'OMG my sister is such an ENFP! She just found out, and I can't believe I never shared the Meyers- Briggs thing with her (I thought I did... maybe she forgot, LOL) This explains why she was always...|||I've heard that it's common for INFPs to be addicted to ESFPs. I wonder why this is...|||We are a lot like cats, aren't we? (Which also means we're awesome) :kitteh:|||Can't thank you enough for this. And I love your avatar! :)|||When your hub is talking for a surprising length of time (for an ISTJ) on a serious subject (the budget), and you say I have such a craving for green beans. Mind if we stop at the grocery store on...|||Ah! I get it now! (Takes me a while sometimes) Hehehehe! :crazy:|||I think maybe I'm an xNFP... I agree to do stuff when I'm feeling extroverted, and then when it's time to prepare to go do the thing, I'm like Why did I ever decide to do this??? It's going to be a...|||Yep!!!|||Wow, this is so much like me/us. I'm glad he's in therapy, and I'm glad you have a good couples therapist. My ISTJ sort of feels like been there, done that about couples therapy and probably will...|||Hang in there! :kitteh:|||LOL - Yep, I get that :)|||Hugs to all just because! :kitteh:|||Feeling lonely, and at the same time want to go on a religious retreat (alone). Must be an INFP thing.|||Aw, sorry.... I honestly don't remember. It happens often, unfortunately, so I can't remember the particular time. It was probably about something to do with school. We're both anxious about the kid....|||Gosh, this sounds like me... except I'm too much of a doormat/people pleaser to be scary (LOL)|||Yeah - I wondered that too.|||MANY thanks for this. Very well said. I'm tempted to quote it elsewhere, and I will give credit. Who do I give credit to? Thanks --   an often-depressed person with depressed friends|||...when you're kept awake at night by worst-case scenarios, usually involving people  ...when you stay awake even later trying to figure out how to prevent these worst-case scenarios (and create...|||Someone came up with a word for that???? You're right, that is TOTALLY AWESOME - or at least this INFP thinks so. :)  Remember Rachel Carson's The Sense of Wonder?|||Aw, thank you! I needed the boost and reassurance. You INFJ's really are awesome, you know. :-)|||I can tell my hub is a very Atypical Gemini 3, because he's also INFP and a very steady, responsible person. But a surprising number of Gemini 3 things fit him.  He's definitely the type of person...|||As you can see, I haven't read very far in this thread, but I still have to say (ENFP-like) I'm really wowed by this post! I sound like an ENFP but I'm actually INFP... Gemini 2, though, with Pisces...|||Aha! That makes sense. Thanks! :kitteh:|||I was brewing up a little essay in praise of ISTJs, or at least my ISTJ husband, bc I've really been learning how to appreciate him through learning more about the MBTI types. A lot of his best...|||Good point! Aw, hang in there! There's always this forum!! :)  Another little question: Is my INFJ friend likely to get scared if I ask him too much about how he's feeling?|||I have to vent just a little more..... My bestest friend in the whole wide wide world (LOL) is having a terrible time and now doesn't even want to talk to me. Meanwhile everyone else in my life is...|||Thank you - that's awesome and a relief. It's complicated - we recently met in person, but his whole family was there, so the sort of meaningless banter was during the in-person time (except when he...|||Can I ask a question again? One of my best friends (not an SO), the INFJ I've mentioned here before, seems to have stopped responding to my emails. I wonder if he's just had to put shields up...|||Ugh... I need to stop being such an INFP on a mission... it's just the vent thread, Yam...   And in real life my people are being extremely difficult right now, and I feel like Im screwing up....|||Awesome!!! Best of luck!!!! :happy:|||Hang in there...  Trust me, I can relate... Something that helped me is just believing that there are far more possibilities than I can see. Good luck!! We're rooting for ya (edited to remove my...|||Wow, I looked thru the 24 types and not sure I want to find out which one I am, LOL  :crazy:|||yep.|||You have no idea how much I can relate, based on occurrences in the past. (I guess I'm not allowed to say...lol)  HUG Hang in there.|||I have something similar: For more than 2 decades, whenever I'm extremely anxious about something social or interpersonal, I get a vision in my head of wrecking something. Not doing violence to a...|||And then when you're supposed to be studying about the meaning of life, you get this sudden idea about a scarf that you could knit with all your scrap yarn and start planning it... and then you start...|||Good luck!!!!! :proud:|||Ah. Yep, I hear you. It's a weird situation to be in.  LOL - sometimes I try to meditate, and that's when I guess I'm supposed to be in the .... state, so therefore I can't. Grass is always...|||You're very insightful.  Having recently been at a funeral as part of the family of the deceased, I've noticed that the people who make me feel better are the ones who just show up, and, like you,...|||That's not going to bug us! We're INFPs, remember? :wink:|||LOL! Watch out for people that never get annoyed -- they're just smoldering and one day they'll erupt. Then everyone in their path better run or get carbonized. That's my experience anyway.  I'm...|||I hear ya. This thread ought to be somehow linked up with the Hug Thread.  Anyway, *hug* - and that goes for anyone else with frustrations here.|||OMG so exhausted. Did a lot this morning involving music performance and people and being on time and not forgetting stuff. All went well except I dropped a couple of things (nothing damaged tho). ...|||I second that!!   Monsieur Melancholy, I wish you were in the local Celtic band where I live. They'd be really glad to have you!!|||Well, Hi! :) Forgive me if I'm obtuse, but... do I know you, or are you making a joke, like about yams, or was there someone before me called Yam and now I have that username? *confused* :confused: ...|||mM, those are very true words. Have you ever thought of submitting poems like this as lyrics to possible new songs? I don't know what genre you like, but I can totally see this poem as lyrics to a...|||P.S. Facebook makes all these worries worse. Therefore Facebook is the root of all evil. But I don't wanna leave -- then I'll never see pictures of friends and family! :crying:|||Good point.|||*sigh* Is it a typical INFP thing to be constantly focusing on my failures with people, rather than how wonderfully well I get along with most of my friends?  And then to be anxious because my...|||Found this on Facebook! (Facebook is good for something, then....)   81411  (except it wouldn't let me copy the url... well, little is better than none)'