INFJs ( Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, Judging) are dreamers and great doers. INFJs (Counsellors) are known for their inner world and humanitarian personalities. These people love to help others by using their creative and dedicated abilities.
People with enneagram 8w7 (The challenger) have action-oriented, ambitious, and self-confident personalities. They make logical decisions and crave autonomy in their lives. Unlike 8w9s, these individuals are more comfortable with conflicts.
When INFJ and enneagram 8w7 combine, a personality produces, which is called INFJ 8w7. These people are great dreamers, highly ambitious, and work crazily sometimes to achieve their goals.
This article will cover all the essential aspects related to INFJ 8w7s.
What’s it like to have INFJ 8w7 personality?
The combination of INFJ and 8w7 is unique and very rare among people. Individuals with this personality type are fiercely independent, perfectionist, and assertive. The presence of enneagram eight and wing 7 in this type makes them carefree and autonomous.
These people are more comfortable with the conflicts than other subtypes of 8. They also can speak or fight for others and are excellent at making the right decisions at the right time.
INFJ 8w7s are often regarded as idealists who put their utmost effort into achieving something great in their lives that can change the world around them. But, their idealism never creates hurdles in their path to take realistic concrete steps to achieve their goals.
The core desire of INFJ 8w7s
INFJ 8w7s have the basic desire to have control of their lives and to be independent. Not only for themselves but INFJ 8w7s also advocate for the freedom of others. They never want to alter their decisions under the influence of other people.
From a very young age, these people strive to get autonomy and use methods like manipulation, encouragement, and oppression (if needed) to reach their goals.
To achieve their aim, to have everything in their control, INFJ 8w7s fight with their inner emotions, make themselves distant from others, and ignore their outer and inner triggers.
The core fear of INFJ 8w7s
The core fear of INFJ 8w7s is being controlled by others. They never want to be spoon-fed and hate when others tell or guide them about things they don’t want to do. They never like authority because it triggers their fear to be manipulated by other people.
Therefore, INFJ 8w7s often build defensive walls around them and prefer to work alone on their own. Their defense mechanism is to deny vulnerability. Despite having people skills, they require space and privacy.
Strengths of INFJ 8w7s
These individuals catch the attention of others due to their striking qualities. Some characteristics of these people are the following:
● Idealist
People with enneagram eight and INFJs are known for their idealistic visionaries. Therefore, INFJ 8w7s are highly idealist people and never hesitate to dream big or to set lofty goals. They can take concrete steps to achieve something and have go-getter-type personalities.
Due to their stubborn nature, when challenged by others, they can work crazily to prove themselves. They in offices often give tough times to others and do overwork to pursue their set goals.
● Fiercely Independent
As discussed earlier, a prominent feature of INFJ 8w7s is their fiercely independent nature like ISFP 7w6s. They want freedom and mostly like to work alone, which aligns with their values. Their fear of becoming helpless and defenseless makes them work hard to gain autonomy in their lives.
● More Social
INFJs are famous for their quiet and over-introverted nature, but when enneagram 8w7 unites with INFJ, this personality becomes more outgoing and social like INFJ 9w8s. INFJ 8w7s can openly share their thoughts and are good at making connections with others.
People often consider these individuals extroverts because of their arguing nature. They can do meaningful conversations with others on intellectual ideas. They are still introverts and need alone time to regain their energy, but they also like to interact and argue with others.
● Less sensitive
INFJs have sensitive nature and are emotionally intelligent people. But, when 8w7 combines with them, their nature slightly changes. INFJ 8w7s mostly distance themselves from others and show their true emotional nature only to their loved ones. Their fear of not being disempowered by others makes them insensitive or less emotional.
The soft and sensitive nature of INFJ resides inwardly and the rigid or tough enneagram 8 resides outwardly as an armor for them.
● Goal-oriented
INFJ 8w7s are highly ambitious and career-oriented people. They set prime goals and then grind themselves to achieve them. They have great work ethics and take every step to reach the point where they want to be.
Their stubborn nature also sometimes assists them in achieving goals. Because when others, due to constant failure, lose hope and give up, INFJ 8w7s are among those who stubbornly stick with their point of view. Then there comes a point when they become able to show others that they are in the right direction.
