'I'm feeling really low this evening. I have a recurring pain problem in my right foot... the sudden drop in temperature outside is making it twinge something dreadful. I've been taking really good...
Rrrrghhh... I feel so angry! Trying to keep it in check since I've been lashing out at my girlfriend quite a bit lately and I know she's had a long, hard day. (Poor thing, she already fell asleep.) ...
I've always struggled with anxiety. It was especially bad when I was a small child, it was always there gnawing at my gut but I didn't have a word for the feeling. By the time I got to college, I...
I am so bone tired. Too many people and I feel burnt out. Things feel kind of awkward and stilted with my girlfriend of 3 1/2 years, because we're both really busy and stressed out, to stressed out...
Well, I have professional diagnoses of social anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Having no access to private space makes me acutely uncomfortable. Basically,...
Hi there. So, I work in a pretty typical corporate office, in a cubicle. I actually quite enjoy my job. However, today it was announced that the higher-ups are 99% sure we're going to switch from...
You're such a strong person. You're kind of an inspiration really. You're so cute! You have such a calming influence. You really have it all together. (ha ha ha, not true but I...
What a terrible day. I couldn't even contain my tears till I got home so I put my hand over my nose and mouth and squeezed my eyes shut in an effort to keep from sobbing. My foot still hasn't healed...
I hardly ever feel lonely and am actually quite pleased with how many friends/acquaintances I've cobbled together in recent years, because I used to be super-solitary. I don't have a LOT of social...
I was super touchy. Very fussy, very easily made upset. I screamed whenever we went anywhere new (restaurants for example) so my parents just stopped taking me places. (Not saying that's necessarily...
Ugh I really really really hate scholarship applications.
Today I realized I feel more love & affection for music/beauty/art/the universe/etc than for other people. In fact, when I felt tender & vulnerable toward another person recently, it kind of blew...
I think there are two pieces, really. I feel like it's important to always be trying to improve yourself, because if not, you're living in stasis, so why are you even living (that's how I see it...
People call me smarter than I call myself. I grew up hearing I was smart, was in advanced classes, got good grades without really trying, etc. But I often wonder about what intelligence really...
I've always been very fond of my face. I haven't really ever done that thing where I stare in the mirror and analyze my nose or whatever, not even when I was in high school. Very much like my...
I used to be sick with cold symptoms for about a week out of every month. That was when I was really stressed in college & high school, super-busy, had a bad home life, etc. My physical health is...
It's been 4 years or so since I last wrote seriously. I think I've lost my writer's voice, and have no idea how to get it back again... I really feel like I used to have potential, everyone told...
Overeating, alcohol, chocolate, coffee, videogames.
I'm dancing alone to club music at bar close alone in my apartment. I'm so lonely I can hardly stand it, but I'll keep drinking apple pie schnapps until I forget that bit of it and just lose myself...
PEOPLE WHO BLARE MUSIC THROUGH THEIR HEADPHONES IN PUBLIC PLACES. It drives me insane. I cannot for the life of me understand why there is no socially acceptable way to tell people they are being...
I am gonna just echo what my therapist tells me all the time: You don't have to DO anything to be good enough. You have always been good enough, and you are good enough, and you always will be...
Thank you for this! I have been thinking lately about how often I am moved to tears by music / being out in nature etc, and how grateful I am for that. I suppose I'm much more vulnerable to emotions...
Just so tired and agitated all at once. So much internal stress and not sure how to diffuse it. Maybe this is what my therapist means when she says I need to learn the practical skill of how to take...
I've always tested as INFJ, but lately I've been testing as INTJ. I can feel the slow shift over from feeling into thinking too... it feels strange and rigid and tiring. So maybe it's not real. I'm...
On the outside, I'm really proud to be an INFJ. On the inside I'm still working on chipping away at all the years of feeling like I was inferior or crazy or strange. It's a slow process. But I think...
