I wish I had a nickel for every INFP who told me that
"INFPs are wimpy."
When I think of INFPs, I think of Gandhi or perhaps John Lennon. INFPs seem deeply sensitive, but I do not think of INFPs as "wimpy."
I don't know where that notion comes from. I've been told it comes from type or type experts, but since Isabel Briggs-Myers' preferences were for INFP, I have a hard time reconciling that.
Please send me examples of any expert claiming INFPs are "wimpy"....?
My hunch is that it's not coming from the type community -- it's coming from our cultural shadow. INFPs may experience themselves as "wimpy" in a culture that demands we conform to an ESTJ standard of being. An inferiority complex around Te would surely be exacerbated in such a cultural atmosphere, would it not? Particularly for males.
(Does it go without saying that not wanting to have preferences for INFP because that type is "wimpy" is a false reason...?)
If you can't release that idea, will you please mail me a nickel?
