This is soo crazy how it all makes sense now. I just realized that I’m in a Fi-Si loop…again. I always end up there when I’m not „moving“ for a long time. While I was traveling I‘ve always felt so alive and motivated and back home I always have the feeling that I’m loosing that person I used to be when I was traveling.
Yes… if people knew how vastly different we feel inside when we’re in the zone vs when we’re not on the move.. it’s like know how to fly vs being caged I feel
I'm always stuck between ISFP and INFP. It's always almost 50/50 to 60/40 one way or the other. It's so frustrating cause I want to know which one is the most like me!!
Believe it or not I think you can tell by dress. ISFPs have a particular style at any given time, which they feel signals their current identity. INFPs are experimental, all over the place. And ISFPs are very aware of what other people wear and decode it. INFPs pay more attention to the emotional atmosphere.
This has been a very helpful and insightful video. I’m an isfp, currently stuck in a career that’s been sooo draining and quite hard for me to really grasp and understand (I work as a laboratory scientist). Although in my free time I always love to sing, with a guitar or ukulele accompaniment and do some diy crafts to free myself from the stressful areas of my life. It took me a long time to understand why I was the way I was until I took an mbti test which typed me as an ISFP-T. Because of the pandemic, I’ve become more introverted as ever and it’s even harder when I see my friends do some “adulting” things and making wise decisions and I can’t help but compare myself to them, just being stuck at where I was and not knowing what to do about my future and career. . but now through this video, I can now understand that yeah, in order to reach our fullest potential we have to act and do our homework as well, make use of our extraverted sensing and thinking (even though it’s out of our comfort zone).
@@winterbird4447 Hi...while I agree there is a huge contrast between the two types- and any two types really- isfps can actually identify with being a realistic and an idealist. Both types have S/N in the middle of the stack so the S/N can work in tandem. I experience it daily as an ISFP. Pointing out an INFP is an idealist actually will confuse an ISFP moreso because we can identify with that too? and seeing both sides of the coin is a problem for us too so its hard for us to fully decide on one or the other.
Laughed so hard about the barefoot ISFP. And the unrealistic goal setting yes. My wife is an ISFP. One day I told her I landed a big project. Next day opened up my laptop and online ads everywhere of "Club Med Mauritius". The trueest ISFP thing I have come across so far.
in ways i feel like isfp fits me the best but i’ve never considered myself creative. that’s the only difference. then all you said about if they get stuck in their Ni it can make them fearful and dissociative, trap everything inside, and very quiet, etc.. MAN!! THAT SPOKE TO MY SOUL!!
Love the ISFP positivity in this video. I come across a lot of descriptions of the ISFP that are so lackluster. When reading articles that breakdown types, we can literally have the most boring and vague descriptions. And the sensor bias somehow gives us the superficial and shallow label. I identified with a lot of this video but not the surfer dude description. I mean yes, I am in my body but am also pretty heady. I know 2 other isfps and only one is surfer dude-y. Overall I am appreciating this video, and your straightforward yet effective way in relaying information. Loving your content on planning.
This video is making me reconsider being ISFP over INFP. I was always confused between INFP and ISFP, still not sure. I'm FI dom for sure, caring a lot about my inner world and feelings and my identity and values. I also come off IxFP in every test. But I thought I was INFP for a long time, cause I'm usually dreamy and fashinated by abstract stuff and fantasy and art. That could be both... but I think many people are confused by this: The main thing is that I don't perceive myself as physically adept at all. I feel very awkward and not so connected with my body, physical activities and manual and mechanics. We always think that a high Se user would be like that, so I say ok I'm not. What I learn tho, is that ISFP Se is more subordinated to Fi, and usually linked to art or creativity... so if an ISFP really likes something, he will be proficient and use his Se with that. I love music and photography and I'm really good at playing and basically anything about music and video/photography and it comes natural to me. If I have to fix something Im not nearly as practical. And yes I see myself as clumsy and distracted but I'm also really aware of the enviroment and the sensory details...even if I'm in my inner thoughts and zoning out I'm still usually aware of what happens around me, maybe someone talking, a noise, or something I see... it can even distract me from my internal thought process. I'm also quite interested in esthetic and expressing identity through appearance etc and I dont see that as very INFP. Still, at the same time, I resonate a lot with Ne definitions. I also like symbolism and building a meaning over things... but I also struggle thinking about future plans and working to realize my vision. And I'm not really that type that jumps into action really quick. Could be because of looping? I also wonder the difference between Fi-Si and Fi-Ni loop. I think ISFP vs INFP is one of the hardest pair to distinguish. Sorry for the long and selfcentered comment but I think maybe others would relate to these doubts.
I feel completely the same as you said. I always thought it was infp, but over time I was feeling bad about myself and trying to get out of it, I realized that just the attributions about infp weren't sustaining a good part of who I am,And when I read about isfp, I realized that personality traits fit much more with me and my repressed sensory side. I wanted to hire a professional to help me, as knowing who I am is very important. More than that, knowing who I can become if I want to.
