[Noelle]

Honestly, I have found the opposite to be true.

I know one known typed INFP, and I know three typed INTPs. (I know that my sample size itself means my opinion may mean close to nothing, but this thread is about personal observation after all!)


I find on the outside, the INTPs are much more open about talking about how they feel, being rather child-like in their interactions with others. They laugh easily and are less guarded about what they are feeling and expressing how they feel in the moment, UNTIL stuff hits the fan and, how do I say this, stronger emotions start being thrown around. When things get awkward or uncomfortable or they are faced with an emotional situation, they tend to *shut down* emotionally. They put on a semi-stoic face and turn very quiet and introverted. Granted, when this happens they still seem to be more expressive than say, my INTJ friends who truly just go completely stone faced. Their eyes and their body posture are a dead give away about how they feel, whether awkward, sad, or angry, but they aren't going to openly express it until their buttons have pushed way too much, then GTFO OUT OF THE ROOM!



As for the INFPs, I find their attitude in a state of comfort is nearly identical to the INTPs, childlike and expressive. However, whenever they are even minorly 'tread upon' emotionally, they will wear their emotions on their sleeve, and often violently. (Violent in emotion, not in a physical sense.) They blow up at the drop of a hat and no one even knew there was a hat in the room. They are not shy at all about saying what they feel, though they will try to rationalize it and make it logical like others say (which, usually, fails.)

[Shoshana]

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As for the INFPs, I find their attitude in a state of comfort is nearly identical to the INTPs, childlike and expressive. However, whenever they are even minorly 'tread upon' emotionally, they will wear their emotions on their sleeve, and often violently. (Violent in emotion, not in a physical sense.) They blow up at the drop of a hat and no one even knew there was a hat in the room. They are not shy at all about saying what they feel, though they will try to rationalize it and make it logical like others say (which, usually, fails.)

I find this pretty accurate. I do think INFPs make good debaters though...provided they do their homework and have in-depth knowledge of the topic they're debating. I've been able to change people's minds with my arguments, provided I don't let emotions take over. :-)

[babsa]

Some of these analyses seem pretty accurate, but i don't know about being open about my feelings... I mean, i express enthusiasm, happiness, frustration, and anger pretty openly, but it is supremely difficult to get me angry. When it comes to sadness, love, and affection you will probably never see me exhibit these emotions. I can only remember one time where i emotionally blew up on someone, and that was when the person completely insulted my intelligence to a level no one has ever done before. I think that it was deserved, especially since his claims and justifications were completely unfounded...

[TenderFarts]

As an INFP myself, I am very internally emotional, but I try to keep my exterior calm. Just some personal experience.
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[anticlimatic]

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	I've noticed that when something really bothers them, their inferior Fe lashes out as a firestorm of hatred and a desire to see others suffer.

This is simply UNTRUE. Your mother never loved you, and everyone dies alone.

[wolfyx]

I am quite a typical INTP and I am usually very open about my emotions. I like analyzing them and discussing them with my SO, friends or even with total strangers.

As a matter of fact I like hearing and analyzing other people’s emotions too. I like being a shoulder to cry on, if somebody needs me and I’m usually a good listener.

I don’t feel “vulnerable” by being so open maybe because I do not have “absolute” values that can be threaten. I am an ever evolving personality I guess…

[adhoc]

I think the reason an INFP would be less hesitant to share their feelings outright is because the way they process feelings is in the Introverted fashion. So just like an INTx would withdraw and take some time to figure out and organize their thoughts an INFx would do the same with their feelings.

Also I read here that INFPs are really hesitant to share their negative feelings, I know that in my case I feel like negative feelings just snowball into more negative feelings and need to be correctly dealt with. I suppose it could be the same for most INFx personalities too.

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I think maybe it's because INFPs experience their emotions almost as if they're Holy Relics. If they're touched or damaged or exposed, shit hits the fan. It's like the Jewish temple being destroyed by the Romans. We spend thousands of years reeling from that sort of damage. So we're much more protective about them. We hide them and guard them like the Mona Lisa, in special cases that aren't exposed to natural sunlight, and are only in artificial light specifically designed for preservation for only two hours a day. We're anal about that shit. An INTP has other things that fill that niche, so they flaunt emotions sort of like we flaunt logic. At the end of the day, if it takes a beating, our entire worlds aren't rocked or shattered.

haha I know the feeling