ENFP vs INFP Differences
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If you’re new to Geek Psychology, my name is Matt Sherman. People call me Sherman. I'm a personality type expert, life coach, hypnotist, author, podcaster, and course creator. I help mainly INFPs embrace their unique strengths and navigate life's challenges. Through practical strategies and deep insights, I aim to help people like you live a more fulfilling and authentic live where you can wake up and feel good about who you are and your impact on the world. INFP vs ENFP! How are they similar? Lots of reasons! How are they different? It really comes down to where the person spends most of their time and which "voice" (aka cognitive function) speaks the loudest.
ENFPs use extraverted iNtuition (Ne) as their dominant function - their loudest speaking voice, if MBTI was like an RPG it'd be their hero in a 4-member questing party. The supplement that with introverted Feeling (Fi) to help them make decisions. But there's a back-and-forth pull between Fi and Te (extraverted Thinking) which keeps them from slowing down to check in with their "conscience" (that's what I like to call introverted Feeling).
INFPs are flippy-flopped and use introverted Feeling (Fi) as their dominant function. The supplement that with extraverted iNtuition (Ne )to help them perceive and learn more about the world. But there's a back-and-forth pull between Ne and Si (introverted Sensing) which keeps them from challenging themselves.
This video also talks about the brain states that extraverted iNtuition and introverted Feeling use.
Hope it helps!
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Me too what’s your type?
Johnny Blaze none of your business
😂😂
I feel like i bounce between infp and ENFp depending on if I’m depressed or not and if I’m around people that I’m comfortable with.
Corn Blaque exactly
Me too !
Alexander Supertramp It does.
Same!!
@@cornblaque2310 Seconding what the other person said. It's nearly impossible to be more than one type or change types as far as I know. What you may be confusing for another type is a loop, grip, or shadow function. Or an unusual enneagram, socionics type, etc.
I'm very hyper often. I'm often impulsive. Very loud, but other times quiet. I was frankly an attention whore as a kid. I can be reserved, scared at times, have social anxiety, but on the flip side I can also be fearless and open. I have been a leader in my career for years even though sometimes I feel like I'm not where I want to be and don't truly like controlling others. I've never been one for drug use, breaking laws, etc. I never caved to peer pressure as a teen. However, excessive bureaucracy makes me pissed off. I am reflective, I think of the why behind people. I'm philosophical, but I've always had an undercurrent of positivity. I am a jokester, a weirdo. I value my individuality. I always wanted to be a singer or actress as a child but I'm terrified on stage. I like to listen to others and help them realize who they are, but I often feel like I want to perform and put on a show. I test infp a lot but I show ambivert tendencies. Never sure what to think, I have so much energy but I love alone time and hate parties with a lot of people I don't know. I have a way with words INFPs are known for, but the energy of an ENFP I feel at times.
THAT IS SO SCARY ITS LIKE YOU TYPED MY WHOLE LIFE😲. I relate to everything you said so much its terrifying
literally me wow this is crazy
You described my existence .. Ok I'll stop doubting myself as an INFP again.. Cause only fellow ENFP's like you speak my heart the best.
You’re an enfP
Must be an INFP but a pretty social one
Same I have alot of friends even though I like to spend alot of my time alone
ENFPs are one of the most introverted extroverts from my understanding...
I agree with a lot of people on here ENFP here - total ambivert! People say Michael Scott would be ENFP and I just think NO WAY! I wouldn’t say an ENFP is hyper but our brains are hyper with ideas and constant thinking. We need that me time to focus or relax all that activity. I often have people come to me as their listener friend as well. Sometimes it helps with my hyper brain to forget about me and just think of what they’re saying to me while other times it’s extra stress because I already have enough on my plate!
I’m an ENFP but through failures and difficult life events I became an INFP. I didn’t realize my nature was extroverted and had to work my way back to finding myself as my inner child. Learning about ENFP and Enneagram 4 has helped so much because it describes that push and pull I’ve felt for much of my life. Thank you for these educational videos.
I feel the same, realizing now that I'm actually quite naturally extroverted I just have been burned a lot by people and shut off from them
The most difficult thing about determining which xNFP type you are is Ne. INFPs often use Ne over Fi in public, and if it's very developed, it appears very ENFP-ish, and vice-versa.
Another good way to tell is through the Inferior Function. ENFPs are more scattered, less detailed and have strange, often faulty memories in favor of their love of novelty. INFPs is incredibly similar, but Te has a stronger grip instead of the ENFPs Si. INFPs are more prone to anger and dogma in their beliefs. They take the worst aspects of Te, overbearing, too logical, unemotional, inconsiderate, ect.
