10 Signs of an EVIL INFJ Personality Type
When you hear of the term the INFJ what comes to mind? A soft-spoken person, considerate, caring, empathetic. Right? Well, while that is true for most INFJs, there are some who don’t live up to the famously kind nature of this personality type.
INFJs like any other personality type, can have an evil side. The goal of most INFJs is to save the world. There are so many kind heroic leaders in history who are believed to have been INFJs. But also, some pretty horrible villains. Although controversial, Adolf Hitler was rumoured to be an INFJ. So, let’s look at 10 ways the INFJ personality type can be evil.
10 Signs of an EVIL INFJ Personality Type
1. Manipulative
INFJs are incredibly intuitive, and this can prove to be a great tool in reading people’s intentions and motives. Used for good, they can foresee evil intent and protect themselves and others. However, for the less intentioned INFJ, great intuition is an equally great tool to manipulate people for one’s selfish or undesirable needs.
People can find it very easy to share their deep secrets with an INFJs because of their perceived empathetic and sensitive nature. An evil INFJ will generally use this information against someone, or unconsciously judge them.
They know they have power over such people and may even use their faults to blackmail them. For example, in the case of a relationship, an evil INFJ may use manipulative threats to blackmail a partner to stay in a toxic relationship or else reveal their imperfection.
2. Self-righteous
INFJs are idealistic by nature. They always seek the most idyllic situations in life. They will often find themselves pushing for their deep belief and personal convictions. In the case of evil INFJs, they do not embrace other people’s opinions because they think they are better than others.
They also struggle to accept criticism and can cut off people who criticize them without a second thought. At times, they may end up leading people to do things that are good in their own opinion and not what is best for that individual, because it would not benefit them.
3. High Expectations of Others
INFJs have very high expectations of themselves which can help them to achieve a lot. For them good enough is never enough. However, the issues come when they apply the same pressure on others. Being perfectionists, they can push people to the wall for results.
It is even worse when these people are close to them like their children, spouse or siblings. In the worst cases, INFJs are dictators they can be very cruel to their family, friends, and practically anyone else in their life, if they do not live up to their expectations.
4. Cold
The majority of INFJs are generally considered to be warm people. However, an evil INFJ may decide to be cold and unfriendly to people that they dislike or those who hurt them. They are conflict-averse by nature; therefore, they would immediately cut off people who hurt them whilst having bad feelings.
Most often than not, evil INFJs are usually victims of their own circumstances. They set poor emotional boundaries, thus allowing people to step all over them. They are also normally cold and unfriendly to people they are suspicious about. Unfortunately, in most cases an INFJs suspicion is unnecessary, and it’s just paranoia about not letting people get the better of them.
5. Sceptical
Evil INFJs are too sceptical about life. They are always thinking that people are plotting something against them. In as much as INFJs are intuitive, they sometimes overreact. They are hypersensitive to potentially dangerous surroundings thus end up being uneasy about people.
As a result, they may end up treating people with unnecessary coldness and miss out on opportunities to create a healthy relationship with potentially good people. Some even go to the extent of cutting people off they are suspicious about without confirming their suspicions.
6. Using Deceit to Gain Result
You are probably used to the altruistic nature of the INFJ and are unfamiliar with their deceitful, trickster side. Yes, that exists too! INFJs can use deceit to get what they want and where they want to be.
As perfectionists, they may find themselves setting goals and visions which are extremely high to achieve. When they can’t naturally achieve them, they may go to an extent of using deceit and trickery to get there instead, or as a shortcut.
7. Emotional Explosion
INFJs have been praised to possess both academic intelligence as well as emotional intelligence. This is true until you meet ‘the door slammer’. INFJs may seem to condone a lot by bottling up emotions, then one day lash out with rage when you least expect.
The emotional explosion is the greatest weakness that INFJ possess. The fact that one minute you could be having what looks like a ‘perfect relationship’ with them then the next they cut you off is explosively puzzling. An extreme version of such INFJs can make you plan your own death or harm for their fear of confrontation.cru
8. Ghosting People
You will often hear people using introversion as an excuse for being inconsistent in relationships. INFJs are not an exception. Sometimes INFJs take the need to recharge too far. They are one of the biggest culprits when it comes to ghosting people whether in friendship, romantic relationships or family relations.
This is so unfair since the ghosted party may be left wondering what went wrong or what they might have done. Or even worried sick about the INFJ. Most of the time, for a toxic INFJ, the ghosting is usually a result of unresolved unspoken issues as opposed to the need to recharge.
They should learn to practice open and honest conversation Instead. Personality informs dynamics on how people relate but should never be an excuse for unhealthy relationships.
9. Cruel and Calculating
Forget about the nurturing INFJs who are sensitive, emotional and love to help others. Some INFJs can be exceptionally cruel. With their mystic nature, they are able to plot evil against someone without them even knowing. Most of the time they allow people to step on them one too many times and by the time they take an action to stop it, it’s out of anger because they are too hurt to forgive.
In confronting their hurt, they tend to be cruel either through silent treatment or bringing up every bad thing they know about you. This response usually comes out of the blue for the person receiving it. They rarely understand exactly why the INFJ is treating them this way.
10. Using People
The majority of INFJS are very considerate. They wouldn’t want to succeed at the expense of others. However, there is a small percentage that is very self-centred and would go to any extent to meet their goals even if it means using others.
They set themselves brutally high standards due to their love for idealism and perfection. When this is unachievable, they stoop so low to the point of using others to achieve their goals. The good in them tells them it’s not like doing this makes them feel good but they are able to justify it as them not having any choice, it’s their only way to succeed.
Conclusion
There has been a tendency of grouping personalities into good and bad. This makes some personalities look superior to others, which is quite misleading. There is no one particular personality that is better than the other.
All personality types can include both good and evil people. It all depends on how much a single individual works on their character and behaviour. INFJs are one of the personalities that have hidden under the good people tag.
However, no one is beyond reproach! INFJs can be equally evil, probably eviler than some of the personalities that have been thought to have a great number of villains. Although their evil acts are often a result of bottled-up emotions that eventually erupt, nature or nurture, we still cannot make excuses for them.