/r/isfp
For redditors interested in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), specifically those identifying as or interested in Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving persons (ISFP).
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a test that attempts to meaningfully divide people into 16 psychological types, using personal preferences and theory developed by Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers.
There are four dimensions of preference:
Introversion (I) / Extroversion (E)
Intuition (N) / Sensing (S)
Thinking (T) / Feeling (F)
Judging (J) / Perceiving (P)
We are Introverted, Sensing, Feeling and Perceiving. Henceforth, ISFP.
You can take a test to find out which of the 16 personalities you are by taking online tests or figuring it out yourself. A mixture of both is recommended.
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ESFJ's are supposed to be the golden match for ISFP's but how common is the pairing in reality? In particular a male ESFJ with female ISFP? I have yet to meet a male ESFJ but know plenty of female ESFJs and we get along great. Theyre feminine, capable, organised, great with people and cater to their family and fiends naturally.
My partners dad is ..old, a little set in his ways. shouldn't say 'how would you get' rather would they get anything out of it. I thought printing him out a sheet would be easier. But how would you take it if you never heard of it? Would you think it was interesting? Would there be any reflection on it? And would it be any help if you were facing. Personal stress .. Given the stress is not something I can directly, at the cause of . fix or help at the moment.
(If the last part was confusing due to not a direct example of the stress, focusing on the other ones would help thank you)
Hi! This is part of a series of posts I'm doing in different MBTI subreddits to better understand perspectives on my type's potential.
I'm particularly interested in ISFPs point of view, since you guys, along with INFP, ESTJ and ENTJ have a lot of what we lack, and could be considered our cognitive menthors in socionics.
My question is, thinking of ISFJ's in general, what do you think of the typology's potential and what they tend to be lacking to reach it; in your opinion.
This is just a generality based on typology alone, since everyone is different and potential varies greatly on an individual basis.
This person is an isfp, and I have feelings for them but too much of a wimp to say anything. Recently they have gotten a little more mean and only really to me, but it’s nothing crazy. Today, they stood hovering over me making little criticisms over something I was doing, like why are you making things harder type deal. A few minutes later they gave me a nice compliment about my appearance. I don’t know if I’m just tripping. Sometimes I catch them staring at me, other times they avoid talking to me like the plague. Other times, they are fussing at me to speak up. Like I’m so confused, I’ve spent hours hanging out with them, most of which I have asked but a few them. They get so goofy when it’s just us. I don’t know if I’m being clingy or too direct but am I doing something wrong?
Hey ISFPs! ENTP here! Gotta question for ya..
Are you actually as disorganized as the stereotypes say? Or are you organized in some aspects or in certain moods and others not?
My fiance types as an ISFP, he’s pretty chill and laid back, go with the flow kind of guy. However, he doesn’t quite fit the disorganized or messy stereotype. I mean he can be just as messy and disorganized as me sometimes, but when mess is accruing he knows how to hunker down and get it looking clean and comfortable again. I theorize it’s his Fi-Se because he loves making sure the apartment is comfortable and aesthetically pleasing to him (Fi personal values and Se pleasing sensory experience). He also stress cleans (tapping into his Critical Parent Function: Si). I have no clue why he does this, I’ve never seen anything like it, if it is him tapping into Si it would make sense because his mom was a very cleanly person and demanded environmental perfection.
Oh man it’s late, anyway my phone is at 2%, so do any other ISFPs relate to this?
ISFPs bros, share your experiences. Long story, but I’m the only one of the class who’s gonna have an exam this Thursday. My process is very sloow and I need to take 40 exam topics (1 topic - 3 questions) in 3 days, have no idea how to handle it, the head is spinning over. I do my best but that’s not enough. If you were in such situation how was it for you?
Share your creative works here, including art, writing, music.
I'm almost in my 30s. Recently I just have kind of stopped caring about the physical world. This world feels like a stage to me from time to time. I cannot help but go with what I feel is right.
But one thing I'll say is I hate it when people are inauthentic. Been like this since the day I was born. I've seen quite a bit of videos about INTJs and I actually relate to them a lot. It's weird.
