Life gets better with age as an INFP

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  • @GeekPsychology
    @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hope it helped ^^
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  • @luminyam6145
    @luminyam6145 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +86

    I am a 68 year old INFP and yes life does get a lot better. I don't like conflict but I can assert myself. I have a much better understanding of myself and the world around me. I love being an old INFP.

    • @krystle8534
      @krystle8534 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I agree! Learning not to take things so personally, and learning how to assert yourself helps so much. To all younger infps who struggle- don't think something is wrong with you, that's just how we're made to feel a lot of the time. When you start to understand that the only thing that is wrong is not valuing and accepting yourself enough, things start to get a lot better:)

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      thanks for sharing!

  • @jannathnazim1638
    @jannathnazim1638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I'm a 23 year old INFP, lost and confused about choosing my career. I even got anxiety that I'm scared when my phone rings. I hope I'll get better.

    • @aq6536
      @aq6536 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      same girl, I am also a 23 year old desi girl who is an INFP. I think being surrounded by other INFPs maybe is the best way to keep yourself stable. out there

    • @jannathnazim1638
      @jannathnazim1638 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@aq6536 agree

    • @shirinsrecipe6827
      @shirinsrecipe6827 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aq6536 Yeah I think we can support eachother

    • @nikkimac8759
      @nikkimac8759 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jannathnazim1638 Psychologist, Counselling, Social work, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Guidance Counsellor, Massage Therapist/ Physiotherapist/ Nurse or Doctor, Artist….. a good list to start. Wishing you much success whatever you choose!✨

    • @snekasekar8841
      @snekasekar8841 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here

  • @heidibrigham411
    @heidibrigham411 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I am 52 and just figured out that I am an INFP today…Talking about a late bloomer!! I can’t tell you how good it feels to have that piece of myself identified! Spent my whole life feeling defective and lost in my emotions.
    I have been binge watching your videos and I have to say that I appreciate your content so so super much!! Thank you!

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome ^^
      Maybe it’s not that you’re a late bloomer, but rather you had already bloomed but were surrounded by other types and just didn’t realize it? ^^
      Glad to hear my content has been helpful! Is there anything you’re looking for but haven’t found yet?

    • @heidibrigham411
      @heidibrigham411 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ you’ve got a great point! I have not met another ‘me’ out here yet! Probably because I enjoy my solitude so much that I don’t often poke my head out!
      I’m looking for life purpose! I’m on the brink of becoming an empty nester and I have a lot to offer this world. I’ve had so many different jobs that I ended up leaving because I just CANNOT endure for more than a couple years. I’ve labeled myself as weak and petty because I usually blow up about something trivial because it isn’t ‘just’ or integral to who I am. I’m obsessed with astrology. My ‘Chiron return’ just happened… and my stars are saying that people need what I have to offer. So I spent today trying to find myself and here I am!! Blown away that you have opened my eyes to a whole new perspective. Seriously, half a century is too long to be wandering aimlessly thinking I am defective. Thank you again! I’m over the moon right now!

    • @catherinesantos1698
      @catherinesantos1698 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have also felt defective, and I like the way you expressed that just now. I would add, at time I have felt inadequate and still do. Has anyone else ever felt so hurt that you want to rip your heart out? Or wherever else all the feelings are held and remove that part, just so you don't have to feel for a while.

  • @Clamster555
    @Clamster555 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    Everyone told me as a kid that I had "an old soul", always felt kind of beyond my peers so to speak, but when adulthood came everyone around me treated me like I was still a kid, myself included granted. It's quite a rollercoaster of existence lol

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      i resonate with that.
      life is weird :P

    • @quentinjohnson4477
      @quentinjohnson4477 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Same thing here people used to always call me that but now I am 32 and I feel like the youngest soul in existnece.

    • @beinghere.doingnow2640
      @beinghere.doingnow2640 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I relate to that as well. I've looked younger than my chronological age too- at least since elementary school when my height shot up above all the boys and then ground to a standstill, lol.

    • @hilariousname6826
      @hilariousname6826 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, when I was young, everyone thought I was "mature", and I internalized that impression. Actually, I was just quiet, and didn't make a nuisance of myself, but "mature"? No. Now, that I'm old, nobody thinks I'm particularly "mature", and I'm not. I wish I was, but ... I'm okay .......

    • @Horses-and-dino-things
      @Horses-and-dino-things 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes! I have been called an old soul since l was like ten! And l am now 17 and still get that all the time lol.

  • @anthonycastro2146
    @anthonycastro2146 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    As an 40 year old INFP I can say it took a long time to figure out what worked best for me. In fact, I am still exploring. But I can say for certainty, meditation is a godsend. Its literally working from the inside out. I highly recommend any INFP to start a meditation practice. Everything else changes because of it.

