enrak:

ISFJ: Practical, realistic, considerate, and responsible; Focused on the needs of others; take responsibilities seriously and expect others to do the same; Respectful of established procedures and authority; value harmony and cooperation; Likely to see facts clearly and accurately, especially the facts that have a personal meaning to them; Apt to make decisions based on personal values and concern for others; Sympathetic, tactful, and supportive of others; Usually seen by others as quiet, serious, conscientious, and traditional.

• Introversion—Focusing attention on the inner world of ideas and impressions [slightly: 4]
• Sensing—Taking in information through the five senses with a focus on the here and now [slightly: 2]
• Feeling—Making decisions mostly on the basis of values and subjective, people centered-concerns [clearly: 21]
• Judging—Taking a planned and organized approach to life, liking to have things settled [slightly: 3]

rachelfabian:

INFP is quite an interesting person. What we can see here is an obvious Caretaker with temperament of a Philosopher. The Philosophy of INFP-types is a system of subjective ethical values (Introverted Feeling), along with the desire for a harmonious, fresh and intelligent atmosphere around (Extraverted Intuition). However, this philosophy is not about the course of life of the entire human society. There is a clear difference between INFP and INFJ types: while INFJ-type, a natural “psychoanalyst of the world”, dreams about psychological well-being of the humankind, INFP-type is concerned about the harmony of his/her private environment.INFP believes that the world is too big and complicated to be taken care of. There surely is, or will be, something inside this enormous system that ruins its harmony at any given moment. So why foolishly worry about what can never be in complete harmony? It would be much better to create one’s own small world, with the romantic serenity for those who love you, and whom you love. INFP is a natural “sweetheart” of the circle he or she chooses for life. This person is adaptable, tractable and full of cordial emotions – especially in the beginning of relationship. He (she) seems to be very romantic and sympathetic. It is not easy to resist INFP’s gentle charm and subtle fascination. The Introverted Feeling helps INFP create a small “galaxy” of selected people and interests, with very sweet and supportive atmosphere. This galaxy is ruled by “emotional tuning” aimed at pleasing each other, along with desire for a feeling of intellectual freshness in communication. On their part, these “happy and smart” people around INFP are supposed to adore and appreciate all INFP’s efforts. In INFP’s opinion, this is the only real harmony possible in the world. Unlike INFJ-types, with their dream of global happiness and willingness for personal asceticism, INFP-types prefer personal happiness in a cozy personal world. This person can be compared to an elegant, tender rose, which blooms in “sunbeams” of domestic coziness and attention. In other words, this beautiful flower requires a beautiful garden. The auxiliary function of Extraverted Intuition helps INFP seek and find people and situations necessary to succeed and maintain the desired quality of life. However, this quality should not be reached through much hardship and overcoming. After all, God did not create roses for storms! The Paradox is that INFP, an inborn Seeker and Creator of emotional serenity, may be a surprisingly egocentric and pragmatical person deep inside. In an effort to support the harmony and beauty of his personal or family “garden”, INFP quite often considers the outer world to be a “gardener”. It is amazing how people and even events move to meet the INFP’s wishes and expectations! It seems like life itself chooses to please this Type. The clue here is that INFP-type is the master of evaluation of the emotional aspect of life. If you demonstrate an initial hint of admiration for INFP-“rose”, you should be ready to work in his garden, eventually. You will have to learn that the fascinating atmosphere of lyricism, intuitive freshness and promising plans (an INFP’s permanent concomitant) has its price, which might turn out to be high. The “catch” here is that you might not get what you have expected. Moreover, you would hardly be able to leave this aromatic garden without pain or feeling guilty. For this reason, INFP-s, more than others, obtain the reputation of manipulative and even calculating people, especially for those who know them well. There is another Paradox: guided by their subjective ethical values system (Introverted Feeling), INFP-types too often end up being “unethical” partners. They, more than others, demonstrate evident unreliability, as well as inimitable avoidance of any hard work or direct responsibility, including such practicalities as paying bills. Moreover, this lyric “Sweetheart” might be simply aggressive in an attempt to defend his “galaxy” of personal positions and actions. Therefore, this well-mannered “rose” has its secret, sharp thorns! Resume: INFP-type is a sensitive emotional “antenna”, which is tuned to the waves of its private environment. This person is capable of making you completely happy and bitterly disappointed, at the same time. To avoid INFP’s thorns, you had better know in advance: happiness and mutual success with the INFP-type requires obedience. If you are ready for obedient solitude in a fascinating rosy garden — go ahead! If not - do not encourage anyone, and above all yourself.

themanbehindthecurtain23:

Depends on the situation. But generally: First stage: cold, quiet, locked down. I’m trying not to say anything I’d regret. My eyes are probably bugging out because I really, really want to fly off the handle and verbally assault you, but I know I shouldn’t because it’d cause a huge messy ordeal. Second stage(sometimes this just bypasses the first): Solar flare-esque emotional outburst. I say something that doesn’t quite make sense, or it does make sense but there is more emotional charge to my words that I intend to use. I do this sometimes when someone is being completely ridiculous and I react more strongly to emotions that I didn’t even consciously realise I was feeling. Or, I could be frustrated and might be saying things that aren’t very kind to unsuspecting people. Third stage: Blow up of the nuclear missile sort. By this point I have passed the threshold of all rational thought and have descended headlong into a rampage of anger/frustration. At some point, even the rampage isn’t enough to express everything that’s been bottled up and I start to cry at the same time I’m mindlessly shouting at someone. Fourth stage: Cool-down/personal flogging. This happens whenever I get upset. Sometimes I don’t even go through a blow-up for this to happen. All I have to do is be the slightest bit rude to someone and I’ll start flogging myself for being a monster. Usually a lot of crying and hiding somewhere where no one will find me for a while and feeling sorry for myself. Whoever might have upset me in the first place is immediately made innocent and everything is my fault. Keep in mind that I really don’t blow-up very often but I do do all the other things from time to time. Especially when I’m feeling generally down for reasons I don’t understand. People rarely ever see the pathetic/outraged stuff, though. source:http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2369&p=66358&viewfull=1#post66358 Submitted byhttp://zeruhur.tumblr.com/

krisove:

krisove:

whataboutmbti:

I hope this helped the person who asked me to contrast the two… :)?

