How to Understand the INFJ Brain

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  • čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
  • How to understand the INFJ brain is a problem for most personality types who are not INFJ personality types and also INFJs themselves. This is why the INFJ personality type usually has big problems with others over miscommunication.
    INFJs don’t open up easily, and when they do open up and explain their views to other people, most often the other party reacts with confusion, or even might react with a blank look on their face, which is disconcerting to the INFJ. Sometimes the other party doesn’t even seem to be listening, and it’s obvious they have checked out of the conversation. Many times, the other party does not even later remember what the INFJ said!
    Sometimes this is because the other person is dysfunctional, but it often happens because the INFJ personality type thinks differently than other people. Most other personality types think in a straight line, which means they think in terms of cause-and-effect. They consider one thing at a time, or only a few things at a time. This is very different than the way that the INFJ personality type thinks.
    INFJ personality types do not think in a straight line. INFJ personality types are intuitive, and so they use web-based thinking. All intuitive types do this, but the size of the INFJ thought web is much larger than all other types, so when INFJs communicate, they are not communicating one thing at a time in order of cause and effect. Instead, they are attempting to present the entire full picture of their web-based thinking to the other party. They present the key points that link the whole web together.
    If the INFJ were presenting this visually, it would make more sense to other people who are not web-based thinkers. But with no visual, to others it sounds like the INFJ is talking about random things that are not connected.
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Komentáře • 183

  • @LaurenSapalaINFJ
    @LaurenSapalaINFJ  Před rokem

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    • @LaurenSapalaINFJ
      @LaurenSapalaINFJ  Před 8 měsíci

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  • @yukio_saito
    @yukio_saito Před rokem +170

    Yes, I'm a big picture thinker as well as a detail-oriented thinker. I wasn't sure why other people can't think in that way. I stopped oversharing things with others because they don't comprehend what I say.

    • @za4109
      @za4109 Před rokem +19

      Yes! I've never really understood when people talk about big picture thinkers Vs detail oriented thinker's because I don't understand not being able see both perspectives and everything in between - how things fit together. I've always heard people putting themselves in one category or another, but I've never genuinely felt that I fit in just one or the other. I've always seen connections/overlaps and patterns, both overall and then in details, etc and it took me a very long time - well into adulthood - to realize that most other people dont function in this way 😳. Understanding this has definitely helped in my communication with others, especially in work environments. If I have something I need to discuss I find it works so much better for me to get it all down in writing, map it out in a simplistic bullet pointy way and then go into verbal conversations with my notes. I've learned that quite intuitively over the years and it does help me to feel more understood and heard

    • @alexadellastella5247
      @alexadellastella5247 Před rokem +3

      do you feel lonely as a consequence?

    • @yukio_saito
      @yukio_saito Před rokem +6

      @@alexadellastella5247 No. It's just a radical acceptance of who they are. It's better than feeling unheard.

    • @maybee...
      @maybee... Před 10 měsíci +6

      @yukio_saito
      True, this is why those people often assume we are weird and leave it at that.

    • @vernonbigham4760
      @vernonbigham4760 Před 9 měsíci +1

      agree

  • @borndeafin1ear
    @borndeafin1ear Před 2 měsíci +5

    One of the hardest thing I have deal with a lot of times (even well past 40) is people will say "You're overthinking it." When someone says this, I think "No, actually I'm not. You just can't see it." I never say that to them because they won't get it until it is demonstrated firsthand.

  • @OneThousandHomoDJs
    @OneThousandHomoDJs Před rokem +15

    One of the things I've had to accept about myself in recent years is the simple fact that "I'm really bad at explaining myself."
    😆😆😆

  • @aniokay
    @aniokay Před rokem +16

    Some people get overwhelmed when you present your thinking (that usually the ones that are more intuitive and can understand some of the things that you're saying), but then there's the sensor that haven't got a clue and who looks at you like you've just presented some conspiracy theory to them and they will say something like "I don't think that's how things are" or "I think you're reading too much into it".

  • @thebluesinme313
    @thebluesinme313 Před 8 měsíci +12

    This explains why people look at me like I'm speaking a different language. I've felt insane or like an idiot... like, what is wrong with me?? I REALLY appreciate this breakdown. 🙏 🕸

  • @gregoryritchie7852
    @gregoryritchie7852 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Even long-time professional psychologist got so frustrated with me - "too many words, too many details"! Apparently I'm a lottery random number generator spitting out words, details, scattered all over the place! I had NO idea ...

