The INFJ (standing for Introversion (I), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judgment (J)) is the rarest Myers-Briggs personality type, making up 1-2% of the population. Known as “The Counselor,” INFJs are known for being empathic, passionate, and intuitive changemakers and are often powerful forces for positive social change. Yet INFJs also have a “darker” side that allows them to harness their traits to seek justice.  Here are five things you must never ask an INFJ to do: Obey authority no matter what. These seemingly diplomatic and demure personality types have a ferocious undercurrent when it ..read more

I have been an INFJ my entire life, but until college, where I was professionally tested, I had no idea what those four letters actually meant for me. I knew I was different. An INFJ just doesn’t seem to fit in, and people rarely understand how this Myers-Briggs cognitive type makes the leaps and connections they do to understand processes and other people so deeply. Or with such accuracy. When I joined Quora last year, I found my long-lost tribe in what felt like a nanosecond and quickly befriended a good portion of the most well-known INFJs. They can spot each other with that mysterious intu ..read more

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Test (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire anyone can take online. It indicates the psychological preferences in how people make decisions and view the world. There are sixteen different Myers-Briggs personality types. The rarest of all the different personality types is the INFJ. They make up only 1.5 percent of the population. The letters INFJ stand for: introverted, intuitive, feeling, and judging. This personality type is commonly called the counselor, the idealist, or the advocate. Although this is the rarest personality type, it’s also one of the best. INF ..read more

Wow! I don’t realize I am on the verge of wanting to strangle someone until they ask a simple question and I feel my blood boil. Oh my! Such a strong reaction to something so simple, right? Wrong. I am a textbook INFJ, and I can do all the shit extroverts do until I no longer can. I am almost always drained from a day of hanging with people, even if I love the people — I need to decompress quietly, alone. I would much rather text than EVER take a phone call, and if we are hanging out, please be okay with long stretches of silence, because while I may love your company, sometimes ..read more

If you know anything about the Myers Briggs personality types, you know that INFJs are the rarest. INFJs are people whose personalities favor the personality attributes of Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging. INFJs put a lot of energy into their relationships with others and tend to get in their bag about things most of the time. Their intuition can sometimes make them introverted and more willing to feel things rather than anything else. If you love an INFJ or if an INFJ loves you, this is what you need to know about them. So get ready for a whole lot of love and praise. If you know ..read more

INFJs have a reputation for being “the rare, misunderstood loners who are deeper than everyone else.” However, this makes us seem pretentious and judgmental, and we’re sad when people look at us that way. We also don’t like it when our abilities are overestimated because we’re human just like everyone else and we don’t always know what we’re doing. Here are the most common misconceptions that I’d like to clear up: 1. We think we’re better than everyone else, especially extroverts. Just because we’re the rarest personality type in the world, it doesn’t mean we think we’re better than or above a ..read more

1. Trying to keep track of too many details INFJs are big-picture thinkers and conceptualizers, which means they like to synthesize bits and pieces of essential information in order to form a cohesive image that serves a purpose in the grand scheme of things. They get very overwhelmed when they have to deal with too many little (and oftentimes, frivolous) details because doing so goes against their natural tendency to form a holistic perspective that they understand best. 2. Being compared to other people This by far causes the most stress for an INFJ. INFJs by their nature are people-pleasers ..read more

Jeremy Bishop / Unsplash INFJS (one of the sixteen personality types from the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator) are believed to be one of the rarest personality types in the world, making up only 2% of the human population. The Myers-Briggs test measures four components of one’s personality based off of extroversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving. Here are some struggles of the INFJ that might help others understand us a little bit better: 1. We constantly feel too many emotions at the same time. It sometimes feels as though we absorb every emo ..read more

INFJs are the rarest of all the types. They are otherworldly, they are magical, and sometimes, they are hard to love. INFJs require a special kind of passion from their partner. While they are great intimate lovers, it takes work to get there. It takes a lot of trust and being an INFJ myself, that’s the biggest hurdle to get over. INFJs can come across childlike sometimes with the amount of reassurance they need, but when the right person comes along, they will know just how to make all the pieces fit. Until then, here’s your one-stop for how to love the INFJ in your life. 1. Don’t tell her yo ..read more

Rodolfo Sanches Carvalho / Unsplash In this age of reflective self-discovery, it’s no wonder why millennials LOVE sharing and reading articles about different Myers-Briggs personality types and Zodiac signs. INFJ’s have quite the reputation for being the rarest, which translates into, “INFJ’s are the best at everything that humanity hasn’t quite achieved yet – empathizing with others in the most genuine way possible, being highly creative, having an ideal vision for the future, embodying the quintessential walking paradox, and mastering the art of deep introspection.” Libras have the ..read more