ESFPs only when I'm like super energized AND with people I'm close to.
ENTJ...I become like this when I genuinely don't like someone.
To keep it short, I am very nonchalant even when I receive gifts.
You could buy me a car, an expensive laptop or anything and I'll be like "Oh thanks I really appreciate it" and within a few hours I'm just there like "😐" . Don't get me wrong, I do take my time to check out the gift you gave me and appreciate it in my own quiet way but I just feel like I'm not showing it enough. I feel like I might hurt a person one day with this behavior but I just really don't care that much about gifts or anything that much at all for a matter of fact. I am very content with my life, I don't care about how rich or broke my house looks, I just feel so...comfortable or should I say nonchalant about everything. Is this normal for an ISFP? I am very confident that I am one, but I don't know if this behavior is typical.
Hey there, basically what the title says! I'm a single, almost 30 yo woman and I moved to Rome for my dream job several months ago...
Like many of the single girls/guys my age, I've been finding it difficult to meet new people outside my job, so I've decided to shoot my shot by making a post here! I've always had good vibes with Isfps, so I would love to meet you guys in the wild and have chats about niche hobbies/go on fun little adventures/have a good time :)
I love cats, horror/thriller shows & movies (though I'm a Bridgerton fan, too), and psychology; I work in the field of international relations, so my career involves lots of travelling around🐈 I speak Italian, English, Spanish, and I'm currently learning French, so I'd love to practice languages, too. Please hmu if you're interested!
whenever I’m happy and feel aligned with myself, I relate to ISFP so strongly. but whenever I was anxious, and faking it from trauma, I was an INFJ. it feels so liberating
I've been interested in an ISFP guy recently, and it's made me wonder what the ISFP consensus of ENFPs tends to be? Do you like us? Hate us? Wanna date us? Rhymes aside, I'm just curious about all of your experiences, whether your dating an ENFP or not. I'm all ears for any opinions.
I’m still somewhat conflicted over whether I’m an ISFP or ESFP. I’m rather introverted socially but this doesn’t absolutely imply cognitive introversion as you may know. I will now elaborate on my relationships with each of the functions:
Se is sort of hit-or-miss. I’m not the stereotypical perpetual partygoer, in fact I touch grass way too seldom. However, this doesn’t necessarily imply that I’m not ESFP, because we need to separate the stereotypes from the actual types. I see myself as a very irresponsible person prone to making impulsive decisions at the moment just because they seem enticing in the present. I have no social filter to speak of and very often say out of pocket things without meaning it or thinking of the potential consequences this will have on my relations with the people I interact with. My friend has commented how often I used the idiom “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it”. Although I’m working on improving this, I often don’t consider the potential ramifications of my reckless decisions. I’m a CS student, so I guess I could compare my brain to a “greedy algorithm” if that makes sense. However, I’m rather selective with what I really want to experience, with music recommendations being one of many examples - I’m notably not very receptive when it concerns taking new recommendations from others, I’d much rather listen to the music I’ve always liked. I don’t want to go to concerts, bars, events, or try out new clubs and automatically think something might be boring even though I’ve never experienced it - I’d much rather just live in the present and chat online on Discord. However, it would be hard to argue that I use Ne rather than Se, due to my preoccupation with absorbing the textures, melody, chords, sounds, etc. rather than the lyrics. It seems more like I use Se as a tool to express/actualize my Fi - as a sx4 I relish expressing my uniqueness and getting attention from it which could make me look like an ESFP at times, but only when it concerns things that I would be comfortable with getting into the spotlight/things I value/think “represents me”. I like working on and implementing my passion projects, such as developing my own solo game, for purposes such as self actualization and having another creation that I can call my own, which corroborates in particular Se being used as a tool supporting Fi. However, what could perhaps corroborate ESFP as well is that my own moral values/system (Fi) is rather nebulous and sometimes it seems like I’m very gullible and my mind is easily malleable and it readily absorbs new Se data like a sponge, which honestly I think is a pretty strong argument for ESFP.