@@misakigasai you may refer to objective personality s video.I thought for a long time I'm an infp.Then finaly found In an isfp who happened to prefer Ni over Se . That is I spent lots of time in loop. Now all makes sense
OMG IM THE SAME AS YOU 😭✋🏻 also i thought im an infp for a long time too but after test in dimensional app the result came out as ISFP i just found out that im more a isfp🫠
I am an ISFP and a deep thinker and I don't necessarily write on certain topics but my writing comes from the heart and is based on what I observe and I've been told I need to be a writer.
i was just walking barefoot along the beach the other day. this is by far the most practical video for isfp’s that i’ve seen yet. i was a bit surprised that you suggested using Ni only 5% of the time, but i guess it makes sense because this is more of an unconscious function anyway.. but we tend to hole up in it and get very paranoid and anxious. i deal with a lot of anxiety now and mistrust the outside world bc i have tended to be in the Fi-Ni loop a lot. the moments when i forget the story and just be in my body helps. also Te is an alien unnatural concept to me but i’m starting to find pleasure in the discomfort of it. it gives me the feeling that my dreams are actually possible.
Great video! You are brilliant 🤘 I'm an ISFP and these hobbies describe me to a tee! Lol I am veg, a wannabe surfie, and I'm a super obsessed yogi. 🤣 I think getting stuck in Ni can result in Se kicking in whether you want it to or not: BFRBs, emotional/unconscious eating, restless fidgeting, etc (I have had all of these issues). Best to then, like you say, ACTIVELY get back in to your body by, say, going for a walk, doing a workout, doing an art project, even opening a window to get some wind in the room. Stop obsessing about trying to find the convergence about how everything is going to play out and get back into living in the moment - consider the long term path (Ni) but also just relax a bit and allow the path to unfold. 🤘
this video made me realize i'm not an infj (ni dom), but an isfp. i was just using ni in an unhealthy amount of time. thank you for the vid, you're awesome!:)
Wow you just confirmed that I am definitely an isfp, especially when you were talking about Te. I have HUGE goals but I cannot see the steps to actually get there. It sucks.
I've had many problems nailing down my MBTI type because I've lost my sense of identity. I thought that I was an INTP or ISTP because I thought that (or more like I REALLY felt like or wanted to be) I was more of the logical type. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm that logical or thinking and I make a lot of decisions base on my feelings. I started studying the ISFP more, and I think it might fit me the best (I still have identity/self-esteem/self-doubt issues so who really knows). I am the stereotype of the washed up musician who lost his motivation and drive despite really wanting to make a career in sound design. I may not even be ISFP; I'm just on here venting my frustrations to anyone who'll listen.
Finally, someone else who's had the INTP/ISTP mistype. I see most ISFPs say they mistyped as INFP and it always made me wonder "how in the world was I getting INTP all this time?" Funny thing about it, though, ISFP was my first ever typing back when I took the test in middle school and I tested for it consistently but I never had any further interest in MBTI at the time. Years later, and getting back into the MBTI, I'm consistently typing as INTP (with some major ISTP and minor INTJ/ENTP thrown in the mix). However, though I did agree with the Thinking preference, the whole trope of INTPs "not feeling their feeling/ not being able to tell their feelings" felt misplaced if it's applied to myself. Yes, I do have moments when in the midst of negative feelings I feel "outside of myself" or "disassociated", but I am very much aware of how I feel and even why I came to feel that way (even to the point of validating those emotions to myself and working out a way to move past it). However, I just thought to myself "maybe those "out of body"/"dissociative" feelings ARE not feeling your feelings". As I've been trying to understand cognitive functions and stacks some things didn't really seem to add up like Si and Fe. My excuse for it being "they're lower on INTP's stack, so maybe I resonate with them because I'm not really using them". It was only when I was thinking back in all all the typings I've had before and wondered why ISFP was the only one that really stood out that I took the time to just look into it again; maybe get a new perspective on how I was as a child and was taken aback by.how similar the traits apply to me now. Add on to that shock when I went in depth on ISFPs stack and how they operate and see how eerily similar they are to how I think and respond and act and the like. It's a strange state to be in: I spent all this time identifying and justifying myself to the qualities of INTP that it feels wrong, almost insulting, to think that I'm most definitely an ISFP but at the same time gratifying to say that I have a more concrete starting point where I can make improvements to myself that are more likely to work.
Wow, this really helped me understand something about myself. I’m an ISFP but I don’t fit the mold of being the “artsy person”. In fact it’s been driving me crazy because every time I take the test I come out ISFP but I just don’t completely fit the type. I enjoy crafts, singing, all those things but haven’t really done much with it. I think it’s because I’ve been stuck in the loop you talked about. I’ve always been a rather fearful person and too afraid to step out there. For the last few years I’ve been in a field dominated by extroverts and, although it’s been challenging, it’s helped me begin to overcome some of that fear which in turn is helping me unlock more of my creative side. Anyway, thanks so much for the info. It helped a lot!
Giiiiiirrrrl! You just broke this down so rapidly, yet clearly! There is so much useful and accurate info in this video, I'm going to have to go back through it and take notes. Thank you so much for this!!!
I’m an INTJ who is interested in an ISFP, and I have no idea what the hell is going on lol. You should do a video about a relationship between the two types. What was it like courting your husband early in the relationship and how does the dynamic work since the two types are so different? Your unique circumstance and perspective would be very interesting and greatly appreciated!
