I hate sounding a sour note of caution in the face of your enthusiasm — and yet I believe it’s so vital to do careful, diligent validation. That’s the whole reason CPP requires a *live* facilitation process be done with each official MBTI assessment (and you thought it was just so practitioners made more money :-P). Just one letter off can make a great deal of difference, and most novices have no idea what to look for — or even think to question their assessment result.

And that’s why I say “congratulations” on *starting* your journey of self-discovery. There’s soooo much to learn — I’m still learning the model myself, and I’ve been on it for over ten years. I try to support learning through my INFJ.com website. I hope you find it helpful.

The “I’m JUST trying to HELP!” statement really gave me a chuckle. That is the trap I’ve fallen into at this point.

I am especially interested in how naturally coaching came to you??? The special education cooperative has given us training on coaching. In theory, I think it is fantastic, but our teachers are very traditional. They have flat out said that brain-based research is a load of hooey! I truly am an outsider, and my normal withdrawl behavior will not work in this situation.

It would be great to talk to more INFJ’s. Looking forward to seeing how this will progress.

Strangely enough, I have come up ONCE as ENFP, a long while ago in my mid-teens, and their apparent sometimes giddy humor is the only thing that strikes me as reminiscent of myself. That is why I asked about INFJ humor - if they can have giddy tendencies at rare moments as well.

I figure that I may have been in an exceptionally good mood, and had not fully ‘become myself’ quite yet at the time I had gotten ENFP. I suppose senses of humor will vary even within individual types.

Your website is very informative and I have spent hours reading it so far. Thank you for making this resource!

Here’s the thing to know about INFJ. It doesn’t tell you who you are — it tells you what you’re naturally good at. Surprise! (This is different than what 75% of the other type enthusiasts will tell you. So call me radical. ;-D)

Thus the question isn’t so much, “am I an INFJ?” as the question is, “do I DO INFJ”?

If you think you *are* INFJ, you may get hung up on descriptions that say you’re misunderstood, unique, rare, psychic, and so on. If you think you *do* INFJ, you may notice how you almost can’t STOP yourself from iNtuiting as a way of life. You can’t hardly help putting other people’s feelings ahead of your own. And so on…. INFJ describes your habitual strategies of cognition — mental habits.

As far as sense of humor goes…..? Hmmmm…. I think most INFJs I know like to enjoy life, and a “sense of humor” sometimes provides another “perspective” on a situation. In contrast, it seems like those who prefer extraverted iNtuiting often want things to be “fun,” meaning they want to be able to “play” with fun possibilities.

As far as what kind of humor INFJs prefer, I think I’ve read authors describing that before, but it’s not something I’ve tracked closely. Certainly I occasionally crack up over things which only I imagine, which may create problems.

Last but not least, since you’re new to this realm — the MBTI is the name of the instrument designed by Isabel Briggs-Myers and her mother, Katharine. It’s not the name of the model that informs it. As Isabel said, the instrument was intended to make Jung’s theory of psychological types accessible and useful. When in doubt, revisit Jung.

Welcome to type!

I have only recently become interested in the MBTI personality types and have been doing a lot of reading on each one. On every test I have taken, except one, I have come out INFJ. Every description I have read of INFJ has been spot on. I’m not in love with the idea of being ‘misunderstood’, rather it’s a bit of a burden.

I was wondering though, although no other description seems to fit me even close to as well as the INFJ type… I have never read anything relating to an INFJ sense of humor. I have a bizarre, observant and dry sense of humor and it seems to be what would make the most sense for INFJs as a whole.

I am just starting to read up on all this, so I apologize if there is any ignorance.

(Normally I would also doubt the validity of descriptions I have read pertaining to me. However, it’s not simply the accuracy of the INFJ profile that has convinced me, it’s the inaccuracy of all others.)