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mbti types description series
ENTP / ENFP / ESTP / ESFP
INTP / INFP / ISTP / ISFP
ENTJ / ENFJ / ESTJ / ESFJ
INTJ / INFJ / ISTJ / ISFJ
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ENFP personality type (NeFiTeSi)
THE REVOLUTIONARY; THE CHAMELEON; THE SURREALIST
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DOMINANT FUNCTION: EXTRAVERTED INTUITION (NE)
As the dominant objective perceiving function, Extraverted Intuition brings a world of unfiltered situations to the individual. This abstract and speculative world leads the Ne-dominant to live in a sea of options and hypothetical speculations, with their connection to reality occurring through constant (re)direction toward new interests and unexpected associations that pull the ENFP away from any consistency or maintenance. There is an abrupt, almost violent shift in interests, whether short-term, medium-term, or long-term, which often radically reshapes how the ENFP sees the world. Much of their tastes or even beliefs are at risk of imminent change in favor of a new theme that seduces them to explore. The maintenance of more consistent interests or goals, though it exists, is usually small and limited to a few things that stay with them. Even these, for most ENFPs, seem at risk of some kind of internal or external change.
This makes the ENFP, while inconsistent, capable of delighting in and engaging with countless tangents of thought that facilitate the creation of new connections between concepts and possibilities, to which Introverted Feeling links as if it defined them. In other words, the need to explore connections and projects is not mere dilettantism or something the person does because they are happy or in a moment of fun. It is seen as fundamental to the ENFP's very functioning, and therefore has little to no prior filter: each new project appears with equal value and significance because it represents an equally interesting hypothetical field to explore. It is this lack of filter that demonstrates the erratic and rootless nature of dominant Extraverted Intuition, far beyond a simple interest in the "new" or "creativity." In truth, there are leaps of desires, sometimes entirely unrelated, where every new speculation is worth it simply because it is a speculation. The ENFP buys into change with equal force, which does not seem alien to them at all: it is part of their modus operandi. In a way, the ENFP only feels stable in terms of change, knowing that everything else can dissolve and vanish into thin air.
The passion for multiple and varied connections often brings a proposal of self-subversion and reimagining of oneself. Since everything interesting deserves a chance to be explored, this also means reimagining one's own foundations or attachments in a fleeting and varied way. While this generates a potential for critiquing reality through concepts and an unparalleled capacity for associations, as mentioned, it also creates a galloping inconsistency that makes it difficult to commit to various projects. The need for speculation and its utilization generates a tendency toward instability, as few things have enough intrinsic weight and value to be maintained out of love. In this case, it is common for the seduction of new tangents to create frustration due to the perception that many things must be maintained, at least out of pragmatism.
AUXILIARY FUNCTION: INTROVERTED FEELING (FI)
The ENFP's first anchor to a sense of self comes from their judging function, Introverted Feeling (Fi). Through it, the ENFP finds more identification with their tastes and desires, gains the ability to understand their own values and feelings, and also self-restricts their exploratory tendency so that it does not exceed the limits of their own individuality. The paths that are most frequent in the ENFP's exploration relate to their personal values and their firmer opinions. Whether in the pursuit of justice or the radical search for what satisfies their interests and desires, the ENFP engages, through Fi, in a "whatever it takes" logic. The personalization here is so strong that anything not important to the individual is secondary. While this does not mean selfishness at all, it demonstrates why it is rare for ENFPs to be "people-oriented."
There is also the justice-oriented side (through values) that is common in all Feeling functions. Although auxiliary Fi can generate a confrontational attitude, it usually has two characteristics in the ENFP: 1) it does not feel like it is dialoguing with some kind of universal justice or something that should be accepted by everyone. It is more common for the ENFP to be aware that their values are just their own and not try to convince others based on what they should value, but rather through dialogue with the objective logic present in the tertiary function, explained later; 2) it is little or not at all physical, usually not direct and even less factual: it begins and ends in the abstract field of ideas. Thus, the possible transgression in terms of revolt for justice in the ENFP should not be confused, even if it seems similar, with other revolts and movements for justice by other types, which are also quite common. In the ENFP, it often blends with a transgression of the self, where the ENFP remodels and reformulates their own orientations in the name of a very particular sense of self, which eventually overflows into confrontation with the external world.