Weaknesses of INFJ 8w7s
Along with many attractive features, INFJ 8w7s also have flaws that dull the charm of their personalities. Some weaknesses of these individuals are the following:
● Stubborn nature
INFJ 8w7s have a very stubborn nature and never show flexible behavior toward others in specific things like INFJ 7w6s. These individuals tend to stick with what they perceive as right and never give others a chance to share their points of view.
Unless someone has valid reason or proof, INFJ 8w7s will never give up what they plan or think is right. Sometimes their behavior assists them in gaining beneficial results in their personal lives, but mostly they get into trouble because of their stubbornness.
● Anger issues
Enneagram 8 is notorious because of its short temper. When they are angry, they become assertive, aggressive, and confrontational. Therefore, INFJ 8w7s are most likely to suffer from their quick temper.
The condition sometimes becomes worse when emotions involve due to the INFJ personality type. The good thing about these people is that once their temporary anger vanishes, they never keep grudges for others in their hearts.
● Walking contradictions
INFJs are comfortable expressing their emotions, but 8w7s are more likely to keep their feelings to themselves. People with enneagram 8w7 know the fear of being dependent or weak therefore, they seem distant, rigid, and reserved.
That’s why individuals with INFJ 8w7 mostly experience inner conflict, become unpredictable, and are walking contradictions for others which sometimes in unhealthy conditions leads them to have no or few friends as introverts.
● Bossy behavior
The desire to control everything sometimes makes INFJ 8w7s bossy, impatient, and overly controlling similar to INFJ 8w9s. They struggle to take orders or to act according to the instruction of authority figures.
In the workplace, they not only become hard on themselves but also give others a tough time due to their dominating personalities. The bossy behavior of INFJ 8w7s makes them dislikeable in their social circle.
● INFJ door slam
The notorious INFJ door slam is a state in which INFJs shut the door on people because of their unfair behavior. INFJ 8w7s show this specific behavior more intensely and frequently.
They hardly open their inner side to others and when their loved ones refuse to respond to them, ignore their boundaries, and give them no importance, there comes an unexpected door slam by INFJs.
How does 8w7 impact the personality of INFJs?
INFJ is an extremely introverted and sensitive personality type. They are structured people, have deep insights, and love to come up with innovative ideas for puzzling problems.
However, when INFJs combine with enneagram 8w7, many changes occur in normal INFJs. These people are:
- Less structured
- Less sensitive
- More aggressive and confident
- More driven and intense
- Have more willpower
Best careers for INFJ 8w7s
Careers that allow INFJ 8w7s freedom to show their capabilities will be an excellent choice for them. They work thrivingly under conditions where they can make a difference in the lives of others through their work.
Therefore, the best careers for these people are the following:
- Psychology
- Entrepreneurship
- Judge
- Financial management
- Freelancing
- Graphic Designing
- Politics
- Counselor
Best hobbies for INFJ 8w7s
INFJs have strong intuition and are pro-experts in get-in situations and people. They want to make a change in the world and have hobbies like:
- Intellectual conversation
- Daydreaming
- Mountain climbing
- Reading & writing
- Backpacking
- Crafting
- Computer programming
Fictional characters with INFJ 8w7 personalities
Many fictional, as well as anime characters possess the INFJ 8w7 personality type, which means the characteristics and weaknesses of characters will match with the INFJ 8w7 personality type.
The prominent characters with this personality type are the following:
- Yachiru Unohana in Bleach
- Jackson “Jax” Teller in Sons of Anarchy
- Purapura in Colorful (Movie)
- Shannon (Love Island, season 2)
- The Girl (The ninth gate)
- Cindy (Family Guy)
- Kai Anderson (American Horror story)
Conclusion
INFJ 8w7 is a unique combination and the people with this personality have many distinct qualities which make them prominent among the general audience. Although they have some flaws, if they manage to overcome them they can become an inspiration for others through their effective actions.
Mariam is a freelance writer, has an educational background in English literature. She loves to read books about complexities of human relationships. She’s passionate about sharing knowledge related to psychology and self-improvement with others.
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