StevenM
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Since I started getting interested in MBTI typology, I had leaned slightly more on me being an INTP. Yet, recently, from what I have learned, it appears I am clearly an Fi dom. I suppose there were some misconceptions I had about INFP's that made me believe I was otherwise.
One misconception that I had, was that INFP's are very touchy-feely, and talk about emotions all the time. When I look in the INFP forums, and see a whole bunch of people expressing how they feel, I turn away, almost sure that I can't be an Fi-dom. However, I recently realized that being an Fi-dom, expressing emotions is actually something that goes against the grain of INFP's. It could be the reason why in real-life, I do seem rather emotionless (or serious). Which lead me to inaccurately believe I was a thinker.
Another thing that threw me off, is the stereotype of INFP's being, well....rather dumb or stupid. I will admit, that even on this forum alone, I have posted some very inaccurate things, and in real life, I can count many times a day where I was wrong and made mistakes. Having the logical thinking function in inferior, you'd expect someone who may not be all that bright.
Yet, the people who know an INFP well, have often found the INFP very competent in whatever they have put their mind to, and can actually do some pretty damn amazing stuff. It can be known that healthy INFP's get very good academic marks in school. When intrigued with something, they get right into the nitty gritty of it, and learn everything they can with it, spending quite an amount of time reading and experimentation until they consumed all that there is needed to know about it.
I spend more than 90% of my time researching and learning stuff, learning a craft, (even the logical stuff like math, physics), so I naturally thought the INFP type didn't suit me. But from what I've been researching, it seems IP types in general have qualities like this.
One thing differentiates Ti-dom and Fi-dom, is when they are uncomfortable with people. INTP's who haven't quite developed their inferior Fe, could be very skirmish and unease with other Fe-dom's. INFPs; Te-dom's. When around someone with strong Te, I somewhat feel like my whole structure of private feelings which I have tirelessly guarded from the outside world, is now being brought out into the open for all to see, and being picked apart, demolished and invalidated. I could probably imagine, it is the same with an Fe-dom picking apart an INTP's logic the same way. It's also interesting to see INFP's don't mind some Fe-doms, and INTP's get along well with some Te's. This point probably drove home to me the fact that I'm an INFP.
To an INFP, their inner-structure of (I guess they are called...'feelings'), don't seem like that at all to an INFP. To an INFP, they are not illogical, or unpractical. Yet, perhaps to Ti's, the INFP's values are very subjective. Probably what INFP's excel at is taking subjective material, and making sense of it.
INFP's seem to have some negative stereotypes. I find especially for men, INFP's can be easily mistyped. I know I didn't like being compared to qualities such as being self-centered, weak, feminine, unpractical/dumb, or passive aggressive. I also don't like being compared to being full of feelings and emotional. Even though privately I am, but to others I like to be seen as level-headed, insightful, and open-minded.
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If you have seen other misconceptions in MBTI stereotypes, bring them up, or if you disagree/agree with anything ('cause I usually do make errors in judgement), I would like to hear your comments.
One misconception that I had, was that INFP's are very touchy-feely, and talk about emotions all the time. When I look in the INFP forums, and see a whole bunch of people expressing how they feel, I turn away, almost sure that I can't be an Fi-dom. However, I recently realized that being an Fi-dom, expressing emotions is actually something that goes against the grain of INFP's. It could be the reason why in real-life, I do seem rather emotionless (or serious). Which lead me to inaccurately believe I was a thinker.
Another thing that threw me off, is the stereotype of INFP's being, well....rather dumb or stupid. I will admit, that even on this forum alone, I have posted some very inaccurate things, and in real life, I can count many times a day where I was wrong and made mistakes. Having the logical thinking function in inferior, you'd expect someone who may not be all that bright.
Yet, the people who know an INFP well, have often found the INFP very competent in whatever they have put their mind to, and can actually do some pretty damn amazing stuff. It can be known that healthy INFP's get very good academic marks in school. When intrigued with something, they get right into the nitty gritty of it, and learn everything they can with it, spending quite an amount of time reading and experimentation until they consumed all that there is needed to know about it.
I spend more than 90% of my time researching and learning stuff, learning a craft, (even the logical stuff like math, physics), so I naturally thought the INFP type didn't suit me. But from what I've been researching, it seems IP types in general have qualities like this.
One thing differentiates Ti-dom and Fi-dom, is when they are uncomfortable with people. INTP's who haven't quite developed their inferior Fe, could be very skirmish and unease with other Fe-dom's. INFPs; Te-dom's. When around someone with strong Te, I somewhat feel like my whole structure of private feelings which I have tirelessly guarded from the outside world, is now being brought out into the open for all to see, and being picked apart, demolished and invalidated. I could probably imagine, it is the same with an Fe-dom picking apart an INTP's logic the same way. It's also interesting to see INFP's don't mind some Fe-doms, and INTP's get along well with some Te's. This point probably drove home to me the fact that I'm an INFP.
To an INFP, their inner-structure of (I guess they are called...'feelings'), don't seem like that at all to an INFP. To an INFP, they are not illogical, or unpractical. Yet, perhaps to Ti's, the INFP's values are very subjective. Probably what INFP's excel at is taking subjective material, and making sense of it.
INFP's seem to have some negative stereotypes. I find especially for men, INFP's can be easily mistyped. I know I didn't like being compared to qualities such as being self-centered, weak, feminine, unpractical/dumb, or passive aggressive. I also don't like being compared to being full of feelings and emotional. Even though privately I am, but to others I like to be seen as level-headed, insightful, and open-minded.
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If you have seen other misconceptions in MBTI stereotypes, bring them up, or if you disagree/agree with anything ('cause I usually do make errors in judgement), I would like to hear your comments.
