I'm becoming INFP O_O

[CLOfriendOSE]

Is this possible?

I am addicted to the Aww section on Reddit.


My life
has
changed.


I feel (omg INTP used the f word) that this has helped me develop Se and Fi.

My world is shaken.

 

[TriflinThomas]

No, you can't change your type. You were probably born INFP and are just now coming into your own.

 

[Lot]

There ain't no shame in looking at cute animals. I don't see how it could help you develop your Fi. But yeah, Mr. Thomas is right, you can't change your type.

 

[hablahdoo]

No, you can't change your type. You were probably born INFP and are just now coming into your own.

Such bullshit. Even if type indicates something unchanging, we cannot see the unchanging part and there is no way to either confirm or deny its existence. Your type means nothing more than your answers to the test.

 

[Ink]

Just because you are feeling things does not mean you are a domiant feeler

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Such bullshit. Even if type indicates something unchanging, we cannot see the unchanging part and there is no way to either confirm or deny its existence. Your type means nothing more than your answers to the test.

Only if you're typological research and understanding ends at results from self-reporting tests.

For (mostly) MBTI: Online Typology Resources

 

[Melkor]

I doubt you can 'change' your type consciously, however I think it's entirely possible and indeed likely that it could change over the course of your life.

The person I was as a child is unrecognisable to me now.

 

[DeadonDreaming]

 

[Vladimir]

wth is that picture

 

[Architect]

Every INFP I've known was a huge space cadet. Kind of hard to deal with for me, even though we are close cousins.

 

[Cogwulf]

You strike me as being an extravert.

 

[Architect]

You strike me as being an extravert.

Yeah, from the little exposure we've had to @DeadonDreaming I've thought he seems more like our close cousin the ENTP. Certainly reminds me of the ones I've known.

Going by the individual letters is problematic in self typing. We all extrovert, as we all introvert. INTP's extrovert their iNtuition and Feelings (Ne & Fe). The sure fire way is if you primarily Ti (introverted think), and secondarily Ne (extroverted intuition). An ENTP does that in reverse (Ne first, Ti second), which is more what I see here.

Not ironclad by any means ...

 

[DeadonDreaming]

I live in a troll cave, and drink troll juice. I don't talk to nobody

 

[DeadonDreaming]

wth is that picture

Him becoming an INFP explains a lot, just like Chuck Norris being Master Chief explains a lot.

 

[intpz]

Only be alerted if you are starting to feel sorry for stupid people or cry during an emotional scene in a movie.

 

[DeadonDreaming]

Only be alerted if you are starting to feel sorry for stupid people or cry during an emotional scene in a movie.

See! Look how mean he is! My pictures bring joy to the little elf children that populate the nooks and crannies of our message board. Won't you think of the children? :\

Okay, back on topic now, or the elves will be angry.

 

[intpz]

See! Look how mean he is! My pictures bring joy to the little elf children that populate the nooks and crannies of our message board. Won't you think of the children? :\

Okay, back on topic now, or the elves will be angry.

I don't give a shit about the children nor elves.

 

[DeadonDreaming]

I don't give a shit about the children nor elves.

Ban him. Ban him right now.

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

Just because you are an INTP doesn't mean you never feel anything. I've only met one person in my life that was as unemotional as I am but even she smiled every once in a while. Basically I've never met someone that never showed any emotion.

If you want to discuss whether or not positive emotions are a bad thing then I think we should because I've wondered about it for a while and I'm still not quite sure about it. Obviously negative emotions are useless because they make you feel worse but positive one's should be OK right? Maybe? Can good ones even exist without the bad?

@DeadonDreaming

Maybe she's mad because you called her a him. But I must agree, I don't care about the children or elves either

 

[DeadonDreaming]

Just because you are an INTP doesn't mean you never feel anything. I've only met one person in my life that was as unemotional as I am but even she smiled every once in a while. Basically I've never met someone that never showed any emotion.

If you want to discuss whether or not positive emotions are a bad thing then I think we should because I've wondered about it for a while and I'm still not quite sure about it. Obviously negative emotions are useless because they make you feel worse but positive one's should be OK right? Maybe? Can good ones even exist without the bad?

@DeadonDreaming

Maybe she's mad because you called her a him. But I must agree, I don't care about the children or elves either

INTPz isn't mad, she's just an elfist. Soon my people will rise.

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

What's an elf?

EDIT:

Nevermind,

elf
noun /elf/ 
elves, plural

A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature

^ That's you, right?

 

[PhoenixRising]

See! Look how mean he is! My pictures bring joy to the little elf children that populate the nooks and crannies of our message board. Won't you think of the children? :\

Okay, back on topic now, or the elves will be angry.

oh no! Don't make the elves angry! That would invoke the mischievous apocalypse pointy ears for everyone!! hmm, on second thought, that would be kinda awesome...

An interesting piece of trivia, the definition of angry elf on urban dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=angry elf

 

[DeadonDreaming]

What's an elf?

EDIT:

Nevermind,

elf
noun /elf/ 
elves, plural

A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature

^ That's you, right?

YES!

@ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε Where are you from that you don't know what an elf is?

 

[Bhagavat]

As humans, our psychological structures are dynamic. I've reached this conclusion from the evidence that human civilization is dynamic. For, what is the psychological structure of our civilization if not a macrocosm of all our little microcosms? Furthermore, the human brain changes and rewires itself. My argument may not seem at all airtight, but this is just a forum after all, and not a thesis paper.

 

[Etheri]

I doubt you can 'change' your type consciously, however I think it's entirely possible and indeed likely that it could change over the course of your life.

The person I was as a child is unrecognisable to me now.

As humans, our psychological structures are dynamic. I've reached this conclusion from the evidence that human civilization is dynamic. For, what is the psychological structure of our civilization if not a macrocosm of all our little microcosms? Furthermore, the human brain changes and rewires itself. My argument may not seem at all airtight, but this is just a forum after all, and not a thesis paper.

I agree with both of these

While I think most people on this forum do not agree with it being possible types evolve, and it is rather you evolving and learning to deal with your future functions, I do not think your types are genuinely set in stone.
I honestly think that outside parameters influence us enough (EVEN AS INTP!) to have a major effect on your development and life. Especially with children. I'm not so sure if adults can change sides, but with all due respect, if we could type babies i'm sure we'd be wrong as often as not. Not because of the impossibility to type a baby anyways, simply because these things are still subject to change. Would it not be naive to say our upbringing has no involvement in our typology?

Having said all this, I don't think a thread just made your F kick our your T, that just sounds ridiculous -no offence-. If it did, then the F must've always been there, waiting.

Sidenote : I think it has been proven introvercy / extrovercy is somewhat hardwired in our brains. It is the S / N and J / P ones i'm questioning, however.

 

[Nocturne]

Knowing not whether I'm right or wrong with this view, but I've recently thought that perhaps your "real" type is set into the core. That core/ "real" type is your "potential".
However, whether this is the stage/phase where you have reached that potential is different.

But then again, how do we know our core type, as Mr. habladoo has mentioned.
Thoughts, hm?