel like they are giving me the third degree.)
I am a INTP.. for sure after watching this video..thanks a lot
Thank you! :-) Now I know I am an INFP and I can really understand why I have been struggleing ...
I am undoubtedly INTP. Logic will always precede emotion in my cognitive stack. Now, with that said, I do not always choose the logical path over the emotional options. It’s a strange, yet balanced way of life for me. I’m an Empath. Very Spiritual. A healer. The village counselor, if you will. A Pisces, with more fire in my chart than water. A living, breathing paradoxical pursuer of knowledge and a better, more beautiful world for future generations than those of us who will depart it. I don’t think/feel as though I struggle with either. I know who, what, how I am. And I believe I know my purpose quite well. I listen through my Ti and express through Fe, if that is possible or sensible. I also believe with every fiber of my being that the only difference between “madness” and “genius” is-success. And I find it to be such a tragic contribution to history that our society has chosen to place the measure of that success in the form of commas and zeros. But, perhaps that is why I’m no Steve Jobs, eh ;)
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I think you're an INFJ. They sometimes think they're INTP because they overvalue their Ti.
Thomas Mortensen I appreciate your response! But introverted thinking is undeniably my dominant function. I’ve just led an unusual life that has helped me gain a sort of advantage for developing my lower functions.
Your personality sounds beautiful
Annika Jade OMG! Thanks you so much! 💋🖤🌹🥰🥰
This post SCREAMS infj to me. Your writing style, your mixture of spiritual (zodiac) elements with logic, your prosaic and intense writing style. Your description of yourself as a healer and village counselor (terms highly associated with an infj). But ESPECIALLY your persona and your sign off seem very infj and very not intp to me.
A lot of INFJs confuse their dominant Ni with dominant Ti. That's because Ni -snap- arrives at conclusions in a way that feels like logic but is actually more about future prediction and subconscious, intuitive extrapolation of facts. Reading people, or situations in a way that feels instant and unshakeably true.
Worth noting that INFJs also have Ti and Fe.
You should seriously consider looking up some INFJ stuff! Both types are winners though, imo.
Brilliant analysis!
Bloody hell dude.. i see it now.. I think i'm a INxP. I'm a mix! In blood as well in this.
I just checked my results and it stated: 54% Feeling and 46% Thinking. It makes sense, i am more INFP then INTP. But i think the thing that makes me stand out as an INFP is that i am constantly analysing who i am and i have this strong urge of self-help/self-improvement. For one simple reason, the better i get in "being a human", the more benefits i may reap during my life-time. aka successful, not money.. just.. woman... having freedom to be able to do what i want.. to be who i want, no stress, inner peace... that's successful for me.
I guess that's the reason why i'm interested in human behaviour, biology, psychology, physics, spirituality, meditation, etc etc, drugs even. Is only because of my personal quest of understanding myself and the world, attempting to have a good and happy life. And i love it too, to ponder and wonder about it.. It's confronting, and i kind of enjoy to be proven wrong.. it's a funny surprise and raises a lot of questions. Which.. yeah crap.. have to start over.. how horrible.. [sarcasm]
My motivation is definitely feeling.. I mean.. what else? Nothing else could make me happy.. I feel what i feel, that's that.. (okay, debatable, but for arguments sake) Comparing myself with other INFPs. I see/feel/think (crap, can't trust my own perception.. Even when i see something factual happening, it is still subjectively witnessed by my own interpretations) that fellow INFPs are indeed very innocent, too innocent.. Which i think i'm not. (aa fuck.. all my ex's did tell me, i am a pussy.. lol :) Contradicting myself non stop.. is that the F or T? aah whatever..)
Couple of things you said about the INTP i strongly recognize. The advice part.. i do feel offended about it and struggling with trying not to feel offended about it (really hard! but why? it's weird..) and yes.. I do find mundane stuff boring, so when socializing that 'playful argument' thing.. yeah.. that's me too.. during X-mass dinner it happened again. Apparently i was insulting her driving skills, yet i was trying to explain to her what defensive driving is.. (Makes me doubt, is it really me? Really? It happened enough times to analyse it and getting a hint of a suspicion.. that i realize now.. that it's not always me.. :p ) Oh.. not competitive at all! I do take the challenge if you dare me! Even if it's your game and i have no experience in it. the outcome doesn't matter for me.. But i will try, to shame you in your own game... oh, that would be so sweet.. ;)
shit.. late again! lol
As an INFP I feel like most of the time you can see INTPs just by looking at them. lol
heh sometimes true!
