When we talk about INFPs, the typical image that comes to mind is of Thoreau going out to live in the woods or Chris McCandles’ character in Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild. We think of seekers, those people who might have left the mainstream in different ways in order to find themselves.  But even though you are an INFP and most definitely a seeker, you might not have followed this path of unfettered exploration. You might not have lived out of your car, taken to the woods or taken a  year off to backpack.

If you have ever wondered why you didn’t take this uncharted path (although like me, it probably called to you at some point), the answer might lie in the interesting relationship between the INFP Dominant Function of Introverted Feeling and our Inferior Function, which is Extraverted Thinking.

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