Ni is equally as hit-or-miss as Se, probably slightly more misses than hits if I’m being honest though, since I have some incredibly nebulous visions for the future and thus mostly just live in the present, but recently I’ve been overall noticing some significant development or what should be more accurately termed as “increase in usage” of Ni. Perhaps this could be tertiary Ni or a particularly potent grip, who knows. But ever since I was a kid, I’ve really enjoyed finding patterns and derived great mental satisfaction from a “nice” pattern/coincidence, which mostly happened in the subjects of math as well as the calendar of specific days/happenings in my life, the latter which especially started developing during my mid-late teenage years. However, recently, I’ve come to realize that I really enjoy making mental models/heuristic frameworks as well (perhaps my Ni becoming more mature and well-defined), mostly regarding my interests/concerns, one broad category being personality/my life, and another broad category would be my (failed) romantic endeavors. These usually arise as 3am epiphanies that gradually grew to be concepts/ideas I started fully espousing. I particularly enjoy making cryptic analogies/metaphors that are nonetheless rooted in reality/everyday life (Se), especially when it concerns my romantic ideals/endeavors or failed attempts at finding a romantic partner. I’ve compared hesitation to ask my crush out to not wanting exam/test grades to be released (even though the grades are predetermined the moment I submit the exam to the professor). because I have a gut feeling that I did awfully. I enjoy brainstorming ideas and am often the “idea person” of my group projects, but once I have a rough blueprint set in stone, I will stick to it, unless it becomes infeasible to implement. In fact that reason I got so engrossed into typology was because of my obsession with categorizing other people and myself on a holistic framework, as well as investigating how different typology systems correlate/connect to each other fundamentally (e.g. Big 5 to MBTI, MBTI to enneagram, etc.), it’s like candy to my brain. I can’t go even a few hours without thinking about it. Analyzing concepts/archetypes/characters/people in the lens of typology/personality frameworks has become a rather esoteric, yet major, hobby of mine. Not only that, but these days I will incessantly connect the conversation to the conceptual framework of MBTI, even when the conversation is about something completely unrelated. And even in this field, which is already heuristic enough, I use more very rough heuristics, both to type other people, as well as to understand the system myself (for instance I’ve come up with my own one-word summaries for each of the cognitive functions) I consider myself as someone who is quick at intuiting others’ types (this could depend on what type they are) based on subtle cues/signs/details that I see in which I end up coalescing to a bigger picture, which is what type I conclude them to be. I can be very aware of my surroundings and will sometimes comment in my head on things/details in the environment that I see in some sort of self monologue, often voicing those thoughts out loud when I’m alone, well, that is, except if I’m in my head daydreaming, in “Ni-land”, which happens quite often, in which my Se just completely shuts off and I stop paying attention to my surroundings. I tend to daydream about the same few things rather than going on random tangents like Ne users, my mind enjoys contriving ideal yet astronomically improbable scenarios surrounding them that I relish thinking/hypothesizing about. I could probably reduce my daydreams to two main themes/categories in fact. Actually three categories - analysis of my own life, my qualms/ideals regarding romance, and achievement/accomplishment/actualization. Music in my Airpods is often the best way to fuel this daydreaming/introspection. Especially recently, I’ve become very introspective and at least (I think) have figured out the overall basis/origin of my various desires/insecurities/etc. Speaking of romantic endeavors, I also have recently conceptualized the overall abstract personality/”blueprint” of who would be my perfect/ideal partner and often fantasized about that aforementioned ideal. I have also framed this personal concept in terms of personality/typology. Nowadays, I get more attracted on the basis of personality rather than just appearance.