This is a very interesting point. Based off what you said, I would be ENFP, which I think I am.
@puredarkheart As much as I'd trash any type ;)
Nah, but I didn't mean to come off as demeaning. If it's any better, inferior Si makes me sluggish, over/under stimulated, inconsistent, and causes me to question my existence :D
Oh yes, this is exactly what I do when talking with someone I know (especially with Es) - sit back, smile, nod and do the "uhuh" and ask questions encouraging the conversation at appropriate moments. Whenever I go into "listener mode" with the Es I'm friends with, they tend to talk about their dreams, becoming really excited and lighting up like a Christmas tree. It's so amazing to just sit here and bask in all this light and happiness. Is I know, on the other hand, usually talk about their worries and struggles. Which is fine too. My brain is wired to enjoy meaningful "big talk" of any kind.
INFP, I'd say I'm personally both highly introspective and incredibly hyper. Still definitely more introverted and shy despite my energy
I’m an INFP it’s weird seeing ppl talk about people that are pretty much me lol. But I think drunk me gets to an ENFP point. Sober me wants to be an enfp more, I used to think I was more fun drunk. People are so kind though, my friends have told me they like both sides of me and it touches my heart for some reason. I always want to hug everyone in the room and only drunk me has done that before, lol. Also I’m drunk, I want to talk to people. I’ve had nights where I’m drunk and I start calling everyone in my contacts in alphabetical order. I’ll talk to whoever picks up, it’s so fun. I want to say hello to everyone that I see, such special people walking around you everywhere you look. I love everyone.
Compared to some people in the comments I was the exact opposite as a kid, I was very shy and only really outgoing/loud around people I knew well, which is still kinda true. I'm trying to work through my social anxiety now. I could be hyper at times but was mostly pretty laid back, as I am today. Watching this though, I definitely relate more to the ENFP.
I think my (ENFP) Te runs off of anger, damaged pride, ego at times. But it can be a good thing. I can “face-plant” in life, mope terribly (Fi) for a week, then decide that I took two steps back, and now it’s time to sprint 100 steps forward, while mostly knowing exactly what I must do to achieve the results I desire.
HAHAhAA... I'm the crazy INFP that names the trees around me, as well as the forest animals! thank you for making me laugh so hard!
HAHAHAHAHA hi fellow Infp I used to have a rock collection and I named every one of them
Lol. Every tactical assault squad, needs an INFP; to make sure the trees and rocks are named, and that the forest animals feel loved and understood.
Great video! Enfps are also more prone to take risks and try new things I think. I wish I had this courage and energy! In the other hand, I see the Infps as more loyal and kind. Infp here (but not 100% sure). Haha
I'm a low extraversion enfp. Sometimes I wonder if I'm infp. Used to be very enfp ish when younger. Super hyperactive etc. Now I'm alot more introspective. Is it possible to go from enfp to infp as we get older? What gives
This is exactly the same for me! Although I've always heard that people don't really change their personality type.
I read enfp changes and turn more introverted as they get older because they use a certain cognitive function more. I don't remember which one. But that could be the reason
@@smerfyprincess probably introverted sensing
@@smerfyprincess wow! Thank you because I have experienced the same thing. I tested enfp in my youth and retested in my mid 30s as infp. I then took the test repeatedly and it kept wavering back and forth.
Same here. I agree with what smerfyprincess said but I also think the NFP nature lends itself to fluidity so it's natural to be both at the same time...or at different times ;)
This makes sense to me now. I was an INFP a year ago and then I started college. A month or so ago I took the test again and came out ENFP. I relate to both the types at a core level... say the values but I think what changed is my conviction. I've become more determined to get out of my comfort zone and engage more in group activities though I still prefer to work alone...
Wow.. when I took up the personality test in 2017 and again in 2018, the results were the same conveying that I'm an ENFP. Then I moved to another country and continued my last 2 years of school and 1.5 years in I became aware of the dysfunctional social dynamics in my grade and the lack of empathy in the people around me and the extremely toxic, ignorant type of friendships around me. I wasn't used to this kind of a social setting before and it was devastating bc initially I was extremely open minded and ended up trusting the wrong people. I started setting boundaries and narrowed down my no. Of friends down to 3. I became really introverted without the intention of it and being around large groups of people started to drain me even if I wasn't actively socialising. I took up the personality test again this year, a month ago, it turns out that I'm an INFP.