Awesome! I have this video about how we met etc. th-cam.com/video/pYl9sJ8vEb0/w-d-xo.html (it's an early video so the quality isn't the best lol) and I'm going to be featured with my husband and I talking about our relationship on Rational Typology's channel in a couple weeks! :)
@@AquaJade23 Nothing wrong with developing your "headiness". The problem lies when you're "stuck" there. You gotta get back out there and experience the world!
I needed this video, it put into perspective what my shortcomings are and what I need to do to get out of my own way. I had to pause at some points to dig kinda deep into myself to see how I relate to what you’re saying and you’re spot on, especially with you saying we need to use both the extroversions to get to the goal that we set for ourselves. This was welllll needed!
When you said “you might have to do these means for ten years so you can have the ends that you love for 70 years” I literally thought to myself “gross” lol. Nevertheless, thank you for the insight. What you said in this video was very encouraging to me ☺️
I am an INFP. My daughter is ISFP, she likes to learn new techniques in painting and drawing, she loves to sing and she does not like to eat meat because she loves animals. We are filipino and filipinos love meat. I'm proud of her. She is also playful and goofy. Her Dad is an ENFP.
Omg whatever you said about ISFP and it almost related to me 👀👀. Also what you have said about too much introversion , it is so true and I stopped moving and trapped inside my own comfort zone and bottling up all my emotions which is so exhausting. I lost interest in everything what I would love to do back then. I stopped everything and stuck at a point of time . You people may not believe that but I have been like this for more than a year. I procrastinated my steps to my career. I know I'm doing wrong but it's just so tough to pull myself from this. Thank you so much finally I saw something that I could relate about my problem and understand it.
I never attain my unattainable goals and no one ever understands why I set the goal there in the first place. I decided to try painting and was actully decent. but i literally dance around the studio and paint like im playing a drum. I never actually think i will actually do 3/4 of my great ideas therefore Im never disappointed when one hits the backburner. I feel like this was coaching video for your husband low key
I thought I'd never find which type I was in (thought I was the 17th personality!). But, I've extensively explored all the cognitive functions. And I've FINALLY, found that I fit into the ISFP. Probably the turbulent side since 2014 🥺. But, recently I've been working on myself to get out of this hole I dug myself in. I thought I was more ESFP, or a mix of both I/ESFP (but now I don't think I was correct)... I'm not the "typical" artsy type, but love being creative in other ways (clothing, journalling, want to dabble in pottery...). I'm very intuned to my sensory function. I'm more conservative. I look forward to now; using the cognitive functions as a tool for growth. Thanks for this upload, very informative.
Dude I'm realising that when I was super depressed a few years ago, I was probably in a Fi Ni loop. I think I've gotten better at using my extroverted functions over time but I still probably use the introverted functions more.
Alexis, you make me cry watching this video. I am ISFP and i have a dream to achieve. I know exactly what i want in my life. But it seriously hurt me because a lot of people told me not everyone can achieve that dream and it's take years to achieve my dream. And now, i do a lot of thing that i hate and i can't see if that thing is one of my path to achieve my dream or not. Yes i cry because i'm scare if what people told me is true and i need to abandon my dream just because it seem too far away to reach. I'm scare if i become coward, not confident, and dissociate myself again because i've been there before. I'm scare if reality of this world is so big that as ISFP which like being in reality and in a moment can't comprehend with this enormous reality. Alexis, you get one ISFP's subscriber that understand exactly what i'm feeling and give me a tip to live my life right now.
Your explanation was so spot on for some areas. I previously suspected I was an isfp and hearing your explanation pretty much summed up many of the spirals I have faced in some of my darker periods. So thank you very much for your insights, will be referring to this video quite a number of times more. :)
Here I have thought that I’m an INFP, not feeling like the MBTI advice helps me. OH GUESS WHY I’M AN ISFP 😅 Sometimes when I’m in a loop, I get these hunches that I should just DO. Do. Just DO something. And that’s probably my Se trying to peek in and say ”hi there just get goin’ okay?” So now I have to watch every ISFP video out there instead 😂 Darn it, I’ve learnt all about INFP’s without even being one. 😂
I know you use the musician and artist as part of the ISFP caricature, but I would also like to know more about ISFP functions express itself out in other ways for those of us that don't express with those mediums.
You know what, whatching a lot of this kind of isfp analysis video only makin me a lot more stuck with myself let just be me and keep processing day by day try to pull it something out
I've always typed INFJ but I have always held a small amount of doubt, I would say the ISFP suites me best when I really get down to the nitty gritty of it...a really strong Ni using ISFP (so than Fi-Ni looping) ...sigh. .. This was fantastic though ! Great job. How would you personally compare the fear of sensory things in regards to Se inferior or Se auxillary but stuck in a Fi Ni loop? I have a lot of childhood trauma which has made me wonder if I have been stuck in Ni. All I know is I use Ni and Se for sure, but I'm unsure of the Ti/Te & Fi/Fe functions. I literally have checked off every attribute you've stayed created a typical isfp. I am an enneagram type 4, so I wonder if this flavors my infj typing hmmmhmmhmm. I'm rambling now.
the judging/self critisism would apply more specifically to ISFP’s that would align with enneagram 1. As a 9, I don’t feel that I’m really self critical, unless maybe I’m not conciously aware of it. ISFP’s that would consider themselves artists would provably align themselves better with E4. As an ISFP 9w1 I can’t really relate to the creativity experienced by an ISFP 4. I have no musical ability at all and pretty much no creative abilities.
