I'm an INFP and yes, extreme emotion does cause me to shut down. It can be crippling because it causes me to withdraw in situations where I should stand up for myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym31mIwFfxE
INFPs are known to avoid conflict, so I wonder how that affects our ability to cope with anger constructively.
Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism by Somer Brodribb
I can totally relate to this. I was a gifted child (according to test, anyway) and I was depressed from an early age.
I don't cope well with anger. It makes me all shaky and then it turns to sadness and makes me weepy. I can't express my anger well to others at all. I often internalize my anger over time and it...
Sorry if I posted this song to this thread before. I'm afraid I may have. But this song makes me cry like a baby every single time. Well, the Johnny Cash cover does. The original doesn't. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mw4ImMUmQ
Arrival. I enjoyed it. It's a little trippy.
Dear ENFJ, Shut the hell up once in a while! Sincerely, me
Irritated.
I suppose that would depend on the physique, wouldn't it? Some physiques are shamed and there is no way around that fact. Implying that people should take pride in their physique is a subtle form of...
Hahaha! Alrighty then.
Society is a conspiracy theory? Socialization is a conspiracy theory? Get a load of this shit: https://www.facebook.com/aol/videos/802822056540244/ The socialization begins early.
Femininity is a contrivance of traits and behaviours imposed upon women by male supremacist culture. We learn it from the time we are born. It's the behavior of the subordinate.
This song means so much to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztmZKMdr154
I hate malls. They cause sensory overload for me.
I dream of having a little solar-powered house with enough land to do permaculture. I'd like a jersey cow, some goats, maybe an alpaca or two and some chickens. And dogs and cats. I'd like to not...
I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm definitely not cut out for the business world.
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Choose a career that is in line with your personality. Don't force yourself into something you don't really like. And take those suggestions that they offer based on your MBTI type seriously. They're...
Pizza, baked potatoes with sour cream, chocolate, nachos, chinese food, and coffee--can't forget coffee.
Yes, I think moving between worlds is a great natural talent of INFPs.
Agreed. I've never met anyone who respected animals more than my grandmother. She treated her farm animals with great kindness. She slaughtered them with respect and gratefulness too.
Yeah, tell that to generations of meat-eating indigenous peoples who relied on their meat-eating shamans for healing.
I agree, but it doesn't recognize that it needs them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2VBmHOYpV8
I recall reading in a book, I think it was Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey, that INFPs are the shaman types--the intuitive healers. (As a side note, I would think that INFJs are shaman-types...
Security, happiness and amusement.
better with antihistamine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW4M9nVrijA
Why did it come out so tiny? It isn't tiny.
Or maybe it's just me. 658466
Nerds, geeks, and weirdos.
I think there is beauty in imperfection, but not perfection per se. Imperfection rules out perfection. That said, what in this imperfect universe is perfect?
I'm 40. Maybe I need to start discovering some newer music. The thing is, I keep discovering old music that I love. Like my current obsession with Waylon Jennings--I was familiar with his music from...
I have pretty varied tastes in music. I love country, rock, alternative, folk, and classical. I'll go from listening to George Strait to Pearl Jam to Peter, Paul and Mary to Mozart to the Beatles....
I got ISA, which doesn't surprise me. It aligns with my interests--psychology, counseling, etc.
I used to stay up all night reading or messing around on the internet. But that changed a few years ago. I guess I got old. Now I go to bed between 9pm and 10pm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhmwMdUKfA
I think it's a human thing, not a type thing. My ex, who was definitely not a feeler, but rather a textbook INTP, was always horny.
I would tell her that it bothers you. I know that's not easy, but you may have to bite the bullet and do it. You don't have to tell her why it bothers you, just that it does.
She's obnoxious. Sorry, but that's what I think. And most of what she said would apply to anyone, not just an INFP. I did identify with not wanting to be sexualized. Being called sexy or hot is a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqY35SYsyfQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHY23tMeCug
Sily, I love that song! I love the Highwaymen. I'm a big fan of outlaw country.
My Chinese sign is fire dragon. I like that a lot better than my western sign and it seems to suit me better.
I'm not afraid of opening up with people that I'm close to, but that's a short list. I have social anxiety, so yes, I'm very frightened of opening up to people to whom I'm not close. I suppose I'm...
This happens to me fairly often. It's one of my favorite feelings. What's interesting is that I don't always know what will cause it. Some things I can count on to cause it, like Beethoven's...
It depends on who is asking the questions. If it's someone I know well, then I would enjoy the exchange and appreciate their curiosity. If it's someone I don't know well, I would feel awkward and...
