Details
- Writer: Hope Lewis
- Format: E-book
- Publisher: Ife Publisher
I’ve tested and retested (online) my MBTI personality a number of times over the years. For the longest time I had thought I was an INFP. But lately I’ve come around and think I also really resemble traits of an INFJ. So I picked up this short non-fic to see. So now let’s see if my gut-feeling is telling the truth!
Analysis
It is a short book, the prose is easy to understand and the pace is good (If you could even say that about a non-fiction novel).
It goes in-depth about the INFJ Personality Type, also known as The Advocate. It primarily tells (multiple times actually) about that INFJs are good in feeling others emotions due to their primary function in the function stack: Ni (Introverted Intuition), while being complemented by their secondary function, Fe (Extraverted Feeling). So, INFJs are really perceiving of others emotions (Ni) and can help and support them really well (Fe). This makes INFJs good councelors, psychologists or social workers.
Their tertiary function is Ti (Introverted thinking) which is a fact-checker of sorts. Information is first processed through their Ni, then Fe and after that their Ti. When an INFJ becomes from warm to a bit cold and detached this means they use primarily their Ti at that moment.
Se is their fourth on the function stack and their inferior function. If Ni is their “Inner eye”, then Se is their “Physical eye”, concentrating on the here and now. It is used for grounding.
Moreover, an INFJ might need to recharge from time to time and they abandon their Fe and Se for that moment and focus primarily on their Ni and Ti.
Furthermore, they are good at making deep connections with friends and loved ones, normally make good life-partners and are described as being mysterious, which comes from the way their function stack is built.
Lastly, they are most often into charity and want the world to be a better place, with them helping a hand in doing so.
Final verdict
This was an interesting book to read and I did learn a thing or two.
But now the big question: Am I an INFJ, the rarest personality type?
YES, I believe I am. The function stack seems more me, than it did for the INFP. I also feel emotions deeply and often gets overwhelmed or overstimulated by it. However I am also neurodivergent, so not everything is copy-paste. For example, I believe I rely a bit more on my Ti than a typical INFJ. Also something INFJs are known for is that they help others, while neglecting themselves. I do not always do that, in fact I can even be a bit harsh, telling people to leave me alone. I am also very independent- a trait that you see by this type, but I’ve got it so much I sometimes more resemble a Thinking type (Like INTJ or INTP) which I most likely am not. Within me is an idealist, someone who wants to make the world a better place, although it doesn’t always reach the surface. You could day I am a bit of a in the closet INFJ 😉. But this book has learned me one thing above all: I must be there for people/loved ones more often, do something with them to make them happy and subsequently also myself. So while being pretty introverted and learning, reading or blogging (!) most of the time, I will try in doing just that! 🙂
Thanks for reading, sorry if this review was a bit too much about myself and have a nice day!
Yours,
Rein
TAZÍ 
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