How the INFP Brain Works

[@FrankJames]

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[@MayaraLotusWings]

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

[@cobalt101]

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

[@ClubENTP]

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.

[@LeoChaseTheMythMaster]

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

[@mikealalee2889]

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

[@adelesherwood12]

you forgot the part where we act really antisocial and quiet around extroverts and really loud and social around other introverts

[@imatiredpotato]

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

[@gemart7343]

Omg why is this so true

[@josephchacra2840]

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

[@Cinabonz]

Fr

[@sparkledwater5545]

Noooo why is this accurate 💀

[@quantum7046]

"Every INFP has a book theyve been writing in their head for 5 years" NOO HE KNOWS

[@FrankJames]

hee hee

[@kalifee]

HOW HE KNOW THO

[@selfryed]

HE KNOWSSS HE KNOWS WHAT IVE BEEN WRITINGGG

[@melissam.a.906]

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

[@skippyjonjones23]

For me it’s music I should learn.

[@chixkgoddess8499]

As an INFP , knowing i have a similar set of "unique" brain with a lot of other people brings me comfort 😊

[@andreip7849]

Yeah, too bad we are still alone in our life😂😅

[@chixkgoddess8499]

@@andreip7849 yeah that sucks.

[@VirgoINFP]

YES. We fear others judgement but we do the opposite 😅

[@skippyjonjones23]

As an INFP, this is scarily accurate. You forgot the part of our brain where if someone disparages our value system we go into “rage” mode and either cut them down verbally or just ghost them.

[@PopFizzPaperDani]

I just cry. 😂

[@pigsandparrots]

Me too, I cry. Ghosting is possible too.

[@skippyjonjones23]

@@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.

[@claudiaiwv7815]

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

[@KatErina-ii6ru]

Cry then run away!

[@virtuousphi]

As an INFP, the "imaginary conversations" lobe is accurate. Only it's me often ranting to an imaginary audience about my problems and opinions so that I don't explode.

[@Purplelemon5033]

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 😂

[@denisemayosky1955]

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

[@sh1r_c0hen]

Pls😂😂😂😂😂

[@QueenMonny]

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. 😅😂

[@Arymakesmusic]

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

[@_theywantadocilelamb]

I thought , I'm abnormal, but then I learned about MBTI and then I realized, I'm just different and I am not alone with other INFPs

[@kaygee2121]

I just blew my INFP husband's mind with this video. He said he didn't consent to being called out like that 😂🤣🤣 Absolute perfection 💖

[@andreip7849]

Are there still infp adults out there? Don t you get changed by the world into idk an S type or something? I mean, i m 20 y o but still😅

[@kaygee2121]

@@andreip7849 Intuition doesn't change...it's rather built-in

[@JasonMoir]

As an anatomy professor, I will use this as a study guide for my students. Let's see how many pass that exam...

[@FrankJames]

i am glad the knowledge will be spread

[@Markbenwisch]

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

[@TheDerpiestCatLoaf_17-oy1ww]

Mwahahahaha...

[@faiththomas1749]

@@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

[@victoriasunivers]

@@faiththomas1749I’m also an Autistic INFP😊

[@andiwindsparrow]

As a middle-aged INFP, I would like to say my book has been lodged in my brain for much longer than 5 years.

[@AudioEpics]

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

[@gimpzilla]

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.

[@MrDecksels]

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.

[@Xrayhighs]

Nono, there is a book each 5 years

[@shiro3146]

@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")

[@josueacunauwu]

0:28 I LITERALLY THOUGHT I HAD A MENTAL ILLNESS BECAUSE OF THIS 😭😭😭

[@shruthiramesh7580]

NO STOP SAME I WAS OVERTHINKING IT

[@himimisi]

i literally zoned out when you were talking about imaginary conversations just to have an imaginary conversation with my own reflection through the computer screen

[@jongininikim5219]

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

[@himimisi]

@@jongininikim5219 so real

[@gingerconnoisseur7395]

I see INFP notification, I click.

