'Can I give my honest thought here and say that I believe these are general flaws of people, and INFJs are not more prone to them than any other type...I've seen these tendencies in various people,...|||Controlling is about making things predictable and fit a certain framework. The reason you would do that would be if you really care about some aspect of your life (or someone else's for that...|||Math is much much more than relying on logic, calculating numbers, or proving obscure theorems. Studying math opens doors to understanding and interacting with the fabric of reality. It matters not...|||I've actually written down portions of my thoughts a few times. That certainly helped me to terminate thought recursion. But the emotional aspect is still unclear. No matter how much I scrutinize....|||I identify as: Biologically female, with a gender-neutral consciousness My sexual orientation is: Asexual; possibly aromantic, unless a miracle happens and I find myself unable to rationalize my way...|||I can't hold grudges so I don't have any exciting revenge stories to tell. I'm not sure if I feel any particularly strong emotions to begin with. That kind of limits my actions toward other people....|||Giant wall of text...sorry.  I've been observing myself for quite some time now, and I've drawn the tentative conclusion that I sorely lack self-knowledge and self-understanding in the emotion...|||I wouldn't know. Never allowed excessive amounts of alcohol into my system. I'd rather get drunk on pleasant ambience than by ingesting organic compounds.  Besides, I can't tolerate the taste....|||Right now every conceivable side of life is tough. I'm flailing against life itself, in its entirety. I've never felt so illuminated and lost at the same time. I have gained so much knowledge of...|||First of all...I see you are a fan of the troperiffic Shizuma. Nice to meet you.  As for your question, I had to bitterly chuckle at myself upon reading it. I do not intend to speak for your friend...|||I possess no scale with which to weigh my contributions to a relationship against my friends' contributions. We are talking about incommensurable things.  I'm quite a bit of a recluse and I rarely...|||I think...we may be some of the most self-absorbed people. Self-deprecating yet elitist, selfless yet jealous, open yet unapproachable, clear-sighted yet utterly confused. What a diabolical mess. In...|||Aww, I feel a bit broken compared to y'all. I have never fallen in love. Physical pain I can endure without a problem, but emotional turmoil I cannot.  And I probably have some kind of inferiority...|||What if you do both? I'm highly skeptical that such a distinction can be made. Images evoke all kinds of thoughts and feelings in me. I'm not limited to only one side of looking at a picture. It...|||I'll likely laugh along if the joker is a dear friend. Otherwise...well, I wouldn't be talking seriously to them in the first place.  It's extremely difficult for me to keep a straight face, but...|||To indulge in flowery language, I haven't bloomed yet (college student here) and I do not intend to bloom any time soon. It is possible that I am not a flower but rather a decorative rock in the...|||To further entertain this topic with Quantum Theory, we can never be sure of both where we are and where we are going. Unlike straight lines in a cartesian coordinate system. The element of...|||I see any form of deception as a wall. Everyone lies to present the image of themselves they wish to project onto society. So I have great trouble when people lie (whether its an omission, a...|||My experience with my ISFJ mother is that she must have the assurance that I'm taking care of myself above all else. There have been disagreements over moderately important matters of life (nothing...|||Character traits and behavior tendencies aside (because we can arrive at the same outward result by different means), I'll try to express my understanding of Ni vs Si. This is all just my impressions...|||Here's where the diversity of human relationships really shines. I'm an INFJ with an ISFJ mother. Your post made me try to imagine what it'd be like if my mom and I switched roles. A strange...|||Researching as in finding tons of articles on what I'm interested in so that I can learn more and more about awesome things? Yes, of course.  Researching as in doing labwork and conducting the...|||I am a neophyte on this as well. But I've experienced that too much introversion leads to me feeling incompetent and miserable. Fe is supposed to be a very strong function in me, but I noticed that...|||It is futile to aspire to carry the weight of an INFJ's world (she won't let you). I believe INFJs just simply cannot allow other people to do so much for them and integrate so much into their lives....|||I am suddenly very curious about the kinds of relationships INFJs on this forum have with their parents, parent, or any guardians. What do you appreciate and admire about them? What frustrates you?...