What Might be a Challenge for an INFP?

By Donna Dunning
People with preferences for INFP tend to use a calm, personal, approach. Harmony and meaning are important considerations for them.
Preferring to connect rather than confront, someone who prefers INFP may avoid conflict. As one individual with INFP preferences notes:
“I have a habit of not speaking up when something bothers me. That would be OK if I would just let the feeling go, but I hold my emotions in. I usually don’t speak up until something has bothered me for a long time. By then I am usually very angry, hurt, or frustrated. The most frustrating thing of all is that the other person may be completely unaware of the situation.”
Deciding how and when to approach a conflict is not a simple matter.
Engage or Retreat?
Somehow we all (not just INFPs), at times, must learn to make an internal decision to “let go” when we don’t like a situation or a person’s actions. Perhaps we can convince ourselves that the person did not intend to offend us or we can minimize the importance of the situation in the bigger picture.
At other times we need to “choose our battles” and speak up about matters that are important to us.
Our personality type preferences have an influence on how we tend to approach these situations. For people who prefer INFP, this decision can be made more difficult by their interest in avoiding conflict.
Does anyone have any tips for learning how and when to let go or speak up? How do your personality type preferences help or hinder you in situations where there is a potential for conflict?
Interested in learning more about how INFPs prefer to act and interact? Here are a few posts you might like.
Work is Personal for an INFP
Enhancers (ISFP and INFP) Personality Type Preferences and Stress
Developing Your Type: INFP
Narratives of Type: Enhancers (ISFPs and INFPs)
Is there an INFP in your Life?
Introduction to Type and Communication describes in detail how personality preferences influence communications.
If you live in the USA, Introduction to Type and Communication is now available on Kindle.

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