This Is The Rarest Personality Type. Find Out Whether You Belong To It!

Have you ever felt that you differ from the others? Do you feel like you haven’t come across many people who understand you? That may be because you belong to the rarest personality type in the world: the INFJs, shared by only 2% of the entire population, also known as “The Advocate”. Among famous INFJs there've been Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa. If you’re one, you’re just as unique!

Two psychologists studied the Myers and Briggs system from Carl Jung’s psychoanalyst theories and classified different personality types by breaking down all personality traits into four distinct categories: extroversion versus introversion, sensing versus intuition, thinking versus feeling and judging versus perceiving. Their system uses the criteria provided to view the category one’s personality favors most. So, an Advocate' character tilts towards Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Judging.

Advocates seek lifelong friendships: You don't believe in making friends for convenience. Your best matches are ENTPs, ENFPs, and ENFJs. You are also compatible with extroverts who can share your sense of intuition.

You are a fixer, so you gravitate naturally towards those who are in need of help. With your ability to see through people, intentions, and motives, you are prey to the Broken Wing theory that coerces you to help whoever has a broken wing. Although this may sound like a rewarding task, it can also be challenging and self-consuming, sometimes.

You are a visionary: INFJs are skilled planners who focus on their long end goal. You always concentrate on the bigger pictures, and you are way ahead than their peers.

You are a thinker who ponders over their purpose: You’re an old soul who is always trying to contemplate the meaning of each action and the underlying goal of your life. INFJs are usually readers, researchers, and intellectuals who stem from the motive of searching for meaning.

Your decisions arise from emotion and insight: INFJs don't care two straws about track record or history. Their decisions reflect the way they feel, and they go with their gut feeling most frequently because it has always been accurate.

Advocates make great creative writers: they are endowed with the gift of language which stems from their introvert nature and their need to pin down thoughts. They develop numerous skills as they spend a lot of time in their own company.

You're a high achiever: you are a perfect amalgamation of a doer and a dreamer – you strive for perfection in everything you do. You plan every detail and make sure the end product is marvelous. You feel dejected when critiqued and can fall prey to anxiety and depression.

You just know things: An INFJ spots a person’s real character within minutes and is the first to know if somebody is an imposter. That also helps you understand the cause of someone’s action which may be rooted in past anxiety, and so you are naturally forgiving.

You’re empathetic, and a great listener: Advocates make others feel comfortable around them without doing anything. People will share their most personal rantings to you within minutes of meeting you because they would always be your confidante.

Advocates prefer to work alone and keep a few friends: Though they are fantastic team players because of their diplomacy, they tend to work alone – work from home or in areas devoid of distraction. They have many acquaintances, but they remain dedicated to a small group of loyal friends.

An Advocate often feels lonely and different even in a group full of people. Although people around you perceive you to be an extrovert, you are more introverted. While you can be the showstopper once in a while, you tend to not do it for long as you feel devoid of energy. You need to rejuvenate yourself by spending some alone time once in a while.