My relationship with Te is overall tenuous to say the best, but it comes out when I need it. I see myself as having the skills to be a rather responsible leader, particularly in the context of group projects when my other teammates are being egregiously indolent, but I will admit that even I myself will easily slack off, it’s just Te I feel the need to be “responsible” for when the situation calls for it, even if it’s not my strongest suit. I find myself strongly attached to empirical frameworks like the Big 5 (Te), although that could easily be an argument for Ni as well due to how Big 5 reduces all of human personality to just 5 broad dimensions, and Ni enjoys removing the redundancies/”distractions” to see the core picture. Even when trying to type myself, I will invoke Te to some extent, as I am this very instant asking for your guys’ opinions on my type, as I’ve done so numerous times before. I also have an indulgent overreliance on ChatGPT at times, all this which in my mind corroborates tertiary Te -> ESFP. However, I also see fairly strong arguments for inferior Te as well, which can be pretty much reduced down to “I’m very stubborn and unwilling to cooperate with external standards/feedback,” a principle imbalance between internal vs. external judgment, a notion from the OP framework. I’m 100% aware that I need to actively work on improving myself in order to achieve tangible success, but I just prefer wallowing in my Fi-Se comfort zone daily. I ask people for advice on the regular, particularly when I’m stressed (Te-grip?), but I will very rarely actually go through with following their advice or taking it to heart. I’m very bad at taking external feedback on my creative works in general, I have a tendency to view the other as lambasting my work when they were just trying to make me improve, which I rationally know deep down, but I will valiantly defend my creative works and try to counter every point they bring up. For example, my friends have all advised me to seek therapy, yet I’ve procrastinated several months on actually signing up for it. I have the mindset that since (1) I already know myself and (2) I’m so stubborn when it concerns external feedback, why even bother? Would therapy even help me? I’m passionate about math but very passive when it comes to actively seeking out research opportunities and the like. I also hold a particular disdain against corporations/companies in general and acquiescing to their standards - I imagine a future working in the industry as a low level “cog in the machine” to be incredibly draining for someone like me who would much prefer to come up with my own original ideas instead of being a mere servant of someone else’s. Also a (somewhat cringeworthy) anecdote: There was one time where I created a flyer for one of my university’s clubs, and I shoehorned one of my favorite anime characters on there because I wanted to personalize it. When my friend, the co-runner of the club, criticized it for being unprofessional and that the character objectively didn’t relate to the theme/purposes of the club at all, I simply said that I didn’t care at all and I included her on the flyer because simply “I could”. I think this might be a prime example of the Fi-Te imbalance in me.
I think my absolute worst function is Ti, which would on the other hand corroborate being Ti-blind, hence ESFP (although idk if relative strengths are really an exact heuristic). It’s just I’ve noticed that when arguing/debating, logical fallacies like strawmen, false equivalences, etc. (Ti) straight up elude me, although I’m ok at applying empirical data/statistics to support my claims (Te). I particularly enjoy reducing complex concepts down to a “basis” of just one or two dimensions when debating, and my friends often criticize me because either the reduction doesn’t fully capture the nuances, the reduction is a false equivalence to begin with, or both. (my Ni is better than my Ti) When I’m stressed, I have a notable propensity to catastrophize (zero in on the worst possible outcome) and suddenly get much more cynical and see ominous patterns that I thought were there all the time that I just missed beforehand - i.e. see problems that aren’t there, which could corroborate Ni grip. I will often get a lot more philosophical when in this state. Perhaps the reason why I’ve been noticing so much Ni usage recently is that I’ve been in a long Ni grip for 1-2 years, but who knows.
To summarize, I basically just need to distinguish between a Fi-Ni loop vs. a Ni grip. They can manifest in very similar ways in my experience. But I’ve noticed that whenever rewarding/fun experiences/opportunities (Se) temporarily cease in my life (such as last summer for example) and life becomes a lot more monotonous, I tend to soothe myself/kill time by introspecting/analyzing myself. (Fi-Ni), while when the aforementioned opportunities come back, I turn my focus back to those, which could perhaps corroborate Fi-Ni loops. But then again it’s not like I’m an expert in MBTI, so I’m not sure. I’m not sure if I even use or subscribe to official sources, it’s like my understanding of the whole framework is shaped by me gathering information from a eclectic array of miscellaneous sources online and then proceeding to gradually develop my own framework/understanding of the system.
