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So I found this in the INFP section and thought it would be useful for my fellow INTJS. Courtesy of Nova.

Take issue with something going on in society?

Having a bad day?

Have something on your mind that wont go away?

Experience something so fabulous you just have to express it?


Post your vent here!



+ And a friendly reminder to please be respectful to other members and leave your baggage at the door.
 
#20,223 ·
And then the ice cream falls off the cone and the party immediately stops while the INFP pretends to hold it together the rest of the night.

I kid, but the overly-emotional INFP is stereotype here, no?
wut?

I missed what you were saying, but what I was saying in my post was that I found the infp forums far more interesting.

So what did you mean?
 
#20,226 ·
I am in a unique situation. I'm not really sure how to go forward. I am an INTJ type and I live in a small town in the south. I am from Portland, OR. I didn't really "fit in" there, but at least I didn't stick out like a sore thumb... I like keeping to myself but people here consider that to be really rude. I get strange looks when I start actually talking to people and don't even get me started with the whole FOOTBALL thing. What is the appeal? really?! I'm sure you understand that it's difficult to express myself more but so far this is what I can share without feeling awkward. Hopefully I will find my tribe...
 
#20,227 ·
I am in a unique situation. I'm not really sure how to go forward. I am an INTJ type and I live in a small town in the south. I am from Portland, OR. I didn't really "fit in" there, but at least I didn't stick out like a sore thumb... I like keeping to myself but people here consider that to be really rude. I get strange looks when I start actually talking to people and don't even get me started with the whole FOOTBALL thing. What is the appeal? really?! I'm sure you understand that it's difficult to express myself more but so far this is what I can share without feeling awkward. Hopefully I will find my tribe...
 
#20,228 ·
I have a heavy punching bag back home that I'd love to bat around again, it really is perfect for venting, even if it isn't out of anger. Exercise helps everything, I've found, the problem is that my schedule was so busy that I couldn't even devote an hour on any given day, and when I did have free time I would usually just become a vegetable and decompress and just let the time tick by. Hopefully now I'll have time though, I want to start up p90x again, bring on the pain!



Internal conflicts are the worst for someone like me - well it's probably an INTJ trait in general - as the most pressure I have comes from within myself. I have a super supportive family and yet all the pressure is coming from me, hopefully another round of therapy will sort this out a little. Right now though I'm in the stage where it feels like my brain has imploded under the anxiety and I need to let things (the meds, to begin with) sort themselves out first; I'm not in a good state to make big decisions.
Regarding the bold and your previous post about bashing yourself for doing what is necessary/treating your health like a copout for school- even if those thoughts/pressures keep popping up, even if they aren't easily being rationalized away, recognize that they simply aren't useful to you right now. It's one technique I use to deal with them. Internally it goes like "Oh, I should be doing more? Well I'm certainly not doing much if I'm sitting here worried/thinking about what I'm not doing. So fuck off".
 
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I am in a unique situation. I'm not really sure how to go forward. I am an INTJ type and I live in a small town in the south. I am from Portland, OR. I didn't really "fit in" there, but at least I didn't stick out like a sore thumb... I like keeping to myself but people here consider that to be really rude. I get strange looks when I start actually talking to people and don't even get me started with the whole FOOTBALL thing. What is the appeal? really?! I'm sure you understand that it's difficult to express myself more but so far this is what I can share without feeling awkward. Hopefully I will find my tribe...
I am currently in the Midwest. If you substitute BASKETBALL for FOOTBALL, our situations are identical. I am still looking for my tribe.
 
#20,230 ·
@iceblock @ceramicgnome

At least they consider it rude.

Where I live they think I have a personality disorder or something. I feel like they want me to jump up and smile as hard as I can to show them I'm healthy and alright. Seriously, I barely have a long conversation...that takes up a lot of energy. They want me to participate in 'fun' things.

I really appreciate there help, I just wish they could understand that I'm trying my best to not look like a murderer.
 
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#20,232 ·
I'm sorry, I seem to have assumed you were a lost INFP who came to the INTJ forum for some banter, as has happened before.

I need a little more time to get used to the "new" regulars here.
you only joined one month before me silly.
 
#20,233 ·
you only joined one month before me silly.
I took a long hiatus though, so if you weren't active when I most was back then, I likely don't remember you.
OR you could have changed your name and I'm actually talking to someone I've been acquainted with, in which case awwwwwkwarrrrrd :blushed:.

Anyway, if we haven't been introduced, I'm OwLY and my username is always case sensitive. I like owls, that is the explanation for my username. I'm an INTJ, with an enneagram type 9w8, and I typically just hang out in the INTJ stickies because INTJs tend to be pretty cool. Aside from talking about my currently debilitating anxiety and life crises I enjoy taking long walks, reading books, learning French, and staring at my computer screen.

Good, now we've gotten that out of the way, back to your regularly scheduled venting.:proud:
 
#20,234 ·
I took a long hiatus though, so if you weren't active when I most was back then, I likely don't remember you.
OR you could have changed your name and I'm actually talking to someone I've been acquainted with, in which case awwwwwkwarrrrrd :blushed:.

Anyway, if we haven't been introduced, I'm OwLY and my username is always case sensitive. I like owls, that is the explanation for my username. I'm an INTJ, with an enneagram type 9w8, and I typically just hang out in the INTJ stickies because INTJs tend to be pretty cool. Aside from talking about my currently debilitating anxiety and life crises I enjoy taking long walks, reading books, learning French, and staring at my computer screen.

Good, now we've gotten that out of the way, back to your regularly scheduled venting.:proud:
Well hello thar. I am Guu, formerly sanari. I like the anime character because she encapsulates my persona, Guu. I typically only read the threads I'm subscribed to in the intj forum, and occasionally search for new fodder on the new posts page. I recently got back together with a guy, and he happens to be infp. He's very sexy.

I wanna read a lot about infps, right about now. Nice to make your acquaintance.
 
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#20,235 ·
I hate it when I make a sarcastic joke that is so advanced that people around me actually think I'm stupid.

or when I tell someone to do a thing a certain way, they say no, they've got it figured out better. Ok.
Two weeks later, they "discover" the method that I originally told them. " Hey Samurai, look what I found! Did you know _____!? Man, this is so brilliant, I wish I had known this earlier!"

:dry:
 
#20,236 ·
I dislike people with above-average self-esteem. They think everyone likes them and everyone usually does.
 
#20,237 ·
Someone (或) asked (問) Mo-tzu (墨子), saying (曰), “[Do] words (言), by means of (以) quantity (多), become (爲) precious (貴乎)?”

Mo-tzu (墨子) said (曰), “Frogs (蝦蟆) day (日) [and] night (夜) croak (鳴), yet (而) men (人) loathe (厭) them (之). [But when] the cock (雄鷄) crows once (一鳴), the whole world (天下) vibrates (振動). Speak (言) at (在) the proper (當) time (時), and nothing more (而已). What is the benefit of talking a lot (多言何益)?
 
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