I took the test back in 2015 and I got equal parts. 50/50 the thinker/the healer. So I refer to myself as the over-thinker with a healer’s heart.
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now if that doesn't describe me I don't know what does. It's the reason why I subscribed to INFJ so much when I discovered it. It was the rarest, it described me well. I wanted to feel unique and special based on how I'd been told that so much in my past.
That was a great video! I am INTP and thought I was INFP for awhile but I am pretty sure my main function is Ti now. It was hard to figure out but I did a lot of personality tests and the overall results were overwhelmingly INTP and only one INFP result. I have been learning about all the types and enjoy watching your videos. You remind me of a young Carl Yung. lol I think you are pretty informative and its amazing how you do these videos on the fly and share so much info at one time. Thanks for helping me be reassured about my type. Have a happy New Year!
INFPs are lovely ghosts and INTPs really really want to be hyperlogical robots.
I needed to hear this. Thanks
Very helpful! Awesome video!
Thanks!
If an INFP grows up in a household where their feelings are not allowed (such as with a narcissistic parent) would they become INTP? I feel like I did. It was the only way I could try to cope with so much pain (well, that and daydreaming, a lot). 20 years later I'm only just discovering my true self. I'd love to hear more about what happens when our authentic expression is suppressed and how to deal with that.
Me too. That is my experience.
Both of you need to peruse narcsite.com. It has a plethora of articles and logical bulletins that is compellingly helpful. Much of the content is free and you don't need to register.
You're probably rather stuck in your Te. It happened to me too.
Another good one!!! I am a little confused Infp here but when I am asked “ are you ok” I feel poked and prodded like a lab rat it feels invasive and I usually snap back with a yesss....and I love asking people questions about them... I am a curious one and I want to know... anyway thanks for sharing !!!
Lisa Foster I’m an INTP and I have an INFP friend. What do I ask them in order to show I care?
Eww I hate people invading my space and getting all in my face it makes me run. Like being forced to talk about myself, like please no go away or my back gets up and I try to run away. At times I may fire back like an explosion going off. Speaking as an INFP.
I think I'm a mix of feeling and introverted. This is so interesting! I lern so much about myself watching your videos. You are awesome! Keep going
Ok. This video made it clear for me. Intp : ) thank you! Ive always felt both types had truth for me.
🤔💡 Thanks for your keen insights!
Thank you Erik!
I have never had extreme scores in any of the four metrics. I typically score as an INTP on the tests. Less than 10 points in each category and I would be an ESFJ though. I scored as an ISTP, INFP, and INTJ on separate occasions. It is weird I have been thrust into leadership a lot even thought I try to avoid being around or being leadership. I have an ENFP style word for word. One of my friends scored me as an ENFP also. The ISTP description seems closer than the INTP description most of the time. I don't worry about tags that often but although the Big Five is more definitive there is something interesting about MBTI.
i relate to everything said about INFPs, except the part about INFPs rarely worrying that they hurt someone. i used to worry a LOT about hurting others, although, i guess it wasn't so much worrying that i MAY have hurt them, but rather knowing that i DID hurt them, and this made me feel enormously guilty and bad about myself. i dunno if that's an INTP or INFP thing, or just a human thing. but everything else about INFP very much describes me. nice video
Oh that was a good video Erik, I'm never sure what type I am even though I test as INTP because everything seems so conflicted in me but I have more of these INTP "feelings" than anything else, so I must be I suppose. However I find it EXTREMELY difficult to make any friends through my entire life (I'm 40+) and now virtually live as a hermit. How are you so smart on these things I can't understand....it's not logical. I think that's an INTP joke.
I don't think we INTPs cannot make friends. It depends on how your Fe function is developed. I guess mine is like that because when I have some common interests I can make strong bonds with few people. Not with many though.
I agree I am very lazy when meeting with my friends and it may seem I am an antisocial.
Hi Erik. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! :) I'm a female INTP and feel extremely different to the males. I was wondering/hoping you might discuss potential differences between females and males? Perhaps it may be further insightful to various types. I found this very helpful, thanks again 💜
This is the best video out there.
