The Worst Fears of Each Myers Briggs Type

The only to thing to fear is fear itself… or so they say. Whether it’s creepy clowns or haunted houses everybody gets freaked out by something. Depending on the type of person you are, you may find some things scarier than others might. Here are some of the worst fears likely to terrify each Myers Briggs type.

INTP worst fears:

Being doomed to a mediocre and insignificant existence
Public speaking / public humiliation
Discovering that they may actually be an idiot
Sustaining severe brain damage or developing a neurological disorder like dementia or Parkinson’s disease
Dying before they’ve achieved anything
Being taken advantage of because they didn’t know something
No internet
Losing someone precious to them
Losing their memory
Failure and Rejection
Getting locked into a commitment they can’t back out of
Finding out that they’re actually more of a sappy feeler than a thinker
Having perfect and complete knowledge of everything in the universe and having nothing worthwhile left to understand or figure out
Being unable to create anything new because every possible thing that could be created already exists
Dying and finding out God exists and realizing that the lame sensors were right
Being reincarnated as a retarded person or as an animal at the bottom of the food chain

ISTP worst fears:

Losing their hands and feet and never being able to jag off or walk in the woods again
Hands-off learning
Being buried alive while fully paralyzed
Being locked in a small empty room with nothing to do
Getting sentenced 25-to-life for a crime they didn’t commit
Zombie apocalypse
Getting their life savings stolen
Being hunted and killed by a hired hitman
Getting caught in a volcanic eruption while paragliding over Mauna Loa.
Advanced calculus
Being bound to a wheelchair
Finding their gf/bf in bed with their best friend
Dying from marijuana overdose
Going into cardiac arrest while jagging off
Living in a world with no video games or smart phones

ISFP worst fears:

Being taken hostage or prisoner
Being forced to kill someone they love
Advanced calculus
Losing all their money from their gambling habit
Being hunted by the mob for a debt they owe
Standing trial for anything
Getting caught in a massive lie
Losing their best friend
Office jobs
Having their work rejected and deemed worthless
S.W.A.T. team storming their house while they’re jagging off
Running out of gas in the middle of a Chi-raq neighborhood
Finding out they are a direct descendant of Osama Bin Laden
Upsetting someone they care about with their decisions

INFP worst fears:

Being abandoned by someone precious to them
Being homeless
Dropping their phone in the toilet
Being abducted and trafficked as a sex slave
Spiders crawling into their mouth while they’re sleeping
Living under a dictatorship where all books are banned
Being joined at the hip to a twin who is ESFJ
Planning a party. Two things they dislike: “planning” and “party”
Having their bf/gf stolen by one of their parents
Being forced into an arranged marriage
Being forced to eat bear poo
Becoming a spinster (or the male equivalent of that)
Having to have their pet put down
Having to live in the wild and kill animals for food
Meeting their childhood hero and finding out they are nothing like what they imagined them to be (in a disappointing way)

INTJ worst fears:

Intellectual humiliation and failure
Losing their independence and having to rely on others to do everything for them
Shitting their pants just seconds before reaching the bathroom
Shitting themselves while fast asleep
Being stranded on a dilapidated raft in the middle of the Indian ocean
The biblical apocalypse
Flunking their final exams or not graduating
Being completely defeated by a problem they can’t solve
Having to work for an incompetent boss-hole
Being reincarnated as a cow or pig that is bred for slaughter
Getting betrayed by someone they trusted or loved deeply
Being spied on by the FBI or getting audited by the IRS
Having their life’s work stolen or destroyed
Having their reputation smeared by false allegations
Payback from a disgruntled, bitter feeler they’ve offended (intentionally or unintentionally)

ISTJ worst fears:

Failing to meet their responsibilities
Being belittled and degraded in front of others
Having to work in a disorderly environment
Doing improv in front of a packed audience
Having a two-headed baby
Being humiliated by someone they admire and respect
Professional failure
Receiving no support or backing from their subordinates or friends + family
Having their deeply held beliefs proven false
Making a fatal error in judgement from overlooking a critical detail
Having to come up with creative solutions instead of relying on proven methods
Risky ventures
Fear of the unknown

INFJ worst fears:

Donald Trump becoming president
Global warming
Losing their credibility and having their reputation ruined
Being exiled or ostracized
Running into their ex and seeing them with a partner that is more attractive and more successful than them
Having their vehicle break down in the middle of a crip neighborhood
Catching a flesh-eating disease while vacationing in Machu Picchu or somewhere
Unknowingly eating a dish at a restaurant that was made from human remains or something revolting
Having no one come to their wedding or birthday party
Getting mauled by a bear while taking the trash out at night
WW3
Their freaky secrets getting leaked to the public
Having to flee home due to warfare and military invasion
Seeking help in a medical emergency while in a foreign country where no one speaks their language

