INFPs and INTPs: Using Extroverted Sensing Trickster To Your Advantage

Welcome to my new channel! This video is about the pros and cons of the INFP trickster function, Se - Extroverted Sensing. What is your experience with this function? What type are you? Let me know in the comments!

[erinbarlow]

INFP here, I think another benefit to having Se trickster is the ability to focus more intently on what is happening WITHIN us at a particular moment of time, rather than what is happening AROUND us.
One example of this is how we can act, sing, dance or do any kind of public performance.
Im my experience, when I'm able to get lost in my internal 'feeling' in the moment, I'm able to more accurately portray outwardly what is going on inside. We can create powerful performances this way, I believe, without getting distracted by what's happening around us.
There are times though that this can be unhealthy for us to do all the time, there are other times when we can access Se and let it shine, it will just look different for us than Se doms or aux. For INFP's, healthy Se comes out in meaningful ways.
For me, sometimes that means listening to the rain fall outside, or taking a moment to let the sun shine on my face, or listen to the birds outside.
Slowing down and taking these Se moments for myself does not come naturally and often feels a bit awkward, but they are definitely something Ive been an learn to access more regularly. It has helped me become more 'attached' and in tune with my body, external sensations, and the physical world around me, which in my experience has been very refreshing and much needed in my journey towards holistic INFP wellbeing :)

[csreiter]

It’s funny because I’m an INFP, and getting drunk absolutely unlocked my ability to summon any social confidence when not drunk. It was completely eye opening to experience a lack of inhibition.

[nicoleheymannweltgestalter]

I never thought of it that way, but as a fellow Infp looking back at my teenage years, this makes sense: I used to be terrified at public speaking and super awkward with sports/physical movement. But around age 16, I realized that everyone else struggles with feeling weird in their own way, therefore they don't really "care" about me, and my physical awkwardness is irrelevant. And, if I can just zone out of the physical awkwardness, I can focus instead on what I do well, taking people with me to that "other world" by telling a story. This helps me tap into my natural strength but also helps to keep calm when confronted with my weaknesses/a scary challenge. Now (age 28), I love public speaking, and though I don't like conflict, this ability to keep calm has been an advantage.
Thanks for the video and greetings from Germany

[belen_hummus]

I had never seen it that way but it's true: people had the impression sometimes that I looked non-chalant before apparent "danger" but in reality I just didn't know fully that was going on lol

[konii]

I am an infp and I was never scared of the stage, speak in public, performing in front of hundreds of people and now I realise it's because I am just losing sense of the reality around me. My fantasy world becomes so real that it's like I am alone in my home! Sometimes I am so lost in my thoughts that when I "come back" to reality it feels like waking up from a dream and don't know where am I. But this also makes it really difficult to be more down to earth, and be realistic, and I am afraid that all the things I want to do will fail because everything feels like it's in my head and it's so difficult to do practical things and set realistic goals. I am living in my fantasy world and not doing anything outside of it

[dulles]

This is really interesting. That scenario about facing down aggressive people is the fault of the broader cognitive stack. Fi dominant, which means Fe Ignoring, combined with Se Trickster. You're presented with a scenario, and don't realize there is a requirement to act in real time. While you consider how to respond, you're not throwing helpful social cues out there. That scenario -- period of silence, then a thoughtful response -- can work really well in different scenarios with a bit of awareness.

[erinbyrd]

When I was younger, I would try out for choir solos bc at home I was really good at them. But then when I tried out for the solos in front of the class I would choke. I think I only got one or two solos and I was in choir for 6 years, and honestly I was a great singer. I would like to make a response video to this because I have a lot to say about extroverted sensing trickster. I’m an INFP and I know it well.

[luckyphung]

Hey coming from an istp, I used to be friends with this Estp guy he was really caring and funny, 1 year later after me moving into a different class and coming back for mainstream class, he acted different towards to me with audacity. For an instant like calling me names and making fun of me, I literally did not feel like the atmosphere was for me since I haven't got used to talking to him for 1 year and I got offended by stuff he says as a joke and I have come to conclusion that I was taking things too seriously and should be having fun . We had beef before, he would constantly bully me even when i'm in a bad mood and I sometimes make him caught of guard because I wouldn't talk to him . Istp and Estp may seem like twins but the extroverted sensing is very dominant for Estp's. We have settled our past and are now good friends, he's been checking up on me and honestly if u hangout with a very social lively Estp u would get used to them!

