How the INFP Brain Works 

Hey Frank I have a suggestion. Could you do MBTI types if they were spy’s. I thought it would be cool 😊

You are very welcome! :)) This was definitely a funny highlight of the day ^_^

I know you didn’t ask but I think a "cool and attractive" skit idea would be you to typing all major characters of the Wizard of Oz while playing each part yourself. What type would play the scare crow? My guess would be ENTP lol Also if you do decide to, please play Glinda as her as the manipulative witch she actually was.

Will you do this for each type (ISTJ here)?

You gave me exactly what I needed without meaning to. Thank you for making my studies into how exactly my brain works 1000000000000000% easier! Now I can precisely identify each section of the brain and how it specifically functions and then cross reference with autism and how it affects the brain and ultimately understand myself at levels one only achieves on inhumane doses of acid. Wow I got off track way to fast there just thank you xD

HELP THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE THING THAT I’VE EVER HEARD

Omg why is this so true

It's literally just "the opposite of what other people want" lmfao

Fr

Noooo why is this accurate 💀

hee hee

HOW HE KNOW THO

HE KNOWSSS HE KNOWS WHAT IVE BEEN WRITINGGG

For me it is paintings...paintings in my head...🥺

For me it’s music I should learn.

This comment is so underrated. 😂

Lmao, my word filter works as my emotion filter too, I would probably be hated if I didn't filter out everything I do and say 😂

Truer words were never spoken. I can personally attest to that 😖 It's frightening how fast that Pain Lockbox fills up when the Word Filter malfunctions.

😂 That is exactly what has happened to me

Literallyyy, and it also involves me making random sound effects (usually screaming) whenever something inconvenient happens WHEN I'M IN A PUBLJC SPACE T^T

I’ve often turned down invites out to parties with normal people to have conversations in my head instead. My imaginary friends are much more interesting and don’t think I’m weird 😂

I love imagining conversations in my head! And I'm always the life of the party!!

Pls😂😂😂😂😂

I wanted to get twitter so I could do those rants for real. Probably a good thing, in retrospect, that twitter wouldn't let me make an account because it didn't think my phone number was real. 😅😂

I’m happy I’m not the only one I need some INFP friends

I just cry. 😂

Me too, I cry. Ghosting is possible too.

@@PopFizzPaperDani I do that too plus I get all shaky. I hate confrontation so my fuse for what I can tolerate is pretty long but once the line is crossed, I can’t stay silent. Because I’m shy and generally tolerant/easy going people don’t expect it.

I HATE so much that I always end up crying when I'm mad/upset! 😂😂

Cry then run away!

Time to write it! We are late-bloomers but it still means we can bloom!

My book is a sweet post apocalyptic, drug fueled, hero's journey. With themes of love, purpose, friendship. It really is quite epic, if only y'all could see it. In a twist ending the guy's daughter now controls the human slaying cyborgs.

The book I've been writing is a Lynchian battle of the sexes told as a noire detective thriller. There is suspicion, jealousy, violence and halfway through the story the borders between reality begin to blur and characters' relationships to one another get turned upside down. Even I have no idea what it all means, but I just feel it makes sense somehow. I already have written a third draft in the form of a play, but I lost it somewhere in my laptop (I forgot the working title). The only book I've read that comes close to mine is Ice by Anna Kavan.

Nono, there is a book each 5 years

@lla mine was just 100% 8th grader syndrome where mc was xxxxth iteration of itself who somewhat keeps some of its previous iteration memories or sometimes powers, it has derivation and deviation from different possibles timelines wich was not be remembered by that mc but they sometimes poke around in mc dialy lifes either try to destroy the world or help mc fixing the world the ending? no! its still keep going on and on and on and on possibly till the end of my own lifes still until i go to Psychiatrist i still not yet convinced im INFP-T or whataver despite some web my online friends gave told me so(considering theres many syndrome of "ooh i have ADHD" or "oh nooo im colorblind" all over the internet yet they arent or not quite "that")

As ENTP I know too well.

As a musician mine is songs/pieces I should learn.

This is me with making clothes. I feel your pain 😂😂😂

Haha! Real!

Mine is fanfiction. And even when it's finished, it will never be written down. It's purpose is to lull me to sleep at night.

NO STOP SAME I WAS OVERTHINKING IT

i am glad the knowledge will be spread

Oh, that's so ENTPyish! I like that. [*_*]

Mwahahahaha...