@@sharonjesse5185 same , I was ENFP and got this result multiple times but as I'm going through a tough time I've never experienced before
I took the test again and I got INFP
Which is fine but knowing that it might correlate to my "depression" I aspire to return to the ENFP
@@subscriberephemere2328 Yeah me too. When I'm in a bad life phase I test as INFP but when all is going well I test as ENFP. I'm just both. Or ANFP.. lol
@@alexandra9944 same lol
I am an official INFP (was professionally typed) and I got an aha moment regarding the brain flow state. My mind State recently has been so much more like an ENFP and I am exhausted! I was just saying at work that I can tell I am stressed because I have no patience for figuring out why people are being so resistant to change and slow to learn things and usually I love teaching people new things. I think I would feel better if I got back into that groove.
Ne can get quite exhausting, for sure. Even ENxPs burn hot and then crash 💥
I like your description of the Enfp brain state, the holistic pinging lights going off at the same time. I read an article saying that an Ne doms brain looks a lot like a Christmas tree! We might be talking about the same source 😊
Yes. That’s from Dr Dario Nardi’s research ^^
Nice! I was confused between myself being an ENFP or an INFP. NFP is me for sure.... but couldn't decide between E or I. But your video cleared it up for me! I am definitely INFP.
I love having extraverted moments and campaigning people to my causes or firing off crazy ideas, but I'm not energetic or crazy about it usually. It's pretty rare to get me in that state.
I'm glad that I have that extroverted intuition all over the place part of my life behind, and I'm comfortable leaning more into introspection. Sometimes I test as INFP, I see why, but honestly, my energy does hardly match INFP. I love INFPs❤
I'm an ambivert so I test as ENFP because I get like 20% Extroversion. So I always relate to both INFP and ENFP in different ways. It's all a spectrum anyway.
E and I aren't for social extrovertion
@@_linlin_ Agree with you...
Great video! I'm an enfp, and my older brother is an infp. We've always been really similar and got along great. He's always been super mature, and even now that I'm 19 I'm hardly as mature as he was at my age. You guys are awesome, keep it up! ^_^
Loved it when you came back😂😂😂. INFP 4W5 btw. So true!
Cognitive extroversion is not the same as social extroversion.
A person can be a socially introverted, cognitive extrovert, an Ne-Fi, ENFP.
You are adorable, fellow INFP (I think?). Love your humor and choice of words - they always squeeze in as much meaning and quirkiness as humanly possible. I could totally munch on your brain like a tasty treat. Keep it up!
Great video! INFP here 🤘🏼✨
Yay
Thanks :)
Oh my gosh,Matt,you just gave me an insight! My physical anxiety,it is physical energy i need to spill out and stabilize! Have been so neglectful of my sleep and other physical needs! O.O
This is further confirmation that i am an ENFP, i love new things too much.
I love the Fallout picture in the background, respect…
Oh god lol I don't know how much this answered my dilemma. I've struggled with this for years. My natural state is indifference to most things that my social circle seems to think is very important. I stay quiet in political debates and when people bore me (lol). I know I use Fi to a high degree. But I'm also very outspoken, VERY loud, not bad at rallying people when I think it's worth it, and a good and confident leader. I'm happy both alone or in a crowd. I'm definitely a good listener cause I love othef people and their stories. But I also interrupt constantly. I get tremendously enthusiastic over small adventures or stories. My guess is I'm either an INFP in my normal mode OR an ENFP who just lacks confidence and is probably slightly depressed and nihilistic
poppies128 from your description you sound more like an ENFP. As an INFP I'm not loud unless I feel very comfortable in a situation and not a confident leader, rather I prefer to have less responsibility of a group because I don't like being in the spotlight or have people looking at me to direct them
poppies128 also, I hate interrupting people because I see it as being almost selfish which is something I find uncomfortable. Perhaps you are not either ENFP or INFP. Look at Davesuperpowers channel if you want to objectively type yourself
Chilt Thruya I'm almost exactly like the INFP in the INFP&INTJ coffee channel. She's very bubbly and pretty loud and interrupts her INTJ friend constantly. I interrupt because my Ne has the next great idea and my memory is so terrible that unless I make the association right away I'll forget it.
I also hardly ever leave the house. All my hobbies are indoor activities. I have to be extremely motivated to leave the house. When I go out, I like being by myself. I find hanging out with extroverts draining for more than a few hours. I don't actively seek out leadership roles all the time but I'm a teacher and if I didn't have some degree of assertiveness I would never be able to complete a lesson.
