The Strange INFJ: Fitting in, Mensa & Giftedness

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This blog post is way overdue, been busy again for a period with work, life and everything else in-between. I wasn’t sure what this post would be about, but in the end I just decided I need to vent some thoughts I’ve been having and about what’s been going on in my life. After all, […]

INFJ Books: Recommended Reading List #1

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I thought I’ll start posting reading lists that will include books and articles I want to recommend in various subjects. Many in subjects like psychology, biology, science but also some fiction. Some might also prove valuable for INFJ types and like minded. Here is my first list post:   Mean Genes: From Sex To Money […]

INFJ or INTJ: Thinking Type Interests and Careers

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The notion that science and technology interests are more common for thinking types then feelers is widely know. In many cases this is very much true but concerning INFJs I think this is a misconception. In many case INFJs can be even more interested in these kinds of subjects then thinking types and even more […]

INFJ Personality Test: Best INFJ Type Description

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This is my all-time favorite description of the INFJ personality, from personalityjunkie.com. Please make sure to check out their great website for even more great articles: http://personalityjunkie.com/ Article by Dr. A.J. Drenth INFJ’s are among the rarest of the sixteen personality types, constituting only 1-3% of the general population. Unlike INTJs, in which males predominate, there is greater […]

INFJ in Love: On INFJ Relationships and the Best Match

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When it comes to dating it seems like my interest follows a pattern. I’m not often interested in people that are similar to myself. It seems like I’m draw to opposites of myself, people that complete me in a way. The bad thing is that often these relationships don’t tend to work out in the […]

INFJ Functions: Introverted Intuition, Observation and Ni

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As an INFJ having an inferior Se function and lacking a Si function, I always felt like INFJs see the world through a different set of eyes then other people. Most people are largely dependent on their senses and observe the world in detail through their vision, smell, touch and hearing. They take in all […]

INFJ Traits: The Curse of Understanding

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Happiness exists when you don’t know a thing. That sentence alone probably sums up what I want to talk about in this post. One of my questions has always been, is INFJs and intuitive’s more prone to depression because we understand the world and how it is connected better then other personalities? Honestly I can […]

INFJ Careers to Avoid and the Best Jobs for INFJs

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There is many mixed opinions when it comes to career choices for INFJs. Especially in the areas of art and careers where we get to use our Se (extroverted sensing) function. Se is our inferior function in our stack and it is the most difficult one to handle in a healthy way. A source of […]

INFJ Social Skills: Surviving in Your Social Life

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One of the core talents of INFJs is our interpersonal skills. We are good at getting people to like us and at keeping harmony in the social environment around us. I never realized these things about myself until discovering my personality type and reading about it. I simply thought that most people function like I […]

INFJ anxiety and stress

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Sadly enough, it turns out the most popular posts on this blog is the ones that are about anxiety and INFJs. I know this is a big part of being this personality type so I thought I’ll do another post about it and try to summarize my experiences further.   (At the bottom of the […]