  • @prschuster
    @prschuster Před rokem +41

    I usually want to talk about deep things, like what are the causes of war or why is society so materialistic, and the other person will give a simplistic reply (A causes B which causes C) and not follow all the twists and turns of my thoughts. As a biology tutor, I would draw diagrams and charts to explain how things work. That's really intuitive.

    • @michellemalan5228
      @michellemalan5228 Před rokem +9

      I get you. Im also an INFJ, and most people get frustrated coz I always dive into deep topics and they just wana talk about simplistic & shallow things.
      The only type I've found that enjoys these conversations are INFPs

    • @The_Prince_Of_Crows
      @The_Prince_Of_Crows Před 11 měsíci +5

      Absolutely 💯. The oversimplified world view without nuance, regard to time or outside factors, and a purely causal type focus. My view normally covers the broad subject and is all encompassing. It is like they cannot see the forest for the trees.

    • @YAMISOOLD2009
      @YAMISOOLD2009 Před 9 měsíci +4

      I am just like that. I love deep subjects and nuance. I am a biologist and love the interconnectedness of our bodily systems. But all of this is simply loss on the mass of people. Most people can not think in a big picture way for very long. They just revert back to very simplistic cause and effect logic. "He's the president so it must be his fault if I am paying more or less for gas this week!" Its very wearying to be wired as an INFJ but I would not trade it away.

    • @prschuster
      @prschuster Před 9 měsíci +5

      @@YAMISOOLD2009 It is hard to have a decent conversation with most people who can't mentally handle more than one possible cause to a complex problem.

    • @jasonstreet_art
      @jasonstreet_art Před 3 měsíci +1

      I'm very thankful I have 2 friends (not intuitive at all) that love to dive deep into thought and perspective discussions. History or what not. I'm not really book smart, but my mind feels such an amazing release when I get to talk what I think out loud. Often, my friends will say "I speak Jason" when I'm trying to explain myself. I love them for that. I'm really just discovering my personality in the past year, I'm 40. I'm happy to read and learn from these videos & and others' comments. It's really incredible.

  • @allenarrows9347
    @allenarrows9347 Před rokem +14

    Quiet, imaginative, not holding onto much history and information like others, easily misunderstood, impairing direct communication

  • @kimisawa2001
    @kimisawa2001 Před 5 měsíci +12

    When you start talking about "thinking in a web", it proves that YOU GET it! Thanks for sharing your reflections in your videos.

  • @NicoleM_radiantbaby
    @NicoleM_radiantbaby Před rokem +36

    I'm an INFP, not an INFJ, but I definitely get this way of thinking. Then again, I'm autistic and a pattern seeker by nature, so my mind tends to tie all sorts of things together that can make no sense to others and so I've definitely been there with people not understanding what I'm trying to communicate. 😀

    • @MegaCyberleader
      @MegaCyberleader Před rokem +3

      dont cha wish you could just download it to thier brain. Ive thought, If i were able to do that, id go around popping heads.. and turn into a villian..

    • @effexon
      @effexon Před rokem +3

      @@MegaCyberleader making good charts dont help? for me it helps but I wonder would that effort go to same category as thinking described that without explaining in detail it wont let others know more..... then again what personality type is novel author? Coz their special skill at least written is to paint a picture with lot of things there, some of them can absorb you into that scene. INFJ is sort of like that but new ideas, more abstract, in future perhaps, which everyone struggles and low hanging fruit is drop back to current and tiny spice of new(lot of social people do this, to build trust, solid ground between people, way more moderate spicing than INFJ would do).
      So why novel author analog? coz they often tell that they have so strong craving to write, it is almost as important as breathing, as way to communicate others their ideas they cant do otherwise... this web thinking sounds like same, if ya dont have job or other advanced mastery of skill developer, it is huge risk in all social life and my gut feeling says many INFJ/P dont have job for this reason despite good skills and other factors favoring them.

    • @kyurei4478
      @kyurei4478 Před rokem +1

      I think it has something to do with the fact that you have extraverted intuition so you somehow get a bit of it. I guess the types who have introverted intuition as a tool function as well can somehow get it too like ENFJ and ENTJ. But you should always avoid with sensors, they won't understand anything, which isn't a criticism but only an observation.

  • @jpex9
    @jpex9 Před rokem +15

    Introverted intuition. Understanding that as my dominant cognitive function was such a big deal for me.

