Diving Deeper into the INFJ Personality Type

 

Hello Everyone! I hope that you all are doing well since the last time we talked on here and are lighting up the world with your own starlight. Remember, the world needs your authenticity to shine everyday in a big way in everything you do. Never forget that! For this blog post, the focus is going to be on the INFJ personality type. Have any of you ever completed the Myers-Briggs Personality Test before? If so, you know the ins and outs of the test and understand that there are 16 personality types that you can identify with. Granted, it's not an exact science and there are individuals who can be a blend of different types which makes it even more of an inexact science!

However, if you have never completed the Myers-Briggs Personality Test before, I would highly recommend it. You can find an external link for the test here. It can be very insightful especially as you begin your journey of self-awareness, self-discovery, and self-care. After all, you have to understand yourself and how you function within your own world before you are able to fully help others. Essentially, the test consists of different statements and you rate where you fall on the scale between Agree and Disagree with five options in between. There is the option to rate yourself as Neutral on any of the statements as well. 

The primary focus of the statements relate to your interpersonal life, your view on certain situations and takes an evaluation of your own personality traits such as focusing on how organized you might be or how versed you might be in dealing with conflict. Depending on your responses, the test with then automatically grade you and weigh everything on a scale which is where the different letters come into play. There are four different categories: Introvert (I) or Extrovert (E), Sensing (S) or Intuition (I), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). From those letters, there are 16 different combinations which represent all of the possible personality types with INFJ being one potential outcome. 

Often times, anyone who identifies with the INFJ personality type can attest to how misunderstood they feel in everyday life because there are so many layers to this personality type. Due to that factor, some individuals on the outside might feel like connecting with an INFJ is very challenging and that plays into the misunderstanding overall. According to Very Well Mind, "INFJ is the rarest MBTI personality type, making up only 1% to 3% of U.S. population". Besides their adventurous instincts and ability to understand others at a very deep level, the inside of the mind of an INFJ is usually the most intriguing part of the personality as a whole. 

 

Speaking personally, I can attest to the enormous feelings that INFJ individuals have regarding planning this lavish lifestyle in their head to only be faced with the harsh realities of the real-world. It certainly can bring an INFJ down from dream land to reality in an instant! However, the biggest thing that INFJ individuals never want to be told is "You can't do that" or "There's no way that is possible." As someone who always strives to achieve success at a high level and has the outlook that anyone can do anything they put their mind to, hearing those remarks from others can be demoralizing for these individuals. Rather, INFJ's like the idea of having that encouragement and support of others, while having the freedom to carve their own path to achieve their goals. The future is always the main thinking point inside the mind of any INFJ and visions of a lavish future never truly leave the mind!

Furthermore, not to sound self-centered in anyway, anyone who identifies with this personality is someone that you absolutely want in your life whether it be a family member or close friend. These individuals have an extraordinary ability to understand others at a deep level, as touched on before, and truly help them out with whatever problems they might be dealing with. If you call or text an INFJ during a life changing event or situation, they are likely to drop what they're doing or whatever adventure they might be on, to help you out at all costs while often sacrificing their own needs for your happiness. For the INFJ personality type, it means more to them to be able to make an impact on others in a meaningful, impactful way than to take care of their own needs and ensure that they have what they need to live a comfortable lifestyle. 

All of this only begins to touch on the surface of the INFJ personality type and it's fair to say in many ways, the INFJ personality cannot be summarized in a single, rectangular box. Rather, the personality is so deep with many layers, that it becomes a challenge. These individuals tend to be so concentrated around trying to change the world in a visionary and idealistic way and thinking about the meaning of life whenever possible, that traditional personality type description words do not accurately describe the personality.

As indicated before, one of the primary reasons I started this blog was to give other individuals insight into what it's like to be an INFJ in this crazy world all of us call home and how the mind works throughout daily life happenings. In future posts, the content will continue to be focused around the INFJ personality type and connecting it to my own individual thoughts and feelings. This post was good groundwork for starting on that journey of understanding the INFJ personality type at a deeper level. Now, I encourage all of you to take the Myers-Briggs Personality Test if you haven't and attempt to connect with an INFJ if you can. We can usually be found out in nature on an adventure, at the local library or bookstore, or at a museum conference learning about the history of the Woolly Mammoths and how the Everglade Mountains were formed. 

Besides what I encouraged you to do above, remember to make your star shine in the world today and everyday in everything you do. You have a tremendous amount of self-worth and it's time to make the rest of the world aware of that. Keep shining until we talk next time, friends!