[zenli]

I'm an INFP. At parties, I tend to be the craziest of all my friends, partly because I don't really care about the people around me. I can just tune into the music and dance like no one is watching

[jhinthevirtuoso]

im an INTP myself SE trickster is pretty tough, especially as a man its expected, and the norm.
also i advice using the type grid, tests are quite inaccurate.

[denvercolorado]

I have been dating an INFP for 3 months and I am OVERWHELMED by so much feelings and emotions. Things are going well but I cant process so much emotion! I watch your channel to learn how to emotion and feeling. -intj

[namelessgrace]

My family gets so annoyed with me bc they will ask me to go get something, and I won't be able to find it. And it's actually right in front of my face! Haha

[lauraschleifer]

this is so spot-on! I've sometimes vacillated between thinking I'm an ENFP vs an INFP, but your description of how Se blind-spot functions (and also how Te inferior functions!) in INFPs made it very clear that I am 100% INFP, albeit a quite "extroverted introvert" in some respects. The "off" switch while performing, the ability to remain unmoved by aggression in my face and people thinking that's "brave", the hyper-consciousness of but distaste for Te vs the total obliviousness towards Se, it all makes so much sense! Def a must-watch for anyone still wondering if they're an INFP/INTP or not.

[anovelidea]

Se sucks because it keeps me very surface level. I’m afraid of my performance because idk how I’m making others feel. Although, the older I get, the more willing I am to take risks and step out of my comfort zone. Maybe I’m shifting into my subconscious for those risks?

I do agree with your pov that it is a strength. I’ve noticed that with INxJs like my sister tend to rage and get their anger out WHEN they’re angry(in the moment) and Se trickster is so good for that. We can leave you alone and wait out your bad moods—which is exactly what INxJs need. Leave them to rage it out and cool down. Lol

I’ve noticed it’s made me very scatterbrained too. That’s painful. I lose things, drop things, trip, and dissociate constantly. Last week I was dreaming away whole sailing through two stoplights at high speeds 😬 When you’re nervous and you’re stuck in the present moment, I’ve noticed my mind goes blank and I can’t even make good small talk.

[redpilledrhodesian]

I'm currently traveling alone and struggling with the unfiltered pressure of social interaction, it's horrible to have what everyone else would consider a "normal" conversation but to be internally anguished that you may have said something insulting or that you'll come across wrong and then go back to your room cringing and feeling like you have cymbals clashing in your ears! Maybe I WILL stop abstaining from the blushful hippocrene...

[didididi]

Holy shit in the first 30 seconds you called me out perfectly, drinking with my infj best friend in excess is a dangerous past time

[morestore]

Hope you will continue to make videos! Infps have good insight.

[imjustapenguinguys]

In my experience all types has this thing about their trickster function. Since it's possitive slot although outside ego frame, it requires way less energy to tap into compering to inferior for example.

Usually types can refer to their trickster as straight as boring, but if they make it their primary objective for a while, it creates feeling that it wouldn't be so exhausting or hard to master because they already have of the same kind opposite perceiving/judging parent function.

So inxps already have inner understanding how to randomly move their body/dance cuz of Ne(Comparing to basic istjs or intjs, their brain would probably just pop 404 code and wouldn't generate any new moves). So inxps just need to apply their new ways of moving into Se frame and that's not as exhausting but still sucks, or instead of just guessing what will happen in your surroundings from previous experiences, utilize observing them as well.

[eraserewrite]

I need this so badly. I’ve been on a journey to get out of my own delusion.

[WAZZA]

It's hilarious that you're telling me this now. I do have a drinking problem (and im an infp), and i've noticed that if i watched a movie while drunk, i would have the ability to see into social queues and undertstand the feelings of characterd with insane depth. It usually works better when im drunk on jack daniels, specifically. Its like my empathy went on steroids ans i felt like i was peering into the souls of characters. Its mainly because im getting out of my own head, for once, and paying attention to the facial expressions and eye movements of people. This 'ability' would usually last 1 day after the night of heavy drinking and would notice myself connect to my female colleagues (i work in medicine and most of my colleagues are woman) pretty deeply. I wasnt shut in my world anymore, i was really getting to know them and I could notice small details in their expressions to more deeply understand their feelings when they spoke. Its weird, but it does feel like a superpower sometimes. Like peering into a new dimension...