'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYbyj9I1u6U&feature=related|||It's supported by studies.|||Jojo354 To be honest, I hesitated when posting that sentence and I didn't like it, either.  But I wanted to emphasise the urgency of doing something as soon as possible.  I think that taking action...|||Thanks for all the replies.  I'm better today and expect to put in lots of productive time.     Sorry to hear of your plight!  Hope things pick up for ya.|||Oops!  Lol!  Sorry.  :)|||You have no idea where I'm getting my advice from, so try not to assume my background, thanks.  Nor did I actually diagnose schizophrenia.  I'm hardly going to do that over a message board, for...|||I'm not totally sure what my personality type is, despite what it says over there  <----  but I lived as an INPF for years, whether it was my natural type or not.  I thought I'd add something to the...|||A good author on aminos is Julia Ross.|||In no real order:  Spending time with family. Spending time with friends. Being outside, especially in the sun. Being in nature, especially the beach or mountains. Physical activity, like...|||Another option: Who cares if they think something negative?  I'm happy anyway.    I've also found that most of what I worry or stress about are things that are either in the future or the past. ...|||The key to not think about something is to think about something else.  The more you tell yourself you're not going to do something the more you get drawn to it.  Find something else to fix your...|||Are you still sick?  That can have an enormous effect on you in so many ways.  And if you mostly look normal, people will frequently just tell you to get on with life and stop stuffing around, though...|||I am almost positive that your medication is causing your voices problem.  You probably can't stop taking it cold turkey, but get yourself off it as fast as you can.  Unfortunately, what very few...|||Yep . . . . .|||I have lots to say, but it's late and I'm tired.  Remind me tomorrow and I'll see if I can help.  :)|||You're welcome.  I suggest you try to find brain entrainment therapy or audio downloads for boosting alpha waves and go from there.  Hopefully that will be a start.|||Yep.  I had a bad reaction to medications when I was 12-ish and it changed my personality.  Trauma, medications, and physical injury can all change the brain and thus personality.|||Did you get pills with that diagnosis?  If so, wean yourself the hell off them ASAP.|||Well, I was gonna suggest going for a drive, but now . . .    Glad your day got better.|||I let myself get talked into buying two shirts I don't really want.  :/    I think I'll return them later.  I dislike doing both of those things.|||Okay, it's somewhat ironic that I'm asking for help in a forum where I'm already spending too much time lately, but what the heck.  ;)  I used to love my job.  Well, parts of it, anyway.  Some...|||You need a hug.  :)|||Actually, prank videos are some of my favourite humorous things.  But only when they don't hurt people.  A bit of discomfort, like getting wet, is no big deal; life is full of discomfort.  I think a...|||What makes you happy in your life? What made you happy as a kid?  What makes you unhappy in life?  Write a list.  Share it here if you'd like more input.|||Marijuana promotes alpha brain waves like little else, which is what gives that mellow mood vibe.  There are other ways to get into this state that don't involve drugs, which I would recommend...|||By the way, I did that test linked to in the other Enfp? thread and got these results:  35243  It's interesting how close Ne and Ni and Fe and Fi were.  Hmm.  I'm still not sure what all that...|||I think you're onto something there.  It's really difficult to express yourself when you're doing it in a way that doesn't flow from your natural state of mind.  It's hard to be authentic.  And even...|||I nearly cried when I realised how long the movie was.|||By the way, according to the books on this topic, if you are sanguine-melancholic or choleric-phlegmatic, you're messed up and have learned behaviours that are at odds with your natural personality.|||When and where I went to school we had math, sciences and english and that was about it.  No psych studies or typing or anything like that.  My parents pretty much forced me into math and science,...|||You're a robot?!  And here I was thinking you were a dog.  Man, you're just too much to keep up with.  ;)|||Yeah, it's oxytocin.  You get it from all kinds of bonding behaviours, not just hugs.  And it comes and goes.  You won't hug someone and bond to them for life.  Otherwise people would never get...|||I'm not into accessories, though I used to wear necklaces.  I sometimes still do.  But it's hard enough getting me to wear clothing at all, let alone other items.  I never wear a shirt when I'm at...|||I think it would be painful to pull them off.  Try removing them more slowly.|||I love communication of all kinds.  :)  Incidentally, this is why I have a beef with Twitter and Facebook, because the communication has been broken down into superficial, self-promotional...|||Actually, I've realised that what I do most of is get all excited, or otherwise emotional, about something and then have to talk about it, even when I know better.   Then I regret it.  So, it's not...|||I'd make friends with the animals, talk to them, play with them, then eat them.|||You're welcome.  I'm sorry to hear of your negative experiences, but glad you're getting better.  If you ever do seek counseling, I very strongly recommend that you choose someone who uses cognitive...|||ENTJ?  People with much more knowledge about this stuff than myself will probably be along soonish to help you out.  Our threads have the same title and I thought this was mine!|||You guys need to boost your alpha brain waves so you can relax at night.  Start winding down long before bed and do something not particularly exciting.  Don't read, don't be online, don't watch TV...|||I've done the full original test from the books (like THIS one) and I've always gotten either sanguine or sanguine-choleric.  I shoulda voted sanguine-choleric!  I woulda been the only one!  But I'm...|||Lol!  Yeah, I'm a musician, but not a lyricist or a singer/rapper.  I write music and need other people to write the rest.  I've been involved in the fringes of the music industry and have met famous...|||No prob.  We've all been there, man.  :)|||Glad things are looking up!  I wrote out some tips for creativity already, though.  You might find something useful in here.  The thing with creativity is that you can't force it out. It's like...|||1. What musical instruments do you play?   Guitar, bass guitar and upright bass, drums, a bit of mandolin.  2. Did you take music lessons or teach yourself?  I taught myself, theory included. ...|||I'm actually a hamster.  I gained the power of human speech last year.|||I made one of them myself!  ;)|||Male privilege is a complete myth.|||I'm not lazy, I'm just selectively motivated!|||Well, I've read more.  I read The Ten Stages of a Depressed ENFP, part of the Socionics of ENFPs, the Inferior Function of ENFPs, and most of ENFP Childhoods (I keep flipping back and forth to new...'