I seem to always struggle with holding myself back on saying certain things that could insult people, because I didn't even realise it was insulting. Other times, people consider me to be too direct or really wise for saying things that genuinely "impact them," when I'm just saying what's in my head
I feel like it's both an aspect of me that people love and loathe, because I'm honest and blunt in what I truly think. But at the same time it could hurt people in ways I don't even realise. Although I like that I'm not afraid to be honest, I don't like the fact that I'm hurting people close to me :/
I know that ISFP tends to not be fake, but I wonder if you guys does it because yall doesn't like being fake or yall struggle with being fake at all
I LOVE ISFP ❤️ we are so much alike.
I'm considering this subreddit my home.
For me it goes like this
2)have good opinions about me, never judge me, never gossip about me with anyone 3) Never try to dominate me 4) make me feel better about myself 5) Never make me your second priority, since I treat all of my friends as my first priority( that is just how I am ) I want the same energy back 6) Never make me feel like my problems and feelings are not that serious 7) be a good listener and listen to me with interest ( very important for me ) And a lot more I have had really bad experience this year while making friendships. So I have decided only if a person passed all these points in my list only then I will make them my friend As they say high standards saves you from low quality experiences
lowkey making this post just cuz im bored but i feel like ive kinda had a epiphany regarding Ne and wanted to share it, and it could be why so many people mistype as an Ne user. also there’s been an influx of ppl questioning recently.
so for the longest time, people perpetuate the idea that Ne makes random connections or their connections are more abstract, which is true, but i feel like the main difference is that their connections are literally random.
ok for example, i’ve been typed as enfp before in the past, especially if i wrote something like comparing friendships to the Red Sea or cats to alkali metals, which sounds Ne, right?? no, if anything, it’s just Ni, because my connections always got deeper.
ex:
I was just showering, and I was thinking about one of my friendships and how l'm not close with said person, and I compared it to the Dead Sea (or maybe it's Red Sea idk). Originally, it was a baby, cuz babies aren't strong, just like our relationship. But that wasn't what I was going for. So then I tried licorice, because it was dark and black, but that didn't really describe our relationship. Our relationship was just surface level, which made me think of the Red/Dead Sea, because of all the salt that contains it, you float to the surface, which was like our friendship. And over time, if the friendship deepened, well we'd sink, so we wouldn't be floating anymore, and we wouldn't be in the Red/Dead Sea anymore; we'd be at the bottom of the ocean, like the Titanic or that ship that imploded with those people who wanted to see the Titantic.
like, they seem random, but it still stays connected. for example, i wrote about how friendships are like the red sea cuz they feel surface level and you can float to the surface because of the high salt content. but it doesn’t really change the fact that im still talking about the same thing, even if it sounds random or disconnected or off-topic.
i feel like with Ne, it would be like (gonna try my best here lmao):
I was just showering, and I was thinking about one of my friendships and how l'm not close with said person, and I compared it to the Dead Sea (or maybe it's Red Sea idk). why is it called the red sea anyways? i mean, seas are always blue. kinda reminds me of the store sears. haven’t shopped there in a while. need to pick me up some clothes. sears sells clothes, right? ikea definitely doesn’t. can’t believe they sold food there; i never knew. i’m lowkey hungry, but idk what to eat.
I’ve read many posts about INFP and ISFP but I genuinely don’t know which one I really am because I have ALOT of trauma and it has made me more prone to being sensitive but here’s a description of me.
I faced alot of trauma so I do open up to people alot such as mutuals or whatever I don’t really cling it’s honestly hard for me to be comfortable with people but I definitely overshare sometimes. I also like talking to myself ALOT when i’m bored and I honestly don’t like oversharing things even to my friends so I talk to myself. As for when i’m upset i’ll either be super quiet or really loud and rude sometimes I break things when I’m upset. I’m known for procrastinating especially when it’s something that I find more interesting I would say i’m pretty creative i’m known as the “artist” of my family (tho I don’t draw that much) When I listen to music I like to imagine scenarios and maybe that just because i’m neurodivergent but idk lol. For artistic views, I use inspiration from other people but sometimes I like to get creative and try new things. I enjoy writing but it is mostly things that are more relatable than fiction (ex: I find more interest in a more realistic or existing setting rather than something taking place in a fictional world such as alice in wonderland)
What do you think am I welcome here?