[@cobalt101]

Me too XD

[@lediaaa23]

Saaaame

[@FrankJames]

yaaaas!!

[@MvsicAdd7ct]

Saaame! INFP GANG!

[@wejwewejwe1382]

Same 😅😊

[@SirChocula]

As a neurologist, I can confirm that these are all indeed anatomically correct and serve the purposes stated.

[@GBS4893]

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

[@jeromypollitt8638]

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"?

[@yourbootyholeisyourbeautyhole]

thank you, doctor chocula

[@otakisenpai8377]

As KZbin watcher, I agree

[@jessicamcmaken4103]

As an infj mom of an 18 year old infp I want to thank you for improving my understanding of my son. When you live with an infp those imaginary conversations happen out loud. It can be confusing and unnerving!

[@reynewan999]

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.

[@Rockypf2]

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.

[@TheChristianCountess2721]

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 😆

[@Rockypf2]

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

[@bicho.cosmico]

This video is the real book of instructions of every INFP.

[@rand0m_lunatic]

As an INFP, my version of “The Book they’ve been writing for the last 5 years” lobe is just a bunch of random KZbin video ideas that I’ve collected over the past 5 years. They’re all in my head…just never written down

[@Markbenwisch]

As ENTP I know too well.

[@skippyjonjones23]

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

[@FutureFendiFsnista]

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

[@theserenecrane]

Haha! Real!

[@StealAwayTheStars]

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.

[@oobilikestuff4029]

As an INFP, I am proud to say that I’ve actually managed to write down part of my story… I do procrastinate on writing more though, but I still think about it everyday 😅

[@veronicamangozjebka803]

Same 😩

[@burnyizland]

*write.

[@oobilikestuff4029]

@@burnyizland whcakgcwihcqhkcwhcwjejehcsviwiv… I’ll fix it 😅

[@ver_nick]

Same, someday it'll happen, but not today

[@michaelajacobsen3619]

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

[@i.am_Yu16]

Why does it feel like this person has been studying me for the past 10 years

[@EvelynandBreelee]

0:04 I’ll just ignore that

[@quantum7046]

Finally. I've always wanted to learn the biology of my weird brain

[@FrankJames]

science!

[@quantum7046]

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

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

@quantum SAME

[@mathild...a1239]

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

[@warriorcatkitty]

samesies.

[@Sjp374]

This is so accurate, but you forgot the super-moralistic-intense-idealistic-convicted part that lights up when we are triggered by the thing we feel passionately about so our otherwise meek demeanor becomes verbal and vicious and everyone around us wonders what the heck is going on.

[@ummhahahu]

Omg 100% true 😂

[@warriorcatkitty]

me when I see AI art.

[@simplyodyssey2551]

lol so true!

[@MadMallory]

Yess 😂

[@BananahRae]

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.

[@Starfish0.]

I always thought I was a "future author" of all the books inside my head, but after figuring out about the personality types, it ended up I'm actually an Infp 😂

[@greenstarplayer650]

This is both painfully and comedically accurate and relatable. There is barely anything to disagree ok. Good job. My only addition would be some Procrastination Center or something where the brain suddenly locks the ability to proceed to do whatever the INFP is suppose to do in the moment for no apparent reason for no defined amount of time. Also, my "writing a book for 5 years" area works rather as a "having dozens unfinished stories for years" which are similar only stored there and no where else.

[@Yuughurt]

As an INFP I can inform my fellow other INFPs: cherish your word filter. Protect it at all cost. I somehow managed to permanently reduce its effectiveness and it only resulted in a more pronounced Awkward Lobe and fills the Pain Lockbox way faster, than you could ever imagine. YES, faster THAN YOU - AS AN INFP - could ever imagine. That's right.

[@QueenMonny]

This comment is so underrated. 😂

[@Cinabonz]

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 😂

[@miceandmen]

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.