  • @rick3747
    @rick3747 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I have always felt that INFJs and INFPs live for patterns in life.

    • @todesque
      @todesque Před měsícem

      Look for patterns in life, I think you mean, right?

    • @Ava.Luna.Bellatrix
      @Ava.Luna.Bellatrix Před měsícem

      We see the interconnectedness between all things

    • @rick3747
      @rick3747 Před měsícem

      @@todesque
      Look for and live for patterns....

  • @nickolaszissimos1189
    @nickolaszissimos1189 Před rokem +37

    As an INFJ myself, I know the difficulty of trying to explain myself to most others and failing. Even some other intuitives seem to not fully follow but at least understand allot of it. INTJs though, they do fully understand us and where we are coming from. Also, they too share the rarest dominant cognitive function as us so of course they follow. Putting our ideas in writing helps but if we have an INTJ friend, we could ask them to help us simplify our ideas and most of the time, they will help. We are good at complexity and feel it is easy to us. When I am trying to figure something out and keep trying all the complex answers and it doesn't work, it blows my mind when I find out the answer is so simple. People don't seem to understand that either.

    • @rupinderh01
      @rupinderh01 Před 9 měsíci +2

      i have an intj brother in law- ive always found it hard to talk to him as he's arrogant and gaslights, i think he is an narcisst. Ive stopped talking to him about my personal life now as after 8 yrs ive had enough

    • @nickolaszissimos1189
      @nickolaszissimos1189 Před 9 měsíci

      @@rupinderh01 Yeah, no one is completely immune to toxicity unfortunately and that can be a bad thing if you aren't trying to work on yourself.

    • @brewest217
      @brewest217 Před 9 měsíci +2

      In a relationship with INTJ I feel like he’s truly the only one who gets me. Hit the nail on the head!

  • @MartyDidier
    @MartyDidier Před rokem +29

    Interesting concept of INFJ thinking processes. I’m in my middle 70’s, a SIGMA INFJ. Have worked w/FBI on a massive RICO Investigation since 98. It’s highly complex and learning about it was very consuming from the start especially since it involved me, Family and later all of us. It’s currently in our daily news and parts deeply threatens us. When learning at times, it’s easier for me to grasp the top then go down through the rabbit hole details. As they say, “you can see everything with a top down view”.

    • @91GT347
      @91GT347 Před rokem +2

      Interesting…they are evil. I would quite possibly get rid of that. Especially on this platform. Js

    • @Vigilantwarrior42
      @Vigilantwarrior42 Před rokem +3

      Agree with above commenter protect your identity

  • @MichellePoulton-eq1ko
    @MichellePoulton-eq1ko Před 7 měsíci +6

    Thank you for this explanation. Just starting to understand why I have always felt so different. Sometimes I see things so clearly connected but if I think about trying to explain to someone will give up before I start because it would take to long. Does anyone else feel like this?

    • @saramariasdotter3681
      @saramariasdotter3681 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Absolutely! Very recognizibel! My partner is a very understanding and patient person. But if I start explaining things more thoroughly - he starts yawning...! 😅

  • @jasmin1773
    @jasmin1773 Před rokem +7

    If you also love "web- based-thinking" it´s so satifying to watch detective movies with INTJs as detectives. Such as knives out, with Daniel Craig.

  • @traceydrake8013
    @traceydrake8013 Před rokem +7

    Omg, yes. This is absolutely the worst when interacting with Sensors.😫

  • @gailbrule1744
    @gailbrule1744 Před 11 měsíci +10

    I love the web explanation! Spot on, that explains the process so well. I’m fortunate in that my husband is an INTJ…we have some amazing conversations. But even he doesn’t understand me at times…complains about the leaps I make. However, it’s usually on subjects that I’ve researched much more extensively but am having a problem myself in understanding just how I know what I know…😂. I’m old enough now though that I trust my gut implicitly and if he or others don’t get me, it’s no big deal. They don’t have to. Thanks for your insight!

  • @Bl636_
    @Bl636_ Před 9 měsíci +2

    Most people communicate on 1 or 2 things
    -Injf communicate on everything .
    So people see him like talk random things

  • @jsabri6324
    @jsabri6324 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Thank you! I'm married to an ISTJ - probably the most linear thinking of the 16 types, and you have brilliantly explained why he doesn't get me when I explain something. He gets overwhelmed, and I get frustrated.
    Thank you!

