[INFJ] You know you're an INFJ when...

[Dwigie]

when texting or on instant messaging, you still write everything out grammatically correct.

haha! so true

 

[ByMySword]

Ever since I was quite small I have been fascinated with something similar - the ending of an order/beginning of a new order, transitions of power... fin de siecle, decline of empires... it's very interesting to be living in NYC with all that is going on atm.

+2

 

[sade]

Ever since I was quite small I have been fascinated with something similar - the ending of an order/beginning of a new order, transitions of power... fin de siecle, decline of empires... it's very interesting to be living in NYC with all that is going on atm.

+3
Highly fascinating and somewhat sad every now and then.

 

[ByMySword]

you don't anger easily, but when you do, people better watch out.

 

[Dwigie]

You can't stand people who are overly polite or who do too much "small"talk..You like being extremely close to people but you hold back because you think they can't handle it.

 

[Sniffles]

You can't stand people who are overly polite or who do too much "small"talk..You like being extremely close to people but you hold back because you think they can't handle it.(actually..maybe that's just me )

You know you're INFJ when you have to be constantly reminded that your eccentricities are not unique to you, but shared by all other INFJs as well.

 

[Dwigie]

hehe, ...let me edit that. I take that as a "I agree" by the way.

 

[violaine]

..You like being extremely close to people but you hold back because you think they can't handle it.

^I hate that part I think that's why some INFJs come across as cold when we are (I am?) not.

 

[edcoaching]

Ever since I was quite small I have been fascinated with something similar - the ending of an order/beginning of a new order, transitions of power... fin de siecle, decline of empires... it's very interesting to be living in NYC with all that is going on atm.

So I'm not the only INFJ who read Andersonville when I was 15...

 

[Thursday]

everyone is convinced of your genius
you, on the left hand, are sold on your mediocrity-yet secretly smug about your brilliance

 

[edcoaching]

everyone is convinced of your genius
you, on the left hand, are sold on your mediocrity-yet secretly smug about your brilliance

Now that is brilliant

 

[violaine]

So I'm not the only INFJ who read Andersonville when I was 15...

^I haven't read it. I started reading Asterix and Obelix comic books when I was about 7 and the interest developed from that. (They're not popular in the US, but it's a series about a lone Gaulish village that is able to resist Roman occupation... <--- er, yeah they're a lot more entertaining than that sounds).

 

[sade]

^I haven't read it. I started reading Asterix and Obelix comic books when I was about 7 and the interest developed from that. (They're not popular in the US, but it's a series about a lone Gaulish village that is able to resist Roman occupation... <--- er, yeah they're a lot more entertaining than that sounds).

The lone Gaul village fighting off the Roman empire. You're not alone, those were great. Then again I read huge amounts of comic books when younger.

To the previous conversation, you know you're an INFJ when people come telling you they knew that you knew someone because you were standing *that* close to them. Or more likely wondering why you were standing that close in the first place. If only I could hug people in public or at least in private. You never know when they are okay with it..

 

[Bella]

Do you seriously have a desire to hug strangers?
This is a sincere question.

 

[sade]

^ Me?
Ah no. I meant people I know and am close to. Friends, family etc.
I seem to unconsciously even keep the space between myself and family members & 2 best friends rather small. So I've sometimes been questioned as to why I was standing so close to that man? Aka my little brother.
I don't have a desire to hug strangers, but if there was a reason I'd need to hug a stranger (to comfort, a social situation, a play etc.) I wouldn't mind doing it.

 

[Bella]

oh

 

[edcoaching]

^I haven't read it. I started reading Asterix and Obelix comic books when I was about 7 and the interest developed from that. (They're not popular in the US, but it's a series about a lone Gaulish village that is able to resist Roman occupation... <--- er, yeah they're a lot more entertaining than that sounds).

Actually my son and I read them after we'd plowed through all the available Tintins. Think they're still upstairs!

 

[violaine]

Haha, how cool!

 

[Apollanaut]

You feel your emotions much more strongly when you are alone.

 

[redacted]

You feel your emotions much more strongly when you are alone.

True.

Or when you're talking to a confidant about them.

It seems like INFJs always have a few confidants that they've deemed "strong enough" to hear their shit.

There are two modes: behind the scenes social facilitator, and feeling-processing. They can't really happen at the same time.