'I always come at things from my own angle, so here goes.  Looks like I found my typing fingers on this one.  Over the years, maybe with time comes wisdom.  That's what we all hope for anyway.   Or...|||Just because we are sensors does not mean that we don't zone out and day dream.  Okay, yeah, maybe what we day dream about is different... but I'm not buying this whole package, lock, stock and...|||When you can stay home, by yourself, for an entire month and never feel lonely or isolated.... and you consider having groceries delivered.|||or in Dennis the Menaces words, Two is company, three is a crowd, four is too many and five is not allowed!  Substitute your own numbers.|||LOL I can relate to this!|||My first and basic response is to be offended.... but... that is useless! LOL So, what usually works for me, no matter who is doing the 'bossing' is this:  Bossy:  'Do this, have it ready by 4.'...|||All I have to say about this is HEAD PHONES turned up LOUD!  Puts the brakes to anyone trying to be social!  Works great.|||My grandmother was ISFJ-1  She did the most amazing cruel embroidery you have ever seen!    She was also an extremely skilled seamstress.  She made absolutely amazing dresses and outfits......|||I do not believe that I am not creative.  I am not driven to create on a daily basis, that is for certain.  But I have an amazing scrap book, I have amazing children, and I have been known to write a...|||I wouldn't call yesterday a 'while'.  and thank you.|||I Have talked to you all a lot here the last year or so.   and I just wanted to tell you,  that the love of my life died yesterday morning.  Thousands of miles away from me.  I think I am completely...|||Isn't it so difficult to find that safety zone!?  I think in many ways, how and when we reveal our emotions to our partners stem from the same needs when it comes to INFJ and ISF*.  That all...|||I love the emotions of my INFJ.  They are wonderful and compelling.  It's simply a matter of finding the person you feel safe with and allowing them to share with you.  When my INFJ says, 'I feel...|||Let go of your negative and find your sense of humor.  It works.|||anyone who thinks a polar bear is cuddly should get up close and personal with one, see if they still think the same afterwards. *chuckle*|||And now we know why an ISFJ would not knowingly pair themselves with an ENTJ.  In fact, I shun this type of person, no need for such nonsense in my life.|||I am very partial to my INFJ :)  He is my hero.  takes a while to find the comfort zone, but persistence and authenticity are a winning combination :)|||My dad is ESTJ - 1 What a nightmare. I think it depends on their enneagram standing. He has his good points, to be certain.  A very smart man. But, it comes down to 'his way' or the 'highway'.  ...|||Things change as you get older.  People learn to appreciate the things that are truly important. It's a waiting game.|||Of course we zone out, get real!  There are times when I can't remember the hour drive home on the freeway!!  I know I was there, I know my mind was engaged in the drive and getting me here safely,...|||No thanks.  I'll keep my INFJ-5. Strong, sweet, smart, and has respect for my own 5 boundaries :)  perfect.|||I think that is why I am so attached to my INFJ.  He operates with logic, but the extraverted part of him is Fe.  He communicates to me with his feelings and I can't tell you how good that feels to...|||I met my INFJ guy through an online dating service we were both signed up for.  I had NO idea he was INFJ until after we had been talking for quite a long time.  He just kept saying that he lived...|||Ahhhh, the secret is out.  I was never going to tell. :shocked:  You really have no idea, until you have been there and back again.   All I can say is, enjoy.  :laughing:|||Never a luckier girl alive to have my INFJ partner. Nobody said it was a walk in the park though. My INFJ would tell you, that I see deep into HIS soul.   When on the right course, I see INFP...|||It might be more common to INFJ... but it happens to me sometimes too.  My INFJ gets that way.... here and there.  Depending on the circumstances, determines how long.  Sometimes he can pull...|||Wow.  I think people are much more individual than that.  Your temperament is not the entire YOU!  I think, no matter what personality type, there is always room for growth and potential.  Just...|||I find it interesting and insulting that 'S' is automatically labeled as 'static'.  If that were even remotely true, the majority of our Engineers wouldn't be ISTJ's.  ISFJ's wouldn't have a knack...|||I don't really think it has anything to do with making friends and everything to do with boundaries and not wanting many friends.  There can be trust issues sometimes too.  My love isn't...|||You might be right.  Don't know.  My daughter is 19 and my love is 50. The 19 yr. old is more likely to be social than my 50 yr. old.  He does like to go to a soccer game or a basketball game.......|||I have identical twins, one is INFJ the other is ISTJ.  I think that combination for years gave my ISTJ a looser idea of crazy and it gave her permission to be goofy with the rest of us... turned out...|||LOL sorry, didn't mean to imply anything sinister! :) Just tossing out my own observations from being up close and personal!  Actually, BOTH my INFJ's have really FUN personalities, they just...|||Raised an INFJ, am engaged to an INFJ, damned if you'll find either of them at a party...ever!  They are the ones that prefer one on one contact!  If you see a person who comes to the same restaurant...|||Isn't it wonderful, to see one thing on the outside and know that the inside is anything but reserved and conservative?  I just love that part.  I love it when my INFJ gets excited, it's so fun to...|||When the chips are down and my day was so bad.... when I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders and I want to lock myself in my room and cry.... the only person I want is my INFJ.  He loves me...|||I love all you INFJ's but I am NOT going to read all of your responses and muddy my own waters.  First of all, I am ISF*.  I tend to be ISFJ at work and IFSP at home.  I am engaged to a wonderful...|||I think at times that it can be almost impossible to imagine, especially for ISFJ... since we don't really live in our imaginations the way .... say an INFJ does.  It seems like we are so full of and...|||I start writing things down, like a letter to my best friend. whatever comes out.  It really does help.  I am no good with a journal, but I am good at sending email to my love, he IS my best friend....|||A typical INTP sticking his nose into something he should walk away from.  Please, go elsewhere to cause trouble.  It's not needed here.  I walk away from this forum time and again because of this...|||How did 'What SJ's Think' turn into an INTP forum?  Curiouser and curiouser|||A long line of.....  My paternal grandmother was ISFJ My mother is ISFJ My father is ESFJ  truely, we are a very screwed up family, of that there can be no doubt.  But none of us has ever used...|||I don't have that much trouble communicating with the Ns in my life. Two of my three daughters are N.  My fiance is N.   Honestly, the Ns in my life spend more time being scatter brained with their...|||Sorry, I can't answer that one as I am also a 5 and have been told I may as well be an IST* except it's more complicated than that.... *shrug* humans are complicated, no way around it.|||Sorry, but that just seems surreal to me.  I had a less than worse than ideal childhood, and I have never felt the need to take pills or medicate that way.  I am thinking this has more to do with...|||Disagree on the not being able to sleep being the enneagram.  I think it's the FJ part.  Haven't met one yet that has an easy time with shutting down their mind so they can sleep at night. ISFJ INFJ...|||Just because I don't let many people into my 'personal space'.... Just because I 'appear' to be anti-social or isolated.... Just because you read something, somewhere, that an extrovert wrote.......|||Never heard this before and really, I don't believe a second of it. I think anyone can be a hypochondriac.... I think anyone can have psychosomatic illnesses.  I know that INFJ can get physically...|||Check out an ISTJ.... they aren't so scary :) Pretty much big ole softies on the inside really :)  Just gotta crack that outter shell... then again, that's sorta like an INFJ isn't it? :)    Love...|||THem ENTP's are nutcases!  LOL One of my best friends is one of THEM!  Makes ya wonder how they survive from day to day LMFAO|||I am engaged to a very sweet and wonderful INFJ.  He is my world.  A little over a year ago he went through some really difficult times.  I wasn't sure I was going to be able to reach him, find the...'