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The Vibe you get about people?

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Ok, so this has always interested me about being an ENFP, in that we tend to get vibes when we interact or speak to someone, or even see someone speak in a show/film or whatever that tells us if they're trustworthy or not. It's probably more complicated than that, but I always get positive or negative vibes when I'm talking or interacting with someone and honestly, I usually go with them :p

I'm guessing this is another product of our Ne/Fi?
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These vibes are everywhere..sometimes I almost wish for a tin foil hat..
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FreeBeer said:
The initial vibes aren't that bad, in fact I'd say they are useful. I had them since I can remember and they usually don't fail me. However..

...yeah it gets really bad when the vibes get to me and infect me with all those unwanted feels :\. Situation ripe with hidden conflict, passive aggression, hidden moodiness and the sort which are there and felt, but never openly manifest are the worst. Its like I just feel what emotions the other person is hiding / silently projecting and get these gut feelings as to why and what it really means.

The worst part thou is the anticipation of it all erupting suddenly. I guess I'm just trained for this since childhood, because my home situation ALWAYS had this tension to it, you could feel it in the air and anticipate the exact moment when the fighting, yelling, door slamming and plate breaking would begin.

Ugh...I'd want a bomb shelter to somehow isolate against this sort of crap.
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Freebeer, thanks for sharing:)

I do not always know what it is I pick up. But I think we meet people with a sincere and approachable mind and thereby pick up quite fast. I used to think it was something wrong with me, being intuitive and when I "crashed" with a non-intuitive.

I have attempted to suppress my intuition but that does not work well. It is like giving up the best card on your hand.

I think intuitive people just have to live with both sides of the "gift" :)
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Risper said:
I am a INTJ, and I get the same type of vibe from people that you guys are describing, but I have to have a reason to focus on someone before I can get a vibe from them. It is also not as strong as what you guys are describing.

It also took me a long time to learn to trust it, I probable did not start trusting it until my early 20s. I never tell anyone about the vibes I get from people, and I am not sure why I don't tell people about it.
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Very interesting:) I have to focus hard on NOT getting the vibes (as already stated above) and also often like to tell;) But I also did not trust or become aware of my intuition until a few years ago.
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Risper said:
I am a INTJ, and I get the same type of vibe from people that you guys are describing, but I have to have a reason to focus on someone before I can get a vibe from them. It is also not as strong as what you guys are describing.

It also took me a long time to learn to trust it, I probable did not start trusting it until my early 20s. I never tell anyone about the vibes I get from people, and I am not sure why I don't tell people about it.
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Very interesting:) I have to focus hard on NOT getting the vibes (as already stated above) and also at least wish to tell;) But I did not trust or become aware of my intuition until a few years ago.
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Maybe even more challenging is to "explain" others what is behind your opinion...especially since not always know oneself.

Experienced often how I have a "hunch" and then express my opinion based on that. And even if I am correct the disorganized and intuitive expression is not always valued by the non-intuitives who think you just say something without being able to back up your argument.
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Shadows10Girl said:
Goodness, I know the feeling! I tend not to tell people when I've already made up my mind by just looking at somebody because people usually ask why and you can't explain it!
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Yes, exactly. I sense almost right away if people have something of value to tell me. I especially hate being forced to follow a sensor path of receiving information. Most people wont understand that you picked up early. But since an enfp are more interested in the outlines we can tend to ignore the details.
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