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      meditation is great
      i think we're always still exploring -- and that's great. i would hate to have figured everything out.

    • @abhignamudigonda5747
      @abhignamudigonda5747 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@anthonycastro2146 truee, I agree

  • @onekwill6424
    @onekwill6424 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    matt you genuinely look like you’re in your early 20’s wow no way you’re 40

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      1984 ^^

    • @JuriAmari
      @JuriAmari 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@GeekPsychology I’ve followed your channel for the longest time and I thought we were the same age! (I’m in my early 30s)

  • @PamelaW-t8y
    @PamelaW-t8y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I am a 72 yr. old female INFP. Yes, it gets better as you've moved through life and understand and accept your personality and (for lack of a better word) quirks. I bounced around in several jobs before, in my early 30's, I was asked to join the staff of my veterinary clinic. I'd found my place and stayed there for 25 years. Regarding 'the dark place'. I struggled with a very deep dark place after the death of my husband. I longed for that dreamy, creative, excited about the smallest things person I used to be. It's been almost three years now. In the last few months, I've watched for long moments as bumble bees fed on flowers, or as they slept on leaves after a cold night. I had a rush of joy at hearing a new call from an owl one morning. I've decided at this point in life that I love being an INFP. I never made a lot of money, but I didn't care. My life has been full of wonder, and I am happy with that.

    • @TsukimiTube
      @TsukimiTube 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PamelaW-t8y So sorry for your loss. I wish you all the best for the rest of your journey!

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      sorry to hear that about your husband
      and thank you for sharing about your journey. it sounds very INFP. vet, dark place, dreamy creative exploration, joy in just watching the small things, not making a lot of money, full of wonder...

    • @PamelaW-t8y
      @PamelaW-t8y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@GeekPsychology Thank you. During that raw period of grief after the death of my spouse, I went into a world of intense self-reflection. I'd already been self-reflective anyhow, but this was all consuming. After three years, those raw edges have softened and I'm becoming 'myself' again. My husband never took the MBPT tests, he thought it was stupid. After his death I decided to take the test as if I were him. Dicey at best, I thought I knew him quite well (we'd been married for 46 years). I took multiple tests and there was some overlap of course, due to me taking the test, not him. My conclusion at this point is that he was leaning heavily toward being an INFJ. I think that might explain how well we meshed, but also how vigorously we butted heads sometimes. Still, the marriage was good, we made it through some very bad times and stayed together for 46 years.

    • @mahaabdalla6641
      @mahaabdalla6641 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@PamelaW-t8y thanks for sharing your story.. it's full of hope to me ..l hope to be in peace and happiness (l am not good at English so forgive me mistakes 😅)

    • @PamelaW-t8y
      @PamelaW-t8y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mahaabdalla6641 Thank you for your comment. I'm glad my post was helpful for you. Nothing needs forgiving. I understood your English perfectly. I would like to share with you my favorite poem about Hope.
      “Hope” is the thing with feathers
      By Emily Dickinson
      “Hope” is the thing with feathers -
      That perches in the soul -
      And sings the tune without the words -
      And never stops - at all -
      And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
      And sore must be the storm -
      That could abash the little Bird
      That kept so many warm -
      I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
      And on the strangest Sea -
      Yet - never - in Extremity,
      It asked a crumb - of me.

  • @357Dejavu
    @357Dejavu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I agree 100% with this, I am now in my late 40s (INFP Male) and when I was young, I hated how I was wired but today life is good, I have my home, I have a job I love and a wife that is great to me and has been there for me through good and bad for 25 years. The only advise I have is don't be afraid of taking chances, I regret things I did not do much more than things I did do.

  • @xLonewolf
    @xLonewolf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    I hope so. Im almost 34 and ive never felt more lost in my life.

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      do you know where you want to go?

    • @quentinjohnson4477
      @quentinjohnson4477 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Same here im almost 33 and Im still not sure what I want to be when I grow up.

    • @violastern22
      @violastern22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      35 and right there with you 😐

    • @bayusabi
      @bayusabi 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dont worry, I'm 37, Single, jobless and still live in my parent house. I can't accept MBTI as a permanent personalty. INFP-t to me is more like a mental illness that you need to fix. I've diagnosed having INFP-t type. I kinda understand, but i hate it. Thats why cant accept myself being INFP-T. I need to change my habit dan thinking pattern.

    • @xLonewolf
      @xLonewolf 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@GeekPsychologyI did but life wrecked all my plans

  • @Sandra-rk4mu
    @Sandra-rk4mu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This is very true. Growing into my INFP’dom at the same time as learning to not give too many shits about what other people think has been magical 🧚 (45f)

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      there ya go!

