[ENFP] Way overactive imagination. Type specific?

[ajblaise]

Then I'm sorry. Wouldn't have been so flippant had I known you were being serious.

Agreed.

Then you owe me.

Big time. :banned:

 

[rav3n]

Then you owe me.

Big time. :banned:

Always the gracious gentleman. I see how it is.

 

[ajblaise]

I see how it is, was, and always will be, all without even using my imagination yet, all before breakfast.

 

[KDude]

My imagination is just incredibly overwhelming...but I take 'enhancers' and as an animation major it's hard to go far without a heightened sense of creativity.

It could be type related, but I'm thinking interpreting their own imagination differs between types, or something.

I wouldn't presume to say everyone's susceptible to losing their grip, but "enhancers" do not suit me. I'm not sure if they ever made me more creativity anyways. I think I'm better off being a more focused person.

It kind of scares me to think what it'd be like to be a Ne dominant on "enhancers". Be careful

 

[sculpting]

I always had a very active imagination. But when in grad school I decided i needed to focus so i decided to stop daydreaming. I spent a couple of years where everytime I started daydreaming I would think about something realistic and practical. Towards the fifth year I decided it was okay to daydream and it was like taking crack! I forgot how much fun it is to just let your brain go play.

I was very good at not being afriad of the dark or stuff like that-I would sort of talk myself through it. But once I was in a small tornado, while in a car. For a few years after that I found freeze up in terror whenever I went outside and it was msity and rainy. Totally neurotic.

 

[Virtual ghost]

I have very rich imagination and yes I think that it has something to do with my type since it works in the opposite way. I am very good at scaring or making people uncomfortable. (at least that is what I have been said)




Once I came to the parents of one other boy from the neighbourhood and told tham that their older son will kill/beat up their younger son. And of course they both panically ran back into their house since they knew that these two are volatile.


Also I am pretty good at being "invisible". When I was younger it was normal for me to get dressed in black and spy on my neighbours and tease them by whistling from a tree or forrest late at night.


Or I turned of all of the lights in the house so that my parents think that there is no one at home. Plus I used to hide behind the door so that I can jump at them from behind. (I did this to other people as well)


Once I knew a girl that run away from her abusive boyfriend and his friends. So I was thinking about sending her some E-mails and pretending that I was him and that I will drop by at her place in a next few days. (but I gave up from the idea)


Also I am pretty sure that some of you have conservative male friends or coworkers that share some E-mail with their parents or mates. Which means that if you have their E-mail you can make an account on some porn site with their E-mail and make sure that they send them some porn every week and then watch if this will effect their relationships. If you are scared that you will get caught use some public computer in a near by town.


Firecrackers can be really good for scaring people. Especially if you save some of them for use "our of season. In most places you can still buy the paper that is used for making your own cigarettes. So what you should do is put this slow burning paper over the end/edge of firecracker and roll it. So that you get a slow burning fuse. Which allows you to detonate it while you are no way near it. Which means that the options are limitless.
My favorite joke requires about 30 firecrackers with long fuse. Which you light up and throw around someones house somewhere at 2 AM. In other words I can promise you that you will scare the living crap out of your victim(s). Since nobody will be around the house or in the backyard, there will be alot of random explosions around the house over a few minutes and it is middle of May.


Also more then once I used to hide in a calm sea at night but just so that the upper half of my head is above water. So that you can spy on people that are hanging around the beach/coast. But if you see a drunk chick going home all alone you can start yelling and swearing at her and you have a fairly good odd that you will scare her if you are not too far from the coast and if everything is quiet, but she can't see you in the dark water.

Or you can do something much more simple like diving beneath people and then grab their feet and pul them suddenly down.


Or you can take a black and smoth material that looks like shark flipper and puncha a two holes in order to pull two ropes which you need to tie the the flipper around your stomach while it is at your back. Plus make sure that you are dressed into darker and that you have flippers of your own in order to have enough speed and that you do don't have to show your limbs. But make sure that no one around is armed otherwise you could get hurt. If nothing just because you scare tourists.



Once I have hidden myself in a school locker room designed for the girls and waited for them (girls from my class) to come in, lock the door and take their cloths off.
And then I showed them that they have overlooked something.

What can I say? Some of them made it clear that none of the boys will see them in their underwear. So I made the analysis about which day of the week I can get there first if I run throught out the entire school and have the time to hide in the abandoned shower room.

 

[Fan.of.Devin]

Like others stated, I too would contend that an extremely (over)active imagination is a sign/symptom of heavy Ne use.

I guess it could be called a blessing or a curse; try to have fun with it, put it to good use, and perhaps most importantly of all try to avoid ever using it to ruminate on negative or escapist stuff too much. (I have issues with the latter...)

 

[Spamtar]

I have found INTJs and ISFPs are susceptible to their imaginations. Not that they have the best imaginations but rather because they are susceptible to it.

