'The control aspect ties into a hopelessness in what to do in this life. As if life were dictated by game of dice that is Where is the electron located? I seek out understanding because it is...
I don't think I don't accept imperfection. There's nothing wrong with it at all. But back to the archery example. It works like this: I want to do it well so I try to hit the X. It has to be...
I can read this and say okay, but I can't get myself to truly follow it and I don't know why. I know perfection is unobtainable and I will make mistakes. But how does one appreciate? I can say what...
Just have fun I find it hard for others to relate to how I enjoy things. For example if I'm doing something like archery, I get frustrated over doing poorly. I can't enjoy it unless I...
Curiosity, what about the large majority of people who have no idea what they're doing. They do X because they think they only want X to happen but later on Y might happen and they might be ignorant...
A point to ponder is what is wrong with wanting to get along with others? Maybe that is what drives them. They are being true to this inner drive that makes them want to be accepted. They don't have...
In response to what many of you have said In defining authenticity, many of you guys are idealizing an idea of what it means to be human, but are not considering the fact that what is human is...
The two go hand in hand though. You have pity, sympathy, empathy, compassion. All these words are related. It's very hard for you to feel sympathetic without a bit of empathy and most people don't...
Your post was excellent and I am now convinced he is most likely INFP. I think the Fe/Fi as sympathy/empathy thing is misunderstood and misinterpreted across the forum. The words sympathy and...
I mean to say a person who was never taught how to get along well socially. Say someone with socially awkward autistic traits (but not necessarily autistic). He is labeled weird and shunned, and...
I think Sage del Viento's words tie into my personal view on authenticity. In my own view, authenticity is a human construct. It is relative. This is because identity depends on perspective....
Isn't kindness and compassion about doing for others? Isn't it a good thing for an inconsiderate but ignorant person to worry more about what others think? Isn't empathy about understanding what...
So INFPs (or an Fi thing in general) are said to value authenticity, and being genuine and to be against being fake. My question would be what exactly do these words mean to you? What is an example...
Thinking about the context a bit more, I think I see more of Holden → INFP thing. My other concern would be why INFPs want to see emotional truth, yet they are so quick to bash people for being...
I personally have a bit of trouble understanding why people use the terms fake or genuine in general. I always thought Caulfield calls other people phony not because they aren't true to some sort...
What type do you guys think he is. He is overwhelmingly typed as INFP, but I'm skeptical. Please share!
So what would make you not reject them? I would tell them why I am rejecting them. That gives them a sort of closure of mind. The difficult part is portraying that reason, because depending on...
It's nothing to do with criticism of others, but sometimes appreciating what others do is part of understanding them. One person's trash is another person's art. It's like the question of why should...
I'm curious. What do you consider something substantial?
1. Chuck 2. The Mentalist 3. Heroes 4. House MD (5. Psych)
Consider this: All attraction is the rationalization of the subconscious. Fact is sometimes a person meets their soulmate, just the other person hasn't met theirs. The concept of friend zone is...
Adding onto my previous statements, the entertaining aspect doesn't necessarily have to be humor. You can entertain a person by sharing insight into something they enjoy. If a person enjoys a certain...
Learn how to entertain, to be humorous, to make others smile. This forces you to be more perceptive of others and to be more intelligent with what you say. When you've succeeded, see it as a sign...
And what about all the other people that a malignant person might use. What if they aren't seeing the ways they are getting used and lied to and by the time they realize it, they will already be...
I'm not saying you shouldn't be kind, but if you keep showering somebody with kindness and they simply use you instead of repaying you, do you continue to treat them the same way? The alternative...
In the past, I've always tried the be the change you wish to see kind of thing. Recently however, I've realized that this only works to an extent. For example, in my past interactions I would try...
I agree with Empath
1. That video typing thing stretches my willingness to accept the legitimacy of the MBTI system lol 2. I think it is now well established that you are most likely, with little doubt an ENTJ
I think this discussion has become too much about sociopath/psychopath and that was not the point I was trying to make. Here are things more along the lines of what I was trying to say: 1. I may...
Forget Fe and Fi for a moment. The purpose that I have is to change the world for the betterment of people. The dilemma is whether better actually exists or what exactly is better. The greater...
As people we like to think we are very in control of ourselves and the society we have created. However, we sometimes forget no matter how intricate and complex we as humans think we may be, humanity...
Watch Patrick Jane from The Mentalist
INFJs are a bunch of fools. We believe in this quote: The fool didn't know it was impossible, so he did it.
The environment just isn't right. The knowledge is fine. I do want to escape but I am not lashing out at anything in particular. First the way most science and math classes ares structured is...
I'd think since a high percentage of INFJs graduate, that most don't get overwhelmed (am I an INFJ?). I was born and raised in the US so Taiwan wouldn't be my home country (but it is that of my...
I am a male INFJ currently 4 weeks or so from finishing my first year of college. If I could summarize my experiences so far in one word, it would be suffocating. I do not feel like I will be...
To answer this question, think about how the MBTI system works. It starts with the fact that people who add depth to ideas end up identifying with the Ni function. Then if their depth is...
Does anybody else agree it's less that you can't relate to others, it's that you know others are unable to relate to you. My friends are mostly share the same interests but they're aren't really...
The Giving Tree, The Missing Piece and Sequel, and his Poem books. He doesn't have a lot of works, but they're all great. They're supposed to be Children's Books, but I think anybody of any age can...
I was reading some Shel Silverstein poems as well as re-reading some of the children's stories of his. The ideas in his work are really wonderful and I can truly relate to so many of them. What do...
How is liking differentiated from infatuation?
I don't know, I'm asking you :proud:
I think it still comes down to Ti/Fe vs Fi/Te. I don't think I've heard yet how you personally relate to what you've read about the two. You've only responded to our attempts to type you and you...
a very well thought and well written response
So would it be a willingness to be unselfish or the state of unselfishness. Notice I'm not asking how humans might act, as I'm aware of the imperfections of humans. I am looking for how they do act...
Do you think it'd be accurate to say that your definition of true love is universal, that is an attitude you should express to everybody? Would you love one person more strongly than another? How...
I enjoyed everyone's posts. They provide good insight into the multiple perspectives on different facets of love. I think I will now pitch in my own definition which I think will include parts of all...
That is a good description of unconditional love. I think that people should be willing to treat everybody and anybody with some form of unconditional love, but are unwilling because when you love...
How do you describe unconditional? Wouldn't you value someone because of something they can give you be it material or spiritual (you feel a certain way around them)? Should love encompass a...
So the word love gets thrown around a lot and even though we all use it, we all have our individual different schemas of what it is supposed to be. Is it a noun, a verb, an emotion, a state of...'
