'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,...'