'TerminalDancer  i read your post and many of your replies and i feel i can greatly relate to many parts of your story. we are similar in age and i see that from the sounds of it, you struggle with...|||Somewhere along the trajectory of life's mundane day to day events and a series of tragedies, disappointments and heartbreaks over the last 20some years, I've come to what is a point of absolute...|||I've always felt so absolutely different and misunderstood. As a child I was so full of curiosity, acting like an adult, which adults found charming. I looked at the world with inquisitive eyes. With...|||...i not only dislike, but detest so much about myself physically. i feel unlovable by others because of how i feel about my own physical body.  keeping this short and simple because it hurts to...|||...yes, these days are more than a bit rough for TheseDays. :/|||77734|||You've worded it perfectly-- thank you. I've been absolutely uncomfortable at work-- I feel like I'm walking on a tightrope every single moment. The micro-managing by my general manager has continued...|||Dr.Horrible We seem to have a lot of similar issues in common -- work and family-wise. ...Tough times.   UGH, I relate so much to this. At work I am actually happy to be extroverted, until it's...|||Forgot to include this--  we don't have an HR department inhouse for our store location, as it's a small location, but there is a company-wide hotline number that can be called. What would happen if...|||I'm updating after a few days of intense thought and further issues...  The accusations made against me were the following-- (I will address them referencing the numerical number attached to them...|||Jebediah I've not gone through such procedure but I've hade several other intense surgeries on my arms, legs, stomach, and intestines. (TMI? Sorry.) It's been a bumpy ride. I detest hospitals now.|||ermm...please don't judge me...  this little miss was an online/phone dominatrix princess of sorts. heh... i would still be doing it if certain things had not interrupted my online life. 'tis was...|||@Dr.Horrible I forgot to mention one more thing that related so very much to your post. You said your father said it was just you that he didn't answer when speaking and I've had several experiences...|||Dr.Horrible  I wanted to cry when I read your post-- my father is EXACTLY like that.     My father does too. He has INSANE levels of anger issues and is incredibly scary when he gets upset.|||P.S. In contrast, is there a commonly said by INFJ's thread? I think that could be quite interesting. :)|||You are so sweet. You are so cute. You have a sweet voice.  They all sound like nice things, and I appreciate when people are nice to me, but I'm more than just a sweet/nice girl... I'm...|||I'm writing with a lot of hesitationx85 I am now feeling very exposed by explaining this whole ideal on the forum and I'm feeling quite overwhelmed. I know I'm feeling this though because of the...|||Northwind I did read the whole post, but I know nothing about dating   Exactly my thoughts. I've embarrassingly only ever been on one real date, and I'm 28, and it was a horrible date. *Feeling...|||@Noelle There's a lot of red flags going on here. *Sigh* x85I know. I do feel completely dismissed and I feel like I've come out looking like an idiot. This is not the first time that this is the...|||Maybe no one else will ever get you 100% but you yourself have the power to get to know yourself 100%. It's a beautiful thing to know and trust yourself genuinely.   Good luck. :)|||I can always count on myself to over-think absolutely everything. I can always count on myself to daydream. I can always count on myself to procrastinate or cleaning my personal space. Oops! I can...|||You are hardly the only one to feel such embarrassment at the doctors office. I've experienced intense emotional trauma due to issues at the doctors office and in hospitals that I don't go to the...|||i'm one who feels embarrassed to answer this thread but i secretly hope this kind of thing will happen to me one day, and my ideal would be an art deco style ring with a vintage vibe. i wouldn't mind...|||I've been told too many a time that I have Bambi-eyes ...always wide-eyed, looking a little scared and serious, but really I'm just observing and absorbing.|||I failed to update last night due to exhaustion. Yesterdays meeting was… different, for lack of a better word.   In my first meeting my general manager heavily reprimanded me, specifically noting...|||Mini-update -- I've continued reading everyones points. Thank you for all of your contributions. I appreciate the diversity of them as they all prepare me to see the situation through a variety of...|||For what it's worth, one thing I've noticed that I've admired about teachers I've had both in and out of the classroom are teachers who expect their students to learn-- this truly motivates me as a...|||I don't really know that I know how to think without daydreaming at the same time... is that odd? I literally daydream all day, everyday, as obnoxious as that phrasing sounds.|||First and foremost thank you EVERYONE for your replies -- literally everyone, despite a different perspective here and there between the mix.      The fact is that at the end of the day, I spoke...|||If anyone is willing to take a moment to read the following and perhaps give any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.   I was very recently taken aback at a work meeting when a coworker made...|||...nothing.|||it's my very favorite, ever.|||No, frankly.    Presents. :p j/k ...Patience and kindness, really.    I wish someone understood me 10% as much as I understand most people. I'm very, very intuitive and I understand people...|||I'm very outwardly be as you are and I detest comparison gossipping and such, though inwardly I judge on things that bother me such as a low work ethic or sensing that others are not their...|||I relate immensely. I have quite intense, deep emotions, and verbalizing them in a concise manner isn't always something I'm strong at doing, so sometimes I just spare vocalizing my thoughts at all....|||i have staring contests with my dog and i pretty much always win. :: so accomplished ::|||I'm an infj female still holding on to my v-card but nonetheless my sexuality obviously exists, but is more than a little complex. I've dated men and also a woman-- I've been physically and attracted...|||quite lonesome|||i don't ever get gifts from anyone so getting any type of personalized or well thought out gift would make my heart happy. in particular, i would love something beautiful to wear from anthropologie.|||hazel-eyed infj, that's meeee.|||Well, here's my own crazy bit to add to this thread. Hope no one thinks I'm going to hell or something for all of this. ha  I'm an ex-dominatrix, ex-m0rm0n (the m0rm0n bit came after the dominatrix...|||I really struggle with making friends too-- especially now in adulthood. As a child and teenager I often let others walk all over me and use me, and my friends were those people who used me in such...|||I would like to make friends. I would like to be recognized at work for my leadership and creativity and be promoted. I would like to be away from the toxic people in my life and toxic thoughts in...|||forgive the cliché, but i'm listening to a taylor swift song that relates to my very recent breakupsortofthing.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbDTvCvO9c  Cause we had a beautiful magic love...|||solitaria y sin dirección|||I don't ever reach my potential.|||my warmth and my strong intuition... those are my favorites.|||I get these things everyday from my family, so I relate.|||I've never really been someone pursued too much, other than during my pretty phase a few years back. I dated a little bit, but quickly broke things off with anyone pursuing me because I was dating...|||I make myself a drink and talk to my friend late into the night about how he's wearing panties for me, at least that's tonight, and truth be told, I'm a bit of a freak.'