For me Ni is my child it's very childish hard to explain and yes I have dissociated before. And it childishly desires freedom. But yes I loop alot. Se helps me stay objective but I get stuck in my Ni alot. And I zone out badly and miss what's going on around me thus becoming paranoid. Are you familiar with these terms Hero Parent Child Inferior Nemesis Crritic Trickster Demon
I'm in the loop ,I've been with a psychopath for many years and idk if is ptstd ,I finally separated 5 years ago ,but even though I know I'm an artist and I have huge " projects" they are just wishful thinking, Im in between of infp and ifsp but your explanation give me more clarity now ,thanks
INFP I know i'm not for sure, then I kept on thinking that I was an ISTP, but then I thought to myself ''I'm not THAT silent, so ISFP I may be!'', but then, I'm not hippy and romantic AT ALL. That's it, I came to a conclussion that most of the time i'm a ISTP, but when around people that I like, i'm a ISFP. And ENOUGH, all this ''MyerBriggsMBTI'' stuff gonna drive me crazy.
I would like to know in what way does she mean saying "to be unhealthy". Is it in a physical sense, such as not eating healthy ? Or not being healthy in a mental way ? That would help me understand this video better.
whats it called when you keep forgetting information you just learnt because Ive watched multiple cognitive functions and i forget everything i learn from them maybe htats my adhd or is that low si idk
10:20 jesus fkn CHILL im literally a vegetarian (10+ years), have been vegan in the past, LOVE animals and currently work as an early childhood teacher fucking CHIILLLL 😩😩 this is cool as fuck!
Do you relate to others in outside world by talking to them, being conversational. Do you need a third something like movie, band to fill the emptiness, awkwardness you feel. Or are you funny more engaging with others, asking questions, curious about what others are doing. Do you make jokes, get a bit silly. ISFP
It’s easier to confuse isfp not liking using te with lack of se making them think they are Ne or infp because usually isfp the doer and infp are the doer in their heads or they write what needs to be done in their heads . But it seems I have very to little no use of te the only time I think i use te when cleaning my room making everything organized coz messy room disturbs my fi se functions lol
This is soo crazy how it all makes sense now.
I just realized that I’m in a Fi-Si loop…again. I always end up there when I’m not „moving“ for a long time. While I was traveling I‘ve always felt so alive and motivated and back home I always have the feeling that I’m loosing that person I used to be when I was traveling.
Yes… if people knew how vastly different we feel inside when we’re in the zone vs when we’re not on the move.. it’s like know how to fly vs being caged I feel
I feel that too
so you're INFP?
That's Fi-Se.
Fi-Si means ruminating on past memories and feelings constantly, unable to let go.
@@lolaandmocha can u explain fi-se in tldr terms pls
I'm always stuck between ISFP and INFP. It's always almost 50/50 to 60/40 one way or the other. It's so frustrating cause I want to know which one is the most like me!!
Believe it or not I think you can tell by dress. ISFPs have a particular style at any given time, which they feel signals their current identity. INFPs are experimental, all over the place. And ISFPs are very aware of what other people wear and decode it. INFPs pay more attention to the emotional atmosphere.
Same. I'm still confused....
This has been a very helpful and insightful video. I’m an isfp, currently stuck in a career that’s been sooo draining and quite hard for me to really grasp and understand (I work as a laboratory scientist). Although in my free time I always love to sing, with a guitar or ukulele accompaniment and do some diy crafts to free myself from the stressful areas of my life. It took me a long time to understand why I was the way I was until I took an mbti test which typed me as an ISFP-T. Because of the pandemic, I’ve become more introverted as ever and it’s even harder when I see my friends do some “adulting” things and making wise decisions and I can’t help but compare myself to them, just being stuck at where I was and not knowing what to do about my future and career. . but now through this video, I can now understand that yeah, in order to reach our fullest potential we have to act and do our homework as well, make use of our extraverted sensing and thinking (even though it’s out of our comfort zone).
@@winterbird4447 Hi...while I agree there is a huge contrast between the two types- and any two types really- isfps can actually identify with being a realistic and an idealist. Both types have S/N in the middle of the stack so the S/N can work in tandem. I experience it daily as an ISFP. Pointing out an INFP is an idealist actually will confuse an ISFP moreso because we can identify with that too? and seeing both sides of the coin is a problem for us too so its hard for us to fully decide on one or the other.