[@MJ-gm7km]

😂 That is exactly what has happened to me

[@weirdnerdygoat]

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

[@OccultArt]

Our brain seems to be an almost perfect self-torture instrument 😊. Thumbs up to all the fellow INFP’s here, and their positive comments!

[@Helium333-pj2jt]

yes!!! own worst enemies to the extreme

[@NotYuichiro]

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.

[@ethanieldude1]

​@@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 😂😂

[@dearmalaysia]

0:43 how dare you call me out like this.

[@the_miracle_aligner]

The accuracy!!! Oh, the accuracy. You never miss Frank, Great video as always.

[@lyndseystrait1513]

As an INFP, my "caring what other people think" lobe is dead & my "doing the opposite of what people want/the impulsive decision making" lobe is in hyperdrive. Very fun skit, Frank! I couldn't stop laughing at the "pain lockbox" & "disappearing" lobe descriptions! Is it just me or are INFP emotions also more intense?

[@Cuteemogirl94]

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

[@awkwardemily15]

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. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@lyndseystrait1513]

@@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"?

[@awkwardemily15]

@@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. 😂😅

[@lyndseystrait1513]

@@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?

[@user-wr2uy9pj4m]

I don't know what you all think, but this is pure science

[@FrankJames]

SCIENCE!

[@rizvabahrum3779]

this is BEYOND science, dude! Unbelievably true!

[@madamedessert9608]

buuuuuut whhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@Moonstone_on_YT]

The pain lockbox is there to locks away painful memories to revisit at random times” So accurate. How is this so accurate.

[@creativejunction101]

Omg this hasn't gotten more accurate, you know it's hard to live in a body who's a Capricorn n an infp 😭😭😭 I can neither express nor sit quietly because of those imagined conversations

[@sunset4ever29]

INFP's don't mean to let anyone down, but sometimes it's hard to show up, depending on how we feel at the moment, and that is filed away in the guilt portion of the brain. That's why it looks like we are ignoring everyone's wishes and doing what we want instead. Frank's analysis is very well thought-out and scaringly accurate.

[@chinchilling92]

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

[@denisemayosky1955]

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.

[@sophbird8215]

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

[@A18941]

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),

[@FutureFendiFsnista]

As an INFP, this was insanely accurate. Thank you for the laugh 😂😂😂

[@sincerefaithfulness]

Lol funny and true 😂 Especially the “do the opposite of what other people wants”

[@x-tra8627]

Im an ESTJ , complete opposite of an INFP. I always disagree with an INFP , i have very little similarities with them. But my best friend was an INFP. Even though i treated him harshly most of the times , he's always the one that brightened up my day. Your relationships , your connections with other people is not determined by what mbti you got or what mbti type matches with yours , it's how you adapt with them and learn to accept them. I have to say this because i lost my INFP buddy and i miss him so much. Treat your buds nicely. You'll miss them.

[@EmeryGrace_]

I’m an INFJ but this is relatable and hilarious💀

[@kyurei4478]

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.

[@gabagoba4331]

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

[@kyurei4478]

@@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.

[@dancewithme1981]

I feel like this could have been an INFx video.

[@gabagoba4331]

@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.😂

[@HLA-vh5of]

From the age of 5 I've been narrating my life in my head, still haven't written the book. I feel seen. Thank you. 😂

[@Jynx090986]

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

[@clarehidalgo]

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

[@AudioEpics]

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

[@bchristian85]

Wish I wasn't an INFP. It feels like literally nobody on this planet understands or can even tolerate me.

[@MABLINKLAND]

wow scarily accurate as an infp

[@mne0305]

As an adhd and infp this is 100% accurate. How dare you know my self-conversations and 15 years of biography-diary part of my brain?!?

[@clairejones624]

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

[@GedanJ]

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.

