The True Cause Of The Infj Existential Crisis

The True Cause Of The Infj Existential Crisis explores key ideas related to psychology, presented clearly and practically.

If there's any one thing that could hinder

the INFJ’s growth as a person, it would be

the underlying fear that all this chaos known

as ‘life’ actually has no inherent meaning.

comes and goes, but what happens when the

INFJ find themselves stuck in this haunting

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living a life they’ve created for themselves

through their desires. As a matter of fact,

take the necessary steps to remove themselves

from the rat race and all the materialistic

desires that come with it, in order to feel

as if they’ve really ‘made it’. However, this

concept is a whole lot easier said than done.

With a self-critical need to be a successful and

useful member of society, they may fall into the

trap of following the crowd in hopes that they’ll

find the fulfillment they’re looking for. Yet,

it’s not long before they become encompassed in

the dull and meaningless energy surrounding the

goal of ‘working for the weekend’ that everyone

is so quick to achieve. Yet, the ironic thing

is that they only come to this conclusion once

they’ve gone through some type of existential

crisis. And through the realization that they

need more in life, comes another existential

crisis of finding what it is they require

to feel truly content..which brings us to..

Once an INFJ realizes that society's expectations

and direction isn’t all it’s cut out to be,

they’re left to discover how they’re going

to get the same usefulness from their life

positions in society. Now, in all honesty,

finding ‘purpose’ is the INFJs main goal in life.

Deep down, because of their understanding of the

complexity of all life and earth has to offer,

they know their existence isn’t by fluke. And so,

as a result, they tend to put a tremendous amount

of pressure on themselves to ‘find their purpose.

This pressure gets even worse when they feel like

time is running out, or as if they’ve spent all

their life moving in the ‘wrong’ direction. On

a positive note, this is the existential crisis

that allows them to finally search for and

experience that purpose they’ve been longing

for. On a not-so-positive note, this is THE

existential crisis that could last weeks, months,

or even years before reaching a conclusion.

If that's not bad enough, oftentimes this

personal catastrophe is accompanied by feelings of

anxiety, depression, loneliness and disconnection.

amount of time.. When the INFJ is on the journey

to find themselves and their life’s purpose,

it can feel like a time consisting of trial and

error experiences. It’s fair to say that it’s

already considerably difficult for the INFJ to

put themselves out there while staying on the

road less traveled. Not only is this because of

their independent and connection-reluctant nature,

but INFJs have fewer people to turn to when

doesn’t go as planned. When you’re not moving

with the crowd, you don’t have a neighbor or

friend of the same caliber to discuss the

difficulties, challenges, and failures that

trial and error period of self-discovery,

they may find themselves up against existential

crisis after existential crisis, leading them

to question whether or not following their

intuition was the right decision. Luckily,

this is what makes finding something or someone

that truly resonates all worth the while.

Now, although we wish we could tell you that

a quick run or yoga class would provide that

‘meaning’ to an INFJs life the way they’re

looking for it. However, rooted in their complex

cognitive function stack - in particular their

extroverted feeling and sensing functions - the

INFJ requires more external input and output

than they’d like to surrender to. This means

that although this introverted intuitive type

requires ample alone time within their minds,

it’s also necessary for them to escape that

rumination of thoughts and ideas on a daily

cause the INFJ to go a little stir-crazy,

but when they spiral down a mental rabbit

hobby allows them to find that balance between

meaningless day-to-day routines and enjoyment.

often finds themselves comparing actual-reality to

the imaginative-reality they hold so near and dear

to their heart. This is mostly because there is

such a disconnection between what they hoped the

world would be like, and what it actually is. In

fact, this realization alone can cause the inner

conflict most INFJs dread. Since their imaginative

reality is rooted in their morals and values,

everything they allow into their inner temple

must have meaning. And sometimes their challenge

is to find out what that meaning is. However,

this is much easier when they're in their small

and controllable inner world in comparison

This is what makes their existential crisis

so consuming, because they can see a world

In order to be truly happy and content in life,

INFJs require short-term goals and the hope to

back them up. However, with vivid and possibly

far-fetched dreams of the world, INFJs may find

that a huge cause of their existential crisis is

the fact that they feel so helpless and hopeless

for humanity as a whole. This hopelessness

comes when the INFJ matures to the point of

understanding that they may not be able to put

their problem-solving skills into action. When

the issues INFJs have with the world are on such

a large scale, they can feel like these problems

require solutions larger than themselves. Even

when they stop to make an attainable guide-line

for the things they feel confident in changing,

INFJs are faced with the nitty-gritty details

that become all too much, leaving them feeling

worse about the issue than when they started.

One of the main triggers of the existential crisis

of the average person is through trauma. Traumatic

experiences can cause one to question not only

their reality and the negative possibilities that

come with it, but also their faith. Whether

a one-sided divorce, a death in the family, or

even something like bullying can cause someone

to wonder why they were put on this earth in

the first place. For the introspective INFJ,

this is no different. When the trauma is related

to personal identity such as a change in job or a

relationship, even the independent INFJ finds

themselves questioning who they really are,

they’re prone to feeling of existential crisis,

one redditor stated “How about asking if I am

prone to having existential evaluations? Or,

re-evaluations?.. Possibly on a daily basis.”

This viewpoint makes the term ‘existential crisis’

seem like no crisis at all. In fact, for the INFJ

personality type, it seems that having these times

of existential dread and open-ended questioning is

crucial for their development. Every individual

with this introspective personality type stops

and re-considers their purpose, their values,

and even the simple brevity of life itself,

every-single-day. The naive INFJ will think that

everyone contemplates life’s details in this

way. Yet as they mature, they’ll realize that

a major aspect of their innate quirkiness comes

from their constant desire to dive into topics

that are a little more complex than sports,

television and celebrity gossip. And with that,

comes life’s bigger, unanswerable questions..

Well PSYCH-Os, that’s it for today.. So, as an

INFJ, when’s the last time you’ve experienced

existential dread in life? Let us know in the

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