'aurly,  I think, INTJs are not adept at reading the emotions of others. I don't notice this with my real-life INTJ friends.   As for Jung, even in the field of science, he seems to have been more...|||It's not an Fi thing, I mean it is but I'm not talking about feelings getting hurt when criticized. With INTJs from what I've observed, they can handle criticism well compared with an INFP or an ENFP...|||It doesn't make me uncomfortable at all. In fact, being about to recognize people is what make me comfortable. When I can't do that, ( like with ISTJs, I don't know why) then I become somewhat...|||Is this when you are under stress? I think it's ore Se being unhealthy. When I'm under a lot of stress, I become obsessively focused on external data. It's almost as I notice too many things. I read...|||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfaRsfqADg Carl Jung Interview  Some of you may have already seen this, I just thought of sharing it anyway. It's an amazing video. I can clearly recognize him as...|||I feel you. My father was impossible to be with and on top of it all,  he was the parent I could easily relate to. Trying to love him left me with a lot of emotional bruises and I too struggled with...|||I like the question but it brings too many horrible memories which I have learned to let go. Sharing them means, I'm reliving them. However, just to mention casually, I'd say a combination of...|||Not really. I loved biology, especially the plant and animal ones because of the drawings and pictures. I loved (still do) astronomy because it captured my imagination and because of the sense of...|||I can relate to some areas of 'Signs Of Vestibular Dysfunction' section.  Childhood was pretty hard for me. At least, this explains some confusions I had. My mother have said, when I was little, I...|||Food art anyone?   https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/ac/1e/50ac1e255f582b8da87c4a64b1a2f4f5.jpg ...|||https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e6/01/56/e60156a68f4c9e3bddab03e0940a0ec0.jpg|||It's interesting to hear about the INTJ/INFJ confusion. Rather than focusing on cognitive functions, go with your gut feeling for INFJs it's much accurate than dissecting functions.   For an...|||I enjoy watching sports. Really like watching soccer, tennis.  When I was younger (before 12) , playground was my life. I was pretty athletic. As a teenager I dreaded having to do them in school...|||http://diaryofamadcow.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/som01.jpg|||I'm going to agree with everything you've mentioned. As for tutoring, I also love it.   I hate PTA because I don't like the parents I meet. I know it sounds rude but it is what it is.  Some mothers...|||Looking back at it, I was the same as a teenager, quiet, shy but was an inspiring speaker. I always got singled out among my peers. I was like 'a teacher', sometimes it made me uncomfortable.    As...|||I'm a teacher. During the first 2 years as a teacher, I struggled to find my very own style in teaching. I couldn't apply the styles of the majority of my seniors. Then I found my mentor, an ENFJ...|||I'm extremely sensitive to caffeine. It triggers migraine. I don't touch the stuff.|||I don't believe in THE God in the Holy Writ. I stopped doing that a long time ago. I guess, I'm a Cultural Catholic. I do attend funerals and weddings. The Bible is not the ultimate truth. It's a...|||Are you comfortable with sharing your personal information with a group of people you have never even met?  Specially with the part ask anything.   Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing you or...|||Did this happen recently? How long has it been, weeks.. months? I experienced a severe betrayal one and a half years ago. It was pretty ugly. Emotionally raped a great term to define it.   You...|||I've met one INFJ for sure. He was a lecturer when I was in college. He was a great teacher and it was easier to speak with him. He loved art and Shakespeare! I felt so comfortable around him but at...|||Was it a panic attack? It sounds a lot like that. If you had a panic attack at night, that means your system is overloaded. Too much stress can create anxiety episodes especially when your body...|||Extreme rage is common to all of us but I think we are (mostly) passively aggressive. In most cases, I can solve the problem in my head by looking at things from the other person's point of view,...|||One of my closest friends is an INTP and we definitely date without sex.   We always bring out the best in each other. Whenever we see each other, we can go hours trying to figure out something...|||Oh, sorry. I was being sarcastic.  I should use emoticons more often ;)  My growing years were horrible. Not only they couldn't understand me but also they couldn't relate to each other. Home was a...|||Sorry, ISTJ.|||This:   http://eroelectronic.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/atomic-bomb-explosion-ww2.jpg  My parents. (Mom - INTJ, Dad - ENTP)  It's was the PERFECT environment for their INFJ daughter.|||True. fMRI testing has confirmed that highly sensitive people's brain activity is greater. HSPs' brain function make them more conscious of their settings. I think, the physiological components...|||lilysocks  Actually, I like you now :)  The way you give your views. This is what I like about INTJ personality, you guys are direct, honest and precise. I just don't like personal attacks.  ...|||Try something like this:   1st Letter  -    (Where you spend your energy?)                                   In the internal world and need time alone to re-energize. I                           ...|||Yes, of course. My frustration at not being understood can force out explosions. My outbursts usually come after a long period of holding my feelings back. Sometimes they come with major life...|||lilysocks  Thank you. I'm glad you shared your very accurate poor opinion of me. You told how my sensitivity is a weakness and ridiculous and I'm telling random things in my posts. That I'm...|||What? There's a series! Thanks for letting me know :) I've read The Storyteller's Daughter. Loved it.   If you haven't read so far, read  Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. I just wish...|||Thanks for giving some valuable insight.  I already handled the situation, I just forgot to visit the thread.  @LCH98 thanks for the suggestion.     I think the thread can rest now.|||Are you a teacher or have you been a one? Because with your manner of dealing with things will only work for robots. I work with people who are still young. I don't have to explain myself to you,...|||Yes, men and women can definitely be just friends. But this might depends on the personalities of the two parties. I am always making friends with ENFPs. My best friend is an ENFP, and I never get...|||http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0pp4owsDd1qjlunc.gif  You do know that we notice symbolism is almost everything, right? It appears to me as a female pony with pigtails (I think) 'flirting' with...|||What are you implying?   Have you read Lolita? I'm assuming you are aware that Humbert Humbert is an unreliable narrator. Hebephile is not so different than a pedephile. He purposefully mislead the...|||An INFJ troll?|||Madonnari  by Edgar Müller (German street artist) His arts move me for the same reason they move you.  http://blog.lulus.com/images/blog/edgar-mueller-street-art-1.jpg ...|||I LOVE fairytale retellings!! I love Robin McKinley,  Donna Jo Napoli ,  Cameron Dokey,  Jane Yolen... I also love historical novels. Jean Plaidy,  Sarah Dunant  and  Elizabeth Kostova are  some of...|||What if the two criteria come together? You might like the teacher more but that's it, right?|||I'm recognizing a pattern. This is exactly how they usually behave. I really don't pay attention to such things. Perhaps some ends misinterpreting as I've mentioned on  Dabbling.  Only once before...|||Hmm, may be this is the problem. I always pay attention to everyone. I pay even more attention to the shy ones, the loners, slow learners, dyslexic students. Is it possible that my extra attention...|||Yes, they are. :) It was surprising but not in a good way though.|||Because  the poem was about me and it was a love poem and writing poetry is not part of the syllabus. Recently he has being very shy around me. One time I showed some problems in  one of his answers...|||Ignoring is what I mostly do, that's why some of them try to get attention in such expressive ways. The boy who wrote the poem is not interested in poems at all, but all my students know I love...|||My responses change depending on the situation. This boy showed me the poem when I was checking homework. It wasn't a part of homework, but I did a lesson on Robert Browning's Meeting at Night...|||Hello, I'm an INFJ teacher and the only one in my school. I teach English and literature to students of age 15-16 years. I have a good rapport with all my students.  I'm known as a kind, caring...'