sumone
down the rabbit hole
- MBTI
- infj
Under extreme stress, fatigue or illness, the INFJ's shadow may appear - a negative form of ESTP. Example characteristics are:
- acting very impulsively, making decisions without thinking them through
- doing things to excess - e.g.: eating, drinking or exercising
- being critical of others, and finding fault with almost everything
- being preoccupied about unimportant details and doing things that have no meaning
- acting in a very materialistic and selfish way
- cutting corners, breaking the rules, and even contradicting the INFJ's own values
Before I discovered personality typing this shadow side really drove me crazy. I felt like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde at times and I worried I might have some sort of split personality that only comes out now and then. I'd hate myself for giving in to the shadow EFITALL kind of frame of mind. Since I discovered this information I can easily spot the signs of it trying to rise up and I can keep it under control much more easily.