  • @amberpowell5826
    @amberpowell5826 Před rokem +3

    I’ve struggled for years with being misunderstood lol… it’s because I speak in webs 😂

  • @kyurei4478
    @kyurei4478 Před rokem +4

    Another problem I personally face when I try to at least be honest with people regarding how my brain works is since most people don't think things like a web and don't even conceive thinking like that, they often think people with dominant introverted intuition want to appear pedantic and make it look like they're much more intelligent when they're trying to explain it, when in reality we're just trying to be honest. For INTJs it's certainly not that important but for INFJs who really want to establish connections with others it really hurts. I mean INFJs can choose to avoid people then, but that's just not how they work and relationships are very important for them so I guess the best alternative is always not saying too much and appear like most people even though we always feel like an impostor in some way.
    Beside that, it is not talked about in the video but does extraverted intuition users get the web thinking too ? They seem to somehow get it from what I've seen even though their brain pretty much processes the opposite way by starting from one idea to expand it as a web, which is the reason why they notoriously appear so weird externally when the weirdness is rather internal for INFJs/INTJs I feel like.

  • @trocycling1204
    @trocycling1204 Před rokem +24

    So interesting, and explains a lot. I never thought about web vs linear type thinking. There's nothing worse than my great idea seemingly falling on deaf ears, but this is probably what it is. Thank you!

  • @stevedavenport1202
    @stevedavenport1202 Před rokem +3

    Sometimes my web thinking worked. I used to be an airport shuttle driver and people would complain about how bad the traffic was going through downtown.
    Their solution was to "widen the road". I would always invite them to look at a different perspective by asking "Do you think that this section of the interstate is crowded at 2:00 AM?" I then went on to explain that widening the interstate would be insanely expensive and take years because A. Their would be expensive legal battles against the expansion B. It would cost billions of dollars to acquire all of the real estate and demolish it and C. This would go on for at least a decade....while traffic increased.
    So, the real issue is too many road users for about 6 out of 24 hours, 5 days per week. So, remove vehicles by :
    1. Having staggered shifts for office workers. 2. Encourage more people to work from home. 3. Have mini shuttles running from transit hubs to office buildings. 4. Put an $8.00 toll on the road during the afternoon rush hour. 5. More transit. 6. Encourage businesses not 100% reliant on being located in the urban core to relocate.
    The response always seemed to be "But I paid for this highway. I don't want to pay the toll" 😏

  • @Snarkapotamus
    @Snarkapotamus Před rokem +18

    Very well presented! I recognized many of the issues you were detailing right away. I'm very much an INFJ and my other half is most definitely not. When a problem comes up, I automatically see all of the different angles. The pros and the cons. When I start to explain them, she automatically sees it as me being negative and gets defensive. Not an easy dynamic to navigate...

    • @saramariasdotter3681
      @saramariasdotter3681 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Very recognizibel!

    • @jasonstreet_art
      @jasonstreet_art Před 3 měsíci +2

      Very relatable here, also. I always felt I would have made a great court judge. I'll piggy back your comment by adding how frustrating it can feel when I have made a quick decision (perhaps that web was spun long ago) and the absolute best decision was denied. Then only to be proven you were right to begin with.

  • @jeskoumm
    @jeskoumm Před měsícem +1

    “I’m more intrigued with understanding uncontested assumptions….It is interesting to say the least”

  • @JH-lb7ig
    @JH-lb7ig Před 11 měsíci +8

    This was a great video, and something that really resonates. I struggle with conveying ideas most at work or when under pressure. I tend to think of my brain as thinking about things holistically, as a constellation or system but webs are a great analogy too.
    I’m not sure if you’re open to video suggestions but I’d love to see a follow up on ways to help INFJs convey there ideas or help them be heard. Because of thinking in webs, I tend to get overwhelmed when communicating on the spot, or under pressure - like I get flooded with ideas, the answers are there but I can’t filter or pull them to the surface, so instead I shut down and my anxiety takes over. No one would ever know how much is in my head as I can’t convey it. Even by myself I can see the main points of the web but can’t always put stuff into words. I also feel less and less like bothering nowadays unless I feel like someone will be interested because I feel like ‘I have nothing to prove, I am more than my mind’, but the draw back of that is that it prevents me from sharing. If anyone has any tips or suggestions for things that have helped them convey their ideas I’d love to hear! Thanks a lot.

  • @sebastiangruffydd2765
    @sebastiangruffydd2765 Před rokem +10

    Bravo! This is the most useful information on INFJ thought patterns and our difficulty in communicating with others. Wonderfully presented. I am most grateful.

