thatASMRchick Have you seen some of FJ's earlier videos where he addresses the audience like a classroom full of students? Super funny. He even asks us not to switch seats so that he can make sure he can check attendance. 😂 FJ, I think she's right, though. You do have (what appears to be) a natural gift of teaching. You come across as confident, energetic, and euthymic when you are sharing your knowledge with others. You seem in your element. (Fe)
Shannon Logue He really does seem to be more outgoing and getting comfortable than in the earlier videos. Yes FJ, we like you, we really really like you! I was really hoping he would play something on that violin Bass. But I need to watch again, all these function things are confusing to me. How did he learn this? The stacks and all that. I just took some online test several years ago and didn't really think about it until recently.
Karla Rivera this isn’t about the smartly done test, it’s about understanding how they create the test, so taking the test online is helpful. Even if you know a $1000 one which is more accurate.
Frank, This may be my second time commenting on a RU-vid video ever. Comment sections go in strange directions sometimes. I feel compelled to say something though. I found your videos about two weeks ago and have been watching nonstop. You often say things that are exactly what I'm thinking or feeling and your deadpan delivery cracks me up. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and personality. God bless your heart and that mind of yours.
I wish that Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs would have chosen something other than judging and perceiving to represent the fourth dimension of their theory of personality. Judging has always sounded, well--judgemental to me. How about looking at this dimension in terms of the way that we choose to interact with the world? I'm thinking something like Taking in information versus acting on information--Synthesizers vs. Responders. That has a more positive ring to it.
You're thinking of the word judging as Judgemental. JUDGING is coming across information which immediately processes through a filter of one's own preexisting understanding of things- both directly relevant and coincidentally relevant- as in a passive point of reference. Which is how an impartial Judge in a Court comes to his/her conclusions on a case. Judgemental would be using one's own preexisting Opinion as the standard and holding new information hostage until it has proven its merits. (INTJ)
I really appreciate you getting some knowledge out there. I feel like if more people would take the time to delve into the cognitive functions, it would help to rid us of some of the negative stigma attached to MBTI. There are sooooo many folks out there spreading the wrong info, and it causes some to view MBTI as being no more accurate than their weekly newspaper horoscope.
Jason Keene , astrology does have some accuracy and usefulness. But horoscopes are generally B.S. Yes, there is a difference. And I have actually noticed that there are lots of INFJs who are also Pisces, myself being one, which kind of got me wondering if there are some connections there.
Nikki Docherty don't get me wrong. I have also noticed some potential correlations, not necessarily with one sign, as I'm gemini, but some of the general descriptions of various signs do seem, at times, to line up with their personality type. I wouldn't dare be closed-minded enough to say there's nothing there, but yeah, I was mainly referring to those generic horoscopes.
Eve Green lol. Hey, even those make sense from time to time. Coincidentally, of course. I had one yesterday that said something dumb like "Burdens are blessings." I'm inclined to disagree with that one.
P.S. The function stack for an INFJ is Ni - introverted intuition Fe - extraverted feeling Ti - introverted thinking Se - extraverted sensing Where Ni is a perceiving function and Fe is the judging function.
So INFJ can be INFP right or they have two sides whether INFJ and INFP. cause i take mbti test first i got INFJ. And then i test again i got INFP. But however they most accurate type to me is still INFJ.
For the last weeks, I've been thinking whatever I was a ENFP, a ENTP, or a INTP, now considering the cognitive functions I'll add INFJ to the list. Oh boy, time to study cognitive functions even more!