@@FrankJamesas a autistic INFP you don’t know how many internal conversations I have to circumnavigate, speaking of writing Im actually am writing a comic book right now

@@faiththomas1749I’m also an Autistic INFP😊

Me too XD

Saaaame

yaaaas!!

Saaame! INFP GANG!

Same 😅😊

lmao yeah i keep pausing videos like this to discuss my thoughts on it with myself. out loud.

@@jongininikim5219 so real

Infp is just "high functioning" autistic. If You are willing to know more, about You and Your kid, its lot of video's about it. You can have better picture of it.

I'm an infp and my brother is an intp. We caused our poor parents a lot of concern growing up just by being ourselves. I'm currently raising an ENFP preteen so I can empathize with you. It's great to see a parent that's making an effort to understand their child; it makes a positive difference. I commend you.

As an INFP myself, do his imaginary conversations have the side effect of having to pace around in a circle while he talks? Cause that’s almost every time for me, lol. I’ve probably walked several miles at a time just talking to myself 😆

@@TheChristianCountess2721 I can confirm you're not the only one. Sometimes I even walk around and gesture like I'm talking to an audience.

Same 😩

*write.

@@burnyizland whcakgcwihcqhkcwhcwjejehcsviwiv… I’ll fix it 😅

Same, someday it'll happen, but not today

Same!! I was writing a story and I managed to continue it for months! But then life happened and I kinda stopped and haven't written since

Spoken like a true scientist, a true noble and a true chocolate vampire

No real Neurologist would believe such flimsy pseudo-science. Even bachelor level social science and psych students know this is an ineffectual, inconsistent method. The Myers-Briggs personality test is outdated real scientists have worked tirelessly and devised better systems for evaluating personality for nearly a century since this test was first conceived. It should have as about much scientific validity as fairies at the bottom of the garden, unicorns and astrology. Perhaps before flaunting titles you should have articulated how your background in Neuroscience has equipped you with the tools and data necessary to make the claim that this is as you say "Anatomically correct and serves the purposes stated"?

thank you, doctor chocula

As RU-vid watcher, I agree

science!

@@FrankJames no inaccuracies of any kind! The book part really got me....

@quantum SAME

​@FrankJames 😂😂 as someone who watches all of ur videos I know that inside joke

samesies.

Omg 100% true 😂

me when I see AI art.

lol so true!

Yess 😂

Yup. Specifically families being assholes to their kids but still expecting respect for me lol. I am not a good person to go to for advice with family because I almost always respond with fuck them hoes, you can go find a better family that actually values you lol.

yes!!! own worst enemies to the extreme

REAL I LITERALLY RECENTLY REMEMBERED ON MY PARENTS ANNIVERSARY HOW I FELL INTO THE BUSHES INFRONT OF ALL MY RELATIVES WHILE STICKING A CAKE. I WAS ABT 7 OR 6 BRO. WHY.

​@@NotYuichiroThat's so funny. I crushed a family friends tomato plants by falling off a wall when I was 8 or 9 and I think about it a lot 😂😂

same. I turned into a very healthy INFP. My depression was cured by the people I love and a lot of work towards wanting to be truelly happy. I always want to be a better version everyday. THe procastinating also stopped since actually started and continue to working towards my goal

I care way too much what people think and I can't think of a time that I did the opposite of people want haha. I need to sprinkle in some more of not caring what people think. 😊 And yeah, way intense. At least that's how it's feels. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@@awkwardemily15 Ok so it's not just me then with the extra intense emotions! Who else keeps constantly being told they are "overreacting" or "overdramatic"?

@@lyndseystrait1513 My mom used to say she was going to call Hollywood when I was in elementary school. Kind of funny and kind of sad at the same time. 😂😅

@@awkwardemily15 😅Yikes, yeah thx MOM. Well, I'm usually pretty calm & reserved so I guess it kind of throws people off when I am expressing myself?

SCIENCE!

this is BEYOND science, dude! Unbelievably true!

buuuuuut whhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Same. I wonder what will difer if there is an INFJ one. I guess no imaginary conversations part and no part about writing a book either. The philosophy generator is always active. The mood regulation part is faster and smaller. A bigger worried of what people think of them part. No wanting to do the opposite of what people want part but a wanting to do what people want part instead. Beside that it's probably exactly the same.

​@@kyurei4478I think I will keep the imaginary conversations lobe and side it nearer to the philosophy generator.

@@gabagoba4331 Not a bad idea. But I think this part should be reworked to exclude the conversations with fictional characters. That's why I chose to exclude it.

I feel like this could have been an INFx video.