Fi seem more (for lack of a bettter word) dangerously susceptible to their imagination in general.

 

[KDude]

^ I'm curious what you mean by that.. especially the difference between you and ISFP.

 

[Qlip]

Ne is my most dominant function, and my imagination is so-so. The world seems such a weird wonderful place at is, I rarely feel the need to suppliment it. Most of my imagnation goes into figuring out ways to subvert reality rather than escape... but I suppose that's an escape in itself, isn't it?

EDIT: I've reconsidered, I have reason to believe that my imagination has long past overflowed the confines of my skull.

 

[Red Herring]

I have very rich imagination and yes I think that it has something to do with my type since it works in the opposite way. I am very good at scaring or making people uncomfortable. (at least that is what I have been said)

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ehmmm...you do know that some of that stuff is pretty f*cked up and goes way beyond innocent children´s play? Seriously.
Sounds like you use your imagination for sadistic purposes.

Have you ever thought about writing horror stories? That could be a healthier outlet

 

[Spamtar]

^ I'm curious what you mean by that.. especially the difference between you and ISFP.

I have a huge imagination. As a child I would get repeated awards (we all got one each year for something) for the best imagination (in these specific or similar words).

However, when it comes to an ISFP its different. They have got pretty good imaginations but what makes them particularly volatile is that the imagination is so very focused in the present. In other words the ISFP imagination can more than most feels as real as reality. It is one of the reasons that they are seen as the most intutive of the sensors but that intution/imagination is so grounded in the present that it has its own brand of intensity.

I believe that the ISFP imagination can be so focused in the present and can shoot out in such sudden spurts is one of the reason they are known to be the most susceptible to sudden (and often irrational, life changing and even dangerous) impulses.

Albeit sometimes good as well as bad.

 

[Virtual ghost]

ehmmm...you do know that some of that stuff is pretty f*cked up and goes way beyond innocent children´s play? Seriously.
Sounds like you use your imagination for sadistic purposes.

Have you ever thought about writing horror stories? That could be a healthier outlet

Yes I know that.
Since I regulary shock people when I start to talk about "the possibilities".
But sometimes I actually do something kinda "sociopathic" just to scare people a little bit . (like writting that post)
I mean just because I wrote something that does not mean that I actually did it.


As for writting horror stories , I guess that could work if I give it a try one day.

 

[KDude]

However, when it comes to an ISFP its different. They have got pretty good imaginations but what makes them particularly volatile is that the imagination is so very focused in the present. In other words the ISFP imagination can more than most feels as real as reality. It is one of the reasons that they are seen as the most intutive of the sensors but that intution/imagination is so grounded in the present that it has its own brand of intensity.

I believe that the ISFP imagination can be so focused in the present and can shoot out in such sudden spurts is one of the reason they are known to be the most susceptible to sudden (and often irrational, life changing and even dangerous) impulses.

Albeit sometimes good as well as bad.

Geez.. Sounds somewhat like me at times. I'm not that focused on the present, but I've found myself susceptible to same kind of impulsiveness (not so much anymore though).

Where I think I'm strongly intuitive now is simply trying to find pathways to expand my horizons. In juxtaposition, in trying to avoid being too myopic.. I try not to be too speculative because I've gotten in trouble that way.

 

[AphroditeGoneAwry]

I'm wondering if Ne is more expansive imagination of many things, and Ni is more imagination that gets taken further and is more focused, as is reflected in the differences with Ne/Ni.

I have an intense imagination, but it's usually all something concocted in my own head/mind and I take it to the Nth degree, if it's something I like or am interested in. I'm not necessarily expansive about it though, like I won't use it for just anything like the Ne users were describing. But when i do use it, I come off with the most wack stuff, and if I relate any of it to my friends, they let me know just how weird I am. It's also usually grounded in some sort of reality, and takes off from there. Not just whimsical or fanciful, but something that COULD really happen, just never usually would or no one would go there...............Crazy stuff that I'm really too embarrassed to admit; stuff that I'd only tell trusted friends or intimate partners.

The S's I know don't imagine too much, as far as I'm aware anyway. Maybe they just live their imagination in their bodies more...?

 

[Spamtar]

The S's I know don't imagine too much, as far as I'm aware anyway. Maybe they just live their imagination in their bodies more...?

This is an interesting concept. My ISFP girl gets quiet paranoid when she doesn't hear from me even for as short of a time as a day or two and begins to get some odd thoughts like I don't love her anymore...much more than any other type...some who could go weeks without a complaint.

This is challenging for me because as a general rule I like to give space to keep things fresh and imaginations alive.

I can tell she is a bit oversusceptible to this type of pain compared to most...so I make an exception to the rule go out of my way to come to visit her and give her a kiss. Immediately, like magic, her face lightens up like a Disney character and all is suddenly well in the universe.

