Infj Personality Type Or Mental Illness explores key ideas related to psychology, presented clearly and practically.
With such intricacies and oddities, being
and depersonalization, it’s not unusual for the
INFJ themselves to question whether or not their
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The INFJ personality type is notorious for their
reserved and private approach to life. They not
only prefer to keep to themselves but they
actually have a considerably difficult time
when it comes to expressing who they really are.
Some of this can be blamed on their extroverted
feeling function that causes them to feel more
connected and understanding of others’ feelings
than their own. However, there’s also an aspect
of not knowing how to portray their thoughts and
ideas in a way that others would understand.
While of course, this isn’t anything to feel
ashamed or embarrassed about, it can be quite the
confusing on-going experience without realizing
it’s just a part of being an INFJ. In fact,
some people with this type may even mistake it
for some form of anxiety disorder, depressive
disconnection to themselves or Alexithymia.
According to healthline.com Having alexithymia
can make it hard for you to express or identify
your emotions; with an average of 1 in 10
Number 2: Heightened sensitivity can be confusing
Speaking of extroverted feeling, the INFJ
sensitivity to those in their surroundings
that allow them this accurate view into how
causes them to have such a heightened sense
they see and feel everything around them through
their constant subconscious analysis. For them,
it’s second nature, hardly to even be noticed.
However, when they explain certain precautions
to others, such as the need to recharge, the
disinterest in high-stimuli environments and
the distraction that comes when they’re around
someone is distress, it’s often misinterpreted
as nothing other than an anxiety disorder of some
form. In fact, their sensitivity to outer stimuli
can and does very well trigger some INFJs to
experience anxious feelings. So in other words,
officially blame it on your personality type.
With their introverted intuition and introverted
thinking functions managing their every idea,
the INFJ often experiences some pretty far-fetched
lines of thinking. Future-focused with the ability
to predict outcomes with uncanny precision,
the INFJ is constantly analyzing information
years, INFJs learn to trust this intuitive
and analytical observation, no matter how
crazy their prediction may seem. However,
from an outside view, these findings seem
anything but trustworthy. In some circumstances,
they can even seem like the INFJ has lost touch
of reality. Whether they’re too optimistic,
sometimes this incredible ability of theirs
intensity that sometimes it can be mistaken
for something greater than just a personality
type trait. Despite the disconnection to their own
emotions due to their extroverted feeling trait,
the INFJ can sense others’ emotions to the point
of absorbing them as their own. When this happens,
depending on who they’re spending their time
with, this empathetic type can experience
an unexplainable wave of emotions come over
them. Without a basic understanding of their
extroverted feeling function, these mysterious
mood fluctuations can make them feel like they’re
going crazy. Of course, for the most part, they’re
usually able to hide these moods behind their
reserved demeanor to avoid being questioned.
This makes it difficult for others to pick up
on this emotional instability and misjudge the
root of it. However, for the INFJ themselves,
it’s not a surprise that they begin questioning
whether or not they need to be evaluated for
some form of mood disorder, bipolar disorder,
or depression. Luckily, once the INFJ gets
the hang of their extroverted feeling function,
these fluctuations become much more manageable.
Number 5: Their idealism can seem delusional
Perfectionism; a word the INFJ knows all too
well. Rooted in their idealistic nature, this
personality type can’t help but to envision things
with optimism and precision. They not only set out
extremely high standards for themselves, but they
also apply their idealism to those around them,
future outcomes, and life in general. Through
their introverted intuitive function that requires
them to spend significant time exploring their
imaginative thoughts, INFJs tend to see things for
what they could be rather than simply accepting
them for what they are. Aside from this idealism,
INFJs also use their perfectionism in the form of
keeping their surroundings orderly and tidy. They
can have such high expectations for how things
should be that they’re seen as delusional in the
eyes of those around them. In fact, sometimes they
can get so involved in making their surroundings,
experiences, and loved ones ‘better’ that they
become distracted in day-to-day life. Besides
delusion, these recurring thoughts can even
be misinterpreted as obsessive-compulsive.
When the INFJ brain isn’t pondering on how
things could be better, it’s most often lost
in analytical thinking and sorting of information
they’ve absorbed through their surroundings. They
have an incredible ability to create web-like
connections in their minds that lead them to
some of the most fascinating solutions, ideas
and findings. Some of these findings are their
interest in existential and philosophical
far before they even realized where their mind was
taking them. It goes far beyond simply being an
interest, and instead seems to be an involuntary
draw towards truth-finding. However, their love
for asking and analyzing the deeper questions
in life such as where we came from, where we go,
and everything in between, doesn't always come off
as being so charming to others. Yes, every now and
then INFJs will meet a like-minded individual that
allows for a knowledge-expanding conversation.
Most times, when this deep-thinking type lets
down their guard and shares their understandings,
depressive, nihilistic, or even morbid in nature.
With such interest in the deeper things in
life, INFJs have a hard time when it comes to
talking about surface-level topics. Bring up the
weather, politics, sports, work and watch as this
type slowly drifts off into dreamland. There’s
nothing more mind-numbing to the INFJ than a
conversation that lacks depth and alternative
opinions. One INFJ reddior put this disconnect
into words perfectly by saying “When people
are talking about their neighbors or weekend,
I just feel internally exasperated. Nothing runs
through my head...no opinion... no thoughts,
just ' ok, cool '.” Instead, they want to
know about people’s childhoods, their traumas,
their view on the challenges of the world,
their interests, their beliefs.. They want a
look inside their conversational opponent’s brain,
and without that, there’s no chance the INFJ would
give them a glimpse inside of theirs. Without this
mutual interest in philosophy and deep-thinking,
may even make people assume that they have a
neurodevelopmental disorder such as autism or ADD.
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