So, as an IN50/50P, I'm watching this video about rejection concerns between the two sides, one being from a lack of skillset, and the other being from a lack of self. I guess my personality learns as many aspects about the interests I hold near and dear to my heart, only to fear the rejection that my personal skillset is not good enough :/ . Double-burn.
I'm an INFP and my first boyfriend was an INTP. The main thing that stood out about that relationship was the mental connection. We could talk in depth for hours and hours about many different topics. I felt like he really understood me. The main problem was that he did not express his emotions! I know he had feelings but being with someone who rarely showed it was so frustrating.
I love your approach!
after watching this im more confused than clearminded i relate to alot of intp since im competitive i like putting my skils to the test yet i use my feeling fort hinking alot and mostly my feeling controls everything i do
holy damn ME TOO , i have the coldness of the infp and the competitivness of the inpts , what a life!
I'm INFP. Please don't tell us to go outside when we don't want to, especially during the day when there is people and cars around. We're not afraid but they're annoying, I prefer interacting with the neighbourhood fox. She posed for me but ran away. I also keep tabs on neighbourhood dogs that need walks and psychologically type everyone I meet in MBTI, socionics, enneagram, astrology, all at the same time. Great video though, much appreciated. Keep making more because I ain't making anytime soon lol. Cheers and god bless.
im confused as to what you are teaching... is this the normal mbti cognititive function stack? i've never seen inxp who leads with ni? only infj/intj? thanks.
Great video. I am an INFJ, but my 3rd daughter is INFP, and my fourth daughter is INTP. You seemed to describe them very well. My first daughter is an INFJ like myself and my second daughter refuses to take the MBI test and doesn't want to be "put in a box." I still have figured her out. 🤔
This has confirmed infp instead as the other alternate isfp. I'd do charity work when l had time earlier in my life. Was offended when people said they couldn't work for free and I'm always contemplating before I do anything
To 6:30 you described me as being an INFP. Then to 8:45 you described me as an INTP. I have gotten to 10:00 now and you have been describing both sides of me. By 13:00 you are describing me as an INTP again. Then by 14:30 you are describing me again as an INFP. My husband randomly asks me if I am okay and I like it because no-one ever asks me that, but I also talk my anxieties through with him to make sense of them and I don't want him to solve them but he doesn't try to, he just feels the same way I do about things but reassures me I am doing the right thing and it will turn out okay. I don't want anyone to give me advice per se or tell me what to do. Yes I am overwhelmed by difficulties. I studied and worked but I was chronically ill and had to give up both. Now years later my illness is improving a bit and I'm volunteering very part time. I don't know why both of your descriptions make sense in my personality but only at certain points.
Perhaps the answer in the end is neither lol. Or perhaps it's just hard for you because you are really Introverted. Sometimes you have to go out into the world and discover yourself in practice. Try going on an adventure and pushing yourself and you'll figure out yourself eventually! 😊
Ok but what if you’re near 50% thinking and feeling, am I destined to always fight with myself?
As an INTP, I view emotions as a puzzle. I've always seen them as a rational thing with reasons behind them, especially when dealing with other's. I'm terms of how I view my own emotion, however, that's another story.
You say 'question' funny.
As an INTP I'm confused whether I should be annoyed or amused by it. ;)
that s meeeee
i usually get like a 52% F v 48% T... or occassionally like a 58% T v 42% F.
I've even gotten ENTP at times.
I dunno.
Well I honestly don't know whether I'm an INTP or INFP. I constantly bounce back and forth between these two.
Nps love to bounce
@@ErikThor But didn't you say that INFPs and INTPs are usually certain which one they are? How can they be so sure if they keep bouncing between the two?
Me too.
I took the MBTI Test 3 times. The third time, I got types as INTP, but all other times, got typed as INFP. It seems that over time, I've forced myself to balance the two because of what was required of me in my job, and the test indicated that I was in the middle of thinking and feeling.
I have very little doubt (damn Ne:-))I am an INTP. Your video more than confirms it. As is often the case, I am amazed at your insights. I am not there, yet.
In particular, I'm still struggling to decide which of the four INTP sub types I am. NP is the most likely (rebel.)
unlike the personality types, the sub-types aren't actually a thing. Don't worry if you don't know which one you fit the best, you don't have to fit any.
Subtypes are just a way for me to describe the different aspects of an INTP and getting people to recognise the different sides to themselves, where in the past people would only focus on Ti and maybe Ne to a smaller extent. You should recognise yourself in all. :)
@@ErikThor fair point. I should've said that you don't need to only fit one.