TERTIARY FUNCTION: EXTRAVERTED THINKING (TE)
Extraverted Thinking is the ENFP's main axis of contact with pragmatism, bringing the capacity for objective decision-making to the type. However, its childish nature often relegates it to a mere partial and uncommitted adoption of thought structures that go beyond the individual or, conversely, to the attempt to simplistically impose/adopt them. In an attitude reminiscent of a child arguing, it is common for tertiary Te to create mediocrely solid arguments based on pieces of information that serve more to defend what has been personalized by Fi-auxiliary than to decide something impersonally. Another possible childish manifestation is the simple adoption of external thought structures or rules, such as finances or legislation, for small and non-crucial gains in the individual's life. At other times, Extraverted Thinking may appear trying to impose simple reasoning as if it were universal.
On the other hand, if better developed, tertiary Te gains possible capacity and dimension, unlike when it is inferior, where it is necessarily incapable of gaining substance. The acceptance of structures once rejected for seeming "oppressive" or too homogenizing allows the ENFP an interesting pragmatic and creative maneuvering space. The creation or adoption of the new, beyond being a form of identity or value affirmation, gains a greater capacity for dialogue with the external world, although the ENFP often gets lost in this dialogue and spends too much time alternating between structuring new creations and expanding them, without even asking if it truly interests them. By acquiring a greater ability to manage and favor gains rather than imposing personal truths in their way of exploring the world, tertiary Te, still with infantilized, slightly authoritarian undertones, can engage in producing and building with knowledge oriented toward efficiency. There is, therefore, an adaptability to external impersonal demands that would be lacking in inferior Extraverted Thinking, for example.
INFERIOR FUNCTION: INTROVERTED SENSATION (SI)
Orienting one's life toward ever-new tangents requires sacrificing what, for others, would be considered "what truly matters." Due to the definitive prevalence of Extraverted Intuition in the psyche, the ENFP subsumes and constantly belittles the idea of the eternity of things, sensations, and facts that would be important to them. If they ignore the presence of the inferior function too much, they may project it so strongly that they become bothered by any use of this function in others. Seeing that other people place great intrinsic value on objects, facts, and sensations that would ideally be maintained ad eternum brings personal discomfort to the ENFP, who sees these things as limiting, inert, or meaningless. Of course, at the same time, they attach themselves to another handful of things, even more meaningless and unnecessary, usually with no concrete value, as a transgression of the world's order. There is an inertia that refuses to understand how others imbue facts and details with fundamental value simply because they are what they are.
Such repression can lead to outbursts of the inferior function, which, unable to develop properly, generates self-destructive attachments in the individual with no degree of complexity. Often, it is the body itself that suffers from the poor understanding of facts: it becomes entangled in hypochondria and other situations where the body's own sensations cause discomfort and gravity. In other aspects, there is a galloping frustration with the history of inability to attach to certain things, which returns as an obsessive attempt to maintain certain aspects of their life, without actually having the capacity or creativity to do so. For a type that has risen by redefining things and creating new associations to maintain their interest, the ENFP suddenly finds themselves unable to expand their concepts in the abstract world, without compensating for this with healthy solidity in the concrete world. Drawing their strength from the lack of meaning in things inevitably presses on the perception of a world that has no meaning because it was never cultivated in them. The unstable inertia and attachment, then, can cause much pain.
If they realize this, the ENFP may try to better accept the complicated and unstable nature of their inferior function. Although they will not be able to give substance and complexity to the perception of things as valued in themselves, they will be less hostage to the inferior function precisely by accepting it as a field of insecurity and recreation. As it is not ignored, the ENFP better understands the limits of accelerated exploration and realizes that there are things that can be maintained, even if they will not extract as much from them as those with high Si (xSxJ) would. Recognizing insecurity in the field of eternalization and the sanctification of the concrete world opens the door to better self-maintenance.
Maniac Pixie Dream Girl/Boy
Two major stereotypes distort the ENFP, making them more generic and identifiable by many types. The distortion caused by the first movement reads the ENFP as defined by flirting, seduction, or physicality, and places any cheerful and strong-willed character as if they were an ENFP, but this is very generic. This stereotype is more Extraverted Sensation (Se). The second movement causes a different distortion, which reads ENFPs as the pinnacle of friendliness and receptivity in the name of other people. Although some indeed are like this, it is necessary to differentiate which do so due to the influence of Fi-auxiliary and which, in fact, are people of other types who use Extraverted Feeling (Fe). With this stereotype, the ENFP becomes banalized, representing a generic animation or some goofy aspect, where anyone with ideas becomes an ENFP.
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