Meme made by me. This is INFJ you meet mostly online and explanation they give for them being INFJ.

What do you think? ( I hope u got dawn reference)

I know it's a difficult question but it's interesting to speculate. Like say Te. Who is the "stronger" user between ESTJ and ENTJ generally speaking? Please don't "it depends" me. It's all light hearted fun.

Te, Ti, Se, Si, Ne, Ni, Fe, Fi.

Fi being misunderstood is an understatement of a lifetime. Almost everything online about Fi is at least partially incorrect. Even google overview's explanation of Fi leaves a lot to be desired; It says that having morals in everyone else comes from other people, which is just...not how this works.

As an INTP who went through a phase of questioning whether I was INFP or not, I came to the conclusion that no, I am not, but I'd be forgiven for thinking so because I have significant moral OCD and if you took what everyone online says about Fi seriously, you'd think they're the same thing. (Pro tip: They're not.)

So what is Fi if not constantly scanning your environment for Bad Things and rejecting all that doesn't make you feel good on the inside?

Well, simply put, moral OCD provides anxiety, Fi provides clarity. Fi is a guide that INFPs (and others) use to figure out what feels right to them in every facet of life. Whether this is used immaturely or maturely entirely depends on the INFP; both terrible and great things can come from this. However, it doesn't primarily come from an overwhelming sense of fear or a desperate need to prevent something bad from happening (unless in dire circumstances, of course), it comes from a sense of catering to one's true self. It's not inherently about catering to one's own morals, though it often utilizes that quite a bit. Rather, it's about one's identity.

Let's run that back again: Fi is about catering to one's identity, not one's morals. There is strong overlap, but identity comes first. They move about the world in a way that caters to their individual identity so as to provide clarity to themselves.

Wanting to be authentic and having morals are not monopolized by Fi users. In real life, virtually everyone will have a point (or many) where they cater to their ideas of themself, become more of an individual, stand up for their morals, and even cry or gasp in horror at someone crossing a moral line. The difference is, this is a 24/7 process for INFPs, and while they can absolutely feel stressed out and anxious about the state of the world (same girl, same), it's a process that works to provide them clarity. That's the important word here. Clarity about themselves and their identity.

While nothing is ever black and white, in general, Fi would look more like:

Examining whether things are right for you automatically, rejecting social norms one doesn't understand simply because they don't feel right, wanting a life that feels like you to an extreme or significant level (note: this is not the same as wanting to be an individual), doing things because they feel right to you, not because they're for the greater good (though you may take that into account as well), life is about building your identity.

Whereas moral OCD looks like:

Constant, anxious preoccupation with doing the right thing, intense fear about being a horrible evil person if you so much as breathe wrong, feeling like the world's problems are on your shoulders, constantly fretting about how much active harm you're causing by simply existing, extreme and intense constant rumination on past and present mistakes, feeling sick to your stomach when you make an error, life is about constantly trying to resolve the extreme anxiety and stress you get from the reality that you might not always be right or say the right thing or be a good person.

Building and catering to one's identity is at the forefront of Fi users's minds. At the forefront of someone with moral OCD is nothing but intense fear and anxiety about the what ifs of everything.

Now, again, everyone will want to build their identity at some point. It might even be at the forefront of your mind for some time. The difference is, it never really leaves Fi users forever. I'm INTP, and I definitely care about my identity nowadays, but that's partially because I didn't really have one at all until I was in my late 20s, and even then it was still blossoming. I had my own morals and convictions and sense of right and wrong, but I didn't really know who I was outside of that, I only knew what I believed, my likes and dislikes, and some traits. "But isn't that your identity?" Well...no, not quite. Look, I'm struggling to put into words the difference, but the best way I can explain it is that an INFP can easily and readily see who they are beyond and beneath that; I can see patterns, I know why I like and dislike certain things, and I know who I want to be, but I'm still unsure to this day of who I am beneath all of that. I don't know. Maybe a broken and scared child, maybe an alien, maybe a chunk of animated meat. I don't know. Generally by my age, INFPs know. There is little uncertainty.

I am defined by my uncertainty; they are defined by their clarity.

Wherever I've tried to seek out what Ne, Ni, Se and Si mean, I'm given the same shallow response:

"Ne - multiple possibilities Ni - Pattern recognition Se - What is currently present Si - Nostalgia function"

I am tired of hearing this response, mostly because firstly these don't necessarily appear as definitions rather come of as a few consequences/byproducts of these functions.

I seek a better interpretation of these function. Help me por favor.

Im an INFP but I relate a lot to XNTJS in the way they are cartoonishly protrayed. They're often stereotypical villains, but it's not the villainy I relate to. It's usually the sad backstory and their effort to have a plan that just keeps failing episodically.

I relate to being alone all the time and working hard on something, and the second I show it to anyone my dreams get crushed 💔😭.

I'm still very much an INFP though, don't take this as typing myself with fictional characters please.

I read emotions really well and absolutely understand where the guy/gal is coming from which is really useful to me to steer conversations, but I just don't care sometimes when its irrelevant and counter-productive. I am just blunt and just intuitively know exactly how everyone feels about me when im blunt, but in most cases I think the ends justifies people not liking how it sounds (and most cases they actually appreciate it after a while).

I meet a dozen of INFJs or so irl, and sometimes I can't stand how emotional they were. I'm very people driven but also systematic and solution oriented because of my engineering background and strong INTJ influence from my dad. I feel quite alienated amongst irl INFJs.

And yes, I am very positive I'm not mistyped based on the functions I identify with.

I want to know the reaction and strategy of every type during emergency situations

Because people are saying that hyperphantasia means high Si and low Ni, and aphantasia means high Ni and low Si. I think Ni is my highest function and Si is my lowest. However, I definitely do not have aphantasia. I do not have hyperphantasia either, but I have the auditory version of hyperphantasia. If you are a Ni dom without aphantasia, or a Si dom with aphantasia, could you please explain how you realised that you had one introverted perceiving functions and not the other?

I’ll constantly find myself apologizing even if I don’t think I’m at fault. Mostly because I want to avoid future conflict by any means necessary and because I don’t want them thinking I’m a jerk in the small chance I did offend or hurt someone.

Is this typical? Because ENFJ is listed as “protagonist”, and I feel like most protagonists I see in media are very rarely prone to apologizing…

Thoughts?

I once read that an ESFP can be seen staring in a way as if seeing through others and also dissecting others’ emotional structure and composition to learn further. Once read that such a stare is frightening. I would be pleased to learn about others’ experience with it. Thank you for an active online group in reddit.

Would like to know who is more common between a lone wolf and a party animal. MBTI does/can not have to be isolated from such archetypes.

In my opinion, Ai Hoshino is an unhealthy ESFJ, not an ENFJ, because firstly, being energetic, extroverted, charismatic, and influencing others do not easily prove that you are an ENFJ! Secondly, NI is not clearly visible in Ai Hoshino, and like Akane Kurakawa, who is an INFJ, Ai Hoshino does not have active NI. While ENFJs, like INFJs, are often very strong analysts, Ai Hoshino instead of being analytical and searching for hidden patterns, values ​​concrete tasks and information, reactions from fans, and searching for love that she has never experienced, rather than thinking too much about possibilities and abstract patterns. And all these sites that have typed MBTI characters are not official, they are just fan-made and have not been announced by the creator himself.