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INFP vs INFJ emotional intelligence

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As an INFP, my friend group is comprised of INFJs, ISFJs, INFPs, ENFPs, ENTPs, and INTJs (in that order).

Bonus: in no particular order, I tend to get along less with ISTJs, ESTPs, ISTPs, and ENTJs.

If you are into MBTI, reblog with the other personality types that usually make up your friend group as well as your own.

For instance, I'm an ENTP and most of my friends end up being INFPs, ENFPs, INTPs (these make up the majority), ISTPs, another ENTP, and sometimes a random ISFJ who's really sweet and wants to take care of everyone

Bonus: tell me the types you don't get along with. For instance, I always butt heads with ISTJs and ENTJs for some reason.

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Fe: *asks the best questions (especially with Ti's help)*

Fi: *gives the best answers*

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I feel like the act of forgiving someone is one-time and permanent. It goes hand in hand with apologizing.

🌺 Let’s say “Jeff” harms “Janie”. Jeff realizes he did wrong and is dismayed that he could have harmed anyone in this fashion. Jeff accepted the repercussions of harming Janie, then takes a chance in offering an apology to her.

Janie is in no way required to accept this apology. In fact, she doesn’t have to accept or forgive Jeff ever. Forgiving or not forgiving Jeff doesn’t make her a better or worse person. This is her choice and isn’t anyone else’s business.

For the sake of the story, let’s say that Janie accepts Jeff’s apology and essentially has forgiven him of the harm he’s caused. Maybe they are married and he was physically abusive to her, but perhaps the abuse was due to sudden work stress that has been weighing heavily on him. He agreed to start therapy.

This story could go in a few different directions from here, but let’s keep it simple.

Jeff and Janie continue onward with their lives and Jeff never again raised a hand to his wife. His apology was genuine, they worked through it, and life went on. Her forgiving him was justified.

Or Jeff continues to physically abuse Janie, the abuse only grows worse as time passes. Since it worked before, Jeff apologizes again. There was a period of no abuse after the last apology, so Janie accepts it and forgives him. This pattern continues over and over until it’s become a horrible cycle. Each time Janie accepts his apology and says she forgives him, more strength behind this forgiveness is lost. Until it no longer means anything.

🌺 I personally feel like the words “I’m sorry” are very powerful.

That tiny phrase contains a message. “I hurt you. I was wrong. I accept responsibility. Can you ever trust me to never do this again?”

Accepting this apology and forgiving this person is even more powerful. “You did hurt me. You were wrong. I see that you are working toward repairing the damage you caused. I am willing to become vulnerable with the hope that you will not hurt me like this again.”

Offering and acceptance.

It’s like signing a contract. And if this contract is broken, how can that person ever be trusted again?

🌺 This is how I see the entire situation regarding apology and forgiveness.

It isn’t something that is casually handed out like sugar packets. It involves trust, change, responsibility, vulnerability, and making amends.

As an INFP, if someone I re-trusted and accepted back into my life broke that contract, they are permanently cut out of my life. 💗

Thanks for the question. 😌

Related questions- Can an INFP ever forgive someone for something terrible they have done? As an INFP, why do I find it so hard to forgive people when they have broken my trust? Do INFPs distrust most people? Is this distrust masked by their politeness? How can an INFP tell when someone is genuine?

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ISFP: Hey, what are you doing?

INFP: Hm? I'm writing a story.

ISFP: But why is it still blank?

INFP: Shh, you do not force creativity.

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MBTI types and how they deal with emotions

The "Eww emotions" squad: INTJ, INTP, ISTP, ISTJ, ENTJ, ESTJ

The "Eww MY emotions" squad: INFJ, INTP, ESTJ, ENTP

The "Aww emotions" squad: ENFP, ENFJ, ISFJ, ESFJ

The "Aww MY emotions" squad: ISFP, ESFP, INFP, ESTP

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💫 🐋 INFP MOODBOARD ✨ 🌾

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"ur overthinking this"

bro i don't have any other type of thinking available

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y'all get so deep into mbti that you start mentally typing your coworkers while at work?

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It's the ultimate troll, they never see it coming

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Some people really need to understand that Thinkers can be artists, and Feelers can be scientists

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Why is it I can admire, love, appreciate, enjoy, and respect some people so, so much, yet to tell them is such a terrifying concept?

It's as if I feel it so intensely, so thoroughly, that to tell them how they impact my life and how much they mean to me is far too personal to share.

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I put the thoughts in my head in written words.

But I don't speak them out loudly.

I want to share them with only a few people... Those who will give me new perspectives and are willing to think further with me.

Knowing that I have this opportunity, calms me so much.

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Okay, I don't know if this is something that happens pretty often with infp's but I'm just deciding to share this because why not.

I've always wanted to be my own person. I've always hated copying other people and feeling like I'm following the same flow everyone is going with. I've always felt pride with being weird or different and I always try my hardest to search for my own style.

But very recently, I caught myself rejecting doing a certain thing because I felt that if I did it, I would be doing what the rest of the world is doing. I completely ignored the main fact that I'd actually like to do it. Then after a long while of thinking, I realized what the heck :/

Just because everyone likes a song doesn't mean I can't like it. If I like that song, it doesn't make me "basic". I'm still me, I just happen to like that song, too.

I know we strive to be very different from everyone else, but that doesn't mean we aren't free to enjoy what they enjoy, too. I love to be different, but I also love to be open and comfortable, knowing I'm doing what I want to be doing.

I know this probably might be obvious for many, it just really wasn't for me and I wanted to share in case anyone else is also in the same loop as I was.

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My teacher just asked me if I was okay and I went completely b l a n k.

That question always catches me so off guard. It stabs through so easily without hesitating ge e z