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the INFJ personality type is often recognized for
their brain power and problem-solving. However,
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One of the tell-tale signs of being an INFJ
personality type is that struggle that comes
when attempting to put your thoughts into words.
With a knowledge-thirsty mind, the INFJ type is
constantly absorbing new concepts, understandings
and theories, yet when it comes time to put
their thoughts into words in a conversational
exchange, they go blank. Their mind begins to
try and connect all the facts they know about a
particular topic, giving them sensory overload in
the process. It’s as if they can’t get their ideas
out fast enough, and therefore, skip over some of
the most important aspects and correlations. In
fact, it’s not uncommon for the INFJ to walk away
from a conversation thinking of all the missing
pieces of information they wish they shared.
Despite not necessarily feeling nervous to talk
to someone, this jumbling of thoughts can make
the INFJ stumble their words or require noticeable
pauses in order to get out what they’re trying to
say in a way that would be easily understood.
This becomes even worse when the listener on
the other end doesn’t have the patience to
truly listen to what the INFJ has to say.
Loud and obnoxious, the INFJ’s inner critic comes
as one of their most difficult challenges in life.
There’s nobody as harsh on the INFJ as they
are on themselves, and most people with this
personality type know that to be true. With
such high expectations for themselves and
their capabilities, most INFJs set out to achieve
their goals with a ‘no excuses’ attitude. However,
the challenge comes when the INFJ achieves their
goal and isn’t met with the expected satisfaction.
No matter how well of a job they’ve done, they
can’t help but to look back and analyze all the
ways in which they could have done better. This
process is of course made much worse when the INFJ
fails in the process. Despite seeming incredibly
intelligent to those witnessing their persistent
journey to the finish-line, INFJs always have an
underlying belief of inadequacy, which ultimately
results in self-sabotage somewhere down the line.
Not to mention, this self-criticizing diminishes
their self-confidence, which is a key component to
seeming intelligent from an outside perspective.
Speaking of lack of confidence, sometimes
as less intelligent than they are due to their
inescapable socially-awkward approach to certain
interactions. This introverted personality type
already isn’t overly interested in socializing in
the first place. This disinterest in combination
with their overthinking nature makes social
interactions rather difficult for the INFJ to act
natural and comfortable. Due to their extroverted
feeling functions, they can’t help but to
adapt their approach to the conversation in
accordance to the mood and observed behaviors
of their conversational opponents. While this
may make it easy for others to socialize with
the INFJ, it can make the INFJ feel ingenuine
awkwardness may not be so apparent to others,
but the INFJ knows they’re not living up to their
genuine conversational potential. This is mostly
because they tend to rather not share their real
opinions due to the fear of being misunderstood
and unable to properly explain themselves. To put
it simply, their unique way of viewing the world
around them can make it extremely difficult
to find common ground with others in certain
measured by the amount of things they know
their intelligence isn’t always portrayed in
the ways most would assume. For this introverted
intuitive and thinking type, their smarts aren’t
in relation to the amount of things they know or
the skills they’ve mastered. Instead, the INFJ’s
intellect tends to stem from their creativity,
insightfulness, empathy and strategic approaches
to problem solving. While they may not be able to
name the 7 wonders of the world, the capital
an INFJ’s wisdom dives much deeper. Their
curiosity guides them to deeper understandings
of the human mind, philosophical theories,
with memorizing rather irrelevant facts being
at the bottom of their list. For this reason,
the INFJ’s deeper wisdom isn’t always given
the chance to shine, especially when it comes
to surface-level conversations. They may be
seen as clueless and uninformed, when really,
the conversational topic just isn’t allowing for
them to highlight their unique understandings.
reach certain conclusions. For this analytical
type, diving deep into people's explanations and
thoughts is one of their favorite forms of social
interaction. However, when the roles are reversed,
the INFJ can feel extremely uncomfortable. With
that being said, sometimes the INFJ doesn’t
want to seem intelligent due to the deep-set
disinterest in having to explain themselves.
They don’t want others to necessarily know
how their mind works, and in the same breath,
they know that most people wouldn’t be able
to do so even if they tried. So, instead of
exposing their thoughts in hopes of redeeming
themselves or the possibility that they may
not seem as intelligent as they are, INFJs rather
take the route of dumbing-down their perspectives.
In fact, sometimes this is entirely subconscious.
One INFJ redditor put it this way “ It's like I
subconsciously refuse to exhibit intelligent
It takes a certain type of person to truly
understand and appreciate the INFJ for who they
are and how they think. This being one of the many
reasons it takes so long for the INFJ to allow
others access to their most authentic selves, this
personality type locks their intelligence away,
only allowing themselves to expose it when they
feel it’ll be understood and reciprocated. Of
course, no matter how hard they try, INFJs allow
small glimpses into their minds throughout their
day-to-day conversations with others. This is
where they run the risk of seeming and feeling
much less intelligent than they really are. A
great example of this would be when the INFJ
is conversing with a sensing type. Since the INFJ
tends to view things in a more philosophical way,
they can’t help but to speak in abstract,
imaginative and metaphorical terms. While
other introverted intuitives would appreciate
this, sensing types would easily get lost,
leaving the INFJ with nothing but a blank
Number 7: They disconnect from reality.. Often
Introverted intuition is a wonderful thing.
Providing the INFJ with the ability to look
behind the scenes of surface-level reality,
it’s this cognitive function that gives this
personality type their depth of knowledge
and intellect. However, with a combination
of introverted intuition and introverted thinking,
it’s not uncommon for the INFJ to slip away into
this imaginative pondering multiple times a
day, even when it’s least convenient. It’s
a distracting component of their personality
to say the least, and with that distraction,
comes an external demeanor of absent-mindedness.
Ironically, much of the INFJ’s intelligence stems
and subconsciously spend so much time doing.
Unfortunately, not only can it cause them to miss
some crucial observations from their outer world,
it can also make them seem spacey, and even clumsy
from an outside perspective. While this noticeable
deep-in-thought appearance can contribute to the
INFJ’s mystery, which some people appreciate,
it can also make them come off as an airhead.
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