I used to think I was an ESFP, since I always got so caught up in the moment. I realized recently that I'm an ISFP - Fi is more important to me than Se, and I like it more. My life was being directed by the idea that I had in my head of the 'ideal person' - Extraverted Sensors, basically.
So ISFPs, I'd like to get your spin on things. What do you think are the main differences between INFPs and ISFPs?
INFP's, imo, are slightly more reserved and have ideals that are less realistic, but they have an easier time figuring out how to achieve their ideals, if that makes sense.
How do you experience Se?
I'll give you an example of something I noticed today - I looked over at an open window, and the way the sun glowed across it and the summer smells and sounds of birds and insects coming from outside were beautiful in a unique way. The trees gently swaying and the way everything came together was just perfect. I try to feel the beauty from all sorts of things in my inner being, and it works most of the time.
How do you experience life?
I feel that life is about figuring out who you are, and what's right for you. I like observing how different people live and their ideals (from individuals to whole cultures), so that I can try out ideas that I like. Sometimes I internalize those and they stick, but much of the time they don't and I move on.
This summer, I went to Germany to stay with family, and I loved certain things there - how beautiful everything was, and how effortlessly everyone tolerated each other and harmonized everything. I loved how the people there are very individualistic in their own way, and I support how many of them chose to never have any kids (or very few) because that was right for them. I decided I like Europeans better than most Americans.
I like watching a few niche TV shows, because I can see how those people decide things and how the characters develop over time. I might even try to experience something they did.
How do you feel about abstraction and theory and all that stuff? Do you find people banging on about intangible concepts and their disregard for/subjectifying of physical reality tiresome?
Tbh, yes. I have little to no patience for ideas/conversations that can't be applied to real life.
Also, I feel that it's unnecessary to go through all the possibilities that come up in life because I easily decide which choice is the best. It just kind of comes to me - so why would I bother sorting through everything or coming up with new stuff?
Do you think such things are largely N/S-related?
Yep.
So ISFPs, I'd like to get your spin on things. What do you think are the main differences between INFPs and ISFPs?
INFP's, imo, are slightly more reserved and have ideals that are less realistic, but they have an easier time figuring out how to achieve their ideals, if that makes sense.
How do you experience Se?
I'll give you an example of something I noticed today - I looked over at an open window, and the way the sun glowed across it and the summer smells and sounds of birds and insects coming from outside were beautiful in a unique way. The trees gently swaying and the way everything came together was just perfect. I try to feel the beauty from all sorts of things in my inner being, and it works most of the time.
How do you experience life?
I feel that life is about figuring out who you are, and what's right for you. I like observing how different people live and their ideals (from individuals to whole cultures), so that I can try out ideas that I like. Sometimes I internalize those and they stick, but much of the time they don't and I move on.
This summer, I went to Germany to stay with family, and I loved certain things there - how beautiful everything was, and how effortlessly everyone tolerated each other and harmonized everything. I loved how the people there are very individualistic in their own way, and I support how many of them chose to never have any kids (or very few) because that was right for them. I decided I like Europeans better than most Americans.
I like watching a few niche TV shows, because I can see how those people decide things and how the characters develop over time. I might even try to experience something they did.
How do you feel about abstraction and theory and all that stuff? Do you find people banging on about intangible concepts and their disregard for/subjectifying of physical reality tiresome?
Tbh, yes. I have little to no patience for ideas/conversations that can't be applied to real life.
Also, I feel that it's unnecessary to go through all the possibilities that come up in life because I easily decide which choice is the best. It just kind of comes to me - so why would I bother sorting through everything or coming up with new stuff?
Do you think such things are largely N/S-related?
Yep.