    • @michaela966
      @michaela966 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am a 22 y old INFP, still working on the not giving too many shits😂 I fail a lot though🫠

  • @ADHD-fourty-tude
    @ADHD-fourty-tude 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The longer we have to understand ourself - the better it gets... But you need to align with your strengths and fill your gaps! Thank you Matt for all your efforts to explain all the INFP aspects for everyone!

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yup!
      you're welcome

  • @leonysvideoke478
    @leonysvideoke478 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This is so true its hard to find a perfect career path

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      worth the effort tho!

  • @tg_5565
    @tg_5565 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Uplifting and encouraging as always. Thank you for your work. I always feel better after listening ❤

  • @akhil2116
    @akhil2116 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is hopeful, optimistic and inspiring. Exactly what some of us needed to hear right now!

  • @kiprasmilaknis5725
    @kiprasmilaknis5725 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I like your idea of viewing dreams as quests. I am 25 and I am already in a career I like - elementary school teacher. However, that's not all I want to do (I want to be an artist and photographer as well) and it does not provide enough financially, so I must have more income sources. I have several ideas or dreams / goals, but they do seem overwhelming, as I have few of them, but limited time in a week (being a teacher takes a lot of time and energy). Somehow, viewing them as quests (a series of steps with an end goal (the dream)) makes them more realistic and attainable. Hope this makes some sense :)
    Thanks for another great video!

  • @pardish93
    @pardish93 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The title itself was enough for me to feel good. I’m 32 and life IS getting better.

  • @scobeyrowley5115
    @scobeyrowley5115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very true and I can relate. After finishing my law degree in the UK I moved to Taiwan for several years. Only when I was 35 did I qualify as a lawyer. Since then I have been moving from strength to strength (though not without huge challenges and difficulties obviously).

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      challenges shape us :)
      that's cool that you qualified as a lawyer!

  • @VilmarieSepnio-d9i
    @VilmarieSepnio-d9i 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I am 30 years old female I just discovered today that I have INFP personality type because I am struggling to my career it doesn’t give me the fulfillment and its so hard for me to make calls because part of my job is doing cold calls and now I understand because I am INFP personality type. I joined courses that I thought will help me but not because I didn’t know myself. Now it is much easier to understand myself and find the career that suits my personality. Thank you for you vid It’s so relatable.

  • @JBurt13
    @JBurt13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm an almost 47 y/o male INFP. This personality in a nightmare, and a CURSE. Life is not getting better for me. It has never gotten better. My personality is my greatest downfall. If I could get a personality transplant, I would in a second. So sick and tired of being a square peg in a circle world. Especially as a male INFP. Congrats to any INFP's who are figuring it out with age.

    • @evieulici897
      @evieulici897 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JBurt13 I feel this. I finally found at age 40 that I’m high functioning autistic. Look into it.

  • @admiral-ru2uw
    @admiral-ru2uw 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Im an 20 yr INFP and i study philosophy and i know that im just at the beginning but man im really cooked! tnx for the video

  • @EndariDeathgrin
    @EndariDeathgrin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I'm sorry, 40?! Bro, you look like you just hit your 30s!

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      :) i don't feel like it!

  • @wildewillie1802
    @wildewillie1802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you thank you. I only discovered myself in 2024. Im 39. Learning about INFP being a swiss army knife of personalities. Its liberating.

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      you're welcome. what about it is liberating to you?

    • @wildewillie1802
      @wildewillie1802 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@GeekPsychology Freedom truly comes from knowing who you are so that you can build on your strengths and better one your weaknesses. And comming to terms with being the odd one out and always being misunderstood

  • @livewireartistry
    @livewireartistry 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great wisdom here ❤❤

  • @fn5758
    @fn5758 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you

  • @leonysvideoke478
    @leonysvideoke478 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    And i want my creativity to work out

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      what would that look like?

  • @TheRisingSun3418
    @TheRisingSun3418 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One could argue such is true for any type. It is no coincidence that I went through the anguish that recently found its way inside my skull.
    Without the aid of my dominant function (Fi), coupled with extreme limitations on my aux(Se), I was completely lost to the world.
    I found some solace in my demon function (Ti), but the reasoning seemed so hollow, devoid of purpose and meaning.
    It was not my intent to find what I did. In fact, I had abhorrently and vehemently denied this aspect for ages. Citing the fact that I knew this was the path created for me before the stars were even born.
    I'm not fully certain this has anything to do with a particular function, but things began to click, and the walls I had erected around myself began to crumble.
    I begged for some sense of direction, some semblance of purpose, some meaning behind all this that has scarred my mind and vessel.
    In the words of Benjamin Burnley, it was as if I had been broken so badly that I was born to burn. Yet I find that everlasting light has shown upon me. As I awaken, as I arise, I can still hear the call of life.
    I put down my arms as my shields eroded, and I embraced the light of Christ.

