'Thanks for this. This is an epiphany I just reached this year, and it indeed changes your life. It's strange how we think that by keeping ourselves in pain we'll somehow resolve it, when we actually...|||What publication is this particular excerpt from?|||How is that, exactly?|||The Golden Rule focuses on our fundamental needs, and in that way it is the very definition of empathy. Sure, not everyone likes vanilla ice cream, but we all like for people to recognize our unique...|||I love your avatar. I immediately knew you were an INTP when I saw it. :D|||Awesome! This is exactly the sort of information I needed. How exactly did you compile this knowledge? Do you purchase work-out magazines or just internet research?|||LOL @ Eragon.|||What is your lifting routine like? As in how many reps, how many lifts per rep, what kind of lifting? If you don't mind... I've been wanting to get into lifting for a while now but I just don't know...|||I've appreciated a lot of your thoughts here on this thread, but in the past few pages your comments have become particularly and unjustifiably nasty. The INFP who posted here was stating his/her...|||I disagree with your point entirely (:D) Our use of adjectives is rarely absolute. When someone attributes the label smart to himself, or to anyone, they are rarely if ever implying that he is the...|||- Middle school in general was a time of super-concentrated embarrassment. Funniest moment: It was field day (you know that event in March when everyone goes outside and you can buy candy and get on...|||I, too, formed this sort of friendship, but it only lasted a day. It was the weirdest yet most thrilling experience. I was taking a Health field class at a local tech center my senior year and all...|||I totally relate! That's one of the reasons I appreciate Bjork so much. She has this uncanny ability to construct sonic landscapes, lush musical islands with plenty of open space to traverse several...|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvlFWmvgeVI  My favorite song of 2012.|||Wow.... I can relate to every-single-word-of-this-post.|||LOL at Randroids.|||This... is simply not true. There have been copies of biblical texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls found preserved in caves that date back as far as 225 BCE. There are modern translations of the Bible...|||With the posting of this opinion you are simultaneously in violation of it. Now how's that for irony? You see, you're using the concept of morality to justify calling someone else a piece of...|||Can you really expect them to know that you have these problems? It's a normal question and it's unreasonable of you to get angry with them because they don't know the intimate details of your...|||BLASPHEMY!!! ***internet backhand***|||This thought here.... has really struck a chord with me. It's hilarious because I've always been drawn to incredibly quiet people for that reason: I always thought there was something deep, profound...|||I've been guilty of this many times. Not the blow-off thing, but the super-sensitive thing. The funny thing is, when I feel slighted in some way, I'm usually fully aware of the extenuating...|||I see your point. I've read Dr. AJ Drenth extensively and understand that the dominant-inferior pair as well as the aux-tert  work in conjunction with one another. In fact, none of the functions can...|||Remember that the article mentioned this point: Naturally, you can see plenty of dominant-style Fi in ETJs, secondary-style Fi in IFPs, and so on--even inferior-style Fi in IFPs.  Most...|||Brilliant analogy!|||I like this list, but there are some aspects of it that I believe would benefit from an alternate perspective. Some of these suggestions seem more likely to indulge the unacceptable behaviours...|||Could you expound on this idea a bit more (I know it's been a while). Sure, there exist differences based on sex and race, but how, exactly, do you think that should influence interpersonal relations...|||Arclight  There is a very interesting Bible account that actually involves living people and blood, and it might shed further light on the principle behind God's command to abstain from blood.  ...|||I understand why you may be offended by how he presented his arguments. What I don't understand is why this sort of reasoning doesn't occur to INTJs when they're the ones who are guilty of it. There...|||It's funny how all the INTJs are thanking this post that advocates diplomatic speech when in so many threads they denigrate this sort of communication as unnecessary. Really, all that Sim as stated...|||Are you sure this was an INFJ? If you are, how so?|||Interestingly, I've never longed for a defender, per se. Being the unabashed wierdo I was as a kid, I was definitely an easy target, but I learned way too fast to defend myself, as I could never rely...|||I can definitely relate to your experiences. There's this personality quiz on Facebook called MyPersonality that measures the Big 5 factors thought to comprise personality type. I scored extremely...|||I disagree with this thought. Though I'm sure there are extraverts who have had this experience, it sounds like you're inflating its frequency or at least distorting the proportions. According to Big...|||I completely get this!!:crazy: Practically everything you have typed here describes how I understand my own socio-cognitive processes. My Ni encompasses a rather detached, extremely byzantine and...|||This thread is awesome.|||The moon... I can't say anything that doesn't sound terribly cliched, so this will have to do:   http://www.arcelormittalorbit.com/images/myjourney/uploads/_large/MyJourney_InAwe2.jpg  I feel...|||I'm really glad that you posted this inquiry. It's interesting to note the correlation between the INFJ type and disdain for social conventions about so-called masculine behavior, and I have to say...|||March!!! Welcome back! I haven't even read your post yet, but your responses on Fe- from an outside perspective thread blew my mind. I'm glad to see you've joined the discussion!|||Hmmm. Well I guess I must admit fault for not acknowledging your explanation of Se's weakpoints. But it should be noted that I didn't disagree with them either. The assumption has been made that I...|||Well, what's interesting is that I didn't even think this thread would become a matter of debate, just an exchange of ideas. You made a comment and I told you I disagreed, and explained why. Then you...|||Also she keeps correcting me on things that I've already demonstrated I knew. She tells me the inferior is always unconscious, but did I not just post, the very nature of Ni is unconscious and so...|||Stop with the 'we're so special & superior' crap. This really makes no point other than to appear superior & special & 'complex'.  These two comments demonstrate that she's inflating my...|||Well I thought that we might be able to have a civil, fair discussion, but since you can't seem to keep from projecting these delusions of grandeur on my words, I'm feeling that this discussion is...|||I definitely appreciate this clarification. I can definitely see how tastes could be related even more so to Fe than to Se. But there are others who do not subscribe to the belief that the inferior...|||You keep dismissing the responses of everyone who disagrees with you, but are you actually reading and understanding what is being said? I'm perfectly willing to admit my faults. That venting thread...|||Hmm, some of my bestest buds are ISFJs. The ones I know are extremely humble, excellent listeners. Plus they're super smart and hard-working. What poor experiences have you had with them? Have they...|||I remember when I reprimanded you on this thread for being so insensitive with INTJs... After having dealt with quite a few myself... I completely understand.lol|||Thanks alot for this comment. It demonstrates a great deal on insight on the INFJ type. You INTPs are so cool...|||I almost died from laughter at this! I have been in that situation so many times... but I'd like to think I'm pretty good at masking it.lol'