'I can't drive, and the environmentalist in me has a (perhaps somewhat irrational) aversion to cars. Public transportation is ok, walking is preferred.|||Sometimes people say that they want help, and a part of them wants it, but they are unwilling to accept their share of personal responsibility. Or maybe they do not realize the core of the problem,...|||'The Waste Books', by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg  (I've read it before, but I like dipping into it time and time again)|||I see that you're from Ireland! I grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland and have always wanted to visit your beautiful country.  Sure, I'd be happy to tell you more about what my friends and I are...|||I have three -- an official university address, one for personal use, and a final one for my blog a/cs and spam. All of them are linked to my personal a/c, so I have all of my emails in one place,...|||Regarding mental health providers:  1) It might take a lot of patience to find a therapist with whom you have enough constructive chemistry, and who understands your situation well enough to be...|||I'm a rising junior at college. Some insights from the last three years:    You will probably meet a greater diversity of people, but it will take far more work to maintain functioning, healthy,...|||-- Casual, spontaneous, purposeless, etc. social interaction confuses and frustrates me, even though I appreciate its value as the foundation of intimate and loving relationships.  -- I've...|||This thread made me chuckle. I absolutely need to shower every day, especially at night. Water is the only thing that calms me down, and as an insomniac, it is essential to my sleep. I love showering...|||The thread's accessible to me. I found it via the forum. Maybe you unsubscribed to it by mistake?|||Ok, that actually makes sense. For the same reasons, high school was a dating wasteland for me. There were boys who wanted me, but I didn't want them, and that wrecked a few friendships.  Things...|||I don't know much about the Global5/SLOAN indicator, so perhaps someone can point me to clarifying links: I took the 225 question test, and there seem to be big discrepancies between my MBTI type and...|||'White on Blonde' (1997), by the Scottish band Texas.  81597  I was seven, and it was my introduction to music. Loved, loved, loved the song 'Halo', although I haven't heard it in a long time.|||I generally test as INTP (sometimes as INTJ, and an intensive person of the Global5/SLOAN indicator pegs me as an ENTJ-equivalent). Usually I'm up between 5.00-6.30am, and in bed between...|||This was really funny. Thank you for sharing :)|||Hahaha, I agree completely. Similar experiences.|||Point noted. My ex and I did this. The night we decided to date exclusively, we had an extensive discussion about our oddities. He convinced me to co-write our relationship contract. (Yes, a paper...|||I've personally heard more people say that he's an INTJ. Of course, all of this is debatable. XD|||I very literally need physical space. I was in a long-term relationship with a fellow INTP/J, and we found it impossible to share a bed (not to mention the fact that we both needed to just drop off...|||How is that possible? Do you have very high or unconventional standards? Just curious.|||I can't sleep on or with pillows. They annoy me.|||OP, I'm assuming that you're trying to cook healthy food for yourself as opposed to heating up processed, microwaved meals or opening up tins of canned food. This is a great initiative, but is...|||Amen to this.    @GentleBlossom The existential crisis that you are describing is common to us all, especially during our teenagers, and can even be a healthy sign. You are trying to find your...|||This was pretty amusing! (:|||I wish it hadnx92t taken me so long to realize that beautiful writing is not so much an art in itself as it is a reflection of beautiful thinking. This is such an obvious insight that I canx92t claim...|||I like to differentiate between stools and tables for practical, definitional purposes. These are just my personal working definitions:  Stools are primarily meant to be sat upon, and has a...|||Oh yeah, physicists and rocket scientists/mechanical engineers make the best forecasters and programmers (an apocryphal source tells me that they're generally better than mathematicians and...|||It depends on your definition of pessimism and cynicism. I think what you're talking -- constructive pessimism, etc. -- is what I would define as rationality. I'm a big fan of that, just as I'm...|||One must remain somewhat optimistic ;) Otherwise you end up with a one-way ticket to crazytown, which doesn't always work out so well (personal experience :P).|||I wish my friends had your optimistic/flexible attitude! They're dyed-in-the-wool, hopeful academics who are currently fretting to death about not making it to a good grad school. None of them want...|||I didn't realize that you were a physics major (?) - based on information from your profile. Many of my university friends are INTP physics majors too. Just an observation.|||That's a great cartoon! I think that much of society is addicted to criticizing and complaining as a way of 1) achieving a supposedly higher moral ground while 2) running away from potential...|||I guess it all boils down to what attitude you take to your current job :) There is surefire no right or wrong attitude.|||I agree! Getting a low-scale, blue-collar job might not exactly be ambitious but it can buy you time to think, unwind, etc. (seriously, you can't be thinking ALL day. Brains need downtime too). ...|||These are those little victories that cannot be openly celebrated or disclosed. To do so would defeat the purpose, would open a whole Pandora's crypt of tangles and misgivings. Better to stay well,...|||Oh, I do agree with you. This would be one area that makes me appreciative of being a woman; I could be terribly aroused, and yet nobody would have to know. ;)|||Chicken curry and rice. My ultimate go-to comfort food.|||Despite being a woman and lacking the requisite anatomy, I could relate to this. ;)|||[/COLOR]  There are several reasons why this could be true. One could be IQ, but I'm not a blind believer in that. Another could be that your brother somehow developed more effective...|||I usually test as INTP/J, and rarely as INxP. My ideal partner would definitely NOT be INTP/J -- such relationships have faltered or lost steam in the past due to too much similarity. Why would I...|||You bring up some interesting questions that I haven't thought about before. I don't personally know any INFJs, and definitely don't have the answers, so I'm curious. What do you mean that your...|||By this, I'm assuming that you are originally an American citizen, unless there are further details and complications to the matter that you are not able to share with us. Surely there is a solution,...|||Have you tried to see if your university offers counseling services and free, basic healthcare? I'm not familiar with Canada, but many American institutions (including my university) offers these...|||Dear INTP/J, We are reflections. Twins. The same person. So why is it that we drew out and intensified only each others' worst traits? Why are we no longer talking?  It has been 7 months since I...|||Regarding voices in one's head, I found this TED talk by Eleanor Longden quite inspirational.|||Considering the current poll results, I would deduce that ISTPs are the predominant type on Personality Cafe, or they (for reasons I will not speculate upon) are the most inclined to vote on this...|||I'm reading 'Rambunctious Garden' by Emma Marris. Here's a passage from the page I'm reading:    I found all of this very interesting because ecologists have led us to believe that anthropogenic...|||Munich (2005), directed by Spielberg. I wouldn't say that it was a life-changing movie (fairly interesting, but I think most of us have a good understanding of the various aspects and angles that the...|||Thank you OP for this insightful post. Can anyone suggest good books that provide more detailed information for type development, e.g. with case studies of situations, careers, etc? I tend to be...|||ATLeow, I'm an INTP and understand what you described. I need holistic engagement, alone time, and the opportunity to learn at my own pace in order to retain anything.  I have near photographic...'