|||I would say that there really isn't a sharp line between loving someone deeply and being in love with them. You can be in love with your friends without any of the connotations of physical and...|||Let me preface this by saying I went and read all of your letters. From June of 2010 to April of 2012.  You leave me with a potent concoction of impressions. I am at a complete loss as to where to...|||I confess that I didn't like one of my math teachers in high school becase he had a large hooked nose and hair gelled up to a point at the front that made him resemble a bird that looked too human....|||Misleading question. No one can hurt INFJs more than they hurt themselves. Rest assured that the INFJ will do your job for you. They are the biggest masochists. Just get some popcorn, grab a cushion,...|||It's hard for people like us to be happy. - my mom|||Bright Laughter, loneliness is the one friend who stays with you when everyone else is gone. Not really, but yes really.  At the edge of the world, at the edge of humanity, there I stand in...|||You are an awfully cheerful addition to the forums. Which is a great thing. Don't mind my lack of enthusiasm. I'm very giddy on the inside.  Uh...well, I'll make an effort for you. Oh my giraffes,...|||You know, I felt almost the opposite when I read your post at first. But then I found a point. Revenge is not part of my vocabulary, but justice sure is.  Why?? The eternal question! Must be as...|||Wow, Fe is just getting pummeled by Ti. That shadow Fi must be the buff right hand man. What an unfair fight [understatement].  I'm guessing those results are from the Keys 2 test? I remember very...|||I think my Se is in a chaotic state. Considering I've been slowly boiling inside a pot of stress for some months, I'm having a lot of Si and Fi tendencies. I feel like I'm trying to muffle my Se all...|||I do try to qualify my generalizations derived from friends by saying things like just with my [type] friend/family member as an example. Also, my friends and family relations are pretty spread out...|||I feel most like myself when I have only my thoughts as company. Where I don't get automatically cast into a certain role, whichever role is needed. Being with people makes me behave in ways that I...|||My fear of rejection is on the same wavelength as my fear of making people uncomfortable. Making them uncomfortable will lead to them avoiding me, essentially rejecting me.  Rejection is a very...|||I am not a guy (stating the obvious), but maybe you'll find something useful in my jumble of words?  In short, I just don't act like myself. Perhaps more accurately, I just don't feel like I'm...|||All three concepts exist in me vying for my permanent commitment to a single one. I'd love to just be my own version of a Stoic and render such internal conflicts obsolete.  I'm sorry I cannot...|||I'm not sure if I've ever exploded at anyone. Probably not if I can't recall such a momentous event in my life.  I think I replied to a similar thread before saying that I find it (almost?)...|||I can hardly figure myself out. If anyone can do that for me, I'll personally provide a lifetime supply of ice cream to them.  Some people think I'm easy to figure out. They can predict that I...|||Arghhh, you INFPs frustrate me to no end. And it's ridiculous because I can't leave you alone.  Imagine the above two sentences being embellished with my wildly flailing arms. Also, feel free to...|||This is the kind of attitude I half admire. It's amazing how many extraordinary feats of cowardice I perform simply because the image I've forged for myself cannot perfectly translate into reality....|||I had a conversation with a very good friend today in which I told him, I think it's ironic that I'm probably the most arrogant person you've met.  He agreed. This is someone who always tells...|||Almost the same experience I have with my mom. I'd like to argue that my mom understands me the most out of all the people in my life. Which isn't much, but it's a level of understanding that gives...|||I scored 19. Rice pudding is delicious.  I've never seriously believed in psychic abilities, and I've never encountered them either. A few times I experienced deja vu of new things, but that's the...|||I'm a scorpio with sp/so/sx. I'm totally not like the typical description of a scorpio, but I think sometimes my desire for things to be the way I envision them to be overtakes me and I can become...|||I defaultly stutter a thank you. And look at my shoes, or out the window, or at some invisible shiny object off in the distance. That's become an automatic response.  I also sometimes utter weird...|||Nuhhh, why are you so mean to meee?  That, usually accompanied by a pathetic boohoo, is what my friends spout out when I mercilessly tease them. My ESFP friend wacks her water bottle over my...'