You know you're an INFJ when you have seven well-loved indoor cats, two happy dogs, a gerbil, a friendly guinea pig, a turtle, a parrot, a parakeet, three hamsters and seven goldfish, and your house is still spotless, does not smell like feces or urine, and there is no fur on the furniture. Extra points if you have a psychic bond with your animals or believe you used to be one. {true story}
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You know you're an INFJ when you have seven well-loved indoor cats, two happy dogs, a gerbil, a friendly guinea pig, a turtle, a parrot, a parakeet, three hamsters and seven goldfish, and your house is still spotless, does not smell like feces or urine, and there is no fur on the furniture. Extra points if you have a psychic bond with your animals or believe you used to be one. {true story}
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Hmm... this isn't me, but it reminds me of my mum, who is an ISFP.

You know your INFJ when you forgive people that betray you..... twice

And this one reminds me of my bestest friend, who is an ISFJ.
While I make a point of setting free my feelings of hurt and betrayal, I do not go back to the person who caused them.


I'll try to think of clear signs of INFJ-ness, but I do wonder if I'll just be listing traits that are covered in the personality type description articles...?

 

You know your INFJ when you forgive people that betray you..... twice

 

or seven times.
D:

 

When you find it hard to post just one idiosyncrasy.

 

I would love to hear all about them Ninja...fix your computer =)

 

^ You are about to post something in a thread but then noticed that it has already been said. :laughing: :crazy:

 

I am an ENTP, but somehow I do this too

 

You know you are INFJ when you are the NICE version of the introverted intuitive!:crazy:

 

Ahaha, I'd have to agree with this.

 

You know you're an INFJ when everything you do is wrong, although you had good intentions.
Then you really know you're an INFJ if you beat yourself up about it for ages afterwards.
You also know you're an INFJ when all you really want, deep down, is to be loved and love someone in return.
It further confirms you are an INFJ when you feel depressed because you think you are too different to be loved.

 

Not that there was ever any question that I am an INFJ.

But if there were, it would definitely be gone now.

So, so SO true.

 

When I scared the crap out of someone when I told them that I knew them better than they thought... They didn't believe me so I told them. They kinda freaked out. Also, when you subconsciously manipulate people close to you to change their outlook on life / who they are to the point that its frightening even if you're trying to help them / change them for the better. It gets worse when they realize it.

Basically bending others personalities until they fit what you want them to be.... at least from an unhealthy trait that most INFJ's can carry around.

 

When I scared the crap out of someone when I told them that I knew them better than they thought... They didn't believe me so I told them. They kinda freaked out. Also, when you subconsciously manipulate people close to you to change their outlook on life / who they are to the point that its frightening even if you're trying to help them / change them for the better. It gets worse when they realize it.

Basically bending others personalities until they fit what you want them to be.... at least from an unhealthy trait that most INFJ's can carry around.

Hmm, and they say that ENFJ's are manipulative? We have an INFJ friend whom I love and greatly admire but I have picked up on her "subconcious manipulation" and it's somewhat annoying and perhaps a little patronizing imo. She may think that I don't realize what's she's trying to do (change me for the better) but I pick up on it very quickly thereby politely but firmly rebuffing her with my own opinion. Furthermore, I'm aware of my good and bad points and although I appreciate someone trying to help, sometimes she comes across as patronizing and as if I'm not quite up to her standards. And no, she's not always right but she likes to think she is. Trust me, I've tried to warn her about things and she won't listen until everything goes completly wrong. And I thought I was stubborn!!!

Unforunately, I am somewhat annoyed with her at the moment since she's done something to really bother and upset us but I haven't said anything because I know it would really hurt her feelings. But that's another topic altogether and this isn't the thread for it. I just know that what I'm saying sounds annoyed and that's the truth.

 

I'm an INFJ because
- I often know whether a person is going to say yes or no to something before he does it
- I am good at walking into an office and taking the "emotional temperature" there
- I am almost always right when I suspect someone of having hidden motivations
- I don't care much about sticking up for myself; but if I see someone being mistreated, my hackles rise. I am sometimes called a crusader (and this is not always in the good way)

 

Rouge, thank you for this--I find the #2 one often very overwhelming when the office is under tight deadlines and everyone is stressed out so much it scares me.

 

She slaughters people of other religions O_O

 

Do you want to be the first? :laughing:

 

Do you want to be the first?

Did you look back over this and ponder if Ninja would be offended even though it was a joke? I type and retype and retype things again. I am even pondering how you will perceive this comment while typing it.

