'On MBTI tests, I have consistently scored as an INxP (generally, I fall into the middle of the F/T spectrum.)However, I care about tactfulness, so I have been considering myself to be an INFP).  ...|||You do know that MBTI is not real, right? That it is at best an approximation of personality? Ever heard of neuroplasticity?   Anyway, I believe that everyone can be typed to a certain degree, and...|||My INFP father has been computer science-ing for his entire life.|||1) The Internet is a haven for introverts 2) Introverts are bitter at the extraverted is healthy; introverted is maladjusted view that Western culture tends toward (NOT extraverts themselves. The...|||I'm currently pretty much the happiest I've ever been. w00t. :dry:  ETA: I'm 18.  The worst age was 14. Oh god I hope I'll never be 14 again.|||I've heard it really doesn't matter much what you get a Bachelor's in (assuming you're getting a Bachelor's) unless you actually need the stuff you learn about (biology for a doctor, physics for an...|||Don't get me wrong, I love my type, but sometimes I feel like INFPs are too idealistic (which, yeah, duh, we're the idealists) and are very good at forcing themselves to ignore objective evidence of...|||Just read the thread in question-- I don't think either of you were particularly out of line. I think it would be wise to just move on from it.|||Seventree's avatar. I love baby sloths. Also chocolate, music, friends, mocking idiots. You know, the simple stuff.|||I occasionally feel that way when I'm procrastinating on something. Or when I'm hiding/avoiding someone. You're probably overthinking things, but I've found identifying the cause of a feeling often...|||I don't think there's any truth in that statement. It's like saying Life is a party for extraverts and a sad lonely desert for an introvert.  Those who feel may choose to focus on the negative,...|||IxTx. Extraverts wear me out and Feelers can be too clingy and similarly draining. Although I can't say I wouldn't date a fellow INFP.|||Chuck (on Chuck) Anya, Buffy, Spike, Xander, and usually Willow (from Buffy) Simon Tam and Mal Reynolds (from Firefly) Seth Cohen and Ryan Atwood (from The OC) Sawyer (From LOST) Pyramid Head...|||You have high standards to protect yourself from getting hurt. It's understandable, I do it too. But as long as you have those walls up, you're never going to stop feeling alone. Even with close...|||I was definitely an F as a child, and so I think I do have that emotionality at my core. Also, my thinking is less linear than a T, so I'm pretty sure I'm an F. But I have a very T-like love of...|||Do math. Yeah, gross, I know, but focusing your functions at cold, unfeeling math is a surefire way to block emotions that aren't yours. Or exercise your Fe by listening to music, reading a book,...|||SUNBLOCKER used GREET  It's SUPER EFFECTIVE!|||I don't think you did anything wrong. But the Internet tends to bring out people inner asshole, so it's wise to not take the negative too personally. If you ever feel offended on the Internet,...|||Yea mang im ttly evil man n i liek to torcher puppies and worship Satan and cp.   Generally, I get the sense that anyone who considers their self to be 'evil' really enjoys feeling like they're too...|||I'm generally pretty forgiving of attention-seeking behavior as long as the person doing so remains fairly unobtrusive. I mean, just because someone wants attention doesn't mean they're stupid or...|||- Miles 'Pudge' Halter in Looking for Alaska- introverted, philosophical, verbal, kindhearted. Also, if any of you have not read that book, do so now. I suspect the author is also an INFP. It's...|||INFP - Caffeine. It makes my thoughts go faster, clearer, just generally better. I can actually carry a conversation. It's pretty cool. I would like to try LSD, though. It sounds pretty nice.|||Psychology, philosophy, quite a bit of astronomy/cosmology and conceptual physics, writing, and most of the words/grammar I know are because I've done immense amounts of reading and love language,...|||^^Hell yeah. My plan revolves around turning all dogs into fish. I'd write out my entire process, but I wouldn't want someone stealing it.|||I did your mother last night. BA-ZING!  As a similarly perplexed INx?P, I too would appreciate guidance. So far I'm really good at plotting things out step by step (world domination, getting a...|||After reading this, I sound very Si-ish.. I always prefer to think things through ahead of time to the smallest detail, in an effort to prevent things going wrong. I also find myself as a sort of...