Thank you!! :D

I’m not sure if you’d seen these before, but they may also be of interest to you -  

http://www.bestfittype.com/infp.html

http://www.bestfittype.com/intp.html 

These little write ups are amalgamations of things that types have said about themselves (chosen, I presume, because they were common sentiments across numerous individuals of that type).

Thanks! :D I made a post about it here~

meeshxoxo:

I took the Myers-Briggs test in my class and got back my results today.

I am an ESFJ (Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging)

ESFJ’s are:

• Warmhearted, conscientious, and cooperative. Want harmony in their environment, work with determination to establish. Like to work with others to complete tasks accurately and on time. Loyal, follow through even in small matters. Notice what other need in their day-by-day lives and try to provide it. Want to be appreciated for who they are and for what they contribute. 

ESFJ’s need to watch their tendency to:

1. Become stressed in highly competitive or tension-filled environments
2. Get discouraged if they don’t feel appreciated or receive praise for their efforts
3. Socialize excessively, especially if they have to do work alone for too long
4. Assume the only right way is the way they’ve always done things
5. Avoid projects that require that they learn a lot of new skills

thesepaintedwings:

This was how I tried to explain the basic differences between the daily process of an ENTP brain in contrast to an ESFJ’s. It was a bit of a disaster, but still fun regardless! I’m not sure how accurate it is though, as I haven’t run it past anyone, so take it with a grain of salt.

Imagine these are two brains, and the little black dots are thoughts they have throughout the day. One brain belongs to an ENTP, and the other brain belongs to an ESFJ.

Now imagine the ENTP and ESFJ both wake up at 7am with identical thoughts, and go to sleep at 10pm with an identical thought.

However, the ENTP and ESFJ, despite starting and ending in the same place, take completely different mental routes to get from the 7am thought to the 10pm thought.

 For the ENTP, the 7am thought will spark another thought, and that thought another. They will hop all over the place from thought to thought, and each thought is loosely connected to the previous one. They have no idea which thought they will be at in ten thoughts time. 

Imagine each brain is a city. When the ENTP travels, he gets on a bus and has no idea where that bus is going to take him. When he starts thinking, he has no idea where that thought is going. When he reaches his destination, there’s already another bus waiting there to take him somewhere else, but he has no idea where. He never stops, just keeps jumping from one thought to another. This makes him incredible creative.

This means the ENTP may get up and think about coffee, and thinking about coffee may cause them to think about work, and then thinking about work may cause them to think about work, and then thinking about work may lead them to think about their boss, and thinking about their boss may lead them to think about psychology, and thinking about psychology may lead them to think about the latest Sherlock Holmes episode and how they haven’t watched it - and so the first thing the ENTP might do that day is watch a recent episode of Sherlock Holmes, completely forgetting their thoughts on coffee and work.

For the ESFJ, the 7am thought might have no relation or connection to their next thought. They will be able to look at the rest of day and have a good idea of what they might be thinking about in a few hours time.

If the ESFJ’s brain were a city, the ESFJ would get on a bus knowing exactly where it was going. He would get off the bus at the appropriate stop, and if he hadn’t already decided which bus to take next, would take a minute to consider it before getting on the next one. On the next one he may decide exactly which bus he plans to take next, and should have a rough idea where he’ll be in a few hours time.

This means that the ESFJ’s first thought might be coffee, but the next thought will be something they decide to think about, something practical that makes sense to them. In this way they have more control over their thoughts. If their first thought is coffee, their next thought might be that they missed Sherlock Holmes last night and should watch it sometime later today, if they can fit it in. Their next thought could be that the washing needs doing, and then, at 10am, they have to pick up a parcel. After that, they should call Sandy and ask her to cover a shift next week at work. They could think all of this, and then get up and make the coffee, and while they’re making the coffee start breaking their previous thoughts down. 

This means, unlike the ENTP, the ESFJ does not rely on previous thoughts to create their next one, and so finds it much easier to plan in advance. However, while the ENTP struggles to plan in advance, they process thoughts faster and make connections between things the ESFJ can’t see. 

The ENTP struggles to plan ahead, because they rely on the previous thought to create the new one.
The ESFJ struggles to make creative connections, because they organize their thoughts in a way that leaves little room for surprises. 

Although that’s not to say an ENTP can’t be organized and an ESFJ can’t be spontaneous - far from it! But an ENTP will have a natural preference for spontaneity, and the ESFJ a natural preference organisation. Asking an ESFJ to think like an ENTP, or an ENTP to think like an ESFJ, is one of the most stressful things you can do to them.  

I believe this may apply to the difference between all P and J types, but there may be exceptions so I’ve only used types I’m very familiar with (ENTP and ESFJ) as examples.