I have considered ISFP or ENFJ apart from ENFP but the only thing that seems to fit is INFP with a high degree of confidence.
poppies128 yeah true that sounds more like an infp. Most people dont fit into the 16 types so dont worry about it!
Great comparison. Thank you! (INFP)
Thanks :D
Thank you so much for this video!! I have an ENFP friend that's a girl we actually really like each other, she was actually attracted to me first. I am INFP by the way. She's always amazed how easily I can analyze her. I believe our attraction comes from the the possibility that she sees how easily I execute my Fi and how I see the way she easily excutes her Ne. Our interactions are always meaningful and we are always growing and learning from each other. There's also a deep and mutual attraction that we have for each other that I've never felt for anyone before. Do you think this pair is compatible in a relationship?
Any mbti relationship is compatible so long as both partners are mature enough and try their best to work with their partners.
It's not about the types, it's about the people, dude, if you feel attracted and happy, fuck mbti, go for it, if it doesn't work out, then you learn from it
I an enfp was in a relationship with an infp. It was extremely soulful and deep, quiet transcendental. Lasted 4 years. He was too flighty and disappeared inspite us being strongly in love, and I want given any explanation nor a closure. Many years later and I think he was my soul mate. That's the type of relationship you'd probably have if you got very intimate. I think every enfp should have a relationship with an infp in their lifetime. Together you explore very deeply, each other and the world.
I am INFP according to my test and after this video plus some reading about the functions, i cant say im a great listener though xD i talk a lot when especially under pressure to say something because somehow i perceive too much silence as awkward (bad previous experiences in social situations recorded by my Si i assume) so i just dont let silence happen and babble loads, that is for 1-1 conversations with both strangers and close friends, in a group of 3+ tho i am very reserved and tend to not like it when someone asks something and i have to answer with the group fixating on me so i give a humble answer and reflect the conversation towards others (hence its rlly hard to get to know me when in a group and i listen a lot in such a scenario unless i rlly wanna go home then u can find me in my head daydreaming about all the stuff i could be enjoying more than being here 😂)
As an INSP myself I just love your channel and insights! I would make a request though, please do no take it badly. I am a visual artist and I can not distract myself from the background on the video's. I am suggesting something more visual appealling, like maybe a plant or even a nice colored curtains. I find myself figering out and get distracted by the background. Everything else what you give me in words and thoughts is fantastic. Even your looks is lovely. Ilona self an INSP and you figered it out for me!! Please, please
It’s just a simple bookshelf now in the more recent videos :)
And thanks for the kind words ^^
Druids are my favorite fantasy archetype, along with ranger--I just love the non-melee, nature aesthetic. I even studied ecology. My ENFP friend makes me feel like the "grounded" type for sure, heck, even my childhood ESFP friend.
Well explained! Thank you.
now knowing what the *flow state* is for either type definitely helps clear things up!
Ok, now I'm sure I am an ENFP :) Thank you, handsome.
Omg these are so good. I m all with the forest animals! 🙌
+Geek Psychology
For a long time, i've been deepening myself in understanding the cognitive function hoping to relate to one specific Type. And so far i've been relating to more than one types (esfp, infp, enfp, isfp, definitely F and P for sure), which took me time to discard some and break it down to be left with two types. My grand decision was now between ENFP and INFP... you where the only one i could get a flash of which one i really am, thanks to the way you conveyed the message on these video. The way you spoke was special and therefore clarified my uncertainty. And therefore made me wonder more about you, whats for example your Type, if a may ask. I express to you my heartfelt thanks, for your help means alot to the outerworld. So my warm regards from Oslo Norway. :)
I'm ENFP if ...
- I worry a lot if someone makes me a negative comment.
- I am very expressive.
- When I am happy I make jokes, I am spontaneous and very funny but when I do not feel comfortable I am shy .
- I like make others feel good
- I have an introverted and artistic side
- I have imagination and a mind full of ideas that can change easily and I usually don't finish them, because of my open mind and my multitude of options.
- I drees with many colors and in a particular way.
- I am optimistic and funny but I can also be pessimistic and feel decepcionated when something does'nt go well for me.
- I am so curious. I like to investigate personality to analyze myself and people.
- I like to venture and take risks.
I'm an INFP if ...
- I don't care much about criticism, unless it has to do with an artistic creation.
- I am not very expressive but deep down I have an enormous sensitivity.