[@mne0305]

@@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

[@TheDerpiestCatLoaf_17-oy1ww]

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

[@user-dx9my1en2d]

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

[@elizabethcochran3395]

As someone married to an INFP, this NAILS it! 😂 Including the book he's been writing for five years (he actually has a three part series in there). I'm his safe space where the words that normally get trapped in the filter come out. And does he randomly make decisions that are the opposite of what people want him to do? Yes. He also asks me if he just imagined our conversation or if we actually spoke. lol I would add a section for puns; but that might be because he is an INFP dad. 😂

[@AtarahDerek]

No, it's not limited to dads.

[@elizabethcochran3395]

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

[@spectorcsm]

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

[@ShayTheBean]

It's definitely not just INFP dads 😂

[@supesrebirth152]

INFPs and ENFPs actually are the masters of puns

[@phatcat3705]

I'm an INTP, but that "been writing that book in my head for 5 years" part relates so well with me, too. 😅

[@luiiiandmovieee]

This is painfully accurate. Really. The "do the opposite thing" part hit me. One time I was complaining about my home work and my friend's mother said "then don't do it". Without hesitation I went upstairs and did my home work. Btw bold of you to assume it's only 5 years of stories I wrote inside my head. My brain is full of stories I created since I was like 8. My only goal in life is to live long enough to write 100s of books

[@Capyrate]

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-

[@ShayTheBean]

​@@Capyrateyeah this is me too 😂

[@freeone77]

Yes!! Me too!

[@WSUGLUE]

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.

[@reynewan999]

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

[@Cuteemogirl94]

as a healthy INFP wich had strong depression in the past let me tell you this. TAKE advice from ENFPs and ENTJs. ENFPs for the point of view and ENTJ's for tips to achive your goals, time management etc. Once you actually start working towards your goals, it will get easier. the Inspirational flow never stops also do the things even if you are not feeling god emotionally. No pain no gain, it will be worth it in the end. I always felt bed if I did nothing. Life is way to short to simply think about all the ideas. We have such a great ability to habe entire galaxies in our heads. Our imagination is our bigest strenght, bring them alive in some kind of way and spread love and your own uniquenes to the world.

[@jacksonlim40]

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

[@ummhahahu]

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.

[@hortusxdeliciarum]

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.

[@anitayougotit885]

yeeey thank you

[@clarehidalgo]

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

[@SavyPenpals]

When someone asks me about myself I’m just gonna send them this video

[@lilworld6060]

I am currently rolling on my bed laughing. Why would you expose me like this😭😭

[@Agilku117]

As an INFP, thinking about what other may think of me is what slow me down the most. I even feel anxious when trying to talk or even message someone because I'm afraid I'm gonna bother them. Anyway, I can relate to the video so much.

[@Interestking]

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

[@Agilku117]

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

[@Interestking]

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

[@DH-ji8lw]

Yeah really though

[@DH-ji8lw]

And not to mention our heightened sense of vulnerability that makes us not want to show it

[@kalena7126]

As an INFP, I can appreciate this absolute roast more than anyone. Well played, Frank. Well played.

[@CuriousWanderer_]

Anybody who felt so seen, wanted to share this video to someone, only to realize you either have no one or they just don't care as much as you?

[@paulineschalper3784]

I have done the Myers Briggs test several times over the decades and am 100% INFP!! This video is soooooo spot on! 🤣🤣🤣Lot's of love to my fellow INFPS!!

[@melissam.a.906]

I feel like Frank is talking about a certain INFP he personally knows. This knowledge and the will to make this video come from a very close personal source. That is my impression.

[@linmonPIE]

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 😅

[@melissam.a.906]

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

[@Lakshmi63849]

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

[@AnniePants367]

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

[@burnyizland]

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.

[@Unknown_Err0r_33]

Ah yes, humor based on my pain. I love it. Great video

[@OCViews]

I don’t think I’ve ever met a fellow INFP in the wild but it’s nice to feel the energies of so many of us in these comments. ❤

[@andreavibal7703]

the unexpectedly scarily accurate attack and wake up call I needed, greaatt video

[@JulesIsWatchingStuff]

Coming from an INFP, this is really relatable 😂You only forgot the procrastination section

[@AudioEpics]

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

[@Xxmel951xX]

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"... 😒

[@bleeblyboop9900]

Laughing at every point because it's so true 🤣

[@FrankJames]

haha thanks!!

