'Great topic! Ideally, I would like to operate from a starting point of trust, but too much experience has proven otherwise. I don't get hurt that much either, but that's because I'm usually on alert...
Hm...Complex
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Bookmarked. Thanks for that. Sometimes I need a reminder that my world has become too small.
Hahaha, I do this all the time, it drives people nuts. Something big is in the air, I can feel it.
1 - Life experience. People usually come to me for advice and I usually have an answer based on experience or from knowing how others deal with things. I feel like an old soul sometimes lol. 2 -...
I struggled a lot with this. I wanted to be real and genuine. When I told people what I was planning, I got some very odd looks too, like it never occurred to them at all, or Why would you want to...
You're on Wikipedia, it's hours later, and you're way way WAY WAY WAY off the topic you originally started with, feeling full and satisifed.
Sorry to hear that, man. I participate in cancer forums, and yes, people with other types of cancer do post in subforums for specific types. Things start to get nasty on internet forums when...
The Roman Emperors were no fools. They used games to distract the populace while the Empire was disintegrating and corruption was rampant. Similarities to today? I think so. The empire is crumbling...
The Internet is a godsend for me. My world really opened up and allowed me to express myself much better. I'm way more outgoing and articulate online. On forums, I can take all the time I want to...
Fight or flight? That would make a lot of sense. I tend towards flight, so if I'm confronted like that and I can't flee easily, I totally go off the board.
I typically donate goods to organizations and not money. That way I know it's much more likely to be real, tangible help I'm providing, and at the same time I'm not wasting stuff by throwing it away....
The Super Bowl is history. I thought I would be free of the sports chatter for awhile. Now people are already talking about baseball, all the while happily ignoring everything important going on...
I hate the good morning ritual. Walking into my building at work, I have to say good morning to eleventy billion people. I just saw you yesterday.
I could write a book on this, but I'm going to stick to responding to your post above. As someone who has battled it ever since I can remember, I agree that therapy is the long term solution to...
You aren't alone Silt! I think you've got a great attitude for a lasting relationship! My wife and I have been through some very hard times, and without commitment on both our parts, we could...
I know you've got my back.
Hehe. Great fun! We mostly laugh at each other's quirks now. That's a guy thing for sure, but I usually do read the directions lol. Here's one I got this morning: You can't eat that for...
The tendency to remain silent seems to be a pretty common one here, I'm glad I'm not alone. I don't think I'm weird because of it, but a lot of people do think I'm weird. I just don't feel the need...
Scored really low on lawful ;> Not surprising. I usually find a way to get around rules and conventions if needed and tend to distrust authority figures in general. I got the same alignment on...
Yes, many times. I really dislike that word too. It's very subjective. So anyone who uses it is subjecting you to their definition of 'normal'. Usually this will conform to societal conventions but...
ISTJ wife: Why do you always change things at the last minute?! ISTJ wife: That's not in the plan! ISTJ wife: The sign says not to do that! ISTJ wife: Nevermind. I'll do it. ISTJ wife:...
I'm an only child with an ISFJ mother and an ISTJ father. Growing up INFP was...difficult. They were both very distant and rigid and uncomfortable with me trying to express myself, expecially in...
And the fact that we forget to eat so much ;>
That is an really good one, had to have been written by an INFP or with heavy contributions from them. I have a very hard time with finding the right words to comunicate my ideas and insights...
If it's in nature, so be it, doesn't bother me. It's NATURE! Nature does not succumb to any rules or values of ours. THIS, however, is yet another example of human meddling in nature for sport,...
I feel like this quite a bit too. I recently got my enneagram and it's 5w4. I've had a great deal of inner conflict and turmoil since I was a child, including this issue. Can you please explain this...
I was just wondering if there are any common traits among us when it comes to work habits. Unless there's something I have to do right away, a lot of times I'll be able to do an entire day's work...
I took one look at it and thought, Hey! That's me! I've gone on solitary walks in the woods thousands of times. The guy in the picture is moving ahead, but looking back almost forlornly. That's...
I can get very passive-aggressive, usually after I get slighted in some way. It won't show on the outside, but inside I'll be seething, plotting, and generally being very subtle and insidious. At the...
Maybe it's my INFP nature and impatience with convention, but I really dislike cliches. A lot of people must like them, because they're so prevalent in society. Love them or hate them? What...
If you were perfect at it, you'd be Jesus! We're all fallen.
I had to struggle with this recently and I'd rather not see anyone else have to go through it. It's called a midlife crisis for a reason, and it seems to be happening earlier and earlier. I think it...
Think of this debt as an investment. There's a big difference between consumer debt and investment debt, short term and long term debt. Try to look at it this way. People are rarely unable to start...
Everyone wants me to quit smoking. I know what it's doing to me, but I like it too much.
Are ADHD people of the inattentive type really NPs who are being medicated to conform to society?
Why doesn't anyone else understand how the world works?
- when you call someone, get their voicemail, and hang up because you feel silly talking to voicemail - when you call someone, get their voicemail, and it's important enough to leave one, but you...
Thanks Kytaari, if you want to talk about it I'm around. I have more experience than anyone should have in this area :/ I'm pretty sure I'm INFP and always was, I just repressed my F so much...
A woman. It would have to be a woman. I've only cried a few times in my life and only once in front of a guy. He is my dearest and closest friend but still...I felt uncomfortable. I learned from a...
This. The less people understand someone, the more fearful and uneasy they become of that person. They are also likely to be very uncomfortable in their own skin. I don't get hostility, but I do...
I'm 38 and I'm getting a lot of good advice from this thread ;> A few things hit me especially hard. I can't emphasize these enough. Stay true to yourself. Many people will want you to be...
My wife is a solid ISTJ, almost the complete opposite of me. It took us a long time to come to an understanding of each other, but I think that was more due to our individual personality quirks and...
Thanks, I've tried to start but just ended up erasing a couple drafts haha. A lifelong issue. I've got so much to say but can't seem to find a good way to express it and get lost in the wording. Damn...
Hey everyone, I'm Patrick. I've been lurking quite a bit, researching the hell out of everything about personality here and teh interwebs in general. I really took 'Know thyself' to heart and its...'