  • @calisg1010
    @calisg1010 Před rokem +3

    I’ve explained the spiderweb thought process to a friend. Everything is interconnected in my mind, I tend to loose people more than not. 😊

  • @JAI_801
    @JAI_801 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Wooow. I can see how my web thinking overwhelms everyone and can be really intense. Damn lol. Thank you!

  • @gdhhayes2129
    @gdhhayes2129 Před rokem +6

    This helps me immensely as I didn't realize this accounts for the miscommunication issues I've encountered all my life with most other people.

  • @tinahalle3575
    @tinahalle3575 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This helped me out soooo much . I’ve been feeling so confused as to why people don’t understand me. I mean well but I feel like sometimes their reactions are as if I’ve told them the earth was flat 😆….. or more accurately explained , it’s as if they thought what I was saying wasn’t connected to what they were saying so they thought I wasn’t listening to them and went off on my own tangent but I didn’t ….. it was definitely connected yet they seem to think it wasn’t ??? In my mind the connections are front and center. So it doesn’t even dawn on me that they aren’t seeing the connection.

  • @tieraarakawa4570
    @tieraarakawa4570 Před 25 dny

    As an INFJ myself, thank you for this explanation on a “web”, makes a lot of sense!

  • @ChadThomas-ev8xr
    @ChadThomas-ev8xr Před 2 hodinami

    The way you explain this is great, and also (probably) unintentionally funny. I feel very lucky to have stumbled across your videos. Thanks! ❤

  • @3kayleedavis
    @3kayleedavis Před 3 měsíci +1

    Omg yes. This is exactly how i think and i hate explaining big things to people bc idk how to make it make sense to them!

  • @AndreEth777
    @AndreEth777 Před rokem +5

    CONFIRMATION, THANK YOU ▪︎♡°~

  • @borndeafin1ear
    @borndeafin1ear Před 2 měsíci

    This is also probably part of why I have such difficulties on standardized tests. When a question doesn't line up with choice answers to the same level of specification, then this "web thinking" comes into play and I find more than one possible answer, so it turns into "what answer do they expect?" This is where I get into trouble.

  • @seankody4804
    @seankody4804 Před rokem +4

    Lol. Hey Miss Lauren. Well, that certainly explains why my thinking has many folks confused. The web concept is accurate, it's just hard to formulate into words. Sometimes it comes out as imagery and people can sort of follow it. But I think it's people who are more aligned with a dominant intuition that will see it. Thank you for the video. CYA!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @theepiczone3397
    @theepiczone3397 Před rokem +11

    This was a fantastic educational video for me to help me have a better understanding of the way I think and how to communicate better with people.
    You won me as a subscriber and thank you for this excellent video.

  • @ricardapoznanski5604
    @ricardapoznanski5604 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I see all my projects/events=choreogeahies/fairy-story-films in the whole-with every little detailbefire my inner eye -long before I let my team starts rehearsing.....they follow me because they trust me-and in the end rhey say" you did it again"
    BUT when I talk to others outside my inner circle,I can see in rheir faces,that they think" qhat is she talking about?'- ...they talk to others about me"she is very nice-but a bit crazy...."-or even say to my face,that I talk balagan.....
    they cannot follow... I know ...ao I try to explain and then they get boared-but after the show-I hear " Oh-now I see"....
    I work a lot with children....All age groups -3-17 years.....
    THEY ALLWAYS UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING....and wven come up with more ideas to tune the story...
    I liked yiu video a lot -THANK YOU❤❤❤

  • @WarnerElliott
    @WarnerElliott Před rokem +6

    This reminds me of the clustering writing technique. Very helpful, thank you.

  • @aniokay
    @aniokay Před rokem +4

    I'm not sure that I'm an INFJ, but I surely am a heavy intuitive. I am constantly feeling like I'm an alien to other people because they don't understand my leaps of thinking - they tend to feel puzzled or amused (especially when talking to ISFJs for a reason. ISFJs are pretty stereotypical in the way they're functioning). And I feel like I'm neurodivergent just for that reason.
    And I can get so angry that I get misread - people don't understand what I'm saying, they laugh or smile and think that they're more intelligent than me.
    But it's just because I don't tell them all the details, and when I bother to spell out the f'ing details for them, they suddenly understand and realize that I'm not weird or crazy, but actually have thought about things a lot.

