'So does this mean I can feel emotional atmospheres?|||How can you explain not feeling something?    For me, I can tell I'm missing something.  Usually it takes some processing before I can identify emotions I observed but by then it can be hours or...|||All of what RCKT82 wrote, but particularly this.  What you perceive as lack of confidence may actually be lack of challenge.  For ISTJs, this will probably involve work.  I can get very depressed if...|||My wife is ISFJ...been together 14 yrs|||I don't clean everyday.  Fuck I almost clean never.  I might not even be an ISTJ.  But I'm not sure what else I would be.  Maybe INTJ.|||ISTJ:  I have a hard time connecting with people.  Maybe it's because I'm a little confusing. Semi-close acquaintance: You think?!?! ISTJ:  You think I'm confusing? Semi-close acquaintance:...|||Wrapped around the axle on nurturing.....|||It's very tough to say.  She really loves my son, and is friends with my wife.  Not great friends but sometimes I think she tries really hard to get along with my wife to maintain our friendship. ...|||Not anymore....ISFJ.|||106386  Work|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKbk_dQ8Mhg|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wGUlS7hVY|||My dad is an ENFJ (according to MBTI test).  He's got good intentions but can be very overbearing and manipulative.  Most of my best romantic relationships have been xNFJs.  Female xNFJs are very...|||I'm ISTJ...my mom was ISTJ...her mom was ISTJ....  My dad is an ENFJ.....  Bottom line.....it's a big challenge to get an ISTJ mom to be nurturing.  Hugs in my family were always awkward.  I'm 40...|||I can turn into a mess when I write stuff out like that.....|||Yep...and sometimes it feels like a contract with little connection at all.  She's told me several times she would leave if she had the financial security to.....but it's been that way for years. ...|||That's exactly what it is Niss.  Although there's a level of attraction (from my side), I'm not sure that's exactly all there is to it.  I guess with male/female friendships they can get a little...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6yJ0_TvZDU|||So...I have a friend for about 2 yrs....INFJ.  I think we're very close.  Text, email (sometimes throughout the day) and hang out when we can.  Only problem is she does rain check more often than I...|||My eyes creep me out....they're ice blue and makes me look like I have no soul.  I keep constant eye contact with people and I'm sure it freaks them out too.  Truth is, I have absolutely nothing to...|||Good lord....just say hey, you wanna go grab a beer (eat some sushi, steal cop cars, etc) sometime.  If he says alright, ask for his phone number so you can coordinate a time/place (because ya'll...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5GYOsKLp6o|||Seems my INFJ does the catch and release thing a lot with me.  We'll fire emails/text messages back and forth 20 times a day for a week....nothing crude just banter and sometimes deep...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPsMqcmA0K8|||If he's a runner, then good luck to you keeping up.  :wink:  I swear, running's like an aphrodisiac or something.|||One of the first basslines I learned.  Ian has amazing vox.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btPD5tGtQ5U|||I like marathons....on the road and in the bed.  I'm about 50/50 on being intimate and just having a good screwing.....but they're not exclusive either.  It's usually very clear when I'm stressed and...|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2YYLkIFZ4|||I like trying new stuff if it's one on one or with people that are close to me.  I fell in love with surfing like this.  Skydiving is another example.  But you won't see me try something ridiculous...|||Did you ever fear irrational things like a shark in the swimming pool?  Because I totally didn't.   http://unearthingthespud.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/shark-in-pool.jpg|||I like cheese but not Cheddar.  For burgers and stuff, I usually go with White American (don't read into it).  If we're eating crackers or something then I like smoked Gouda cheese.  Sometimes I go...|||Too much irony in this post.  I have this problem....all...the...time.  Nice to meet you, I'm xxxxx. Hi, I'm Garrett. Jarrett? No, Garrett. Derrick? Garrett. Garrick? Sure.|||Yea...the whole chain of events there just blew his mind.|||The military is sort of an avenue to meet people but.....what I'm expected to do is sort of in conflict with how I would build a relationship.  Also, there's all kinds of rules about who I can talk...|||That's exactly it.      That's good advice....I can actually do this well but it requires a lot of work on my part trying to get through the checks to see if there's some way I can connect with...|||Well yea...I understand.  The relationship thread is draining.   Maybe I've been guarded for so long that it's a very natural thing that I don't realize.  Either I'm giving off a serious back the...|||School, work, church, any type of social gathering....do most ISTJ's get a sense of being there, but not really?  Seems I've never really had an inner circle.  Some people know me better than others,...|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZqPq1-1Tw|||That's it.|||Character Strength # 1       Judgment Thinking things  through and examining them from all sides are important aspects of who  you are. You do not jump to conclusions, and you rely only on solid ...|||This makes a LOT of sense.    I do this all the time.  For instance, if I'm hanging out with someone and they suddenly say they have to leave....I might worry that I said something wrong. ...|||Yea...Kyrie is definitely an earworm.|||So shadow functions basically means everything is reversed?  So instead of thinking like an ISTJ, I would identify more with an ENFP?  An ENTJ would be like an ISFP?|||UP THE IRONS!!!!   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDMB_0mKMBE|||SpiderMoon makes sense...I'm sort of 50/50 on N/S and often test INTJ as well.  Maybe that has something to do with it.    And yes, I'm under a great deal of stress.  Most of this has to do with...|||This one inspires me the same way my INFJ friend does.  <3 INFJs.    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDMB_0mKMBE|||Does a mother ever stop loving her son?    In a romantic sense, it can last forever if two people are bonded or connected in a way that allows it.  Most love likely fades or transitions to...|||Is it typical for an ISTJ to over analyzing things people say or what they do?  For instance, if someone says they're going to do something at a particular time because of xxx.....would your mind run...|||Oh man...I hate that icon.  I actually dread checking voice mail because it's usually a bunch of people talking that irritate the shit out of me.  What's worse is that when you hit clear, it's the...|||4.  Do you think before you open your mouth?'