@kyurei4478 Yeah, I agree. That's why l sided it this way, but l wouldn't exclude it at all. It's really a thing for me, and yeah, it's mostly a conversation with myself or sometimes someone who I think is interested, like a possible new best friend.😂

I have ADHD and Autism. I found this video very relatable as well.

Speaking? Words? Nah. Fanfiction in my brain. (Takes up most of my words. Word filter takes them and beats em up in a lone alleyway.) Awkward lobe? Slap it onto anyone i dont frequently speak to. Worrying? What's new.^ Emotions? I'm good (most of the time. Sometimes sad or really hap) Saying i'm gonna do something, get distracted and/or not doing it? Oops.

@@GedanJ Fanfiction on brain is sooooooooooo reletable. It's part of my daydreaming rutine. I have emotional dysregulation and it's very common in adhd so that's also an check for me. I hate it tho, like i fucking cry at everything

The imaginary convos are starting to make me look insane bc I just mouth the words and forget ppl are watching me

i always imagine that everyone who ever hated me in school is told all my adventures (that i never had) and feeling really jealous

This is so true. There should definitely be a giant guilt lobe in there.

I may try to do what they want, but get so overwhelmed with all the reasons why it's impossible to do those things. Then I avoid the person cuz I feel guilty for not getting it done.

⁠@@denisemayosky1955This is so real… and then I also feel guilty for avoiding the person too :,)

literally. Like, ignoring everyones wishes and doing what we want. u want to do it so badly as a people pleaser, and we just dont wanna hurt them, Whenever i say no to someone, out of anger or something, the next minute i immediately feel guilty, even tho i did many things for them and so sacrificed tooo (friends and stuff), and even then. but when others say no they dont give a shit. like my sister for e.g unless it's for food. well (not saying anything bad abt her OBVV),

I said the same thing.... I feel seen and understood by this video

I was narrating my life out loud because I didn't learn you could narrate inside your head until I was 10 years old

Oh yeah, the lobe of the internal narrating voice-over!

Welp, reverse psychology neeeever worked on me. 😂 If you tell me to do something, I won't do it. If you tell me to don't do it because I'm complaining about it, you're enabling my procrastination and I still won't do it... The only time I do things despite whining is because I HAVE to, like chores. Or cooking, because one needs food to survive-

​@@Capyrateyeah this is me too 😂

Yes!! Me too!

Yup. Literally the only activity I can get myself to do is writing. Just one book. Just one… at least. Then I shall be content.

It is called PDA, pathological demand avoidance, and mostly its part of autistic traits. Seriously, all of this INFP stuff is just autistic traits

No, it's not limited to dads.

@@AtarahDerek Yeah, he had a pun section before being a dad. Gotta be prepared.

As an INFP, the pun section is the brain as a whole :D

It's definitely not just INFP dads 😂

INFPs and ENFPs actually are the masters of puns

As a unhealthy INFP i am lazy and i don't what to do and i am always panik when it come important thing

Completely agree with this! I have an ENFP friend and I love her vibes. And we definitely need the Js around us to get things done. From a fellow INFP.

I have an ESFJ friend and she's an absolute inspiration. I'm actually doing things for once in my life because I couldn't remain passive while staring at her achieving all my dreams and goals. So helpful. ENFJ help too, although with them it's different because they have more doubts and can get stuck more easily. ES is the magic I've been missing my entire life.

yeeey thank you

But when ever I talk to my ENTJ Aunt she makes me cry, like she tries to be helpful by giving me advice I already know and telling me all my life decisions are wrong without knowing anything about my work then months later saying the opposite but I still remember when she said those decisions were shit

I can relate to this. Did you worry about the wording of your comment and how people might not get what you're trying to say? -an INFP

Same. Was gonna type out comments in the comment section to respond to people, and deleted 😂

@@Interestking Yes, I very much worry what kind of comment and how I word it. Even while writing this comment.

@@Agilku117 And I worried while writing mine. I guess it really is an INFP thing. Have a virtual hug. *hug*

Yeah really though

Especially the part where he said something about the INFP thinking really hard about what other people want and then doing the opposite. Sounded like there was some personal damage done there lol 😅

@@linmonPIE Exactly what I thought when he said that.

Probably his girlfriend. He once said something about dating an INFP. Not sure if I am right.

@@Lakshmi63849he has a wife, so maybe an ex? :)

IDK, that part made more sense out of the INFP I've lived with for over a decade than any other thing ever has. Maybe it's hitting a little too close to home for you? He definitely should have included a bit on propensity to believe in conspiracies though - you and these replies add credence to that.