    • @YAMISOOLD2009
      @YAMISOOLD2009 Před 9 měsíci +2

      My wife is an ISFJ. But she is such a good listener to me. And she does grasp what I say even though she herself would never formulate that kind of thought herself. And she actually helps me when she summarizes what I say sometimes. I will go "around the block" as she says, as I try to put my web brain thoughts into words for her and then after I have vomited all of my thoughts to her she will come up with a brilliant statement that summarizes what I have been trying to communicate for an hour!😁

  • @TheMinskyTerrorist
    @TheMinskyTerrorist Před 4 měsíci +1

    Most people can't even handle the concept of contributing factors in cause and effect, they'll seize on exactly one cause and forget everything else.

  • @ArthursAtman
    @ArthursAtman Před 7 měsíci +3

    So thoughtful and helpful. I recently tried to describe said phenomenology to a friend. I found it helpful to describe convergent vs. divergent thought, with an analogy to breathing--where you need periods of convergence and linear thought, punctuated and enlivened by periods of divergent thought, where free association just does what it will; expand, contract...you get the breathing analogy

    • @saramariasdotter3681
      @saramariasdotter3681 Před 5 měsíci

      A very interesting and recognizibel discussion! And your description of our minds processing is very well described, I think!! ❤ (But, unfortunately often misunderstood by others 😢) When I was a teenager, my father and I often had tough discussions - but in the end of his life he suddenly said: It's strange that my logic and your intuition often arrive to the similar results (!) 😊

    • @ArthursAtman
      @ArthursAtman Před 5 měsíci

      Thank you. I more naturally process things intuitively/divergently, but the cool thing is it far easier to train the more analytical side than the intuitive (though our intuition can be informed, educated, etc). What I mean is it's easier for an INFJ to train in analytic philosophy or math and get proficient than it might be for a non-intuitive person to develop, say, a talent for music or art. So I consider us lucky/cursed, b/c we can more or less develop both kinds of thinking, get them working together, but we start with this gift of a head-start with our natural intuitive competences. p.s. math and logic feels like work to me, but I learned it; while intution/creativity feel's like the opposite--a letting go of control/effort @@saramariasdotter3681

  • @lynntaggesell7518
    @lynntaggesell7518 Před 7 měsíci

    This video helped me so much! Thank you Lauren s2

  • @kaycevanveer212
    @kaycevanveer212 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You are so freaking awesome!!! Thank you.

  • @theenlightenedhour-lt6hw
    @theenlightenedhour-lt6hw Před 2 měsíci +1

    This was brilliant⭐️

  • @Sophia-yo9rp
    @Sophia-yo9rp Před rokem

    Thank you. This was helpful. This is my struggle.

  • @fazzaustralia8932
    @fazzaustralia8932 Před rokem

    Thank you for explaining that.

  • @mytruthbekind5793
    @mytruthbekind5793 Před rokem +1

    Thank you!!! This helps a lot.

  • @susannesigurdsson
    @susannesigurdsson Před 11 měsíci +1

    Extremely helpful, many thanks

  • @mariannami8049
    @mariannami8049 Před 9 měsíci

    Very good and helpful advice. Thanks. ❤

  • @Guerson953
    @Guerson953 Před rokem +2

    Thanks… the way you just explain it 🔥🔥🔥I never realize that

  • @LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau

    Thank you for that video. I'm a new subscriber. I know this feeling when I'm showing my web and people don't understand me. So this was interesting.

  • @janetleeadams7287
    @janetleeadams7287 Před měsícem

    Golly. No wonder I hated office meetings and even teacher meetings. I would sit, respectfully listen, but when I synthesized the information aloud, or made suggestions, people just stared and dismissed me. I am a pretty humble person, so it was not my manner, it was my ideas. Very frustrating. Another frustrating aspect is that though I am very emotional, I have kept emotions hidden or in deep lockup, and friends think I am cold- hearted and my current partner thinks i am crazy......oh dear, I am starting to sound ... they don't see the gap between what I am feeling and what I say.

  • @Monkwhispers
    @Monkwhispers Před rokem +6

    Very well said!