For the confused ones, please read this, it took me a while but i think thi can help us all...Perceiving functions (N) and (S) are opposites (extraverted N means introverted S and viceversa) (N)intuition (S) Sensing Judging functions (T) and (F) are opposites (extraverted F means introverted T and viceversa) (T) (F) IN(i)F(e)J First letter introverted (I), then it means that the main funcion is a perceiving funcion (So N as F is a judging function)thus N(i) J the last letter means that the first extraverted function is en extraverted one, since we have the N covered as introverted, then Feeling is the extraverted As intuition is introverted and judging, then Sensing is extraverted As Feeling is Extraverted and the opposite, Thinking is introverted EN(i)F(e)J First letter is E, extraverted,last letter J, so their primary function is a judging(J)one, the judging one of the two is F so F is extraverted F(e) Second function introverted intuition ( So the E defines as primary the second listed function F) INFP IN(e)F(i)P First letter (I) introverted last leter (p) perceiving Their primary function is a Judging function so F is the judging function thus the introverted one Means their sensing function is the secondary so Extraverted Intuition (Ne) As we can find the Opposites, Then they are Extraverted in the Thinking (Te) and Introverted sensing(Si) So I defines that the primary function is Introverted So E defines that the primary function is Extraverted J defines that the main function is a perceiving one ( either N or S) P defines that the main function is a judging one ( (either T or F) After you have detected a pair, the other two functions are just the opposites.
I'm an INFP. Most of the time I feel okay about myself....Until I get among a group of people and I feel like I'm weird and just wanna get away because I feel odd and like other people are put off by me.
Man, screw these labels! Nah, but seriously, great explanation and clarification. I hang around an INTP and INTJ most of the week. I hear about MBTI constantly and I'm sure they'd approve this message. Nice bass! You take care of your instruments. Looking good for it being that old. Don't be depressed! Feel honor to have such a piece. Good stuff! Now, do we get to hear a song?No pressure, ha haaaa!
I truly appreciate your break down on this. I know I am not the only one who has taken the test a few times & received both p & j. I resonate more with infj & end frequently with those results- athough, I am not the most organized, can be spontaneous & I am a dreamer. It is important to remember we are similiar, yet so different & that is one of the reasons life is beautiful.
Very interesting! I am quite confused by Myers-Briggs in general, as I've never dug any deeper than to take the test multiple times over the years, always get back the answer INFJ, read about that type, and think: "Yep, strangest and least common type? Sounds about right." But hearing you go into more details makes me want to learn more! But I'm too busy to actually read a book. 😒🤔 Teach us more, FJ!
Frank, I'm still confused about the difference between J & P but it's OK. I've been confused ever since I took "The Test" many years ago. I know I can always come back to your videos for more info and comfort....and humor. Thanks!
That 70's Reader Yeah, what was up with telling us how they sound, but not a pluck or a strum to demonstrate? Now he needs to do a video or podcast with him playing.
When I learned about Myers-Briggs, I learned that p was really about processing and that a p was more invested in the journey and J was more about the end result and were very end result focus oriented.
Your insights do help me a lot through this never-ending process of discovering, learning a bit more about myself. I love these sort of introspections. You're great, Frank.
Great video as always, I would suggest just putting a bit of text on the screen to be able to follow better the order and name of the 4 functions, it can get confusing
seRap¡s oZmeaud she is definitely not as outgoing as I am. She's more organized. I have had more long lasting friendships and romantic relationships than she has. She's doesn't put as much effort into her outward appearance. Just off the top of my head.
Kara Kara that’s funny because my experience is the opposite. I have no friends and she has had friends for years, she’s been in a relationship for like 7 years. She is very successful and I struggle with everything. I put more into my appearance though also. Is your sister older or younger? Mine is 5 years older.
Hi Frank. So I was talking about your vlog and podcast with Gladys, a long time herbalist I know. I shared with her that you sometimes hit some low moods. She asked me to share with you to start taking magnesium and tyrosine. She said it would really help with mood so you can rise to your full potential. Yeah, Gladys got the impression from me that you were an exceptional human being. Gladys is a fellow Sagittarius and fully approves.
oh thank FRANK that you made this video. Seriously, you cleared up a huge misconception for me. Cloverleaf test got me as INFJ, but the truity one got me as INFJ aaaaand INFP, but mostly INFP. The reason was because I was a 'disorderly' person that like a little bit of 'chaos' since I'm not as gung-ho about schedules and making sure things are in their proper place. But about 70% of INFP just didn't fit me and I was just HOW are they doing their test!?!? And you made it very clear what the differences are, SO THANK YOU ^^ Also for telling us the story about your 13yo rogue bass. May you have more thumps with your bass for another 13 years.