@@TK-kf8zc For your first point I act more like an INFP, but for your second point I'm more like an ISFP 😶
Laughed so hard about the barefoot ISFP. And the unrealistic goal setting yes. My wife is an ISFP. One day I told her I landed a big project. Next day opened up my laptop and online ads everywhere of "Club Med Mauritius". The trueest ISFP thing I have come across so far.
in ways i feel like isfp fits me the best but i’ve never considered myself creative. that’s the only difference. then all you said about if they get stuck in their Ni it can make them fearful and dissociative, trap everything inside, and very quiet, etc.. MAN!! THAT SPOKE TO MY SOUL!!
oh my goodness i must be a very unhealthy isfp because your description of our Te is screaming at me as well
Love the ISFP positivity in this video. I come across a lot of descriptions of the ISFP that are so lackluster. When reading articles that breakdown types, we can literally have the most boring and vague descriptions. And the sensor bias somehow gives us the superficial and shallow label. I identified with a lot of this video but not the surfer dude description. I mean yes, I am in my body but am also pretty heady. I know 2 other isfps and only one is surfer dude-y. Overall I am appreciating this video, and your straightforward yet effective way in relaying information. Loving your content on planning.
This video is making me reconsider being ISFP over INFP. I was always confused between INFP and ISFP, still not sure.
I'm FI dom for sure, caring a lot about my inner world and feelings and my identity and values. I also come off IxFP in every test. But I thought I was INFP for a long time, cause I'm usually dreamy and fashinated by abstract stuff and fantasy and art.
That could be both... but I think many people are confused by this:
The main thing is that I don't perceive myself as physically adept at all. I feel very awkward and not so connected with my body, physical activities and manual and mechanics. We always think that a high Se user would be like that, so I say ok I'm not.
What I learn tho, is that ISFP Se is more subordinated to Fi, and usually linked to art or creativity... so if an ISFP really likes something, he will be proficient and use his Se with that. I love music and photography and I'm really good at playing and basically anything about music and video/photography and it comes natural to me. If I have to fix something Im not nearly as practical.
And yes I see myself as clumsy and distracted but I'm also really aware of the enviroment and the sensory details...even if I'm in my inner thoughts and zoning out I'm still usually aware of what happens around me, maybe someone talking, a noise, or something I see... it can even distract me from my internal thought process.
I'm also quite interested in esthetic and expressing identity through appearance etc and I dont see that as very INFP.
Still, at the same time, I resonate a lot with Ne definitions. I also like symbolism and building a meaning over things... but I also struggle thinking about future plans and working to realize my vision.
And I'm not really that type that jumps into action really quick.
Could be because of looping?
I also wonder the difference between Fi-Si and Fi-Ni loop.
I think ISFP vs INFP is one of the hardest pair to distinguish.
Sorry for the long and selfcentered comment but I think maybe others would relate to these doubts.
I completely relate and am ISFP. We definitely can be dreamy, distracted, and feel clumsy in our body- but yet this is often attributed to INFP.
I feel the same
I feel completely the same as you said. I always thought it was infp, but over time I was feeling bad about myself and trying to get out of it, I realized that just the attributions about infp weren't sustaining a good part of who I am,And when I read about isfp, I realized that personality traits fit much more with me and my repressed sensory side. I wanted to hire a professional to help me, as knowing who I am is very important. More than that, knowing who I can become if I want to.
@@misakigasai you may refer to objective personality s video.I thought for a long time I'm an infp.Then finaly found In an isfp who happened to prefer Ni over Se . That is I spent lots of time in loop. Now all makes sense
OMG IM THE SAME AS YOU 😭✋🏻 also i thought im an infp for a long time too but after test in dimensional app the result came out as ISFP i just found out that im more a isfp🫠
I am an ISFP and a deep thinker and I don't necessarily write on certain topics but my writing comes from the heart and is based on what I observe and I've been told I need to be a writer.
There are some really good thoughts here.
ISFP and yes I'm a guitar player. I'm no vegan I eat meat lol. But your description does make sense.
Girl really just spoke to my isfp soul😭
Got me so pumped I started doing yoga-😂
Thanks for the explanation! I am discovering more about myself, now I know why my goals procrastinate.
wow this sounds so much like me. I'm a poet and musician. Yet I'm always itching for worldwide adventure.
i was just walking barefoot along the beach the other day. this is by far the most practical video for isfp’s that i’ve seen yet. i was a bit surprised that you suggested using Ni only 5% of the time, but i guess it makes sense because this is more of an unconscious function anyway.. but we tend to hole up in it and get very paranoid and anxious. i deal with a lot of anxiety now and mistrust the outside world bc i have tended to be in the Fi-Ni loop a lot. the moments when i forget the story and just be in my body helps. also Te is an alien unnatural concept to me but i’m starting to find pleasure in the discomfort of it. it gives me the feeling that my dreams are actually possible.
This is actually very inspiring. My Te must be turned off for so long. I'm so fearful of everything. I'm going for it. Thank you!
Great video! You are brilliant 🤘
I'm an ISFP and these hobbies describe me to a tee! Lol I am veg, a wannabe surfie, and I'm a super obsessed yogi. 🤣
I think getting stuck in Ni can result in Se kicking in whether you want it to or not: BFRBs, emotional/unconscious eating, restless fidgeting, etc (I have had all of these issues). Best to then, like you say, ACTIVELY get back in to your body by, say, going for a walk, doing a workout, doing an art project, even opening a window to get some wind in the room. Stop obsessing about trying to find the convergence about how everything is going to play out and get back into living in the moment - consider the long term path (Ni) but also just relax a bit and allow the path to unfold. 🤘
this video made me realize i'm not an infj (ni dom), but an isfp. i was just using ni in an unhealthy amount of time. thank you for the vid, you're awesome!:)
Wow you just confirmed that I am definitely an isfp, especially when you were talking about Te. I have HUGE goals but I cannot see the steps to actually get there. It sucks.
