'The heart/gut/head triad - Before discovering the Enneagram, I would have said I related most to shame. I'm definitely very aware of feeling self-conscious and being too concerned about what people...|||It's worth noting that--  I'm not sure what general population Keirsey/ Myers-Briggs/ etc was working with, but let's just go with the population of the US around the time Keirsey published the...|||I think it's either because   1) you don't know yourself very well  2) you don't recognize yourself in the language being used in the Enneagram. The Enneagram uses general language... Sometimes...|||I love this show so much.|||It's not obvious to me. Do you care to explain?[/QUOTE]  Because INxx types perseverate obsessively over ideas (beyond all reason in many cases) and want to find others who do the same. The...|||Oh I can guarantee you, the internet and Tumblr in particular is positively *swarming* with INFJs and INFPs. In many cases, they are discussing being INFJ/INFP. Of course there are some who rebel...|||I was a very strange child... I was shy around strangers but extremely goofy and talkative around family and friends. I was almost constantly lost in some bizarre daydream.. my imagination...|||It's so easy to feel angry in close relationships. Things that keep you mellow around strangers can totally set you off when it's someone you're really close to... At least for me.   I get angry...|||I don't understand... I really love that movie though... Good book too. :)|||None... I always tested as INFJ and always knew it fit me.  I have gone through stages of really admiring many other types and wanting to be like them... That is, ISFP, ISTP, INTP, INTP, and I...|||I picked up the Once and Future King once but it just seemed to pale in comparison to Mists of Avalon... Which I think has pretty much ruined any other Arthurian book/movie for me... I actually first...|||Coffee, cereal with milk, Greek yogurt with granola and chia seeds... I have to eat breakfast or else I feel lightheaded and can't focus on anything.|||Has anyone else read this book? I found it really interesting from an INFJ standpoint. The main character is a pretty well-portrayed INFJ (probably a reflection of the author's personality, because...|||Whenever I hear my phone buzz or ring, 9 times out of 10 I know who it is (and I'm correct)... Based on time of day/ recent  interactions etc. If I don't know who it is, I KNOW that I don't know, and...|||Hey, it's not our fault. There are hundreds of thousands of pages worth of stuff written about INFJs floating around the internet and a lot of it bullshit and not even written by INFJs at all. The...|||Judging people is surely inevitable, but don't judge entire categories of people, I.e. MBTI type. Just see everyone on an individual basis. If you're using MBTI to introduce more ways of categorizing...|||Maybe try not to think about mbti types so much. I really don't think going around mentally typing other people you meet is an appropriate use of the system. It's not necessary, and is clearly...|||I am curious on why you guys feel this way(S being isolated). N's are stuck in a mostly S word, being an INTx myself, it is hard to find people who like me, my sense of humor, out there thoughts......|||One of the things that get's in the way of Ni for INFJ's is Fe and Ti. Having these Judging Functions play tug of war with Ni can throw Ni out of wack if it hasn't been tuned in already. Which is...|||Welcome to PerC! :)|||Yes! I've read that too, and it started me thinking about the inferior function. I remember reading that the first four functions are the ones we are conscious of, while the other four are not even...|||Eff both Ni and Fe. I've had enough of both of them. That's why I'm obsessed with Se. It brings the balance you need.|||Nowhere near enough info!|||I think of my ISFP best friend as simple but I mean it totally as a compliment. Obviously it's a bad word, because it sounds like it means stupid, but obviously that's not what I mean, because...|||There's nothing wrong with wanting to be left alone at a time like this. Obviously people mean well, but there's nothing wrong with asking people to give you your space. You're the one who's...|||I think Fe makes INFJ more likely to be popular than other INxx. Personally I was never very popular, but I'm sure my Fe has helped me. I know a couple INFJs who are very popular with their ESFJ/...|||Oh that's a mistake, it should be INTP = ISFJ ENTP = ESFJ|||Literally without talking to anyone... Definitely less than 24 hours. I could probably go one full day totally alone and be happy, but on the second day I would start to lose my mind.|||Well you could do it that way. I went with 3rd + 4th, while yours is 4th + 3rd.  Personally, I could see myself acting as an ISTP much sooner than an ESTP. ISTPs are still heavily-Se dependent. And...|||Ok, I've developed a bit of a theory about our inferior functions. Its just kind of stupid, and probably most people will disagree with it (which seems to always happen with stuff like this) but I...|||@The Eye have you ever considered just telling them how you were feeling? Like going back to your original message, when you saw your friends, you could have been like hey guys, I'm not feeling too...|||I found myself pondering this today....  The difference between Ni and Ne seems like this: Ne: the ideas come quickly-- you get a bunch of ideas when you think about stuff. You would probably find...|||Since that movie is basically based off a rollercoaster, I don't really feel that the characters are emotionally complex enough to have MB types...|||Ironically, I had the opposite experience. I was pushed out of STEM because I wasn't good enough at math and felt like humanities were the only option for me. Now I realize that math isn't as crucial...|||Fe is not loving people. :P  Also, if you were an ISTP, you're still an ISTP... But you can develop your 3rd and 4th functions... Ni and Fe.|||I've never understood what was so bad about being INFP. Ive never suspected I was one because I'm not that creative. Ne seems like such a cool function, but it seems like too much work. I'm in awe of...|||INFJs are the least popular type?? Definitely not! I would guess that title would belong to INTP or INTJ. But it really comes down to the individual.|||Fe means being constantly aware of the emotional atmosphere you're in, and very easily picking up on the emotional states of others-- not just noticing peoples feelings, but actually *feeling* the...|||To me, I think an Ni-Ti loop means that I'm obsessing over some idea (Ni) but I keep rehashing it over and over again, making lists to describe the idea, pairing the lists down, scraping the whole...|||It's so interesting to think that our third and fourth functions make up another type. Its kind of like another self that's hidden inside of us. The functions are alien but familiar at the same time....|||Your dominant function is the one you use so often you might not even realize it's there, because it's just so normal to you. You can't turn it off, it's kind of compulsive... it's so strong it will...|||I honestly don't relate to this... wish I did. I don't think people see me as special. I think people appreciate my ideas from time to time, when I manage to share them in a substantial way, but I...|||Tell them that when it comes to gaining self-knowledge, nothing is easy ;)|||I don't wear make up or do anything special with my hair, and yet I do feel that I care very much about how I look. I can't help it; I want to be satisfied with what I see in the mirror. But i still...|||People say this to me, but I just smile and shrug, because they're not really expecting any response, anyway. People will always judge you, no matter what you do, it's inevitable... and people will...|||Absolutely ask her out / just to hang, there's nothing wrong with just asking her to hang out. Why do you think she'd be hurt by you, wonder what if, etc?? There's nothing wrong with being...|||nelsona12 Sounds like it's just a bad friend situation. They don't respect you for who you are, so why do you keep insisting you're still friends? Don't give over your time and college experiences...|||That makes a lot of sense, because Te is paired with either Ni and or Si-- so it gathers a lot of information that way, and then it uses that information to construct a theory... similar to how...|||This is exactly what you always read, but doesn't address the question. How can logic be personal or subjective? That seems like a complete contradiction.   Maybe it has to do not with the content...|||....Te and Ti?  Let me first say that I think I have a fairly good understanding of Te and Ti, in terms of how their users behave, and I *think* I understand what they mean conceptually. But I...'