Since childhood i enjoyed being alone. But people always told me to socialize more and make me feel bad about my introvertness. And as I grew I started noticing these extroverts in my class who were popular, enjoying, making boyfriends, dominating every event. Even I wanted to do all those, but I was scared. So when I came to university, it was a new environment and new people, so I started pretending like an extrovert, i tried everything to make friendship with everyone. Started people pleasing, tried everything but I failed. I ended up depressed and lonely. I felt that I was happier when I was an introvert. Now because of trying really hard to socialize i became an ambivert. but when I see other introverts in my hostel I felt that they were very happy and comfortable in their introvertedness. There are like 5-10 introverts in my hostel who didn't mingle with anyone just one or two friends and they were soo happy and mentally stable and they loved being an introvert unlike me who hated that since childhood. I felt that when I was an introvert means when I was myself I was focused on studies, I knew who I am, I knew how to set boundaries, I did what I loved, I talked to only those who made me feel seen and loved and didn't give a fuck about others, i didn't hesitate to shut people up when they said something to me that i didn't like. I was soo much better when I was an introvert. Please all the introverts don't try to change yourself, don't let these people convinced you that you are not good enough, you are good enough, you are good the way you are ❤️
I've posted on here about how I don't know which SFP I am.
Meet me.
I am: Spontaneous / Random Eccentric / Hyper Resourceful Outgoing Friendly Enthusiastic Go with the flow Relaxed Impulsive Rebellious Action Oriented Observant Intuitive Quiet Open Minded Authentic Driven Traditional Patient / Tolerant Stoic / Outspoken Sacrificial
Yet: Moody Nonchalant Loud Lazy Opinionated Unconventional Individualistic Selfish
Open minded indeed, but also has black and white Thinking, and accidentally blurt out criticism and/or criticize other views. I asked my friends if I'm introverted or extroverted, replying with the latter. I'm also 4w5.
To be honest, I think I might just be xsfp
Added information:
I find conflict amusing when it’s not personal, i can detach myself and observe it objectively. I sacrifice personal freedom and time for group harmony, but resentment will quietly build up, I just wanted to be by myself.
I'm a 4w5
ISFPs are known to be artists. I've heard of several singers and painters. Now, I'm not much for drawing but love to write and I'm an aspiring author. I read somewhere that ISFPs are among the least likely creative personality types to publish a book, which discouraged me a bit.
Do you know of any ISFPs authors, or are you one yourself? If you could share some names and/or tell me your personal journey, I'd love to hear it!
Thank you. :)
I might be an underdeveloped ESFP or a moody teenager that looks like an ISFP but once I turn into an adult the ESFP in me will finally show...
I relate to ESFP content and analysis and explanations and etc so much... But also to a lot of ISFP content. Looking back at myself, I truly might be an ESFP. Is it because I'm 4w5 that I'm more introverted than the average ESFP?
Do you guys have questions that can help me determine which one I am?
Seen people say MBTI and 16 personality test. I did/only found 16personality. Not sure if they're the same thing or different? If they're different can someone give me a link to MBTI?
Hello, I would like to know if these behaviors are typical of the ISFP personality type in the MBTI:
I have interests in various areas such as photography, drawing, decoration, cooking, baking, but when I master an activity, like making sourdough bread, I get bored of continuing with it and look for other hobbies.
I have a talent for art, but I have difficulty maintaining a standard routine. I struggle to follow through with a project because I lose patience and motivation to complete all the necessary steps.
When I have to plan something, I get paralyzed and procrastinate in continuing the activity. Also, if I am not recognized for my work, I tend to lose interest in it.
Are these characteristics of the ISFP or another personality type?
I myself have been having trouble finding what looks good on me. Plus I end up just wearing whatever because I have no time management, procrastinate, incredibly lazy and focus more on studies lol
I'm penetrating this sub just to study. I would like to know how the FI, SE, NI, TE cognitive functions appear in you, how do you use them?