I've had many problems nailing down my MBTI type because I've lost my sense of identity. I thought that I was an INTP or ISTP because I thought that (or more like I REALLY felt like or wanted to be) I was more of the logical type. I've come to terms with the fact that I'm that logical or thinking and I make a lot of decisions base on my feelings. I started studying the ISFP more, and I think it might fit me the best (I still have identity/self-esteem/self-doubt issues so who really knows). I am the stereotype of the washed up musician who lost his motivation and drive despite really wanting to make a career in sound design. I may not even be ISFP; I'm just on here venting my frustrations to anyone who'll listen.
Finally, someone else who's had the INTP/ISTP mistype. I see most ISFPs say they mistyped as INFP and it always made me wonder "how in the world was I getting INTP all this time?"
Funny thing about it, though, ISFP was my first ever typing back when I took the test in middle school and I tested for it consistently but I never had any further interest in MBTI at the time. Years later, and getting back into the MBTI, I'm consistently typing as INTP (with some major ISTP and minor INTJ/ENTP thrown in the mix).
However, though I did agree with the Thinking preference, the whole trope of INTPs "not feeling their feeling/ not being able to tell their feelings" felt misplaced if it's applied to myself. Yes, I do have moments when in the midst of negative feelings I feel "outside of myself" or "disassociated", but I am very much aware of how I feel and even why I came to feel that way (even to the point of validating those emotions to myself and working out a way to move past it). However, I just thought to myself "maybe those "out of body"/"dissociative" feelings ARE not feeling your feelings".
As I've been trying to understand cognitive functions and stacks some things didn't really seem to add up like Si and Fe. My excuse for it being "they're lower on INTP's stack, so maybe I resonate with them because I'm not really using them".
It was only when I was thinking back in all all the typings I've had before and wondered why ISFP was the only one that really stood out that I took the time to just look into it again; maybe get a new perspective on how I was as a child and was taken aback by.how similar the traits apply to me now. Add on to that shock when I went in depth on ISFPs stack and how they operate and see how eerily similar they are to how I think and respond and act and the like.
It's a strange state to be in: I spent all this time identifying and justifying myself to the qualities of INTP that it feels wrong, almost insulting, to think that I'm most definitely an ISFP but at the same time gratifying to say that I have a more concrete starting point where I can make improvements to myself that are more likely to work.
Wow, this really helped me understand something about myself. I’m an ISFP but I don’t fit the mold of being the “artsy person”. In fact it’s been driving me crazy because every time I take the test I come out ISFP but I just don’t completely fit the type. I enjoy crafts, singing, all those things but haven’t really done much with it. I think it’s because I’ve been stuck in the loop you talked about. I’ve always been a rather fearful person and too afraid to step out there. For the last few years I’ve been in a field dominated by extroverts and, although it’s been challenging, it’s helped me begin to overcome some of that fear which in turn is helping me unlock more of my creative side. Anyway, thanks so much for the info. It helped a lot!
You don't know, how grateful I'm now to you for this video ❤❤❤
Giiiiiirrrrl! You just broke this down so rapidly, yet clearly! There is so much useful and accurate info in this video, I'm going to have to go back through it and take notes. Thank you so much for this!!!
I’m an INTJ who is interested in an ISFP, and I have no idea what the hell is going on lol. You should do a video about a relationship between the two types. What was it like courting your husband early in the relationship and how does the dynamic work since the two types are so different? Your unique circumstance and perspective would be very interesting and greatly appreciated!
Awesome! I have this video about how we met etc. th-cam.com/video/pYl9sJ8vEb0/w-d-xo.html (it's an early video so the quality isn't the best lol) and I'm going to be featured with my husband and I talking about our relationship on Rational Typology's channel in a couple weeks! :)
@@AquaJade23 Nothing wrong with developing your "headiness". The problem lies when you're "stuck" there. You gotta get back out there and experience the world!
ISFP here, never scared of water or heights but extremely scared of birds/chickens lol
This video really spoke to me!! Thank you from an ISFP 😮💨🙏🏽
I've been doing so much research for weeks now to figure out my type and this video 100% confirmed I'm an ISFP. I even fit all the stereotypes lol.
I’m such in a rut for a while now and you’ve given me the perspective I needed to help myself get out of it. Thank you for this video
I needed this video, it put into perspective what my shortcomings are and what I need to do to get out of my own way. I had to pause at some points to dig kinda deep into myself to see how I relate to what you’re saying and you’re spot on, especially with you saying we need to use both the extroversions to get to the goal that we set for ourselves. This was welllll needed!
When you said “you might have to do these means for ten years so you can have the ends that you love for 70 years” I literally thought to myself “gross” lol. Nevertheless, thank you for the insight. What you said in this video was very encouraging to me ☺️
So many helpful insightful advice for the ISFP. Thank you so much!
I am an INFP. My daughter is ISFP, she likes to learn new techniques in painting and drawing, she loves to sing and she does not like to eat meat because she loves animals. We are filipino and filipinos love meat. I'm proud of her. She is also playful and goofy. Her Dad is an ENFP.
