'i tend to be insecure a lot, for various reasons. and sometimes depressed. but things have been going well for me lately :) i'm definitely still sometimes quiet and need alone time. i could never...
Pretty sure I'm INFP, not ENFP, but I'm thinking you guys will have good feedback for me :) I've always been pretty reserved around people, even my closest friends - quiet, cautious, neutral - to...
I've always been good at writing. My mom used to tell me I was going to write the next great american novel, haha. But it's never been something I've pursued seriously, partly out of stubbornness -...
Molting, eh? That's a great way to describe it :) I think I do it pretty frequently - in fact, the happier I am in life, the more often I renew. I'd say every couple of weeks I make a small shift...
I get asked for directions all the time, too. I was living in a big city last semester, which I was not at all familiar with, but every single time I went out I ended up helping some lost tourist. ...
Oh man, are we twins? Same age and timeframe, even. I've been working on the emotions/repression thing for a little longer, though, and I promise it gets easier :) Feel free to PM me if you want...
I have meditated off and on over the past couple years.... generally it's been a great thing for me. But a couple of months I sat and had a similar experience, to the point that I had a small panic...
that was me up until my early teens. i've mellowed out, but occasionally i do get the urge to pick a fight. i always thought i was because i wasn't getting the kind of emotional response i needed...
Ok, I have a question, nothing to share. So, I've been trying to do more creative type things. Just for myself, in a sketchbook or whatever. And, like any good INFP, I have TONS of ideas. ...
I've wanted to be a vet, travel agent, journalist, photographer, architect, olympic athlete (hah), naturalist, marine biologist, owner of a pet store, dog trainer, and many other things i can't think...
Hah, I'm not looking to feel like the best type ever, just not the worst :P And honestly, I don't really think these are all great traits... I don't find them particularly healthy for me or for a...
Hey, I'm feeling better about things, thanks everyone :) I figure that since there's no way to change my personality type, I should just accept it and use what skills and energy I have to try and be...
It does help me to feel better, but I'm not in a position to go seek that out right now... Thankfully I'm not really shy, so it shouldn't be too hard to connect with someone new in a different way....
This is a really good point. I should look for something concrete to change in my life instead. Do something different, meet someone new or something. Thanks for the direction :)
just because it makes life complicated, i suppose. sometimes i just need to do something - make a practical decision, do a job i'm not particularly into, etc - and i always have to sort through a...
i've actually been doing really well lately as far as taking care of myself. and i'm reasonably self-confident and not depressed. i don't know, i guess i'm just feeling restless and taking it out...
[warning, self-indulgent whining ahead.] For some reason I'm feeling kind of negative about being infp lately. I can feel all my limitations and I keep blaming them on being too introverted, too...
I have to point out that there's nothing really wrong with you for not being emotionally-driven. You are who you are and as long as you're not intentionally hurting others, I think you're ok :) ...
I've been told often that I should consider teaching and I think I would love it, especially at the younger ages. Sadly, I'm not a huge fan of the education system in America, so I don't think I'll...
I drink only occasionally, but when I do am the OPPOSITE of life of the party. For some reason it completely shuts down my brain and I have almost nothing to say, lol. I wish it were the...
Wow, that conclusion really gave me a whole new understanding of P/J and how it plays out in my own personality. Thanks for this :)
There's a theory that deja vu occurs when your brain is attempting to match a new experience to the bank of accumulated experiences in your past. Our minds generally operate by categorizing...
I'm mostly in the NF, INFP, and ENFP forums. But I didn't know about the unread posts link before... I'll probably try that now!
One thing that might help is to be really clear about what you would like her to do. Have a list of specific things - making a meal, cleaning a certain room, the vacuuming, etc. I know that when I...
Haha, that is terribly true, of course. I find that I can express exactly what I am thinking in writing. On the other hand, sometimes I find out there were things in my mind that I didn't even know...
I'm pretty terrible at getting what I want or need in general. But I think it's important to be able to do if I want to stay happy and healthy, so I really push myself. I think it's best not to...
I've run into a personal barrier that is really frustrating me right now, which is: I love abstraction. Abstract ideas, concepts, imagery, discussion. I'm quite good at understanding abstract...
I definitely internalize my stress and anxiety very easily, and it often affects my breathing. Sometimes I hyperventilate, or forget to breathe, or feel as if I have forgotten how to breathe and...
Ok, I'm going to try and steer things back towards this list: I am definitely HSP - something I've always attributed to being a preemie, but who knows. I've become less sensitive over the...
I'm looking forward to graduating college, buying a new bike, and living in the same place as my little brother again! And, of course, learning and growing, as always :)
Actually, I am the world's most boring drunk ever! Alcohol doesn't loosen me up, it just slows my brain down so I have nothing to say.. However, I drink very little, partly because there's a...
I guess I mean why do you use the word disgusted? What would cause disgusted Fi? Just negative emotions?
But that's a more typical response for me and I know how to handle that ok.... this is a more subconscious, overwhelming thing. And there's no reason I can think of for a simple suggestion like that...
Hahaha I bet your parents were thrilled :crazy: What do you mean by this? I'm sure I'm not OCD...
Ok this is a long shot, but I'd love to know if others experience this or have any insight into it... Sometimes when I tune into my internal dialogue, I am just kind of silently screaming NO! ...
i'm more often happy, but it's usually overshadowed by anxiety
I'm very interested in biology, especially aquatic and marine, and ecology. I love to learn about them and study on my own, but I can't stand the rigidity of actually working in these fields :X ...
INFP poking in here to say: It's really unnerving when people take of their masks. If that girl thinks she truly knows you one way and then you suddenly switch, she could be confused and maybe...
Yeah, in a situation where I'm emotionally invested and the other person shuts off, I can get pretty panicky. I need to know what the other person is thinking/feeling in order to respond and I need...
Pretty much everything that Ammon wrote rings true to me. I also had to teach myself how to take a compliment after someone I really admired pointed out that it's kind of rude to dodge them. Now...
does anyone here meditate on a regular basis? what's your routine? how has it helped you/what effects have you noticed? i've been very interested in practicing, but of course my struggle has...
I worked with an ENFP girl for quite a while... it was a food-service job where we had a lot of interaction with customers and of course she loved to talk with EVERYONE. However, there were a couple...
Ok, I've never met anyone else who does this, but I bet there's some infps who know what I'm talking about: I get words stuck in my head. Like, I'll be talking/listening to...
I'm way too self-conscious to do impressions like that .... I think drifting off half-way through a sentence is my worst trait and I do it more and more often these days. I also always pick at my...
I've spent a lot of time feeling EXACTLY this way. Eventually someone helped me see that it was just a coping mechanism, a way of dealing with fear and insecurity: if I held this vision of myself at...
it sounds like religion is a big force in your life. could you speak privately to someone in your church about your problems and concerns? a priest/minister/rabbi/religious leader might be able to...
could you explain a little more what you mean by a difference between our extroverted character and introverted feeler and how it would result in you using we in your mind? i used to narrate...
I sincerely doubt that there is any correlation between type and sexual orientation or gender identity. but, for what it's worth: my bio-sex is female, i suppose i'm somewhat genderqueer (in that...
I agree with the suggestion to have a study partner. I've always done my best work when I'm working with someone, it's just much more fun and interesting!
It's okay to judge people's actions, but I don't think you should judge people's inherent traits. You really can't avoid applying a worldview to anything you experience. And I'm not sure why,...'