[@Juan-jg9zc]

yeah same

[@wiwitwidowati7936]

Same😂

[@linklesprinkle2646]

Every time I take the test after a few months, I switch between INFP and INTP, I took the test recently and got INTP-T. My results on "Thinking" and "Feeling" was almost exactly halfway at 52/48 so most of the time I'm a combination of both.

[@k.Angela]

this is so accurate like what?? I've had this story for three years in my head, but I couldn't write it down as I don't know how'd it connect lmaoo Rehearsing the conversations and that storing of pain (+ moving on being slower whenever someone would say cheer up) is so me haha. There was one moment in my life where I hated being an INFP because I can't forget easily, but I learned to appreciate it now and laugh at this haha

[@msmoonmagic03]

As an INFP, I can confirm that this is absouletly how my brain works. Watching this was funny, sad and scary at the same time

[@CosmicaButterfly]

As an INFP, this is scarily accurate. Gosh, no one knows an INFP better than a fellow INFP and Frank. BTW, my “Book they’ve been writing for the last 5 years” lobe is just a bunch of random memes and jokes

[@cardinalfox0734]

Im an INTP and this is almost completely accurate for me too. Except for not remembering painful things and barely having emotion at all, this is spot on

[@maismais993]

This is hilarious!! 😭 I swear my INFPness is starting to sound like social anxiety and childhood traumas 😂😂

[@nikaa891]

As an INFJ I can relate to a lot from this. Dear INFP's, you are not alone 😄

[@sufyb6432]

Likewise!

[@user-dx9my1en2d]

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

[@heiresslaite2950]

Except you actually write the book..

[@Matti_Mu]

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

[@nikaa891]

@@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.

[@gabriellaabigelfleischman9961]

As an INFP I feel seen. This was hilarious but extremely accurate😂

[@warriorcatkitty]

IKR

[@iamangalidevi]

Haha my book was in my head for about 11 years! Finally published it this year 🙌🏾 ❤🎉

[@AudioEpics]

Congrats! Efforts will eventually pay off!

[@Alina-zx6nn]

1:53 tbh i dont worry about that a lot

[@npcmcishark7379]

I'm not an INFP, but 75% of this was really relatable. They key difference is that I have actually written down the book.

[@josephstigall7694]

Found the INFJ… XD

[@RosiesAndDaisies]

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 😭

[@npcmcishark7379]

@@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

[@anahgram432]

Good for you 😂❤

[@AudioEpics]

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...

[@stevenmilos6585]

I have an INFP friend, and this was so on point it's both hilarious and frightening - definitely sharing with her. Kudos once again, Mr. Frank James, you've hit it out of the park. Again.

[@cobalt101]

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

[@dumbledorf5029]

TOO ACCURATE, feeling called out heavily.

[@AudioEpics]

This video is brilliant! That's my INFP brain and my husband's, most likely our eldest son's too, and possibly our youngest too. Imagining what our lives look like... It would give you all the input for a hilarious new comedy. Sometimes it's hard trying to figure out the 'blessing' side of this situation but then we all love each other so much, weirds and all!

[@ame_vagabonde]

Okay, that was so funny and somehow so accurate! I didn't actually know that it was common for INFP to "hold emotions for longer", I thought I was the only one who seemed to be like a tap opening for my tears, and totally unable to stop And the "Do the opposite of what everyone wants on impulse" made me think about how I made my study choice after high school. EVERYONE told me that I should do a specific thing. I cried for a long time then I impulsively threw everything out the window and chose something else entirely (which I'm still not sure about, and I hate that I'm still in doubts, still thinking too much about it)

[@brendatorres8279]

me too

[@SuzySylvania]

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!

