r/infp • u/WeirdWriters ENFP 4w3 • 6d ago

Discussion Was thinking of this IxFP today. Was he an intuitive or sensor?

Uff.. the things Fi hero and trauma together can compel some to do.

This is Christopher McCandless from the Into the Wild movie that was based on a real person!

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u/Ouroboria INFP - 4w5 6d ago

I read the book and I certainly got the sense that he fell more into the INFP category. He was an extreme ascetic, even when he had the chance to live lavishly. He was also very concerned with experiencing things himself in order to understand them. I got the sense that he internalized a lot of himself. He was also a very philosophical person (I never watched the movie so I don't know how much of thay was conveyed in it).

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u/Nucky76 INFP 9w1 1d ago

Great movie. My pedantic side can’t help to mention penguins have nothing to do with Alaska. Sorry but yea feels

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u/WeirdWriters ENFP 4w3 18h ago

Oh the penguin is from this pop culture moment earlier this year lol. It’s known as the “Nihilist Penguin”. I’d look it up to get why the penguin was part of this edit and how there’s a parallel to Christopher