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[MBTI General] I'm just saying...

Ene

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Good points, Mane. Irresponsible, selfish people come in every personality type and anyone who walks out on a child or a pregnant girl or abandons their co-workers in mid-project is being a jerk. I'm not condoning those irresponsible and selfish actions. Nor did I mean to make light of them. I'm just saying that all hope is not lost because some people are cowardly and run away from conflict rather than trying to resolve it and anyone INFJ or otherwise who does this is immature and selfish.

I didn't mean to trivialize anyone's pain, nor did I mean it as a blanket statement. I've had doors slammed on me, too. I've been mistreated, treated unfairly, walked out on, cussed out, hit, had the proverbial stab in the back, etc. Sure, I've got scars. We all do. It's part of living in this world, a temporal, non-permanent, shallow, fickle world, where people sometimes do stupid things, mean things, spiteful things, where people make selfish decisions, rash decisions and say horrid things out of raw emotion, hurt, fear, anger, but I'm just saying that it's not always that way. We can dwell on the heartache and let it ruin our good times or we can focus on what we still have and let it overshadow the bad ones. I don't mean to sound heartless, but rather to be a reminder that negative emotions like regret, fear, doubt, bitterness, anger, hatred and unforgivness will destroy us if we let them. There is an emotional mind and a wisdom mind, a way of despair and a way of peace, but we have to choose which way we will walk. I, too, have been hurt, had people abandon me, hurt me and walk out on me...but we have to forgive, let it go and move on. The person who did us wrong is not hurt by our unforgiveness, our wallowing in the aftermath of the slammed door, we are. And so long as we hold onto it, we continue to let that person control our lives. I don't mean we have to forget what happened, but we have to let go of the hold it has on us and that is what I mean by finding another door. We can't stand at the closed door and cry for the rest of our lives.

I do hope my words come across with the spirit I intend for them to. I only meant to help and to be genuine. Online, sometimes, I can't tell who's kidding and who's sincere, what's real and what's illusion. It's hard to tell what a person really means by a single post. There's no body language to read here, so really we're all just stabbing in the dark, attempting to communicate. We also have cultural differences, value differences, so I think it's way more than cognitive functions that come into play even on a forum about cognitive functions...[oops, I really did get off track didn't I? Oh, well. Maybe someone will want to chase that rabbit. Who knows?] At any rate, I think the way it came across to you and the way I meant are not one and the same.
 
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The person who did us wrong is not hurt by our unforgiveness, our wallowing in the aftermath of the slammed door, we are. And so long as we hold onto it, we continue to let that person control our lives.

agreed
 

Ene

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Love the poster. Thanks.
 

IllusoryReverie

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Wow. Forget what I just wrote. I completely misinterpreted the original post.

Anyway, I've never intentionally shut anyone out of my life. I don't mean to, but if I feel disgusted by them or misunderstood in a severe way then I naturally do tend to withdraw myself from them and keep at a distance. Or avoid them altogether while I'm dealing with how I feel about what just happened.
 

Froody Blue Gem

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It probably depends on the INFJ if the proverbial door ever gets slammed or not in the first place with them... With me, if a person gets close to me, I won't usually slam the door. It's very difficult to cut them out if they are a close friend or a family member. Anxiety can also play a role in to slam or not to slam. It can keep me not wanting to cause friction.

If people are draining to be around, I try to give everyone a chance but there's only so far I can go. There are certain personalities that clash with me and I'm more likely to do it with than others. But if people overstep boundaries, disrespect my interests or beliefs, treats me like less than human, makes personal comments, or act pushy, the slam will come in. Either that or cold passive aggression will come in.
 
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