Ruth Jeffrey hi. Yes, I assumed that you were not that way with others because I did that kind of horrible shit to myself because I was being emotionally abused by someone and instead of lashing out at him, I turned on myself. You may want to check out Matt Kahn who teaches self love. For empaths it is like salvation. You can keep talking that way to yourself all you want but it is so much better when you motivate yourself in loving, positive ways. Typically there is a lot of socialization and other people's voices behind it. Nonetheless, if it makes you happy to do that who am I to tell you anything. I just know I'm so much happier now that I honor myself and listen to myself more than others who have nothing to do with this lone individual's life. They don't live in my skin. They don't make my choices for me. Not saying others are bad, but they don't generate the energy I need, I do. I create my life through my own perspective, period. I've overcome a lot of shit in my life, to include an unhealthy mind. As Jeff Blum says, " Change your Mind, Change your World ". And it is your world my friend. You can put as much energy into being miserable as being happy. Maybe it pleases you to be rough on yourself and you like it. It did not work well for me and I know myself better now. Honor yourself.
Hi FJ, fellow INFJ here. Thanks so much for these refreshers on MYERS BRIGGS types. I've been watching your videos for a couple months now and really appreciate your perspective on the INFJ type and other life things. I have a lingering question for you: in previous videos you've said that INFJs are the most extroverted of the introverted types. Could you expand on that? Thanks!
There's a great patience in the way you're trying to explain, like there were someone there even though there's not. But it's still fucking confusing (not really to me) to anyone who would just be starting to hear about it. Still, You ease into it in a great way
I just found out I was an infj not too long ago, taking the test out of pure curiosity. In efforts to try and understand myself better (ahaha) I stumbled onto your channel. Wow, thank you so much! I've never watched so many RU-vid videos in one night, rarely subscribe or feel compelled to comment on platforms... It's wonderful to feel I can relate to someone on my wavelength, even if it's passively through RU-vid. Grateful for your existence, and your dry humor that actually gets me to lol (laugh out loud) hahaha. :)
I just loved his personality. When I first started studying myers-Briggs. James frank, so real! :-) My favorite podcast from you, are your beginning ones. It seems as comedians or anybody get more popular. They lose, some of just being down to earth. You're still very good! & You're exploring new extrovert type avenues, along with your knowledge and who you are.
Thank you! That warm analog sound is my favorite! So hard to find in music now. It’s a shame but the older stuff is so much better. My Ovation acoustic electric is my go to for writing. I think the tone is amazing! Great video!!
I’m enjoying the videos about us INFJs. I think we’re a misunderstood type and it’s interesting that you’re also an INFJ that plays guitar. Maybe my thought that INFJs lean toward music to express feeling is correct!
THANK YOU for pointing this out. I've watched about a dozen videos on this topic, and no one is making this clear. The "behaviors" that manifest as a result of the J or P orientation are SECONDARY.
Ahh this was really great. I did not know that about different kinds of bass strings, that there are two kinds of wire to wrap around them. What I do know is that bass strings last a long time, so especially if you haven't been playing it every day, you should still be good. Oh yeah, the actual video - What are your thoughts on the difference between introverted intuition and introverted feeling? I wonder often if I'm actually an INFP. I straddle the line. I really liked your explanation of extraverted functions. There are not a lot of videos that clarify what that term means, either. And I'm glad you liked my song. It's still stuck in my head. 😂
Stephanie Douglass So I've got a violin i quit playing in 7th grade, I'm 59 now, so it probably needs a tune up and new strings, if I were to attempt playing again. What about the bow's horsehair? I also acquired my fathers old nylon string guitar after he passed. I wanted it because when I was in high school we took guitar lessons together.
