'I think adopting a work persona that is not the same as who you really are is not all that unusual, particularly for NFs trying to appear competent in stereotyped thinking professions.  Or, as...|||I am somewhat of a creature of habit; I like having some routine in terms of everyday activities but don't like routine in terms of doing repetitive or mindless work/chores/tasks.  I also don't...|||Well, Spinoza was not, strictly speaking, an atheist.  He was a pantheist.  Although Spinoza rejected the idea of an anthropomorphic God, he thought that God and nature were the same thing, and that...|||I have to cast my vote for the unnamed, introverted narrator of Flann O'Brien's At Swim-Two-Birds.  Every time I read it, I find myself saying Wow over and over again.|||Yes, sometimes real life is topsy-turvy from what the stereotypes would lead you to expect.  My boss is a confirmed INFP, authoritatively ruling a department full of E*TJ types (and me).   He...|||You have a constant debate going on in your head as to who you dislike more: cold-hearted thinkers or teddy bear-hugging feelers.|||I doubt he is INTJ because of his stated lack of interest in the practical applications of concepts. ENTP, on the other hand, is a better fit because they are less interested in generating and...|||I thought INTP at first...but then I was struck by his comment about preferring not to generate multiple possibilities on his own, his preference for using others as a sounding board for testing...|||Yes, that is absolutely true...the article was completely wrong there as well.  Upstate NY is completely different.|||I've had a few of these and they are great.  Usually they are full of very vivid images with sounds and even occasionally the sensation of hot or cold.  My favorites are when I take a running start,...|||The description seems overbroad.  There are certainly many people like that in NYC, but many, many others who are not.  Because of its vast melting pot status, it's almost impossible to make any...|||I agree with many comments above about the inadvisability of trying to date women based on how their personality is typed according to a theory that is at best an inexact science.  The focus really...|||Attractive: Open-minded, Calm, Curious, Creative, Funny, Perceptive, Warm, Honest, Compassionate  Unattractive/Dealbreakers: Controlling, Superficial, Vain, Dishonest, Cruel|||Keep working at it and hang in there. I struggled with social anxiety for many years when I was younger. It is important to realize that it can improve over time. Mine has improved a lot, although I...|||ISFP's absolutely rock with their ultra-chilled, earthy, TriBeCa loft-dwelling artist vibe.|||Wow, that sounds like a disturbing experience...reminds me a lot of Henri Fuseli's famous Nightmare painting.|||During the SP episodes I have had, which occur in conjunction with lucid dreams, I've heard sounds/voices too.  The sounds are always brief, very fragmented, except a couple of times when I did hear...|||ESFP's have artistic vision and their energy is contagious.|||I used to tend to glare about a lot, unconsciously, without meaning anything by it.  I was told my usual facial expression looked like Bill Belichick's (NFL coach).   Now I make a deliberate effort...|||Reorganizing is such an alien concept to me; I'm lucky if I get anything organized in the first place.  It's just not in my nature.  My desk at work looks like a bomb hit it, but I have the mess...|||ISFP's (at least the ones I know) are absolutely great...I really like their uber-artsy, lower Manhattan kind of vibe, their easy going nature and their ability to find interest and beauty in...|||I admire the fact that you don't jump to conclusions and are very thoughtful.|||Blue with a hint of grey.|||I get sleep paralysis every so often, in the context of a lucid dream. I will be aware that I am dreaming, and simultaneously aware of my body lying outside of the dream and not being able to move....|||My hair is naturally thick and wavy and a brush rarely helps the situation.  When I get it cut short, it looks tidy enough, but usually by the time I drag myself in for my next haircut I have the mad...|||SH's post appears to have been edited-- after I responded-- to substitute substantial evidence instead of probable cause. Perhaps you missed that. There was no stand alone asinine comment. But...|||Hmmmm...again, I haven't read it yet, but as I understand it, the book is more about how music is interpreted/utilized by the brain and affects people from a neurological point of view, as opposed to...|||That's exactly my point. If you had bothered to read the actual thread you would have seen that my  point was in response to a statement in the post immediately preceeding mine. Apparently that...|||Since when is probable cause enough to justify executing a person for an alleged crime?  Oh wait, maybe in Texas and North Korea it is....|||Good stuff.  By any chance have you read Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks?  That sounds like it would be right up your alley...it's been in my stack of books to read, but I haven't had a chance to do...|||The people I know of who tend to support it (there are exceptions) are either religious fundamentalists, political conservatives, law and order alpha male types, or all of the above. I don't know...|||I don't like that particular test either...it kept telling me I am INTP, of all things, so I just gave up on it.  I'm almost 100% sure I'm INFJ.  Still, thanks to that test, there is now a little...|||Mostly I try where I can to protect the planet and non-human life that is vulnerable to our abuse and needs our protection...recently I gave up eating/using animal products as part of that effort,...|||I believe that music can indeed teach, but its lessons are hard to describe...they are far more subtle than book-related teaching.  When I am able to immerse myself in music that appeals to me and...|||I'm very content within my INFJ skin.  I don't see anything in conventional alpha male behavior that makes me feel like I'm missing anything.|||Glad it was helpful.  I can relate to your feelings about not wanting to have anything to do with people who are bad or immoral.  That is one reason I think lawyering is so tough in practice for...|||Reading, photography, genealogy, music, birding, touring museums...especially art and natural history museums.    In terms of more active pursuits, hiking, biking and in terms of sports, golf. ...|||Those are very valid concerns and good questions to be asking.  My feelings about some of my working experience are similar to jd's (his posts above struck a chord with me).    Unfortunately for...|||I work as a corporate lawyer.  It pays the bills and I like it, but I wouldn't say I love it.  I have had to go through many years of difficulties, soul searching, near nervous breakdowns and trial...|||I have three wonderful cats that I cherish dearly.  Dogs are not really my thing.  They tend to be a bit too obvious, noisy and slobbery at times.|||I do this with my ENTJ friend at work very often. He's a bit smugly conservative in many of his positions on politics/society. I'll take a position contra to his that I may or may not agree with...|||Hmmmmm, I think you may be right about Si.  It's funny that you mention ESFJ's in particular, because the ones I know also do it all the time.|||I think it is unproductive to allow oneself to be disgusted by people who don't share my personality type and/or intelligence level.   I regard it as a sort of trap of negativity that I used to fall...|||I used to feel that way, but in recent years I have grown more tolerant of it, to the point of even enjoying it at times.  People will randomly say the strangest things.|||I experience this sort of conversation sometimes.  The other person will launch a long-winded narrative heading towards no obvious point and I am left to simply wait impatiently through the lengthy...|||Asking a ton of questions, yes, absolutely...defending my side relentlessly not as much, unless the opposing position is something patently offensive to my one of my core values.  Even when it is...|||Dissonant classical music Ambient music Abstract art Caring for feral cats Unsweetened oatmeal Kimchee|||I'm more of a nontheist than an atheist.  I don't think that being spiritual necessarily requires a belief in a god.|||I am another 9w1.  (9w1 6w5 4w5)|||Very interesting, since I am the polar opposite of this.  It seems that we introverts are all over the map in terms of our dispositions towards social interaction.'