INFP , great job , thank you...
See the problem with me is that I’m an INFP that have an INTP persona. I have a tendency to frequently mix up Ti and Fi together when making a decision or having a philosophy talks, so I’m a VERY contradicting person to a sense. Like, while I have an idealistic thought, I have enough rational that I know I can’t expect everyone to follow them. And since I have a high self-aware, I know that my indifferent nature make people misunderstand me, so I quite out spoken about my self-absorbed tendency because I want to give them choice whether or not still want to be friends after learning how I really am. I appear as a an outgoing person when I’m with those that I’m not close with, then gradually becoming more quiet and disappear, as I become closer to them...... I hate that I do that but since I already tell them how I am in the beginning, if they cannot handle the fact that I don’t like high energetic crowds like a party or a concert and need a lot of privacy and alone time, then they can go.
Here is the example of how my mind played out in a philosophical conversation.
Once I had a conversation I with a friend about sex industry workers that should it be legal or should it not be legal. Since I kind of grew up in US, it kind of natural to against it because it promotes human trafficking. That is until I saw a documentary and many sex workers on social media that THERE ARE many people who actually enjoy and volunteering themselves into the this industry, especially from where I came from. If we only look at the business aspect then, the fact that my home country is known for this industry from the outside while the government desperately tried to cover it up to save the country’s “image”, but don’t have the audacity to capture what they presumed as “illegal” says a lot about how much impact they have to its economy. So, I look at it differently now. It’s a very difficult subject to even start a revolution because, if you looks at the humanity wise, you can’t guaranteed that every government are reliable (look at all these corruption and shi 👀) to ensures that all workers and consumers are protected. Another side is the ones who actually enjoy working in the industry wanting their work to be legalize, which I also agree if the government is committed to make sure that none of them were force into the industry (which is almost idealistic). So, it’s a no until I see the government’s integrity.
If anyone want to write your opinion toward this subject, feel free to do so, I don’t mind any disagreement just don’t be rude.
Hi Erik, why do INFPs normally score high on IQ tests if they are not considered to be thinkers? Thanks
If I had to guess it's because of extroverted intuition.
Thinking and Feeling are both judgement processes that use reasoning, meaning they're rational processes. Being T does not equal intelligent, and being F does not equal being emotionally expressive. T/F = cognitive processes, not cognitive ability.
Yes feeling leads to thinking and vice versa. Ppl are still yet to understand some deeper things.
OMG! Sometimes I am an INFP and sometimes I am an INTP.
@@rivkaruthgolan you and me, both! Most of my life i've barely tested F over T but it's always been close. I took a test a few days ago and it showed INTP. The T over F just barely though. I took another test to tease out which one is more accurate... and INTP. After looking into this some more though, INTP kinda makes sense. But so does INFP! I wonder if my desire to change careers to computer programming has biased my answers, or if maybe i'm being more honest with myself in realizing that I could be happy doing that, and have always been an INTP.
I don't think you should be calling INTPs the scientists. At the core of science lies the scientific method, empiricism, and that's much more the domain of NTJs than NTPs. NTPs are quite the opposite, they're more like theoretical physicists. They tend to understand the value of science but they're not interested in living it. I actually think that INFPs are *more* likely to want to be scientists than INTPs because of their inferior Te.
As an infp, i did agree on this. I love the mystery of science, how it works and some point to create or invent of something. Infp are really drown into art just like me and science is also an art form.
@@igabcruz5038 No, it is not an art form. Definitely not. Consider a different career.
Thomas Mortensen Thomas Mortensen Maybe saying that science is a form of art seems to bold to say. And we will have an infinite debate which one is under but what i meant here is, there will always be science on art and vice versa. You need creativity and imagination to do it, and you will be creator of something.
@@igabcruz5038 You're not supposed to go into science wanting to do it in any sort of personal way or wanting to create something specific. Science is highly impersonal. You go into science with the intention of testing reality and looking at the findings objectively, and nothing else. It's not a place for you to leave your mark or try to confirm your beliefs. Leave all that shit out the door. Science is not about you.
Thomas Mortensen Thomas Mortensen Thomas Mortensen I do agree that science is objectively test the reality but you cannot deny that science still result and reflection of human nature such as art.
