'Wow ouch, good analogy there. I think you're right. I can hope and try all I want but I think as soon as I am gone they will revert back. Even worse, I wonder if they will rebound back in the other...|||I made her take a myers briggs test(lol) and she scored as an INFP. I don't know enough about types, does that mean much to you? Does that tell you anything?|||Yeah it's rough..isn't it?|||I am frustrated. Someone I know doesn't care much about fitness or healthy habits. It seems they are putting in effort so I don't leave. I'm suspicious of their enthusiasm and how long it will last....|||Nope, it's the reason I am in the process of a career change.|||Say you had some dream of becoming something.  It is completely attainable, just requires hard work.   And at some point along the way you realize you are..tired.  Have you ever given it up and...|||Intense...|||Being able to go to the bathroom without any issues. Seriously.|||I don't really lose myself in this manner, but I do in a similar sense of not being able to face certain things I need to, to get where I want to go. I'm trying to force myself to do it, but it's a...|||This is sooo old, sorry.  Over time, I've learned I need to protect myself.|||The last couple sentences sound like me for most of my life.|||The last thing you said, is so important to me. I think I more often than not believe others don't understand me. So when I think someone does, it really does mean a lot to me.|||Good luck, I always try to remember that life is a winding road. You don't know what's next. I did finance in school and worked in business afterwards and decided it wasn't for me so I'm switching to...|||Hopelessly Hopeful.   Woefully Wretched.  Jubilantly Jaded.|||LOL, you are correct sir.|||ALright ALRIGHT Ill contribute to the thread.  You like vegetables? I have a nice, fresh cucumber I'd like to show you.   THat should get me at least one slap, maybe punch to the face in real...|||Yeah haha I was feeling particularly pitiful last night. It happens to me periodically. I know what you're saying, but I fuck it up whenever I get to that point. It always happens and literally as...|||AWESOME! Glad to hear it's going well man!|||This 100pct. There are multiple people at the gym I go to now, they treat me like I'm invisible. I try to say hello, I try to ask them how their day was. They don't even try, they'll look at me with...|||For me? That's spot on. Basically, as I alluded to in some other thread unrelated to this, I feel I grew up in a fucked up environment socially. Because I was spoiled, I got to do whatever I wanted...|||It seems I've had issues with NT's and ST's probably meaning more conflict with T vs. F. I think my F is too high many times and I become too emotional about things internally. I won't display it so...|||@ Vishnushiva as well:  Lol I come in here to chat, we're just people chatting on a forum, this isn't a heated debate. No ones feelings have been hurt. I'm not offended and I don't think they are...|||Lol you're funny. I don't disagree with the fact that no one wants to deal with it. I disagreed with the reason why we may come off this way. Much ado about nothing the conversation between you and...|||You know that's interesting. Because I had a former friend who was that type of person. In the 2-3 years I hung out with him, he must have went on 30-50 dates. I went on about 3. He had girls...|||I've been told that many, many times. Funny because I've never gotten a second date, never kissed a girl. I'm 27. Odds are I will never know whether I would be a good father.|||Opposite for me. It seems women want nothing to do with me. Unless I'm in school and they want the answers or they want free tutoring. Serious.   School: girls have asked me numerous times can you...|||That's interesting. I don't agree. I don't think my points are so well thought out and ultimate. Rather, I have a bunch of shit going on in my head all at the same time and I need a few moments to...|||WOw. If I saw that and you had an INFJ tag or I knew you were an INFJ, my facial reaction would have been as if you replaced that woman with a unicorn. :shocked:|||It never worked well.  We always butted heads.   He never knew how to help me.   Now as an adult, our conversations are very surface level, I don't really care about his opinion too much...|||Good luck! I know I'm a very principled person. There's a reason my life is what it is and it is for those things I believe in. I think you're right for INFJ's many times activities are less...|||WTG Man! I'm 27 and never kissed a girl myself. I HATE being the third wheel. I like how you are so positive too. I'll give your your first thanks. =)   Tangent time, may not want to read this. ...|||Yeah...  So I go to this gym. I try my best to be social, but sometimes I feel like shit and depressed and so on those days I don't. Problem is it's soooo social that you have a few days like that...|||HA at the post above mine.   I am probably the worst person ever at flirting. Seriously. I'm also too nice and so I never get what I want. Sometimes life sucks.|||I should also note, my picture here on my profile is when I was 130 lbs last July (depressed, didn't eat, and didn't exercise at all).|||I count them very roughly with an app. The reason I count them is the opposite of what you mention. I am trying to gain weight. Right now I am 160 lbs, I'm trying to get to 170 or so and see where ...|||You reminded me of something, one of the things I didn't care for when I used to go to church. The churches I went to were super serious about dating and relationships and all that. They always said...|||Maybe I should post those horrible shirtless pics of me posing? Lol.|||Yes exactly, I'll say this. Only one of the women I have been on a date with (I've only been on like 7-8 dates, never a second, and I'm 27!!!) has fit my mental picture of, what you describe and I...|||Yeah I have this problem too. I can't explain what I look for physically, I just know whether they are it or not when I meet them in person. Unfortunately, that is few and far between. If that ever...|||I haven't cried in about 15 years.|||Anyone feel this way? In an unexpected turn of events, online dating has produced 3 dates in a week in a half for me. The last 3 dates I went on were over the course of ~ 2 years or so.   In going...|||Yes exactly. Once I fall into a hole it takes me a long time to get out because I don't tell anyone, meaning I have to dig myself out of the hole.  Sometimes as an INFJ I feel insane.|||Lets see   instant mash potatoes - entire packet - 4 servings 440 calories  kale/spinach/parsley  ~2cups  ~0.5 lbs of spiced ground beef maybe 600 calories? 700?  honey-spinach-ice water...|||Up for all my progress in exercise. Confident that my progress will continue, I'm like a machine I ALWAYS go and always give whatever I have to my workouts. I'm also eating more and better.  Down...|||Third!  I haven't received a hug like that in years. Srs. Kind of messed up actually.|||I'm lonely. I desire to meet someone but feel too inept to do it. This feeds the cycle.  I have one friend who I see once per month.   I am holding on to something now (working out).  For me, I...|||Next door? HAHA that's baaaad.|||It is! The orange gives it a little bit of punch, the casein is vanilla flavored so it leaves that behind as an after taste. It's a very mild shake. If you like stronger flavors I would replace...|||Joining a gym has helped me so much. I've been lifting heavy (for me) and the feeling of getting stronger, plus the chemicals released when exercising have helped me. I am now back to a healthy...|||A shake:  Kale/Spinach/Swiss Chard  1 Orange  1 tbsp of EVOO  1 scoop of casein protein'