'Mmm, pragmatic. I've always really liked that word.   You have taught me something! Tend and befriend is typically how I respond to stress, now that you mention it, but I never fall in with the...|||I get the whole feel sorry for myself until I feel better thing, trust me. It's typically the most viable avenue in that it's the least burdensome on my companions and involves the smallest amount...|||Daily romance? Hardly something I considered. Thanks for the suggestion--I'll see what I can come up with. :)|||You hit the nail on the head, either way. :)  If my tendency towards pragmatism (whether damaging or not) in times of negativity could bring you insight, then I'm very glad for it.|||That IS pretty sappy, but UP is Pixar. :') It's distributed by Disney, though, so you're still technically correct. I was thinking more along the lines of Ghibli. Whisper of the Heart's a good one. ...|||I've made offers of hanging out and stuff, but everyone's too busy at this point in the semester. It's very disheartening--really only makes the feeling worse.   I want to learn to wipe out my...|||I--no. Although I'll remember that option.|||Really all I want to do is take everyone I can actually tolerate, put them all on one couch, cuddle and watch a Disney movie.|||... OBVIOUSLY. But other than last night, I've been sleeping fine. ]:|||You're going along, about your day. You're hunky-dory. On a scale of one to ten, you're about a six. There's a semi-busy day ahead of you, but it's nothing, really.  You haven't had much you-time,...|||I don't even really realize how wildly different my manner of speech is until I've got my manager asking me to define a word and several comments on my creative way of talking. It's honestly...|||Emotional connection kind of scares me. When that happens I get sort of tense and anxious. The closer you are and the more connected I am to you, the more anxious and scared I get. But I crave that...|||Calm down.  Not nothing.  You're fine.  I can't.  Next time.|||I get this so much. The paradox of needing people and needing solitude is a tricky one.  I figured out that the way to circumvent most issues is to emotionally disengage when the people I'm dealing...|||I love it when ENFPs crash the INFP forum. I mean seriously.|||Please be very careful when we are upset. A lot of us feel badly about how easily we are hurt, and we try to cover for it a little more than we should. If you hurt us, we won't open for you.  When...|||Alysaria Thank goodness for that. I also know that I'm better at talking about this stuff than I think I am, but in the roiling of emotions, it's very easy to feel like I'm out of my depth or I could...|||It's strange that you say it like that, because I feel extremely vulnerable around you. You're the only one in my life right now that thinks like me, you see. And that gives you a lot of insight into...|||I just don't want anything to change. Being friends with you is so great and so rewarding. More than I can say. But I guess change is an inevitability, right? But can we just keep laughing and coming...|||The popular opinion is sugar rush INFP, and it's not totally inaccurate.  It's like charging your cellphone.   The INFP has to be able to sit and wait, plugged into the wall, for their phone to...|||Thanks so much, you guys. :) It helps, it does. I appreciate any input.|||Hey, ENFP/xNFP.  Growing up as an INFP, I didn't have many friends. I treasured the few I had beyond all measurable capacity, though. Later in my life, it's gotten me in between some very emotional...|||as i build my self-perception in stone instead of wood that hasn't been weatherproofed, i feel drawn to the people that are hurting. i would like to, at the very least, provide them some of the...|||the sun shone a little today.  i heard Him whisper in my ear.|||i've got an affinity for floral prints and hair ribbons, myself. by societal definitions, i guess you could say i'm girl-ish. i love wearing just enough makeup to bring out the things i love about...|||plausible, if there's a reason for her to be embarrassed about liking the guy in a girl likes a boy way. she may even make a point of doing this if she can't discern whether or not he could possibly...|||everyone's pretty much hit the nail on the head.  i have an enfp friend that i go to church with. he frequently flounces off to chatter with people after sermon on sundays. i'm usually tagging...|||nothing says i love you like  a knowing smile and chuckle when i've said something silly and obscure that most people wouldn't get.|||i feel loved and cherished every waking moment of the day.|||if i felt any more love, my heart might explode.|||what a trip!|||i've managed to generally file important things like paperwork and pay stubs? and the clutter is sort of. where it's designated to be.  it's a mess, usually, but it's my mess and i can generally...|||the other two pretty much nailed it: i don't organize.  my days are orchestrated as they come, even being the fairly prompt individual that i am.  the only really important thing i try to...|||99% of the time:  eyeroll.|||Do you believe in soul mates? Why, or why not?  i definitely believe in soul mates, without a doubt. it's something that i've always found difficult to put into words, but i believe we're born...|||dear you,  i wish you'd come crawling back to ask to be with me just so i can put my foot down and say no.  thinking about you still hurts, but i somehow hope you're happy.   dear you,  i'll...|||i've had both.  one infp girl, i could talk to her for hours on end about everything. but just as our friendship peaked, it took a huge dive. we both went our separate ways and i think we're too...|||i have great friends.  i mean, seriously. these people are awesome. what did i ever do to deserve them?|||i've read part of it. there's not a doubt in my mind about being an hsp.  a lot of it has to do with how someone is raised, on top of that, and world experience. even a sensitive person can lead a...|||the arts, usually movies and music. all it takes is a beautifully-animated sequence to bring a tear to my eye. glen keane talking about his daughter reduces me to a blubbering mess every time.  in...|||definitely. i call it bad juju in my head, haha. it's 90% of the time with people.  if i'm meeting someone for the first time and feel at all offset, it usually sticks. i never really get to...|||the only type of love i know is the unconditional kind. love is the door-stop that makes sure one can enter no matter the circumstance, if you will.  well, there you have it. love is a door-stop.|||only valuable if you're connected or are connecting to someone on a deeper level. smalltalk as a gateway into something more real is one of the few times it's awesome.|||to quote myself,  i feel like the greatness of the present has finally lived up to the greatness of the things i have planned. i am at peace.  it's hard not to be happy when you have those...|||all of these responses are so interesting. even within our own apparently rare type, there's so much variety. however, it seems like a lot of us function the same way--affection is all right, but...|||yes. i hope someone posted something that echoes this in the men thread.|||'parently that's not as weird as it should be, since tj is supposed to scare us poor little nfp's. one of my best friends is an intj.|||it's really hard sometimes. when i'm around my friends, the inner bully is oddly quiet. but the second i try to initiate something or even consider hanging out with them of my own volition, it gets...|||i see a couple of threads about relationships and the like, but let's talk about touching other people. physically.  in theater, physical interaction is the norm. the theater majors i have the...|||me to a t. the complicated part is realizing when i've got ... feelings that i should probably act on floating around. i tend to get very overexcited and emotional even when there's no romantic...'