This video is helping me realize my brother is an ISTP, not an ESTP. Thanks for clearing things up :)
Hi love your stuff im ISFP & the MRS . Is ENFJ. There’s never a dull moment . We been married for 22 years since i eas 23 .
Omg whatever you said about ISFP and it almost related to me 👀👀. Also what you have said about too much introversion , it is so true and I stopped moving and trapped inside my own comfort zone and bottling up all my emotions which is so exhausting. I lost interest in everything what I would love to do back then. I stopped everything and stuck at a point of time . You people may not believe that but I have been like this for more than a year. I procrastinated my steps to my career. I know I'm doing wrong but it's just so tough to pull myself from this. Thank you so much finally I saw something that I could relate about my problem and understand it.
Yay! You’re back!!!!
I never attain my unattainable goals and no one ever understands why I set the goal there in the first place. I decided to try painting and was actully decent. but i literally dance around the studio and paint like im playing a drum. I never actually think i will actually do 3/4 of my great ideas therefore Im never disappointed when one hits the backburner. I feel like this was coaching video for your husband low key
I'm an Infp and my son's girlfriend tested Isfp thank you for this video It helped understand her better
Such a great video on ISFP, which there are very few of out there. I will suggest this one, if I ever need to explain it to someone new to MBTI :)
I thought I'd never find which type I was in (thought I was the 17th personality!). But, I've extensively explored all the cognitive functions. And I've FINALLY, found that I fit into the ISFP. Probably the turbulent side since 2014 🥺. But, recently I've been working on myself to get out of this hole I dug myself in. I thought I was more ESFP, or a mix of both I/ESFP (but now I don't think I was correct)... I'm not the "typical" artsy type, but love being creative in other ways (clothing, journalling, want to dabble in pottery...). I'm very intuned to my sensory function. I'm more conservative. I look forward to now; using the cognitive functions as a tool for growth. Thanks for this upload, very informative.
That's amazing! I love ISFPs!
You are so very good at explaining this succinctly!
Thank you very much. You've helped me so much because that's how I feel about goals. Thank you, thank you.
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I'm realising that when I was super depressed a few years ago, I was probably in a Fi Ni loop. I think I've gotten better at using my extroverted functions over time but I still probably use the introverted functions more.
me too
I can relate
Omg, all of this are so real! Love the video!
damn this really opened my eyes
Definitely need to wake up my sleepy Se, thanks for enlightening me!
Spot on.... thank you .
The dude abides
It’s good to see you again. Really great explanation. I’m going to watch the other videos to help me understand better. 🤗
This was brilliant, thank you!
When you're an isfp but your not creative 🤣🤣
Alexis, you make me cry watching this video. I am ISFP and i have a dream to achieve. I know exactly what i want in my life. But it seriously hurt me because a lot of people told me not everyone can achieve that dream and it's take years to achieve my dream. And now, i do a lot of thing that i hate and i can't see if that thing is one of my path to achieve my dream or not. Yes i cry because i'm scare if what people told me is true and i need to abandon my dream just because it seem too far away to reach. I'm scare if i become coward, not confident, and dissociate myself again because i've been there before. I'm scare if reality of this world is so big that as ISFP which like being in reality and in a moment can't comprehend with this enormous reality. Alexis, you get one ISFP's subscriber that understand exactly what i'm feeling and give me a tip to live my life right now.
Your explanation was so spot on for some areas. I previously suspected I was an isfp and hearing your explanation pretty much summed up many of the spirals I have faced in some of my darker periods. So thank you very much for your insights, will be referring to this video quite a number of times more. :)
If our want to understand a type, you come to this channel. 💙
Would appreciate a ISFP vs INTJ video.
I'll definitely make one!
@@AlexisKingsley Upload notifications on :)
Still waiting for this video 😭
Wow. Really enjoy your explanations. Subscribed
Here I have thought that I’m an INFP, not feeling like the MBTI advice helps me. OH GUESS WHY I’M AN ISFP 😅
Sometimes when I’m in a loop, I get these hunches that I should just DO. Do. Just DO something.
And that’s probably my Se trying to peek in and say ”hi there just get goin’ okay?”
So now I have to watch every ISFP video out there instead 😂 Darn it, I’ve learnt all about INFP’s without even being one. 😂
I know you use the musician and artist as part of the ISFP caricature, but I would also like to know more about ISFP functions express itself out in other ways for those of us that don't express with those mediums.
Thank you so much!! This video was incredibly helpful and has given me more confidence for my creative aspirations!!
Missed you, Alexis. Love your content! Hope to see more soon
This video is excellent. I often think i'm ENFP and ISFP vs ENTP vs INTP. This video sounds like a version of me. So tough to type accurately.
Feelers tend to mistype themselves as thinkers especially Fi Doms
@@lecommentar9851 do you know why ?
Watched this again. So helpful and informative.
This is more Alexis personal opinion then what a ISFP ACTUALLY IS.
finally, i am convinced that i am an isfp. thank you.
nice to see you back
ISFP here married to an INTJ. Good times 🤙🏻
2nd - perceiving
3rd - judging
Where have you guys been? Hope you are well.
