Why do other people look at INFPs so negatively?

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Today's question is: Why do other people look at INFPs so negatively?

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Why do INFP's draw Narcissistic people into being friends or in relationships?? Do we come off as too nice or easy to manipulate??

Countryrebelempress

Thank you! I'm an INFP, and although I've got friends and former co-workers who appreciate my kind, I've also had my fair share of exposure of people who've treated me like s**t because I'm "different" and that I even pursue a way, way different path than most people around me. I've learned to accept my cognitive functions and my personality and I'm gradually learning how to take advantage of it, but there are days when I get annoyed by these INFP videos that seem to put down INFPs by giving stereotypical labels.

charmmaeonineza

My gosh. So much of this made me realize where all the negative comments from people have been coming from.
I've said since I was nineteen that people either love or hate me, and that there's no middle ground. I've been told I intimidate people, that I act like or think I'm perfect all the time, that I make it all about me, that I'm a narcissist...
That last one had me in therapy for some three months, crying what felt like every single time we met, because it's so antithetical to who I am. I love people, and i care deeply for them, but when I hurt, I've clung to people in the past, and in this case, this person flipped everything around so I was the problem, not them. It was one of the most bewildering, invalidating experiences.
I've learned not to hold people so tightly, to recognize that there can be different levels in friendships and other relationships--no one person can provide all your needs.
Thank you so very much for what you've said here. It means a lot, and, while it brought up some extremely painful things, it reiterated to me that people just do not understand each other, and when we are in that place, we can unthinkingly, or otherwise, wound each other in some very deep places.
#replay
I have so much more to say, but I don't want to write an entire novel in the comment section. :) Maybe I'll write to you guys, just to express some difficulties I'm having. I don't know if you can help in any way, but I'm going to seriously consider it. Yours is the first place that's actually offered help, and said things in ways that were understandable. There are some who've talked about INFPs and gone completely over my head. So, again, thank you.

AmyAndThePup