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[INTJ] INTJ's Do you suppress your smiles?

thescientist

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I seem to do this a lot and was wondering if this was another typical INTJ expression just like our oh so feared INTJ glare.

Rather than smile broadly, I tend to suppress the smile. Almost smirkish in a way.

Do you do this too?
Pics anyone? I'll show you mine if you show me yours ;)
 

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ha! cute lil suppressed smile. :D
 

Lady_X

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oh for sure...i think i'd have to try extra hard to make you laugh. :D
 

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I have no idea what I do with smiles. I know that I entertain myself a lot with words and ideas and it doesn't always seem right to go big with a smile for something that other people aren't able to share. Oddly, actual full on smiling feels aggressive, like now I'm showing my teeth because there's something I'm hunting. That seems once again related to the impression that smiling happens when there's something I'm enjoying and other people don't know about.

Then again, of an ENTJ I used to know, I used to say she had two smiles, one with teeth and one without. With teeth, her face lit up. Without teeth, she was planning your demise.
 
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I don't like my smile to begin with because I have a gap between my front teeth. I don't smile a whole lot anyway, but I do suppress it.
 

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My INTJ friend tries to hide his smiles, which makes it extra wonderful when he does smile.
 

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I'm closer to forcing smiles than suppressing them. I'd only suppress them for the purposes of not looking like an idiot for laughing at some idea in my head.

I'm not an INTJ, of course.
 

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Absolutely awesome when they try to stay all stern and serious, and you're able to just get a little smile on their lips :wubbie:
 

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...I'm showing my teeth because there's something I'm hunting. That seems once again related to the impression that smiling happens when there's something I'm enjoying and other people don't know about.
This is pretty much like me.
 

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INTJ - a hint of a smile hides a lot of humor. The grin... beware of the grin... sometimes it's humor... sometimes it's a bearing of the teeth - beware.
 

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In short: Yes.


The first thing is that I don't smile most of the time since I am not that kind of a person. The second thing is that it is quite likely that I will smile at something I am not suppose to. So hidding a smile in many situations is actually a wise choice in my case.
 

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I can't say as I feel the need to repress my smiles. Forcing them (and making a bad job of it) is more usual.
 

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yeah my INTJ friends surpress their smiles, it blends in well with their sarcastic smirks
 

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Even I do this...
 

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I'm INFJ, and I definitely suppress my smiles. Perhaps it's more of an introvert trait in general..?
Apparently I have a trademark smirk.
 

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I've been told that I have a "devilish" smile...

If my eyes are squinty and you see teeth, you're witnessing a genuine smile. If my eye's are not squinty and you see teeth, then yes, I'm being devilish. :devil:
 

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it's probably common of many e5s. intjs do it by far the most, tho.

it takes me some warm up time, slow gradual stretches before getting to the heavy lifting. my intj forces smiles really poorly, but when she is trying to withhold (don't control me! i'm not your monkey!) she enjoys the hell out of it, humor like many things is a challenge/game and why banter is one of the first things that makes her get up in the morning.
 

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In short: Yes.


The first thing is that I don't smile most of the time since I am not that kind of a person. The second thing is that it is quite likely that I will smile at something I am not suppose to. So hidding a smile in many situations is actually a wise choice in my case.

I suppress my smiles for this reason as well (though I also just do it in general). The other day my class was forced to watch this really terrible film about a woman dying of ovarian cancer, and during one of the more sentimental parts (there were at least two women tearing up in the class at this point), I started imagining what a parody version might look like, and this gave me the uncontrollable urge to giggle. I had to work really hard to suppress any signs of smiling or amusement, to the point that I was contorting oddly in my chair. I think only a smirk escaped.
 
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