 

I am so forgiving it's unreal. But once I have lost respect for someone that's when I can't forgive. And I tend to see the good in others so no matter how many times they beat me down I still see the good, until they have beat me so much some sense has been knoacked into me. Maybe I'm an idiot. I think I am

 

No, I don't think for a moment that you are an idiot! I am a very forgiving person. In my life, I have learned to walk away from a person who has hurt me tremendously. Believe me, it has taken years to learn how to do this. I hurt. I walk (they live their life, I live mine). I take my time and gather my feelings. I deal with them. Then I forgive no matter how much it hurt(s). Don't get me wrong, I don't let that person close to me or my life, once I walk. I am cordial & even kind if for what ever reason our paths cross again. I do not do anything against them nor wish them ill will. I just don't allow them to hurt me again. They no longer can get under my skin.
One that forgives only means one has a good heart. I find nothing on earth wrong with this. :wink:
Of course, all that I wrote is my opinion. I do practice what I say. :happy:

 

you know you're an infj when:

- people shake their heads at you a lot,
- you can't wait to be alone,
- it all seems so clear in your head, but never comes out your mouth in the same way,
- you wish you had a pause button so you had time to think through your response before you say it,
- you prefer to wite it all down than say it
- you think your MBTI code should be F.R.E.A.K
- you just know things, without explanation, enough to freak people out
- you want to save the world...without being noticed
- etc...

 

BRAVO! 10/10, I like this one.

 

Does anybody relate to these ones?

-- You see what others could become, and how to help them

-- You seem outgoing, but you listen more and say less than people realise

-- You’ve learned that people often don’t want your insights, so you keep most of them to yourself

-- Everything you think about is connected to something else

-- Your imagination is seemingly endless

-- You are dependable, reliable and trustworthy but easily overlooked

-- You want people to understand you, and alternate between being secretive and revealing

 

Does anybody relate to these ones?

-- You see what others could become, and how to help them

-- You seem outgoing, but you listen more and say less than people realise

-- You’ve learned that people often don’t want your insights, so you keep most of them to yourself

-- Everything you think about is connected to something else

-- Your imagination is seemingly endless

-- You are dependable, reliable and trustworthy but easily overlooked

-- You want people to understand you, and alternate between being secretive and revealing

:laughing:
OH MY GOODNESS... this is me in a nutshell! (help, help, i'm in a nutshell!) )

How about falling in LOVE with what/who you KNOW someone can become???? And loving them long past the time they seem to be content with a life of mediocrity???

 

If you respond to this thread with serious responses.

 

 

I wish this wasn't true with me. It's just not healthy to allow someone to screw you over hoping that they have the same sense as you do to be careful of other feelings and well being. My friends have labeled me naive for my "too trusting" trait and lack of sensing of danger. I always hope people look at themselves and their actions first.

Anyone have tons of acquaintances but a very select few you call friends?
Every time someone calls you with their problems, even though you didn't experience it, you try your best to give solutions?
Always look for the gentlest route to solving a problem to keep everyone at peace?
Can clearly think through tough situations when everyone is in complete panic?
Seek solitude and becomes uncomfortably quiet when angry as not to eat people alive or not able to argue in such a state?
Suck at hiding things from people you love and trust?
Enjoys group projects, organizing events and social events but can concentrate on something in solitude for hours on end?
Likes security(finance, love and home) and thinks about how their actions will affect the distant future?
Acts 10-20 years older then they are?

 

I've just read through this again and I think I'm still an INFJ.
Hmmm *ponders*

 

When you find a way to actually nail yourself to a cross... all by yourself.

 

That made me LOL

 

Take the test on that one site where it gives you a chart, so I can look at the pretty graph and see how midway you are. Answer honestly.. and then, stop worrying

When you see that some people don't trust you, and you understand why.

 

Take the test on that one site where it gives you a chart, so I can look at the pretty graph and see how midway you are.

Oh my! A chart Nazi!!!!!!!

You mean this? http://www.mypersonality.info/tyler87/

On Topic: When you spend so much time thinking of all possible outcomes of a set of decisions that time passes by without you doing anything OR you end up making a last minute hasty decision that half of the time you end up regretting. That one is somewhat frustrating.

 

I don't know if this is posted, but, you know you're an infj when you end up being nice to so many people individually that you can be overwhelmed by all the love that is returned.
You know you're an infj when someone comments that you are a nice person and are surprised by the compliment because you don't think as yourself as nice or loving, per se, but it just so happens that being nice is an innate part of your very being.
You know you're an infj if you are automatically drawn to play with young children or save wounded animals and then feel weird because no one shares your sentiments. (((I saved a baby squirrel the other day, and all my friend could say was how stupid it was, but I can't stop thinking about how its small form fit perfectly in my hand.)))
You know you are an infj when you are distracted by anything and everything, especially animals and nature.