And do you think artist is only creating for a specific thing? how about the inventors?, both scientists and artists search for probability and possibilities of things , both experiments to test society and human nature. Art can be broad and specific such as science, and i believe art and science is correlated to one another.
There is circumtances that one is much higher and vise versa, depends on situation and can be also neutral as yin and yang. Do you think that theory is not sort of belief? thats there’s no little amount of biases as human nature that can involve a theoretical studies?, its still falls to category that you want to prove something or describes something, which also the same goals with art.
I identify as INTP but I want to confirm it to myself.
Either I'm an INTP that strongly values the systems of emotions and behavioral patterns.
Or an INFP who strongly values the systems by which their emotions function upon.
Decisions? Well its logical to understand ones emotions and make decisions based on what makes sense.
Sometimes emotions make sense, sometimes not.
I struggle to explain my emotions when in interpersonal relationships, perhaps because I seek out the core route.
On the other hand when in general conversation I'll go into a spiral of theories trying to grasp the reasoning behind It.
It sounds perhaps more INTP to me, but I want more information before I can be satisfied with my thought.
Especially if I am presenting myself as INTP. I don't want to misrepresent myself and have to correct myself later.
I watch thsi video to identifying at least my main type... in most of my test... I had problem with T and F it's almost 50-50 split
I'm infp( oldest), brother intp (middle)and sister enfp(youngest)..
We are so different, yet so similar... its weird..
Parents, estp and isfj...
I try learn their personalities to understand them better...
INFPs intuitively know their values, what their morals and personal feelings are. The struggle comes with Ti logic and reasons, reasons don't come naturally to them, no matter how intelligent they are.
INTPs feel very uncomfortable just knowing if something is morally right. They need reasons. They BREATHE reasons. They cannot stand something being morally right without a logical, and sometimes even ETHICAL reason. Ethics and societal values are probably easier for INTPs to settle in to because they see the value and reasoning behind it. The problem comes when they try to stand up for what they view as right: it isn't like they don't have values, but they often have trouble coming to purely emotional decisions unless they've studied it.
But do I actually have to go out, can't just think about those things from inside my room? :(
Story of my life! And the reason i doubt if i am infp instead of intp.
I just watched this video and i relate more to the intp.
I got INTP mutiple times and few times it's INFP, both kind of fit and then doesn't really fit, i'm not that logical very rational and kinda critical yes but not exactly logical, i hate science with a passion, lack interactional skill, too literal at times, I struggle to know others feeling even tho I can feel whether they find ne likeable or unlikeable, for INFP I get hella confused with my inner feeling, I struggle with what I want and feel life but I do have values that I won't compromise unless it's really really necessary, and I also fit in on typical INFP hobbies which is reading and writing, I can be idealistic too which is why I give up on creative writing because I just couldn't finish it up to my liking, can you please help me find my tipe 😰😰
So i have a problem the test says am intp(i did the test 4 times) but i think i look like infp (and a friend says that) what am i?
I "wasted" my years for Anime. I fucking mastered it. INTP here
Sorry about this comment about myself but I’ve been searching by myself for too long and can find no answer...
Got 50% Feeling and 50% Thinking
(Yayy)
I’m able to know how someone thinks by asking them a few questions, I can predict how people will act and find solutions in a matter of seconds.
I’m better at giving solutions but can also comfort people well.
I sometimes am driven by my feelings, and when it happens I start hating myself for doing so
I tend to feel depressed not knowing why and overthink everything, even my own overthinking
I know how I could fit in society and know it’s the best solution yet can’t bring myself to let go my way of thinking cause I am who I am.
In all honesty I’m still at 8:49 of this video and got even more confused that I was 10 minutes before typing this.
Anyone could help me with that?
Sorry for the selfish comment, just got headaches from overthinking THIS and believe bigger subjects than myself should be worth my damn overthinking
Thank you very much and have a great day,
And merry christmas if you celebrate!
To other MD in-tp/fp, do you also get confused if you're an infp who developed logical way of making decisions or an intp who developed compassion and empathy?
i sure do
Im not sure which type i am, the first half of the video, i thought i was an infp, and yet the second half i thought i might be an intp because the infp part wasnt like me at all.
Any advice?
Nobody will relate to everything about their type, I think, as long as you relate to more than you disagree with, and you can understand the differences it will help. Do you relate to anything about INTPs more than INFPs?
I am INTP/INFP(somewhere in the middle).