[@gnoot50]

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

[@cobalt101]

One of the greatest people I’ve ever met is an INFP, so connecting this to real life, comedic or not, was very wholesome XD Thank you once again for the fun analysis, Mr. Frank James 🙏 …Also, the fact that I’m (as of my last testing) an ISFJ and can relate to almost every single one of these is rather interesting :’)

[@Faaade_]

Im uncomfortable with how accurate this is. I have to accept much of this shade 😹

[@curiouswind9196]

WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE SO ACCURATE!!!

[@LadyCanu]

The ADHD and INFP parts of my brain share the space and most of the time they potentiate each other so much I can't differentiate them.

[@mne0305]

shit, adhd and infp is more common than i realized

[@ashdawg25]

As an INFP I am happy to say I do write most of my story ideas, though some aren’t done 😅 but I am proud to say I have finished about 5 percent of them! 🎉

[@awkwardemily15]

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!

[@maggierestivo5256]

As an INFP, this was great! Thank you. I really related to the "doing the opposite of what people want" part. Heh.

[@The_Real_Prinzessin]

i think i should just send this to everyone i know so they can understand. this is insanly relatable

[@lunalouhoo]

The imaginary conversations with fictional characters really hit the mark with me.

[@DoofenSpyroDragon16]

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

[@trixi1608]

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? ;-)

[@angeliachenoweth2522]

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!

[@trixi1608]

As an INFP, I spend sooo much time replaying past (important) conversations.. *sigh* And my imaginary nice/romantic scenarios kind of keep me going.. ;-)

[@Xxmel951xX]

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 😅🤣

[@AryaStern]

Omg it’s so accurate I have to show this video to my therapist… and everyone I meet just to warn them. 😂😂😂

[@Tawroset]

OMG I love this!! And he thinks he's joking, lol! Absolutely true, every word. The emotions, the pain box, the novel-that-exists-only-in-my-head, and oh yeah, I've got a massive Awkward Lobe.😂

[@p.s.1524]

lol, the 'Imaginary Fictional Stranger Celebrity Crushes'. I have lost count of the books and scenarios I have written in my head. They got buried in my brain somewhere. This whole video is so relatable!

[@swishercutterx7456]

As an INFP, this is super accurate and hilarious.

[@viviantree]

My pain lockbox is almost always on...this was indeed 100% on point for me, hello other INFP's

[@fluffycorn_njst]

I feel genuinely attacked here, Frank! Yet kudos to the *immensely* accurate lesson of INFP brains!!

[@eelliott3025]

I feel very called out right now...thanks, Frank. I will be showing this highly educational, scientifically accurate video to my family and friends.

[@naginiriddle7091]

This is way too accurate. I always find myself asking, tho--does this not apply to every single human being??? People actually exist that aren't like this? I recently had a conversation with my mom about autism and it still blows my mind that other people don't all go through the same thought process I do 😂 I know we are all unique and different, but man, it's still strange that others don't have anxiety 24/7, heavy emotional reactions, constant replays of anything in their head, etc...

[@alinleonhart8283]

"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

[@caesar_8004]

So accurate. I have an opera written in my head that’s not written down anywhere else lol

[@funnyastronomer1435]

this is scarily accurate and its making me cry

[@leonievanheerden7090]

As an INFP this is a exceedingly correct video... awkward lobe and clumsy factor included 😅I just sometimes wish that we could be more empathetic and loving towards ourselves, otherwise we're perfect 😉

[@carbonc6065]

SPOT ON! Also, at 1:04 ... "Just lighten up!" UUGGHH!!!!

[@juni_pearl_9591]

Probably the most accurate description of “me” ever….

[@takikun1427]

HELP THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@LUCKY00099]

As an ENFP, I can say the imaginary conversations apply to us too

[@erinl422]

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

[@clarehidalgo]

@@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

[@julithegord9954]

As an INFP whose brain seems to function just as described I can confirm this video is very accurate 😂

[@Hanna-oj2qj]

I felt being called out for. 😂 Accurate study of the INFP brain

[@AndieFerchs]

I can't believe this being so accurate😂 But i love to see we're all in this together 🫶🏼🤍