I never thought of this before but does feel as if her imagination shines mainly through her body in the present as opposed to an INTP lost world of daydreaming where time means little.

 

[KDude]

..much more than any other type....

I don't know if that's true. There's a whole section in Quenk's book (on the shadow) that places this at ESFP and ESTPs feet far more often. I've noticed stuff like this in my own experience too.

A young and newly married ESTP became overwhelmed by the thought of her husband, who had gone out with his friends, had left and would never return -even though she knew he visited his friends frequently and that the time at which he was expected to return had not yet arrived. She obsessed and thought that she had been nasty to her husband earlier and became flooded with anxiety and apprehension. She therupon drove to his friend's house, only to find that he was just preparing to leave and return home.

Extraverted Sensing types in their vulnerable phase may start reading between the lines and attributing malevolent motives to people. A feeling of unreality or disconnection from others may occur, and this alien experience of isolation may in turn lead to terror.

Funnily, Socionics, although a different system, has a anecdote along the same paranoid lines in it's "uncovered section".

A female ESTp comes home...

- Hey, darling, I'm home!
- Cool!
- Don't you want to come and give me a kiss?
- Yeah, in a minute!
- Is something wrong?
- No, nothing's wrong!
- Are you not happy to see me?
- Of course I am happy to see you!
- So why don't you want to come then?
- I do, let me just finish something first!
- Is it more important to you than me?
- Oh, please, don't start!
- You don't love me, I know!
- Of course I do, don't be silly!
- If you loved me, you wouldn't do this to me!
- Do what?
- This!
- Just because I can't drop everything right this second, I don't love you?
- Not this!
- Then what?
- You don't want me anymore!
- What? Where does this come from?
- You should know better!
- Give me at least a hint!
- See? Now you are mad at me too! You hate me!
- I am not mad at you and I don't hate you! Now stop it!
- And you don't love me either!
- I love you, I love you, I love you! How many more times I have to say this?
- You don't mean it!
- I love you and I mean it! Now stop this nonsense, I have had enough of it!
- Maybe you have had enough of me too?
- Maybe...

Female ESTp breaks down in tears...

 

[Spamtar]

A female ESTp comes home...

- Hey, darling, I'm home!
- Cool!
- Don't you want to come and give me a kiss?
- Yeah, in a minute!
- Is something wrong?
- No, nothing's wrong!
- Are you not happy to see me?
- Of course I am happy to see you!
- So why don't you want to come then?
- I do, let me just finish something first!
- Is it more important to you than me?
- Oh, please, don't start!
- You don't love me, I know!
- Of course I do, don't be silly!
- If you loved me, you wouldn't do this to me!
- Do what?
- This!
- Just because I can't drop everything right this second, I don't love you?
- Not this!
- Then what?
- You don't want me anymore!
- What? Where does this come from?
- You should know better!
- Give me at least a hint!
- See? Now you are mad at me too! You hate me!
- I am not mad at you and I don't hate you! Now stop it!
- And you don't love me either!
- I love you, I love you, I love you! How many more times I have to say this?
- You don't mean it!
- I love you and I mean it! Now stop this nonsense, I have had enough of it!
- Maybe you have had enough of me too?
- Maybe...

Female ESTp breaks down in tears...

OMG! Although we don't argue that much...when we do the above argument could be taken verbatium! Big +1. This is helpfull

 

[Red Herring]

:yim_rolling_on_the_

*awaits drama to unfold*

 

[Walking Tourist]

I agree. Over-active imagination isn't type specific.
I remember crawling under the bed during thunderstorms until I was a teenager and was too big to fit under the bed.
And, no scary movies for me, especially in the evening. I have horrible nightmares. They are very vivid, colorful, realistic, and horrifying nightmares. In one, I was inside a building with a few others and some evil force or people (I'm not sure which) was trying to burn down the building with us in it. I woke up and had to go to the bathroom. When I went back to sleep, the nightmare resumed at the spot at which it had ended when I got out of bed.
Sometimes, I can't even watch the news. Before the start of Iraq war, the news showed a bunch of military practicing for having a war by bayonetting a bunch of straw figures. My mind translated those straw figures into children and old ladies. I began to feel sick and even experienced vertigo and had to turn off the television.
One time, I heard on the radio that "illegal aliens" had landed on the shore. It didn't register that these were just regular humans who were citizens of foreign countries. Oh no. It was war of the worlds time. The space aliens had come!!! Was some scary space alien going to attack my parents in their beds as they slept? Would my mother be able to shout at them and scare them with the loudness of her voice into running back to their little metallic space ship?
I still occasionally hear strange noises and know that it's the Space Aliens.
They're com

The over-active imagination isn't type specific. I used to sleep with my blanket over my head even as a teenager. The dark or open closet door used to freak me out badly where I was too scared to get up to close the door.

Scary movies still give me nightmares to the degree that I've stopped watching gory or zombie movies.