I would say both of those instruments would need someone to take a look at them. They would probably both need new strings. Most music stores have someone who can do guitar strings. You might need to find someone who specializes in bowed instruments for your bow, but a music store would probably know who to call. :) That is awesome that you are thinking to pick up your instruments again.
Im assuming you would find the smooth strings on a double bass. I pretended to play in highschool in the band. Pluck pluck... lol and had a guitar for home and I noticed the strings were different. Always liked the sound of the bow running across the D string. Lol
I like the sharing of the bass guitar! It came from nowhere but as an INFJ myself I understood where it came from! Thank you for your time and content.
Just as I faded out from being mesmerized by your voice and focused on the guitars to process this pertinent info about J vs P functions, you mentioned them... but I was more interested in how they were mounted on the wall--basic or homemade artistic wonderment because I'm weighing different options of how to display mine. Then I watched a preceding video and got the answer to that. Thanks for the entertainment and knowledge for eventual self improvement . How could I not trust a man with such clean fingernails...? Subscribed!
I have a Washburn acoustic bass with round wound strings on it. I took all of the frets off and filled the grooves to get a mellow sound and I love the fretless aspect of it, but I really need to finish it off with the flat wound strings. Thanks for the reminder of that.
TY for the J and P breakdown. I feel like I started out as INFP and, to get things done in life, have really had to learn more J ways of being. I loved your show and tell at that end. I’ve only started watching all of your videos. I hope I discover more show n tells along the way!
I've been watching your vids for abt almost 2 weeks now!! I love your vids, especially the shorter explanations!! I've noticed with my learning skill sets, its easier to deep dive, hobby learning with various and multiple short lesson vids instead of 1/2hr long lectures!! With that said, I have several notes, about my own personal experiences, but also the study/ies itself. All of this is fascinating to me!!! I had taken this, and learned about it original back in HS of jun/sen year. I went to a career center, and I wanted to pursue a career in psych back then, but they didn't have a psych lab, they only had beginner classes, so I did away with those, and even if it was briefed, I learned lots, and have continued to learn about it. During both years of being there, in 2 classes, psych and english, I took this tests. Both years, I got the same one. I think It might've been one letter off, on both of the different results. I do know for sure the first 2 were "IN" and to me, from what I learned, this immediately made complete sense. I wanted and was extremely curious to really know about the other letters. -I had heard of I/E types/cognitive functions, and the way the two differ in thinking, from psych101 in sen yr, and freshman psych101 of college, and in college, thats where I also I learned more about the Briggs System more too. However, I had no idea that there was another section of things to learn behind it!! While knowing personalities change over time, I think it's really cool to actually see it, but in written form. It helps me to know that I'm not overthinking it, and that its something that is/was "just told to me," from growing up and hearing it 24/7. - I was an INFP, and now are an INTP, aka "Logician." It makes the world of sense to me!! It's so relatable, and I need something that is relatable. Now that I'm 21, I hear more and more, that your developmental part of the brain process, doesn't fully get developed until abt 21. For my situation, it'll be a later process, I have a personality disorder I was pre-diagnosed at 17, and then was officially at 18, but also an after birth, undeveloped frontal lobe condition that makes learning/perceiving things hard, and slower. I've heard that it can even cause on to have learning disabilities as well, making things more difficult to perceive and interpret how I learn things. Growing up through all of grade school was a whole ass mess for me and I was so lost!!! Another thing to note, I've heard people with personality disorders, also seem to categorize into one personality type. With the common traits, combined with how they think and process things, even if their/our world doesn't process it correctly, I can certainly see this as being valid and coming into play all the time. In fact, I've experienced it, esp more after taking notice, and being more aware. -I"ve heard people with BPD explain this too When I researched this topic, I saw one that was the same as me. They mentioned they had a personality change later, through therapy resources, such as DBT/CBT, meaning, learning how to "retrain" your brain through therapy. -It's interesting to me, as well as everything else, that the thinking and perceiving of an INTP, but also with a personality disorder, it all falls into line. Even without having an mental disorders or brain, or "after birth/health," conditions, the studies and scientific research, are all based off of facts with people with neurotypical, functioning brains, instead of atypical. I'm sure there are more explanations surrounding both matters. Learning all of this, allows and gives me more opportunities to see things outside of my disorder, and its stigmas, as well as outside of therapy. It's more easier to learn about myself this way, than through therapy/gp therapy training. Sometimes this can be extremely overwhelming, especially when going everyday for 3 years straight. For in building/practice resources, grp therapy the requirement was training for a 1 yr. After completing a full year, I was abt to go another in an adult group instead of teen, considering things would be much different, and a big plus would be going without parents. I learned things, but it didn't make sense when trying to apply it to my own life. This makes way more sense, plus I'm not forced to do it. If I'm not forced to do something, I'll be way more interested in learning, and are much more willing to dive into more of it. In regards to music: I suggest HIGHLY, that you should work in a music store. They would love so much to have someone with such knowledge about a single music instrument. I"m a musician as well, and have always wanted to learn bass, down to the depths and the very basics like this!!! Nah, your guitar content didn't drop off for me. Def make a seperate RU-vid page for your music, I'd love to hear it!!
