'Accurate. Though certain of my dominant Fi, I often test as INTP, likely due to my mathematics training/career. And, I have been happily/crazily together with my INTJ for like ever.  Actualized...|||INFPs are considered to be excellent listeners. Dario Nardi writes in Neuroscience of Personality:     Nardi found that INFPs can hold this whole-brain listening state for ten minutes or more. ...|||Having been with my INTJ for like ever, below are some of my observationsx85  Similarities: Independent x96 Neither of us has a role model. For the most part, we are not influenced by societal...|||I am grateful for collecting courage. And for the resultant glimmer of congruence between my interior and exterior.|||My INTJ boyfriend and I had been a couple for four years. We were driving through the Southeastern US, returning from a Christmas visit with my family. Our car conversation drifted to marriage. We...|||The feeling of being misunderstood more regularly and more readily than others is not a mere figment of the INFP imagination nor a symptom of the so-called special snowflake syndrome. This claim of...|||If anything, Ix92d like to read more of your take. INTJ passion backed by the excellence of their thoroughness is a beauty to behold.   Thank you for sharing your insight.|||The point of the study is that the addictive nature of some foods/eating and the effects upon the brain render impotent constructive criticism such as, x93just eat less and exercise.x94 That is the...|||Constructive criticism must be rooted in knowledge, for if one does not understand the problem, the constructive part of the criticism is nonexistent. Now that alcoholism is more understood, giving...|||Though you clarified slender and in good shape, I want to emphasize that slender is neither synonymous with healthy nor is good health exclusive to a slender physique. While I too would be classified...|||I like to grocery shop only when not bound to a list.  Rather than decide on a recipe/meal to prepare in advance and then purchase needed ingredients, I prefer to browse freely and be inspired by...|||My INTJ husband and I both limp along in the practical aspects of grownup living. Sometimes, it is as if we are playing a game of chicken to see who will yield to dreaded tasksx97I am the usual loser....|||Though I x93discoveredx94 the Enneagram many years ago, only within the past year or so have I been confident that I have correctly identified my type. Though I was drawn to the essence of the Bohemian,...|||The original quote to which I responded read: Every single INFP female that I have met cries SO EASILY!!! My posts address the so easily aspect as an inaccurate stereotype, backed by Jung's Fi...|||I do not assert that INFPs do not cry. Nor did I write that Fi equates to emotion or that INFPs are cold and unapproachable. You are replying to a continuation of a conversation.  If you will go...|||I am not sure of its relevance/necessity to this conversation, but I will acknowledge that I am a Christian with deeply-held faith. However, I find that these sorts of admonishments further promote...|||More and more in online forums, I notice this trend of written injunctions to restrain potential criticism/debate. Implicit in posting one’s beliefs/opinions to a public forum is the acceptance of...|||True Neutral   A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral...|||A recent obsession—Flannery O’Connor’s short story, The River, which just won’t let go of me.|||The self that is depicted in the images does not seem vulnerable to me. I get no sense of yielding, but rather a sense of power and aggression. It is as if the physically injured self is, in truth,...|||Rose for a Heart: Core type 6, unsure of wing/stacking.   Though the photos depict violence toward the self, the overwhelming feeling I perceive is one of accusation (which Naranjo lists as a...|||I have not had my type questioned by others. I researched extensively and invested in serious self-questioning before I felt comfortable/confident deciding what type fit me easily and naturally. ...|||Crying is the shedding of tears in response to an emotional state. Again, such outward display of emotion is contrary to Fi. Mistypes/mistyping abound.|||This is in direct contradiction to Jungx92s description of the introverted feeling type and, as many INFPs have stated in this thread and others, does not ring true.  Since this type appears rather...|||No need to go into the fallacies of your premise, e.g., you do not know the majority of INFPs. Funny how folks assert their individual perception as fact. Hence, the need for this thread.|||The core of my growing health is self-acceptance, supported by my relinquishment of SJ and T focused indicators of progress and success. Some move in lines; I move in circles, and that does not make...|||That INFPs are ditzy bees possessing limited intelligence.  A study ground in statistical analysis found INFP to be among the four most common personality types represented in the “gifted”...|||If the issue with the x93INFPsx94 is a matter of safety, a supervisor/manager need address the matter. INFPs, in the same vein as other average/healthy MBTI types, will accept constructive criticism. ...|||Funny how folks refuse to accept this reasoning in regard to terrorist acts and instead choose to condemn an entire religion.|||Gosh, I just love how you specify your wife in each of your gratitude lists <3|||Yes. The writing style hints at perhaps a non-native English speaker; a bit of latitude is helpful.   Ditto.|||Freedom of speech is irrelevant here; no one suggested that she be thrown in prison :rolleyes:  I find it funny that those who espouse the sovereignty of personal opinion are the selfsame folks who...|||I fell backward, by way of my own shove. I made the mistake. I, one totally intolerant of her own shortcomings, slipped once more into my self-destructive pattern, my familiar refusal of better. ...|||Outranking my appreciation for fashion, houses are my primary aesthetic obsession. I am drawn to modern architecturex92s strong lines and generous use of glass, and yet, I cannot forgo the romance of...|||Yep, lots of people make assumptions and judgments about others based on superficial aspects that have nothing to do with one’s character or personality, whether it be their cars, clothing,...|||I have witnessed at least two of the person-car pairings that you listed as oddities, without batting an eyelash. I grew up on a farm and I was that very small feminine girl driving a 4WD Chevy...|||Perfectly said. Thank you.  My husband and I both drive luxury cars. My INTJ husband’s reasoning is based on performance and quality, while I am drawn to the exterior aesthetics and interior...|||This absolutely does not work for me. My husband continues to be perplexed by my refusal of repetition when faced with a dilemma similar to one that I successfully have navigated in the past. For me,...|||1) How do you experience nostalgia?  I have been surprised by the answers to this question for I am not nostalgic—at all. I do not experience memories in terms of concrete, sensory images, but...|||Throughout the semester, we spoke only before and after class, punctuated by the exchange of silly notes/doodles during lecture. We did not study together nor hang out—we did not even exchange phone...|||Long-term partner of INTJ here.  Despite prevailing INFP stereotypes, I do not tend toward the mushy, gushing romantic. Disclaimer tossed aside, I am shamefully in love with our meet cute. ...|||Agreed.  Though some argue for hate as a motivator for good, the harnessing of hatred is not ever without casualty.  Though Hitler is the default delegate of the negative extremity of human...|||Not so fast.  They neither shine nor reveal themselves. Since they submit the control of their lives to their subjectively orientated feeling, their true motives generally remain concealed. Their...|||I do not understand your point. Adjusting one's behavior based upon ingratitude/mistreatment by another is a typical human trait, not the exclusive domain of this so called nice guy...|||I care for my long-term INTJ partner in ways that are sincere, attentive, and unobtrusive.  Examples:  1) He is overwhelmed by the 24/7 news blitz; he no longer visits news sites (save for ESPN)...|||I have limped through writer’s block for years, experiencing diminished mental and physical health when unable to write for long stretches.  I like writing only in the sense that one likes taking...|||My life is subject to an absurd adverb…almost.|||Rest!  Copper-coated copter flies with intention. He knows just where he is headed, no energy-bleeding, hope-wasting hither and thither. His aim is there— that slit of space formed by the...|||I don’t view dark as synonymous with bitter, cynical, negative. On occasion, I have been described as dark when I have displayed an acceptance, an ease, with topics that many deem taboo in polite...|||You are not being too analytical. You are being thoughtful and honest (and perhaps unintentionally, hope-restoring). Reading this thread, I lamented the prospects for the single folks out there, and...'