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Any of you other INFPs have a problem with trusting your instinct and it always turning out shitty that you didn't?
Sometimes, yes... the hunches I have don't seem to have anything to do with the facts, and then later on turn out being correct. The problem is, how do I double-check them?
Intuition can actually save you from danger, so it's wise not to underestimate it. At the same time it doesn't mean intuition should let someone do hypocritical or immoral acts. It's about balance; combine intuition with logic or trust yourself enough to let intuition lead you to a logical conclusion.
There's a man at work that I feel that way about. Luckily, he works in another department, but he seems like the sort of guy that would be a molester or some thing like that. Yet I have no basis for this, other than he sends shivers down my spine, and the way he says hello, and greets people doesn't seem right. I just keep waiting to hear some thing of that nature, my gut feeling is so strong.
Originally posted by izzie
Intuition can actually save you from danger, so it's wise not to underestimate it. At the same time it doesn't mean intuition should let someone do hypocritical or immoral acts. It's about balance; combine intuition with logic or trust yourself enough to let intuition lead you to a logical conclusion.
Yeah, like when I take a test and I'm torn between two answers, and I originally put the right answer but then I say "Well, that one makes sense too." So I put that one instead.
Yes, it's a hard feeling to ignore. I find it weird that no-one else thinks the same way....but the alarm bell ring. I just pray, that I'm never in a vunerable situation with him, because I just know he'd try to cop a feel while standing too close.Ah I have felt something like this before. I don't suggest letting go of it no matter what happens. I let it go thinking he may not be the creep I thought he was and it turned out he was exactly what my instinct painted him as.
At the moment I am conflicted about what I should do about a friend of a friend who gives me bad vibes. I know there is something wrong with him, but I don't know what it is, so I can't just tell people to not hang out with that guy. I am now settled with waiting to bumb into that guy and seeing if he still gives me the creeps...
To clear that up a little... "something wrong with someone" doesn't mean that they are mourning their late grandmother or anything like this. Usually what I see is the incongruence between their body language and other communication. In the past I've spotted people who had psychopathic tendencies or some other shit like that, and I tend to not trust it enough... but the thing is, it can also be only a deeply fake personality, and I don't feel that I should do anything about them, since they are not exactly dangerous.
Yes, it's a hard feeling to ignore. I find it weird that no-one else thinks the same way....but the alarm bell ring.
Heh, back in my schooling days, I rarely double-check my answers. Usually only to see that I didn't get the numbers wrong or that my name/id was on every answer sheet. Regardless of how much time I had left, I just submit the answers and walk out of the room.
Any of you other INFPs have a problem with trusting your instinct and it always turning out shitty that you didn't?
^ Spoken like a true INFP. I feel synapse is right on about the technical details here, but that doesn't make it so. The gut instincts can feel concrete when tuned to the proper frequency. No matter how fine tuned your gut instincts are though, the INFP way of being is not an exact science and is subject to catastrophic failure. Fortunately, as an INFP you're well equipped to deal with that too. For the healthy INFP, there's no fear of the unknown future... so what's a blank canvas today, looks like the beautiful colors and strokes of a masterpiece ahead. Even when we're so close, but so far away from it. There always seems to be enough hope left to drown out brief moments of doubt ...and so it goes. It's a mighty fine way of being.