I would really encourage you to try the advice I gave at the end of the video, if you dig deep down, T and F won't be a question anymore.
Hello :) I mistyped as an INTP a couple of times even though I'm an obvious INFP. You might consider your family members' types and how it influenced you and your behaviour. Personally, I grew up in a family of sensors, my mother and my sister are both ST types so that I had to learn being critical, analytical and not overly dreamy. This made me believe I was an INTP, although I merely "borrowed" some processes and functions which I usually wouldn't have. Could that be your case as well, maybe?
Anyway, have a nice day and good luck finding out. 😊
@@kleineapfelblute2456 How do you know you are mistyped? The test result depends on your answer. Why can I not be both INTP and INFP? I think both type descriptions suit me.
@@JediKnight207 Well, in my case I think the mistype occured because I was leaning too much onto thinking, being analytical and objective, which I picked up over the years. I believe it happens quite often that somebody unconsciously focuses too much on personality traits he developed after working very hard on developing them in the first place. So it could be that you find the INTP's cognitive functions pretty much as fitting as the INFP ones, if you developed your personality. But probably one of the two will be somewhat stronger and less of an effort, if you pay attention to it. You might also consider your way of thinking and acting when you were a child and before developing other traits that might mislead you now. Personally I have come to realise that, no matter how objectively I might be able to think or judge, my own values and feelings always form the base of it, actually. Listening to and following my gut feeling never tricked me, whereas thinking and trying to be objective certainly did.
I hope it helped and that I didn't confuse you. :)
@@kleineapfelblute2456 It's interesting to see how personality develops isn't it. I'm an INTP raised by an ENFJ mother. I’m very principled, an idealist and do consider other people’s feelings (albeit reluctantly because it can be inefficient and less fun). I love nature and fantasy books and particularly identified with Tolkiens writing style, interests (language, history and botany) and what I read about him. He is typed as INFP (although I found out there is much debate going on about whether he wasn’t actually an INTP). However, the way my mind processes my feelings and thoughts and my cognitive functions are still 100% recognizable as INTP. I also always gravitated towards people who had a dominant thinking function. Erik's description was absolutely spot on.
I always get infp on tests but my thought and feeling is always around 50/50 it’s annoying. As a male though I’ve been taught not to show much emotion.
I am so INFP with A assertive type so I don't have the questions of self so much as I do with how do I get all ng in society to succeed at my creations at my art I have been letting it speak for itself and I need to be more business with it sigh ...otherwise I'm ok with stuff maybe iffy on people but ...I only let so many in rest I keep as associates
If all else fails look at their faces. INFPs look like they are constantly daydreaming with a passive smile and slightly closed eyes while we INTPs stare forward BLANKLY with our eyes darting back and forth occasionally looking as though we don't even realize reality exists around us.
(For reference to INTP stare look to Mike Stoklasa from Red Letter Media)
(For reference to INFP stare look to Kurt Cobain or Johnny Depp)
But what if I swing somewhere in the middle? ._.
You might, but eventually you'll lose your grip and fall down on your ass. Perhaps as a completely different type entirely? :) Type is not identity or how much we theoretically can identify or empathise with a type, but rather what you love and enjoy more than anything, so go out and put yourself out there and learn about yourself by challenging yourself and testing your beliefs and ideas about yourself. Through hard work, you're going to learn some good important truths about yourself, and that'll help you find out your type!
10:00 I feel and think both?
so.. anyone know where i can find help on getting typed?
The test can be a way to start. Have you ever taken it? Are there some types you are more provable to be?
idk which one i am help
I think I'm a hybrid. Especially hearing this .... He will make one point about an INFP and I'll think that's me or not really me, then another about INTP and I'll think ...that's me or not really me. But every time I take a personality test I get INFP.
some of this sounds like more like INTJ
Dont over complicate it.
INTP: My *reasons* beat your "likes". But I have no idea if people actually like me or not. (So the they must all be morons)
INFP: My *likes* beat your reasons. But people make me feel so stupid at times. (So they must all be horrible people)
Title says INFP vs INFP
I'm okay with that
Just letting them know there’s a typo
That's usually the case with INFPs lol
hahahaha fixed :p
I think you might need to re-do this video? You got confused INTP and INFP use Ne, not Ni
They use IN -- not Jungian cognitive function Ni, but they share introverted and intuitive traits with other introverted and intuitive types.