Oh yeah! 95 % of my physical health issues originate from that lobe getting to big and stretchy.

Oh right, good point!! The procrastination = my best friend. I have to go to the hairdresser for 2 weeks... Every day I say "i will go tomorrow"... 😒

Omg same here, I legit have Spyro and Doofenshmirtz (my two favorite characters) living rent free in my head and giving me advice lol 😂

I sometimes even compare myself to fictional characters. As in: If Jane Eyre managed to get through her hardships, so can I. Or: Hmmm, am I more like Lizzie or Jane Bennett? ;-)

Thanks for this! I’ve been thinking that I’m nuts most of my life, and constantly noting that most other people don’t do these things!

IKR

haha thanks!!

yeah same

Same😂

Found the INFJ… XD

Do pray tell, kind sir, from where do you get the strength and motivation to put down and compile the ideas into a book? I can’t seem to complete my 7-year-due-book in the foreseeable future 😭

@@RosiesAndDaisies to be fair, I'm not done with it. Only about 70%. How I do it? Well, forgive me for the following cliche of a text but the writing comes from a place of desire. Desire to tell a story, if so far only to myself and hoping that one day, reading it will make someone just as happy as I am writing it... Also I barely have a social life and nothing better to do, so that helps

Good for you 😂❤

Are you an INFJ then? I got a couple of the gazzillion ideas that hit my brain published but only a fraction of what I would want. Still, it took Tolkien 17 years to create something no one will ever be able to top, so sometimes it's worth it to wait for the INFP. Better late than never I guess...

me too

Oh, yes! I am over 60 and still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up! Or which flooring to buy! Too many hard choices!

yea same. i remember a buncha times where i just couldnt stop crying because my emotions were really intense or something

Likewise!

hello INFJ :) i love your personality type i wish i could meet an INFJ irl

Except you actually write the book..

I think you missed the part where we disappear from everyones life for months... we are very much alone! 😶‍🌫️

@@Matti_Mu Sometimes it's just nicer to be alone than to be with someone else, right? At least for me. I enjoy my alone time. It's peaceful. ☺️ But sometimes it would be nice to be alone with somebody else who want to be alone.

The imaginary romantic scenarios are the best. I love meet someone on internet and after one or two days of talking I have enough to make my scenario in my head and dream. I text with someone I never meet in real life but in my head we are together for months and he has already meet my family... Only in my head 😅🤣

My thoughts exactly as someone with an INFP best friend :D

shit, adhd and infp is more common than i realized

Did you see his video on solitary confinement? The INFP actually finished their book! And are also completely forgotten about and not let out of the experiment... 😅 Anyway, kudos to writing stuff down!

The difference is that the INFPs keep those conversations inside their brains, you guys just have full blown conversations with yourselves out loud 😉

@@erinl422 I'm INFP and the noise of the anxiety is often too loud to think in my head so I end up saying it out loud

"People who arent like this actually exist?!" "Youre not feeling what im feeling??" "How could you not understand?? It's simple" ..and then, i learned...i am not like most of them

Congratulations! I hope your book is successful! You have completed a milestone that makes all of your fellow INFP's proud! However, based on what you have said, it seems you still have your INFP titles with 2 books needing to be written and several more to come! What is it called so I can be on the lookout for it?

Yay you did it! A glimmer of hope for the rest of us

@@lyndseystrait1513 thank you so much! Honestly, I dom't really have a name yet... it's harder to think about one than you might guess. But even if... sadly enough, I don't write in english😪 If it would ever get translated tho, I'd make sure to let the world know!

@@in-twain I actually hope to bring some inspiration to INFP's out there. Mainly because I myself didn't think I'd made it unril the very end. Even when 90% of the draft was written, I still didn't believe I'll make it to the end. But I did. I think the main message here is, motivation is *not* key. Even though it's helpful, if you wait for the motivation to come, you'll fail - that was my problam for 4.5 years, and I think that is the problem for a lot of aspiring writers. Always remember that writing is what you want, then just write: If it's for five hours or only five minutes, it doesn't matter. As long as you do it. Consistency *is* key!

@@Almogus1 That is ok! & yes let us know!

Yes, I too have imaginary conversations lol

Except that there are 5 different books we've been writing... each year... I lost interest in the ones from 5 years ago. Definitely not even a scribble...

LOL this is so true. But mine is when I was trying to sleep. 🤣🤣🤣. It was a plus if it is about painful sections. LMAO. (secretly a masochist, maybe sadist to the characters we made honestly)