How to effectively relieve stress by INFP personality? 3 practical methods to help you release your emotions and find balance!
Among the MBTI type sixteen personality , INFP is called the 'mediator' personality. This type of person is gentle, sensitive, empathetic, good at listening to others, and longs to live his ideal life. But for this reason, INFPs tend to be more emotional and internally tangled than other personality types when facing stress, and even unwilling to let others know their own difficulties.
If you have done an MBTI personality test and find that you are an INFP, you must be familiar with this state: you can rush to your friends, but often ignore your emotions; you are willing to listen to other people's worries, but are ashamed to express your pain. After a long period of accumulation, the stress will come like a tide, making people breathless.
Today, we will provide three simple and practical stress relief methods for INFP (mediator) personality to help you better balance your emotions in life, work, and interpersonal relationships, and also help you truly understand the 'advantages' and 'frailties' of your personality type.
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1. Action is the best way to relieve stress: Don’t wait for “emotions” to start
Many people with INFP personalities have a common characteristic: procrastination . It’s not because of laziness, but because of emotionally driven thinking—“I’m not in good shape now,” “I don’t want to perfunctory this task,” “I have to wait until I feel right before I can start.” It sounds reasonable, but procrastination will only keep the pressure index rising.
✅ Correct way:
When you feel anxious and stressed, you might as well start with the five-minute micro-action method . For example, if you want to write an article, you can write a title; if you want to reply to an email, you can open your inbox and browse it first. Even if it is just a first step, it can break the emotional deadlock.
❌ Not recommended:
Don't wait until your mood gets better and inspiration comes before it begins. Emotions are never the prerequisite for action. On the contrary, action is the engine that drives emotional transformation.
2. Clean up space = Organize the heart: The sense of environmental order helps INFP release anxiety
You may think: 'I am so stressed, what's the use of cleaning a room?' But research has found that INFP personality is very susceptible to external environments , and the messy space will aggravate the inner sense of chaos.
✅ Correct way:
Don’t think about cleaning the entire room at once, just start from a small corner : clean your desk, fold your bed sheets, throw away your unused courier boxes... When you see the space becoming tidy, you will naturally gain a sense of security in your heart that “I can control the situation”.
You can even add a healing or two elements to the room, such as an aromatherapy, a soft light, or a small plant.
❌ Not recommended:
Don't use cleaning as an excuse to escape problems, and don't ask for perfection that 'every place must be clean'. The goal is to release stress, not create new sources of stress.
3. Retrieve inner hope: INFP's talented weapons cannot be wasted
INFP has a natural advantage - always finding a glimmer of light in the darkest moments . When you are too stressed to escape everything, ask yourself, “If my friend is going through the same situation at this moment, what would I say to him?”
Then, write down this answer and post it on your desk or on your phone memo. Treat yourself gentlely in the way you comfort others.
✅ Correct way:
Write down a sentence: 'Although it is difficult now, this experience will make me gentler and stronger.' - This is not chicken soup, but an understanding and response to the deep psychological logic of INFP personality .
❌ Not recommended:
Don't pretend that it's not difficult. Admitting that you are working hard does not mean that you are weak, it just means that you have the courage to face it. Looking for positive meaning does not mean deceiving oneself, but reconnecting with hope.
Why does INFP feel so stressed?
According to personality type analysis, INFPs have high emotional depth and strong idealism, and are prone to frustration because reality is not as good as expected; at the same time, they are often not good at expressing needs and are unwilling to bother others, and as a result, they accumulate emotions deep in their hearts for a long time.
Data shows that 81% of INFPs often feel stressed in life, but less than 30% of them truly master effective stress management methods. This is one of the reasons why we wrote this article.
Want to learn more about INFP's personality interpretation? Welcome to read: MBTI INFP personality detailed analysis | More INFP personality interpretation
Learn more about: How can MBTI tests help relieve your stress?
MBTI (Myers-Briggs Personality Type Test) is a personality tool that deeply understands oneself and others, developed based on the theory of psychologist Jung.
You can get detailed personality reports through PsycTest Quiz's free MBTI test portal to understand your thinking patterns, emotional responses, stress sources and coping strategies.
If you have done basic tests and want to further understand your strengths, weaknesses, intrinsic motivations and growth paths, it is recommended to read the MBTI Advanced Personality Archive . This file is an in-depth report specially designed for people with desire to explore. It conducts detailed analysis from the dimensions of emotions, workplace, interpersonality, development, etc., to help you break through the limitations of self-cognition.
Final summary: The softness of the mediator is also a symbol of strength
The INFP’s sense of stress comes from their pursuit of a better world, and also from excessive empathy for others. If you are such a person, please remember:
- Start doing something without waiting for 'feeling right'
- Organizing the space is actually to soothe the heart
- Treat yourself with your kindness to others
Pressure is the catalyst for growth, not your enemy.
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