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sure it happens for all of us.
      But I know that many INFPs don’t believe things will get better. And many of us feel broken.
      I was talking to an ENFJ friend and he said “do people actually feel like that?” My mind grinder to a halt when I realized that not everyone goes through that. :o
      I’m glad you got benefit from Ti. That can be a tricky one. It’s helped me too. Maybe that’s why Beebe talks about the 8th function has being a daimon and having transformational energy. ;)

    • @TheRisingSun3418
      @TheRisingSun3418 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @GeekPsychology I can understand, my brother (INFP) is still stuck where he has been for all of his life. I try to help where I can, but at the same time, I know I can't remove the splinter from his eye while there is a plank in mine.
      He has always looked up to me for reasons I'll never understand, but perhaps I can show him by doing the things the Lord has asked me to do.

  • @radheradhe-i9d
    @radheradhe-i9d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    😓😓😓im 33 years old male..still have no job..not knowing what to do..😔😔😔

    • @captainwheelbarrow649
      @captainwheelbarrow649 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      INFPs and capitalism aren't a good match

    • @bayusabi
      @bayusabi 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Same here, And im 37 btw. Dont let MBTI make you accept this type as a permanent personalty. INFP to me is more like a mental illness that you need to fix. I've diagnosed having INFP-t type. I kinda understand, but i hate it. Thats why cant accept myself being INFP-T. I need to change my habit dan thinking pattern. ❤

  • @zian_01
    @zian_01 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i am 18 years old and i feel like idk ...i am just trying to live In this moment and get out of my head and my thoughts Although the real world is boring and hard but I don't want to miss more opportunities I try to open my eyes

    • @zian_01
      @zian_01 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't want to grow old, I hate responsibilities 🥲

    • @zian_01
      @zian_01 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Crying

  • @holinshedian5019
    @holinshedian5019 25 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Transformative"

  • @calmingbabysleep1256
    @calmingbabysleep1256 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🎶🎵Francios van Coke- Dit raak beter🎶🎵🇿🇦( it gets better) chorus goes " dit raak better as jy ouer raak, en my kop voel minner duer mekaar( it gets better as you get older, my head feels less messy/ confused) 😅infp song😅have a listen

    • @michaela966
      @michaela966 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hiii dis lekker om n fellow Suid Afrikaner in die chat te sien👋🤗🇿🇦

    • @michaela966
      @michaela966 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ek love daai liedjie🧡

  • @muhfukinrudebwoy
    @muhfukinrudebwoy 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey man im an infp and my parents want me to go the military and ive been kinda iffy on it. They say its for my future. As a kid i told my dad i wanted to do something in the arts and i heard from my mom that he got angry about it. What do you think?

  • @AlreadyButtercup
    @AlreadyButtercup 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You know what i think ill finally pursue the goal i always wanted to! Ill let you k ow if it works out

  • @Hphoebe
    @Hphoebe 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    oh good bc i’m 15 and i feel disgusting!! 🤗

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How come?

    • @lisa-gentlepaws5383
      @lisa-gentlepaws5383 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Find other INFPs who you like and can watch and connect with. Matt is one of course, but there are some other young INFPs out there in the public eye and it’s so interesting to watch what they do.

  • @SuperGp1991
    @SuperGp1991 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wasted my20s to depression 😢

  • @pastthefog6514
    @pastthefog6514 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You look a decade younger than 40

  • @gabrieldavid6760
    @gabrieldavid6760 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All of my family work in kitchen career unlike them I learn the slowest I’m not good with the knife my mom is getting angry at me 😂 I just don’t like the work but I always dream working with humanities job like Human resource or counselling

    • @gabrieldavid6760
      @gabrieldavid6760 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So I decided to study again in business management. In university 😊

  • @hilariousname6826
    @hilariousname6826 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Re: the thumbnail. Is that dolled-up mannequin what comes to mind when most INFPs think of a "better" life??

    • @GeekPsychology
      @GeekPsychology  หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I made it, I was thinking about wine and being better with age
      What would you suggest?

    • @hilariousname6826
      @hilariousname6826 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GeekPsychology Hmmm .... How about an old hippie sitting on the front porch of their shack playing a guitar, with three or four grandchildren at their feet - and a bottle of wine within arm's reach?