Man, I've been having such a bad day today and I want to let you know that listening to you talk about your bass at the end of the video made me so happy. I just graduated and I've been looking into buying a bass. That's gotta have some sort of meaning to it. Keep doing what you're doing :)
Ok, musician here (reeds and opera singer) who has worked in many music stores and never knew why there were round wound and flat wound strings because no guitarists ever explained it. Thank you!
That's a beautiful instrument. :) I remember wanting to learn how to play guitar when I was 13, but I didn't have the patience to get my fingers used to doing everything. I took to drawing after that, and now I'm an artist. Go figure! Good info though, I'll definitely have this in the back of my mind as I type people behind their backs. 😂
3:00 Oh makes sense So enfp the first extroverted function is Intuition- therefore I’m a perceiver Infj- first extroverted function is feeling- therefore they’re the jugging type Esfp- first is extroverted sensing, therefore the perceiving type
I've been dying to know more about your guitars! One of my most treasured possessions is a Faith Natural Mercury Parlour guitar. It's pretty obscure but *perfect* for me. (The man in the guitar shop matched me well, going on a well-honed hunch.) I absolutely adore it... (I'd love the electro-acoustic version but they're three times more expensive now.)
This was one of the best videos of its type I've ever seen! (no pun intended) While I technically knew everything you said, I hadn't thought of a lot of it that way before, thank you! (This is coming from an INTP too so I'm sure you know it means more) (admitting we hadn't thought of something is hard for us)
More guitar stuffs please. Also, can you someday talk about belonging? I guess that's pretty broad, and maybe it relates to your INFJ fade video. But what I'm thinking is like, how do you become part of a community when it already seems so tight-knit? How do you integrate into social circles when they seem so solidified already? How do you become best friends with someone when they already have a best friend? How do you get that sense of belonging? As an introvert, I crave close relationships (even just one) but I struggle to get to that level with anyone. Thoughts?
simfreakk32 In 2nd grade I could just skip up to someone on the playground and say "Hey, wanna be friends?" It was easy. But now? impossible. We all get so much baggage and complicated as we get older.
simfreakk32 Volunteer somewhere maybe :) It's working for me, slowly, working though. There are ways to get involved with the community and then maybe the rest will fall in place ;) maybe... Hope you the best...
I think I got it! J and P determine which function interacts with the world. Either J (think and feeling) or P (intuiting or sensing). I have not watched the Interversion/Extraversion video yet, but I gather from what you said, with the I/E and J/P we can deterimine the dominant/first and second function. So INTJ would be dominate Internal Intuition and followed by External Thinking. While a ENTJ would be dominate External Thinking followed by internal intuition. Correct? 😊 Then do you just contiune to decode? INTJ 3rd Fi and 4th Se ENTJ 3rd Se 4th Fi So maybe those with External Thinking in the first two functions seem or tend or appear to be more organized? Thanks for the video it helped me see it.
