Empathetic MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Empathetic? Empathetic is an ENFJ personality type in MBTI, 2w1 - so/sx - 296 in Enneagram, SCOAI in Big 5, EII in Socionics.
After studying the functions more, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is in fact that simple. ENFJs are going to be more empathetic on average than INFPs. Introverted feeling grows out of the inner subject rather than from the outer world. Everything begins with what is taking shape inside. Because of this, introverted feeling stands in clear contrast to extraverted feeling, which orients itself toward people, situations, and outward harmony. Trying to describe introverted feeling with straightforward concepts is extremely difficult. It is not because it is vague or weak. On the contrary, it is strong and vivid, but it lives so deeply inside that ordinary language does not easily reach it. (Taken from the description of Fi in psychological types) Fe = Empathy Fi = Sympathy This is a concept that I couldn’t agree with after reading the description of Fe. In fact, the way Carl Jung describes it, it’s almost like Fe isn’t empathetic at all, but rather is just a tool to create balance. After all, Fe is a judging function, and therefore has no business taking in information. This is why we HAVE to include the auxiliary function. For ENFJs, this would be Ni, and for INFPs, this would be Ne. The ENFJ’s Ni is guidance in order to create harmony. Ni takes in information from one’s own intuition. They’d say something like “I have a feeling about ___” This, coupled with the aforementioned Fe, creates a very strong radar for displeasure. On the other hand, the INFP’s Ne is not intuitive at all (at least not in the traditional sense). An INFP’s Ne always has to come home to their Fi. Whatever emotional beliefs they hold, will certainly take over any sort of empathy they scanned for. (Assuming the INFP and ENFJ are equally healthy, that is). I believe this is why people associate Fi with sympathy. INFPs are more likely to put themselves in other people's shoes. “If I were __, I would feel this way.” But don’t be fooled! They are still translating through their subjective code! ENFJs on the other hand, don’t have as strong of a code like that. So they have no problem feeling how someone else feels based on patterns they’ve recognized over time. “This person felt this way before, I bet they feel this way now.” I would like to clarify that this doesn’t mean that INFPs CANT be empathetic. (Just as ENFJs often have emotional beliefs they hold dear.) I am merely saying that ENFJs are naturally gonna be more gifted in this area, whereas an INFP might feel a little more uncomfortable handling it how an ENFJ would. People are complicated, and no argument should ever say “all ___ act like this!!” That would be very silly… For the sake of brevity, I will be ending my position here, but if elaboration is needed, I will pose additional challenges. Edit: bro there are low key way too many definitions of sympathy and empathy… probably because empathy is a relatively new term 🤷♂️
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Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Synonyms: sympathetic, sensitive, compassionate, understanding. (Synonyms are included for sake of search accessibility)
