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Well it is the difference between P and J isn't it? I wonder if that explains why there are so many depression threads here. I just popped over to the INTJ forum and looked at the thread called 'Why are INTJs always depressed?' and the vast majority of responses are 'we aren't, we just look...

You carry on - I'm enjoying every minute of this reunion!! Especially as I had been worried that Nia would think I was rather silly at times. So glad its not just me. Of course I keep my Pness well hidden, I doubt anyone suspects me.

Actually I really like your analysis Brain! Not least because of the pattern you've created :) But actually while I think the journey between INFP-ESTJ or INTP-ESFJ make sense, I think it is unlikely that the functions can be so radically changed - Fi-Fe, and Ti-Te in either the INTP or INFP...

I would say that on average I'm a happy adult. I have dips now and then but on balance I am a very positive and happy individual. I was pretty miserable in my childhood and in my 20s but since I turned 40, despite some romantic disappointments, I am happy.

I have finally found the TED talk by Dan Gilbert that I wanted to post - you have to watch it to the end. It's really very interesting. I am also in awe of speakers who can do talks like this!

I'm strangely comfortable with 'cute' in this context!

Kurzweil's most recent talk on the singularity

Actually I did recommend to a couple of ex-clients that they use bluetooth devices or headphone/mike set ups on cellphones to cover up the fact that they were talking to their voices! It works very well and reduces paranoia enormously. Similar to a client of mine with multiple sclerosis who...

I missed this thread first time round. Felan - I identify with this 100%. You have expressed this so beautifully. Yes - I suffered this from my mother. She actually has no idea who I am. My mother sees me as 'not-my image' in the sense that she has an image in her head of who I should be...

What are you good at? What are you going to study?

I went out with an INFJ for three years. He was the sweetest, kindest person. Very intelligent, quirky, interesting. If he had lived nearer me I think we would still be together. He was incredibly calm and quiet but there was tons going on under the surface. I learnt more about him from...

hehehe glad you liked it.

Rheta?

lol Enne - I think you may have us mixed up - I've labelled it now in case people weren't sure who was who. Actually Nia is beautiful - and tall - she is bending her knees cos I'm such a short-arse. And the photo doesn't show that she is much thinner than me too! Here's another photo:

Well Nia and I met up yesterday morning and we had a great time! snowqueen (L) eudemonia (R) You know what they say on those personality sites? INTPs have lots of difficulty in social situations having to meet new people but when two INTPs meet each other they instantly launch into deep...

You are a Reserved Creator. You are a Creator Your imagination, confidence, willingness to explore, and appreciation of beauty make you a CREATOR. You are independent, and you enjoy your self-sufficiency. Defying convention, you are very innovative, and you have a vivid...

Oh Cybernetist that is such a sad story - I'm so sorry to read about that. That must be devastating for your family. I really don't know what to say. How are your family dealing with it?

I'm loving the new Zappa avatar Sed.

it worked :):):):)

Waterstiller!!!!! Yay!!! [snowqueen is truly happy to see you] this has made my day. oh and I want to be in the Tomb Raider Egyptian worlds and Myst/Riven

I think about the fact that when you look out at deep space what you see is the past because of the speed of light. It makes me wonder if I was at another point in space looking at earth I could see my father still alive. Then I think that this means that time is meaningless and we are all...

100% all the time. I think I look like this: But actually I look like this: http://personalitycafe.com/members/snowqueen-albums-snowqueen-s-domain-picture637-snowqueen-looking-you.jpg

Oh I'll miss you a lot :(:( I'm not detached and unmotivated so there is hope! Please do come back now and then.

Heart4Brains Heartforbrains I still prefer heartmind. Brains just sounds so ... offal

Heartmind

Blimey I wish all men were that easy to please! :rolleyes:

exactly! Not quite - I think the way school teaches and assesses makes you feel dumber! And if you rely entirely on school for feeding your brain you will end up dumber than if you don't. You'll be fine :) Here;s a little present for you: maddest site on the internet

I liked the philosophical debate on meaningless in your post, but I have to take a stance on this ^ While neuroscience is a very useful addition to our understanding of depression and other mental phenomena, brain chemistry is most certainly not the only reason for depression and it is by no...