ISFJ worst fears:

Not being missed by colleagues after they leave a job or group
Finding out God doesn’t exist and that life has no purpose
Eternal damnation in Hell
Dropping their wedding ring in the toilet
Having their children confiscated by child protective services
Becoming old and forgotten in a retirement home
Having all their baby pictures and family photos destroyed in a fire
Getting stood up on their wedding day
Going bald or going gray
Being responsible for someone else’s failure or death
Getting cheated on
Becoming obsolete or useless to others
Bed bugs
Their children running off to join ISIL

ESFP worst fears:

Being ignored by everyone and seen as undesirable/unattractive
Being castaway on a lonely island
Losing their talent or personality
Being a nun or priest
Getting permanently disfigured by a botched surgery
Becoming a has-been
Being blacklisted professionally and socially
identity fraud
Getting upstaged by their adversaries
Having no money
Being trapped in a life of anonymity and redundancy
Astrophysics

ESTP worst fears:

Being humiliated and disgraced as a coward
Being reigned in and controlled by someone
Getting cucked by their spouse
Never amounting to anything and being branded as a loser
Getting into the ring with Mike Tyson
Debating theoretical physics with Stephen Hawking
Adversaries getting the best of them or having more success than them
Being powerless to do anything or get anything done
Being debilitated and physically handicapped
Being made a fool of or taken advantage of
Getting defeated and dominated by a competitor
Missing out on big opportunities
Having their insecurities exposed

ENTP worst fears:

Repeal of the first amendment in the American constitution
Getting crushed in a debate
Losing their memory and having to relearn everything
Getting alzheimer’s disease
Creative block
Losing their voice
Getting swallowed up by a massive sink hole
Being hated
Never fulfilling their potential
Never settling down and building a solid lifestyle
Never actually accomplishing anything because they don’t stick with it long enough
Never maturing and acting like a normal adult
Having to wear adult diapers when they become old

ENFP worst fears:

Being viewed as a bad or immoral person
Never fulfilling their potential or achieving their goals
Losing their loved ones
Getting old
Missing out on better opportunities
Being unable to help a loved one as they spiral downwards
Losing more and more loved ones as they age
Not fitting in
Becoming an evil person and not knowing it
Receiving negative karma they’ve caused against someone else

ESTJ worst fears:

Submitting to another person
suffering irreparable damage to their reputation
facing bankruptcy
Being stuck in poverty and dire straits
Being humiliated by a subordinate who is smarter than they are
Burning bridges with important people
Missing a flight
Getting rejected and blocked from advancement
Fear of the unknown
Experimenting with high-risk, edgy, outside-the-box ideas

ESFJ worst fears:

Not having any friends or companions to go places with them
Becoming old
Being villified and ostracized by their community
Being publicly shamed and criticized
Being stranded alone on an island
Having to do everything solo
Being unable to keep up with their peers
Being seen as useless or unnecessary to the team
Having no moral or emotional support from others
solitary confinement
Having no good food to eat
Finding out they are a direct descendant of Hitler
Being left out by their friends

ENFJ worst fears:

Being betrayed by their loved ones
Being demoralized by crippling failure
Stagnating and making no progress towards goals
Losing their optimism and giving up on life
Having to leave intimate relationships they are unable to salvage
Getting ostracized by their peers
Losing their faith in humanity
Being forced to adhere to old fashioned methods of doing things
living in a backwards, close-minded society

ENTJ worst fears:

Never being anything more than an underclass peasant
Being trapped in a dead end job working under someone they don’t respect
Losing control over their lives and their financial freedom
Lawsuits
Baring their soul to someone and showing vulnerability
Having their assets and the fruits of their hard work taken away unjustly
bankruptcy
Having their dirty laundry put on public display
Getting caught cheating on their spouse
Missing out on major opportunities
PR nightmares
Losing money in divorce
Having their liberties stripped away or getting their ambitions crushed by excessive regulation and rules
Letting their emotions sabotage their judgement

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Jetta Moon is an artist, writer and astrology blogger with a passion for creativity and psychology. He is also an enthusiast of MBTI theory and loves to research and write about what he learns. Jetta's background in creative writing has helped develop a unique and insightful perspective on the zodiac, which he shares with readers of this blog.