Ugh. It is cold and gray and bleak and has been for days. It's almost June, so the heat is off in our apartment, so here I sit freezing to death and feeling glum as hell. As if I don't already for at...
Definitely true... I broke the same bone in my foot TWICE in one year because I went too hard. Good to remember, especially since the moderation point probably extends beyond physical things as...
Well, this friend I had threatened me with physical harm when I refused to date him. So I went to the police, and never saw or talked to him again... completely scary and unacceptable, I will not...
Oh my gosh ALL THE TIME. In fact it's a topic that comes up a lot with my therapist. She expresses concern that I overextend myself on a regular basis, trying to DO ALL THE THINGS, but I tell her...
I'm only 25 but I have no urge to settle down. I'm a really committed person, but I just don't see the point in rushing into marriage. I honestly don't care that much about ever being married, to be...
Sometimes, the break in your heart is like the hole in the flute. Sometimes it's the place where the music comes through. - Andrea Gibson, Gospel Salt
Hmm... I don't know if it's exactly the same thing, but I get something similar. Anything really beautiful, like a painting, a symphony, etc. makes me feel really withdrawn and sad. Like, I enjoy it,...
^_^; Pretty much. It's not really intentional, just kinda happens. Thankfully, my closest friends understand (though most people don't/are offended).
Yeah, this happens a lot. Try as I might, I always kind of drift off and come back. If I focus really hard, I can be more present for the conversation, but it's quite tiring. I think it's gotten...
Nope. Nothing good, anyway. I don't do a lot of rap or anything, but with any kind of poetry I always need like three drafts before it's palatable.
Hmm... I don't know what anyone else does, but I look everywhere except in people's eyes. I always want to, but I find meeting other people's eyes so intense & intimate that I can't prolong it, and I...
Self-respect and self-confidence.
I do try to eat healthily, and really like fruits, veggies, whole grains. But when I'm stressed, anything that is instantly edible is what I eat. Crackers and cereal out of the box, cold leftovers,...
I hate hate hate hate HATE INTERVIEWS!!!! I have three interviews between now and Tuesday, and I feel about ready to explode. I'm quite socially anxious, so interviews are one of my biggest fears....
Aqualung and daydr3am - Thanks for the suggestions! My thyroid and my blood have both been checked, and it all came out OK. One of the doctors said that I *did* have a somewhat low red blood cell...
Thanks everyone for the input! It might very well be an emotional thing. I hadn't really thought of that... it IS encouraging to hear that maybe all INFJs aren't tired all the time; makes me hopeful...
Hey all. Do you consider yourself to be a low-energy person? What do you do about it? My experience: I regulate my energy the best I can, but I feel continually frustrated by how taxing it is...
Zech I still don't really think being an INFJ comes from a traumatic childhood, exactly, but what you said about the link between insecure attachment & depression/anxiety makes sense. Maybe the real...
Sorry, OP, I can't contribute much, except to say that I have trouble with this too. I can usually tell a fair amount about people, but I have a total blind spot when it comes to whether people want...
Oh no! I'm a lesbian, and I can't imagine being stuck in a small town. I hope you can move to a bigger city once you graduate! Things became a LOT better for me (sexually and socially) once I went to...
Fehhhh, I didn't care about it much, in the traditional sense. By which I mean I never saw virginity as a stamp of shame or virtue or whatever. Mostly I wanted to get the damn thing over with because...
I had a somewhat traumatic childhood (absent, neglectful and/or unsupportive parents), but I don't think it made me an INFJ, per se. During the worst years, I withdrew more into myself and tested...
I appear laid-back, but I'm secretly pretty reactive. That is, under times of stress, people always comment on how I seem calm/to have it together/etc but my body is very tense, I feel anxious, my...
Wow... so many responses! It feels like too much to respond to everyone individually... but thanks to everyone for the input. :proud: I'm glad I'm not alone.
Can I ask how old you are? I know everybody develops at different times, etc, but I'm curious. I like to think I'll get more comfortable with my shell with age. Thanks MoltenHorse. :) For the...'