I am an ISFP majoring in statistics, now I feel complicated haha
You know what, whatching a lot of this kind of isfp analysis video only makin me a lot more stuck with myself let just be me and keep processing day by day try to pull it something out
😢 So true. You have to do things you don't like 😢😢
I've always typed INFJ but I have always held a small amount of doubt, I would say the ISFP suites me best when I really get down to the nitty gritty of it...a really strong Ni using ISFP (so than Fi-Ni looping) ...sigh. ..
This was fantastic though ! Great job.
How would you personally compare the fear of sensory things in regards to Se inferior or Se auxillary but stuck in a Fi Ni loop?
I have a lot of childhood trauma which has made me wonder if I have been stuck in Ni.
All I know is I use Ni and Se for sure, but I'm unsure of the Ti/Te & Fi/Fe functions.
I literally have checked off every attribute you've stayed created a typical isfp. I am an enneagram type 4, so I wonder if this flavors my infj typing hmmmhmmhmm. I'm rambling now.
70 and 60 percent doesn't equal 100 plus the extra 10. But I see what you mean. Almost 50/50 with the 1st 2
the judging/self critisism would apply more specifically to ISFP’s that would align with enneagram 1. As a 9, I don’t feel that I’m really self critical, unless maybe I’m not conciously aware of it. ISFP’s that would consider themselves artists would provably align themselves better with E4.
As an ISFP 9w1 I can’t really relate to the creativity experienced by an ISFP 4. I have no musical ability at all and pretty much no creative abilities.
My mom is an ISFP. She doesn't have musical abilities, remember it's a spectrum. It's not concrete.
Such a good video. TYSM 😊 🙏
Giving me a crisis after a long while of being an isfj.
For me Ni is my child it's very childish hard to explain and yes I have dissociated before. And it childishly desires freedom. But yes I loop alot. Se helps me stay objective but I get stuck in my Ni alot. And I zone out badly and miss what's going on around me thus becoming paranoid.
Are you familiar with these terms
Hero
Parent
Child
Inferior
Nemesis
Crritic
Trickster
Demon
Hey how about making a video on how isfps and infps can use can use their te more and still use it in a healthy way.
I'm in the loop ,I've been with a psychopath for many years and idk if is ptstd ,I finally separated 5 years ago ,but even though I know I'm an artist and I have huge " projects" they are just wishful thinking, Im in between of infp and ifsp but your explanation give me more clarity now ,thanks
Isfp doesnt like criticism, good luck to your guy! Lol. Everybody doesn't deserve us!
Ariana Grande sweet? Maybe she started her career in Te grip.
INFP I know i'm not for sure, then I kept on thinking that I was an ISTP, but then I thought to myself ''I'm not THAT silent, so ISFP I may be!'', but then, I'm not hippy and romantic AT ALL.
That's it, I came to a conclussion that most of the time i'm a ISTP, but when around people that I like, i'm a ISFP.
And ENOUGH, all this ''MyerBriggsMBTI'' stuff gonna drive me crazy.
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Thank you for this it’s made so much sense. Can I ask what type you are? Off to use my SE and get off TH-cam for now 🤣
9:20 you're talking about meeeeee
I would like to know in what way does she mean saying "to be unhealthy". Is it in a physical sense, such as not eating healthy ? Or not being healthy in a mental way ? That would help me understand this video better.
I believe Chopin is isfp! They’re just naturals
This test told me I am isfp but I’m not sure so
whats it called when you keep forgetting information you just learnt because Ive watched multiple cognitive functions and i forget everything i learn from them maybe htats my adhd or is that low si idk
I’m being eaten alive by NI
10:20 jesus fkn CHILL im literally a vegetarian (10+ years), have been vegan in the past, LOVE animals and currently work as an early childhood teacher fucking CHIILLLL 😩😩 this is cool as fuck!
My first mbti result a couple of years ago was infj and fast forward to now I decided to retake it and it came out ISFP is it normal ?
I was typed infj at first too. Maybe because infj and isfp uses both se and ni. The tricky part is what you uses first
No unique gift to the world?
I want to ask, how can you actually utilize your Ni? I already had it before. How do I get it back?
I don't think I'll ever know wether I'm an infp or isfp :c
Do you relate to others in outside world by talking to them, being conversational. Do you need a third something like movie, band to fill the emptiness, awkwardness you feel.
Or are you funny more engaging with others, asking questions, curious about what others are doing. Do you make jokes, get a bit silly. ISFP
Got cut off
In other words INFP’s DO NOT ENGAGE with outside world.
Very quiet so need movie or something external to remove awkwardness.
But..but...I don't even think I'm an ISFP?!
You stopped making videos!..
lkingshe seems to be talking in Russian and is completely ta; in cicrcles Frist 2 minutes
What type has tested with a pretty high IQ but simply cannot grasp this code even though they have been trying for about 3 years?
It’s easier to confuse isfp not liking using te with lack of se making them think they are Ne or infp because usually isfp the doer and infp are the doer in their heads or they write what needs to be done in their heads . But it seems I have very to little no use of te the only time I think i use te when cleaning my room making everything organized coz messy room disturbs my fi se functions lol
Curious thought, Is that your husbands shirt?
-Isfp
It's mine! 😂
Don't agree with the hippie thing
Hi hunnybabe