  • @hwasansword
    @hwasansword Před měsícem +1

    Insightful and practical! Thank you. :)

  • @gwenhowarth1692
    @gwenhowarth1692 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Thank you Lauren, you just put it into a perfect package, it all makes sense now! Thank you ❤

  • @goldilocks913
    @goldilocks913 Před 6 měsíci

    Brilliantly put 👍

  • @louiseyoung1231
    @louiseyoung1231 Před 5 měsíci

    That was helpful ❤ Thank you

  • @jadegrisanti6846
    @jadegrisanti6846 Před 6 měsíci

    Awesome 👏 thank u so much you have helped me understand myself & others so much more 💓

  • @alvinceballos8885
    @alvinceballos8885 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you Coach Lauren for clarifying what web based thinking means to INFJs and how we can bridge the gap of understanding with non-intuitives.

  • @aekorfker
    @aekorfker Před rokem +1

    This was very helpful and very timely

  • @kort6569
    @kort6569 Před rokem +5

    Thanks for sharing! Indeed it is easier for me to understand if I have a web of my thoughts 🕸️ and are visually available.
    I have a comment on 10:26:
    I always feel that this acceptance is one sided 😂 Like I'm the one who always adjusts - sometimes it doesnt feel natural and I feel like I am the only one who puts more effort.

  • @psputsimply
    @psputsimply Před rokem +5

    Wow, absolutely brilliant analysis and presentation! Thank you so much for a to-the-point, accurate take on my thinking and advice on processing frustrating responses. Looking forward to many more similar insights! 👏🏻🙏

  • @DeanWager-kp8sp
    @DeanWager-kp8sp Před 4 měsíci

    My gratitude for the content in this video is soaring through the cosmos right now! 😅 thank you.

  • @kaycevanveer212
    @kaycevanveer212 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Going to get a big white board!!!
    Oh my goodness listening to you is so refreshing to these INFJ ears. ❤

  • @mytruthbekind5793
    @mytruthbekind5793 Před rokem +1

    Yes. I do this. That is how I think.

  • @everafterloveisall
    @everafterloveisall Před 9 měsíci +2

    WOW 🥰, thank you!!! This truly came to me at the right moment and obviously divine timing.
    I had been racking my brain effortlessly in hopes of being more malleable to my family.
    It makes perfect sense and you have a beautiful way of breaking it down! I thoroughly enjoyed sweet spoonfuls of medicine that easily absorbed into my subconscious mind. Blessings to you and all who enjoy 🙏🏼

  • @tinahalle3575
    @tinahalle3575 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This also inspired me to reach for my dream of publishing something one day . I love to write . You made me feel that maybe I am definitely born to be a writer . This web like thinking makes for great writing I feel .

  • @kurtking8452
    @kurtking8452 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Thank you so much that there a persons like you, who understand how my brain works. I find when I write what I want to say, it comes over better. With the web? That's where I live all the time.😊

  • @reinierplatenkamp3746

    I was hoping you would help me figuring out my infj brain, now realising I've got a huge 🕷 in my head.
    Trying to make the best of a bad situation I could become a web designer...
    Thanks Laura for your explanation. It was really helpful.
    I think you're an amazing person!

  • @debjitbera
    @debjitbera Před měsícem

    What a great way of explaining the intricate details of an INFJ Brain & Thinking pattern...Thank you.

  • @ScottRiddleArtist
    @ScottRiddleArtist Před 10 měsíci

    Great video. Ty❤

  • @terransnaturesoul
    @terransnaturesoul Před 8 měsíci

    Hugely helpful! Thanks 🙂

  • @ArthursAtman
    @ArthursAtman Před 7 měsíci

    Also your use of color in this video is really lovely. It just presents as rather pleasant, or I like those colors or something, but well-done IMO

  • @TooScentz
    @TooScentz Před 6 měsíci

    Wow. I'm impressed with the accuracy of this explanation. I'm also thinking "ya right, I can't mitigate possible outcomes when I explain things because THEY'RE STILL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN'T SEE THIS!" I'm kidding, but those that know this feeling, REALLY know this feeling

  • @bethiciaprasek9415
    @bethiciaprasek9415 Před rokem

    I love the Post-It dry erase sheets which you can carry with you in your car.

  • @wesleyfreeland1118
    @wesleyfreeland1118 Před 7 měsíci

    This helps, thank you

  • @peytonstafford
    @peytonstafford Před rokem +2

    Write fiction, all you INFs. Thank you Lauren. Love your shimmering locks and pink lipstick... just my web thinking.