 

I don't know if this is posted, but, you know you're an infj when you end up being nice to so many people individually that you can be overwhelmed by all the love that is returned.
You know you're an infj when someone comments that you are a nice person and are surprised by the compliment because you don't think as yourself as nice or loving, per se, but it just so happens that being nice is an innate part of your very being.
You know you're an infj if you are automatically drawn to play with young children or save wounded animals and then feel weird because no one shares your sentiments. (((I saved a baby squirrel the other day, and all my friend could say was how stupid it was, but I can't stop thinking about how its small form fit perfectly in my hand.)))
You know you are an infj when you are distracted by anything and everything, especially animals and nature.

I saved a baby squirrel once too! It thought I was it's mommy! I fed it cheerios and brought it to a wild animal shelter. It loved me so much!

 

You care so much about your friends that you get nothing done, because you are stuck worrying about them.

 

Wow - yes, that is SO true. Then the sad part is that sometimes they don't even really appreciate your concern. It's like you're more concerned about them then they are for themselves.

I definitely take other people's worries and concerns as if they are my own. Its almost like I obsess over it without always consciously realizing it.

 

You feel like you always have to explain yourself... and then when you do - you always think that it makes more sense in your own head then when you verbally put it into words.

... so then you go back into "hiding" so you can write it down to sort your thoughts out and make it sounds better.

 

I registered just to stay...

ME TOO! *thumbs up*

 

You know your an INFJ when you kill a snake when you were younger and cried about it for days. You know you're an INFJ when you put back a baby bird that has fallen out of the nest and the momma never comes back. You know you're an INFJ when you move a baby bunny that is too afraid to move from getting hit by a lawn mower and worry if the momma will ever care for it again.

 

This one actually made me cry because it brought some memories. When I was a child a bird fell out of a tree. My parents let me keep it because I was so worried about it. I even dig some worms for it and tried to feed it. After the next morning I woke up early and went to see the bird and it had died. I cried and felt really bad and still it has a great impact on me..

 

When your room mate compares you to Jesus.

 

Ok, this thread totally died out and I think it's a good one that I should keep going with ideas...

So just a few things I've noticed with INFJs so far in comparison to other types:
~ serious responses
~ more structure and perhaps a bit more literal than, say, INFPs

Here's one...
- You know you're an INFJ if you write something then before posting you stop to reread it to be sure that what you have written is grammatically correct.
- You know you're an INFJ if you've ever found yourself lonely in a room full of people.
- You know you're an INFJ if you suddenly feel a sense of relief with every person that leaves the group.
- You know you're an INFJ if you find yourself falling into a deep thought of ideas and then later wake up and realize you're lacking real friends then get depressed.
- You know you're an INFJ if you are very stubborn in your ideas.
- You know you're an INFJ if you consistently have trouble enjoying the moment because you are always looking ahead at what will be to figure out what you need to do today in order to reach the future outcome.
- ... and sometimes you'll look back to the past instead of living in the present as well.
- You know you're an INFJ if you catch yourself trying to read people to figure out what they internally think and feel by simply observing them.
- You know you're an INFJ when someone asks you about a person you just met a week ago and you can list off several things about that person even if you have barely talked to them.
- You know you're an INFJ if you find yourself being too cautious because you are too busy looking ahead at what could be.


Ok, I think that's all I can think of right now... anybody else??:happy:

 

- You know you're an INFJ if you write something then before posting you stop to reread it to be sure that what you have written is grammatically correct.
- You know you're an INFJ if you've ever found yourself lonely in a room full of people.
- You know you're an INFJ if you suddenly feel a sense of relief with every person that leaves the group.
- You know you're an INFJ if you find yourself falling into a deep thought of ideas and then later wake up and realize you're lacking real friends then get depressed.
- You know you're an INFJ if you are very stubborn in your ideas.
- You know you're an INFJ if you consistently have trouble enjoying the moment because you are always looking ahead at what will be to figure out what you need to do today in order to reach the future outcome.
- ... and sometimes you'll look back to the past instead of living in the present as well.
- You know you're an INFJ if you catch yourself trying to read people to figure out what they internally think and feel by simply observing them.
- You know you're an INFJ when someone asks you about a person you just met a week ago and you can list off several things about that person even if you have barely talked to them.
- You know you're an INFJ if you find yourself being too cautious because you are too busy looking ahead at what could be.


Ok, I think that's all I can think of right now... anybody else??:happy:

Wow, I literally do all of those things. Every last one.

 

You know you're an INFJ when you've just got your final grade back (which turned out to be a 9,7) and instead of being absolutely ecstatic, you get incredibly pissed off because this means if you had only scored a 6,8 instead of a 6.0 for the previous test you would have passed the year with honors. You normally never score below 7.0!

You really know you're an INFJ when you start to feel guilty about getting pissed off by a near-perfect grade, while you already know 80% of the class didn't even pass the exam at all, let alone have a chance to make it to the next year.

Oh well.

 

You know you're an INFJ when your standards for yourself are much, much higher than for anyone else. Yeah, I understand.