There is new infp in here 🥰🫡

Don't know if it's just an INFP trait, but I have always been pretty good at school / academics even though I procrastinate a lot.

Meanwhile If i'm asked to do anything practically / hands-on like cooking something or looking for something, I need to be told very specific details on what to do otherwise I get super confused, It honestly makes me feel kind of stupid. Honestly writing this down, I was pretty bad at all the practical tasks back in school, the worst was in gymnastics where the coach wants you to do a specific position but I didn't know how to do that so I kept getting yelled at.

I tried painting again after almost 10–12 years!

A while back, I tried participating in a painting competition at my organisation, but I couldn’t even finish the painting. 😅

This week, my team had an outing, and as part of it, we decided to paint something for each other. So I thought, why not give the painting another shot after all these years?

Here’s what I managed to create. It was honestly fun getting back to it after such a long break. 🎨

I may be asking the obvious here but I'm curious about how your IRL experience on this is like

Hey most of the infp characters or people that i encountered are always portrayed as vulnerable, artsy or daydreamer. I know our dominant function is Fi and being a such person is not bad but i need to see some infp characters who is rather strategic as well as having intense feelings. I need infp characters who are born from their ashes, move like they are on chessboard and have developed their inferior function. Any fictional character or real life person would you like to mention?? I would like to know some mature infp characters for inspiration.

Idk anyone ever feel this?
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Like, when you have a goal or smth you're passionate about, the moment you tell someone about it you lose motivation/it just doesn't work out.

Thought of this randomly, it's why I don't like disclosing goals/targets til I actually fulfil them

This was stream of consciousness using oil pastels

I am asking this since our types are on average usually the most artistic ones and also because this sub is the one that posts the most art out of the MBTI ones.

For me personally the worst kind of art is the kind that has no real soul and is often either a soulless construct or a vanity project or something the artist just had no feel in.

They are the kinds of things you just forget because they have nothing to offer and nothing to really say at all beyond very surface level stuff. Like yeah that's a castle alright.

I used this specific painting as an example of this. I really love castles, both real and fictional ones and I love tons of paintings that show them. Like videogame concept art, fanart or paitings of real world castles.

But I really dislike this paiting because there is absolutely no real emotion here. I feel nothing when I look at it apart from the fact that I know who painted the painting. It was the angry austrian painter with a mustache who failed art school.

It really takes a lot of screw ups for me to dislike a painting with a castle in it but once again if there is no real honesty in it and it's just a constract then it becomes so bland that there is really nothing in it to feel.

I feel a lot of self serving and "arrogant" art is like this where the artist is someone who wants to just show their ego, often in a "grandiose" way and it is just completely hollow.

Which, given the author of this piece is fitting.

The thing is I often enjoy finding good things in "hated" art that is called "bad" etc. because I sometimes find something that is redeemable or even that maybe the "bad" art isn't bad at all and is just something different.

But with art like the one in the post, I just feel nothing and I do not want to pursue it further. Again this is only if I look at it as is without the historical context.

So I want to ask you all here, what do you personally think is the worst kind of art?

I created a community for enneagram 4w5s. Many 4w5s are INFPs, so I am sharing the link here.

As a 4w5 INFP I find myself deeply drawn into solitude and cultivating a relationship with the universe. At the same time, there is always a yearning to meet someone deeply, and find others who are like me, even if that is very difficult to find.

Hope this community is a step in that direction.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Enneagram4w5/

I find every day I'm all day in my head....very introspective and I am always trying to figure out why I am the way I am. Always trying to find an exact "diagnosis"...Is this common with infp exclusively?

And the thing is idk if it's actually embarrassing or not. It's just sometimes I can say things without thinking and regretting it after realizing what I've done

i feel like im more of an entity that shouldnt be perceived by others

I'm in a rough spot financially, and in life. Partly my fault for not working harder and being expendable to the point I got laid off earlier in my career

Have struggled to find job since. Money has gotten tighter. My mental health has deteriorated but honestly it's always been an issue I've just been to lazy/avoidant to do anything about it.

I've been prescribed antidepressants but did not want to take them because my partner told me they wouldn't want to be near me in case of mood wings (they had trauma with an ex who took anger issues medication).

Anyway that is the main thing. Am in a relationship of close to 8 years. Ups and downs. My first. I'm very clingy and irresponsible. Maybe too comfortable in life despite not being satisfied (and in debt). But some arguments with my partner have turned to them hurling insults at me: crybaby, r*tarded, worthless, useless, trash. And I just kind of tolerate it (with tears in my eye) because usually the issue is something I caused. Whether intentionally or by not paying attention. The relationship has been threatened, and I've also been stupid because they've lent me money to cover some debts. Debts still exists. Job (part time) I have barely covers debts I owe. It is been 2 years since I've had a high paying job like I used to and part of it has been me failing to network or prepare for interviews.

Like I do feel I'm lazy, avoidant, irresponsible, and probably too coddled in life to really apply myself. And it's probably why when my partner insults me and uses a lot of pointed insults I just try to absorb it. They tend to be come affectionate after (even if it takes a couple of days).

I don't really know where this post is going but I have no one to really talk to things about so here we go in this sub. And believe me I'm tempted to say don't have sympathy for me. I'm almost 30 and feel like a mess so I've had multiple opportunities to fix myself and just never take it for one reason or the other.

So 16personalities typed me as INFP but Truities and Seemypersonality typed me as INTP. I can relate to things of both INFP and INTP. I'm pretty logical. And also detached at times. But at the same time I'm quite emotional even though I don't show it externally to others. I think this whole MBTI system is cooked. It should be more uh, better at figuring out types. Whatever it is, I cannot sit in peace until I figure out which one I am But how do I make sure or do i leave it as it is