I like that idea Tekton - and it might make the mods job a lot easier - only 2 days per fortnight to have to check newcomers.

the interview with Jay Giedd.

God I envy you younger ones - much less life to have to write about. I can't write my real name here as it's totally unique. I am the only person with this name in the world (thought I can't imagine Sagewolf's name being replicated either) and supremely googlable so please forgive me for not...

Not less intelligent but there is lots of evidence about the changes the brain undergoes during adolescence and that some of the side effects are things like poor decision-making etc. So the good news is you don't need to worry - you'll grow out of it once your brain settles down! There is...

You could try drawing up a list of possible things you could do - don't stop till you get to 100. Starting with I could run away and join the circus I could create a time machine and go back to ... and ... and similar madcap schemes you might just come up with a fresh idea! It helps defeat...

I know what you're saying and I don't disagree - but while it is very hard if not impossible to control feelings like sadness it is actually remarkably easy to control your thoughts if you do the work. It is perfectly possible to feel sad, despairing, stressed, grief, existential angst -...

I do a lot of this but I really didn't resonate with the INFP description at all! I think I would really like to be an INFP but I am definitely INTP. Possibly working in mental health has developed my Fi because I don't think I put myself into someone else's shoes before then. Now I do it...

Do you want me to go back through your posts and find the evidence! :D Were you just lying then for effect? I was only basing this on your posts. Perhaps your being clean is what is bringing out this more reflective and communicative Toad though?

This is some advice which you can either take or discard. There are a few things you can do to begin to improve your situation a little bit at a time. 1. Stop contemplating suicide. I know this sounds a bit too obvious, but having worked with suicidal people and also people with chronic...

Seriously Toad, If I would do one thing differently, I would suggest you stay off drugs for a couple of months and just let yourself be. You seem to be running away from a lot of things - but particularly responsibility. It's that kind of thing which young men need fathers for - this kind...

I know a couple of complaints have been made about ChristopherL's verbally abusive posts at individuals. One must presume that he was warned about this and ignored it. Folks - we either have to trust our Mods or not.

^^ fantastically analysed Cobra. And actually those elements are, in different guises, part of the troll theme that has been emerging over the past 3 months. The themes that are emerging from everyone's comments are that 1. we are a community 2. people who come here should either be...

I don't want to hijack this thread but actually it seemed the most appropriate place to post this. My dear colleague and friend, Alan, died this morning of lung cancer. It wasn't a surprise but it is terribly sad - he was only 51 years old. I will probably hold off posting for a little...

Red Toad - shut up your whinging. If you don't like the relationship with you girlfriend then either change it or leave and find a different one. The problem isn't women it's that you're not man enough yet to take responsibility for your life. I feel really sorry for your girlfriend when I...

Well congratulations - but I'm amazed -having read those descriptions I'm definitely not INFP and very definitely INTP - but yet we find ourselves feeling so very much alike! How very odd and intriguing. But I do have to say that you 'sound' like a much quieter person irl than I am so maybe...

I haven't seen Kidege for a while - please come back!

aww I didn't mean that!!! it's a compliment - if you say about a young man that they will break hearts it means they're very handsome! It's the ones who aren't your girlfriend who'll be heartbroken lol.

There is a really interesting TED talk someone sent me a link to about what makes people happy - I will try and find it, wrt the stats on mental ill health - research in UK has shown that if you have a mental health problem you are much less likely to be taken seriously when you present with...

You may not do it deliberately ;)

'Screamer'? 'High-pitched'? I stumbled upon your photo the other day - maybe you should call yourself 'heartbreaker' cos I bet you will! Young Brad Pitt indeed :D

I hear what you say, Chris and agree for the most part. But like anything we get the Mods we deserve. And I think you cannot underestimate the pressure that was being put on them by the troll/s and the people they had duped into supporting them. The Mods respond as fairly as possible and so I...

I'm sure it's not just me - but I have certainly noticed a whole different (positive) feel to this forum since the temporary closure. I hope that convinces the doubters that the decision, though difficult, was the correct one.