- I am usually serious and in my world, and only with very close people do I show my shameless side. However, I am even ashamed that they have been spying on me when I sing or dance, I feel that they have engulfed my space too much.
- I do not care if I do not connect with people, it is more fun to connect with my inner world so full of fantasies and possibilities.
- I am introverted and artistic but I tend to procrastinate my ideas and leave them in my mind because of my perfectionism.
- Normally I dress in black, eccentric, original way and with clothes that represent my favorite music groups.
- When I am good with myself I tend to be good in my world and when I am bad I idealize and I am very critical and pessimistic. I tend to be more realistic than optimistic when I'm well.
- I have a lot of mystery. I like to investigate about the personality to analyze myself and discover myself, above all, myself.
- I do not like to venture or take risks.
When I'm in a bad life phase I test as INFP but when all is going well I test as ENFP. I'm just both. Or ANFP.. lol
Im infp (quite introverted and calm), but turn enfpish when happy always cracking jokes 😂😂
Nice work!
Thanks!!
I'm a little confused. I was thinking that I'm INFP for a long time. Especially when I was having a hard time and I locked in myself. Now I can relate more with ENFP so this makes more sense for me. Maybe Im misstyped myself. The main reason is because I never consider myself as extrovert.
3:45 Finally this is after the cognitive function definitions
I swear we can switch INFP and ENFP back an forth since we have the same functions, depending on the situations. ENFPs are just hyperactive INFPs.
Well maybe i'm just a depressed enfp :) jsjajaja
You know what I wish? To have a Myers Briggs video that doesn't feel like it's fluffing my ego, I mean, these may not be false, but it definitely gets me thinking that it's valid to have my shortcomings,idk,may just be me🤷🏾♀️
I’d rather focus on strengths, but I do talk about the comfort zone of the tertiary function quite often. I got the same comment from an ESTP friend of mine.
There’s another youtuber or 2 that seem to be successful by being critical of other types. Just gotta keep searching lol ;)
I know for sure I'm an enfp because also it's the weakest function that I look at. For me it's definitely Si all along.
I feel I am an infp but turn into ENFP with high Ne when I want something important to me to be done and try to find ways. Is that normal?
Or you could be ANFP like me. It's called being ambiverted. Both introverted and extroverted.
No snowflake there's no 17th type made for you
Lol. Every Panzergrenadier squad, needs an INFP: to make sure the forest animals feel loved and understood.
What if there is 1% difference? In extroverted feeling introverted thinking
I'm definitely an ENFP lol
Good shit man
Thanks!
I’m an INFP, I’m pretty ambiverted... but I would be cool with being ENFP, they are so hot
Coool thanks so much !!!
I really like the yellow smoke on your logo, how did you do that?
I'm really confused because I've gotten typed as an INFP by every test I've taken, but I just learned about the functions and took a cognitive functions test that still typed me as an INFP while saying Ne was my primary function. Fi was a close second, and Te is what I had the least of, so I think that's why it typed me as an INFP. I also most identify as an INFP. Idk man, maybe the test was whack? Or maybe I am an ENFP, but like... why would my tertiary function be what I have the least of? I am confusion
To my fellow enfps, have any of you been in a romantic relationship with your dual the istj?
yo this was funny haha. thankyou
You look like a Jonas brother
😂😂😂
yep, i'm an enfp. thought i was an infp because i consider myself more introverted, but after watching this video, I definitely push people to get shit done, as well as myself. I'm very impatient, and if someone is hesitant or indecisive it really annoys the living hell out of me. like JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! JESUS CHRIST!!! i do need to work on that though XDDD I'm also constantly researching new ideas and methods for my life or passions to do them more effectively and efficiently.. definitely can relate to enfp more than infp. Also when talking with someone I do way more talking than listening and unless they are giving me useful information I am mainly waiting my turn to speak LOL (working on this as well) THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!!
+nausuki123 LOL. Happy to help.
What if i have sides of both of them? Is that possible?
My friend was an enfp and now she is an isfj... I'm very confused 😂
Sooo the deciding factor for me on which type I am is how I don't name animals or trees, I've never talked to inanimate things so guess I must be an ENFP not INFP
Never talked to a dog or a cat ?
Hey please could you do an enfp vs esfp please :)
4:50 I think you said Fe instead of Te. Am I wrong?
What's your type bro?
INFP
@@GeekPsychology cool! (short answer to save both of us from having a drawn out conversation which may or may not have happened, it's the internet and it's 3am)
Such an adorable ending🥹 "And trying to find your personal identity in each little forest animal?"
^^