    • @jennacuracoavocational50
      @jennacuracoavocational50 Před rokem

      I'm currently working in my novel. I spend a lot of time brainstorming rather than talking to people 😊

  • @heatherloffelmann3547
    @heatherloffelmann3547 Před měsícem

    In highschool our class of advanced learners was required to take standardized tests. Our marks were too high for their liking . We also messed up the marking of the tests by maschines because we wrote in multiple answers because the question was not soecific enough, after 3x's giving the same test to us and we just got evrn better because many in the class had photographic memories and we all helped each other out so the designers came to us to ask how to design a better test. First they had to narrow their petameters and make the questions so specific that only one answer could possibly be correct. The student would have had yo learn thr material being tested to know the answer. Also they had to develope a more random correct answer pattern. For years C was often , over 60%of the time to be the correct answer.it was very hard to be presented with whole classes of intuitives mostly FJ and T J . The lowest IQ was 124 but he was a savant on piano and pretty good at everything else. This type of test design is also very good for everyone since guessing really does not work. Those who need help will get it sooner than later.

  • @rasheedamuhammad144
    @rasheedamuhammad144 Před rokem +2

    Ma'am it's the spirit and no one can crack that code😅😂🤣✌️

  • @LY3355
    @LY3355 Před rokem +2

    This is very good advice. I actually have problems with family understanding me. So have slowly evolved into just making short comments. A point here and there. Too many times people didn’t see what I see.
    👍

  • @eva_fr
    @eva_fr Před rokem +3

    Wow, I loved this explanation. It makes sense a lot. I could always explain my points to others in writing or in charts. Otherwise, people don't really get me.

    • @saramariasdotter3681
      @saramariasdotter3681 Před 5 měsíci

      Me too! That's why I love mailing people... And (being a hsp too), I don't get influenced by the confused other person! 😅 Maybe many authors are INFJ:s !??

  • @Love-Is-Kind
    @Love-Is-Kind Před rokem

    Tysm 😌🪷✨
    Take care 🌷🤲🏽

  • @SD-rm5ty
    @SD-rm5ty Před rokem

    Yes thinking in a web is the best way to describe my thought process. 😅 And frustration with non intuitive types the struggle is so real. 😂😅

  • @AnneChandreamer
    @AnneChandreamer Před 6 měsíci +1

    No wonder I like mind maps so much 😮

  • @jameskeating4719
    @jameskeating4719 Před rokem

    Thank you 🙏 4 caring ❤

  • @DjVanillaGuerilla
    @DjVanillaGuerilla Před 9 měsíci

    The web is a great way to put it. I use a lightning strike going off in my head, triggering my neurons. Where the most logical idea is the main part of the bolt and the ideas are all the forks of lightning shooting off in all directions. In my relationships with my partners I would sit down with them and actually draw and write stuff down to show them exactly what I was thinking.

  • @highparadise11
    @highparadise11 Před 2 měsíci

    I’m thinking about a thousand things at a time exactly like you explained it’s a spiderweb and it’s never ending besides when I try to solve a problem and I hit the wall where there’s no solution only dead ends

  • @kristannestone1748
    @kristannestone1748 Před rokem +1

    "I TOLD YOU SO" Syndrome. It's not a gift, most of the time.

  • @familytreeourstory
    @familytreeourstory Před 13 dny

    I learned to treat my own children like aliens and to stop assuming that they automatically understood even accepted ideas like what say a tree was. Most people especially teachers tend to assume too much in my opinion. We all need to learn to look at things from different perspectives. The world will be a better place for it. Ultimately it increases our own brainpower too.

  • @adamcolclasure8254
    @adamcolclasure8254 Před rokem

    Funny thing is I kinda understood this before I watched this video it doesn't make me feel any less alone

  • @BeingChristianFischer
    @BeingChristianFischer Před 22 dny

    100% every word you said. God, I love the web. 😌

  • @jennacuracoavocational50

    I have to catch myself when talking and simply state I have a lot of ideas then transition to ending the conversation before I get long-winded or come across as being dominating

  • @jabourq
    @jabourq Před 2 měsíci +1

    [exhales] I'm an INFJ with ADHD ffs, the web cannot be sorted 🤣😭

  • @emmamonroe3311
    @emmamonroe3311 Před 2 měsíci

    Your awesome!🙃👈🏻🙂👊🏻

  • @AndreEth777
    @AndreEth777 Před rokem +3

    YES SEEMS ABSTRACT TO OTHERS...°

  • @DonTrump-sv1si
    @DonTrump-sv1si Před 6 měsíci +1

    I feel like im talking a different language to people. So not only do i have to explain the topic at hand but i have to figure out how im going to best explain said topic so they can understand. Most of the time i come off like a dipsh!t