|||I would tell them to accept themselves as who they are. It's easier to bring what you have to its full potential than force yourself to be something you're not.|||Eh, perhaps. Although he could just have both hyper-developed Se and Ne. Many of the connections he makes are very intuitive, and I think it would be hard for a sensor to make them so quickly and...|||When I think I like someone, I'll try to hide it as much as possible, then overanalyze everything he does. Usually, this leads me to the conclusion that he does not, in fact, like me (because...|||I write To Do lists in my notebooks during class. Then never look at them again.   I probably would write stuff on my hand, but people would be able to see them and ask about it. I'm very private....|||Namely because I feel like I may actually be an INTP. But I'm sure if I identified as an INTP, I'd think I was INFP.   In social situations, I can be anything, depending on whom I am around. I can...|||I really like your vocabulary. It's quite a nice vocabulary. I also like your thoughts.   That sounds like my head. Except for the origanized and ordered. Mine's more like someone who loves books...|||http://i1110.photobucket.com/albums/h447/timelapsing/linkto/In_the_aeroplane_over_the_sea_album_cover_copy.jpg Great album, great cover, legendary status|||I'm really really good with metaphors. Unfortunately for me, I hate poetry, but I've found that metaphors are effective in comedy as well.   Unfortunately, my left brain is tragically...|||Laughing. Humor. Absurdity. Irony. Sharing these things with friends.  Also, when I'm feeling lonely, I take comfort in the magnificence of the universe. It's awe-inspiring, and it all fits...|||Opening question implying that humanity is cruel  Elaboration, directly calling humanity out on its heartlessness  Irrelevant anecdote about how this one time, humanity's endless cruelty caused a...|||I think not. No offense, but I'm into dudes.|||Though at the moment I'm really not planning on having children, I think that I would have to save my kid. It's practically a biological obligation; assuming I had a choice, I don't think I could do...|||Shawn - ENTP - He's obviously an E-type, and likely N--He makes the observations and uses intuition to get to the truth. I think he's probably T because he doesn't do much worrying about how he makes...|||I definitely get tired out after prolonged social interaction, and get the urge to go read a book/dick around on the Internet for a few hours.|||INTPs wouldn't be New Zealand. They'd be Mars. Maybe some yet-undiscovered exoplanet. Maybe a space station. ISTJ would be Vulcan. I'd like to claim every hippie commune ever for INFPteria|||I think I'm fairly exceptional for an Idealist in than I'm overly cynical, which is generally regarded as being the polar opposite of what idealism is.   But yeah, not at all. I think of true love...|||Yeah, it's pretty awesome when a personality test is more than Wat colour is yuor Spiret??   I wouldn't advise putting too much store by any test though, or what you're 'supposed' to be. Just be...|||Whenever I look into my past, I see a long string of embarrassments. I also don't remember much about it because l was too busy living on my own planet.   But yeah, I'll always play the new Pokemon...|||I've met a couple people with Asperger's, and it's always obvious right away. I think the disorder goes beyond social awkwardness and obsessive personalities; in my experience (which, of course, is...|||I often feel this way. My humor is often dark/satirical, which understandably does not endear me to certain people. Though occasionally around strangers, I just can't think of anything to say. Other...|||Hey, fellow INFP. As I'm sure you'll find, there is no shortage of like-minded individuals on this forum. It's pretty awesome.|||Welcome! ISTJ's are pretty cool. As are ENFP's. I feel certain your love will prevail    crzysttcher, you are one BAMF for naming your son that. The people who get it will love it and the ones...|||Eh, I'm definitely an introvert but around shy people/when I'm high of caffeine/with close friends, I can come across as an extravert. I suspect that me talking into a camera+with  few hundred mg of...|||I think if you get energy from socializing, you're an extravert. If you need time to recharge after prolonged contact with others, you're an introvert.  Being an introvert doesn't mean that you...'