coping with the platitude of life in comparison of our beautiful imaginative mind?

[WALKYRIA]

hello INTPs, i have a simple question: How do you cope with the monotony of life?


No, really, i can't take it anymore these lasts days/months, wonder if i'm not turning an INFJ or INFP. I feel the constant need/ urge to create, to express, to feel beauty, to feel big sentiments... I recently found i was a highly sensitive person. I need beauty in my life, but i don't find it in the reality only in my head and imagination, so i try to escape reality so badly.. but i'm afraid it might get dangerous for my mental health and for my persona. At work-work environnement=(hospital, me being a future doctor; landed in med school accidently actualy !)- they think i'm a strange person, always daydreaming and disconnected with the earthly things.

oh, and did i mention that from early age I always liked experiments and experimented a lot on my own mind in order to quit my comfort zone and to find my original self(and i found an artsy, anticonformist, intense person in the process... kinda hard to deal with em these dayz!) and get definitely rid of the... u know..the fake normality mask; kinda feel like fucked up now at the end of the process, but i like what'ive found nevertheless.

 

[Philovitist]

Not an INTP, but I fight monotony by not being a monotonous person.

(i.e., by being a complete, hyperspontaneous weirdo.)

 

[ℜεмїηїs¢εη¢ε]

Me? I cope by getting frustrated and cursing it all. As for you, I'm not so sure if becoming a doctor is a good choice for trying to live a more exciting life. Sure, it pays a lot, but it shouldn't be anything close to exciting from what I understand. Only you would know what makes you most excited so pursue it best you can, otherwise things will not change.

Could you please elaborate on those experiments you did?

 

[Polaris]

I have a vivid imagination....

Also, I'm generally so busy I tend to forget about the monotony. The suffocating feeling of monotony usually hits hard when either work or my studies become routine-like or not challenging enough. This is usually the moment when the great P'ness rears it's crazy head and messes with my concentration; I start drifting or day-dreaming, or I just lose interest completely. Frustration follows and if this situation drags out too long I become depressed.

In other words, I don't cope well at all.

I think a lot of my frustration has to do with high expectations though.

I have tried to become more mindful of appreciating the simple things in life, but sometimes I just go crazy.

When I was younger I used to be able to sit for hours and paint or write poetry.

I seem to have lost the inspiration somehow. Work and studies just takes up a lot of energy, so I don't feel very creative after a long week. It is too easy to come home and just turn on the PC....and up pops the forum....





Music seems to be my only escape currently. Beautiful or interesting music can transport me to the most wonderful places....it is also somehow an effective way for me to channel emotions.

 

[QuickTwist]

hello INTPs, i have a simple question: How do you cope with the monotony of life?


No, really, i can't take it anymore these lasts days/months, wonder if i'm not turning an INFJ or INFP. I feel the constant need/ urge to create, to express, to feel beauty, to feel big sentiments... I recently found i was a highly sensitive person. I need beauty in my life, but i don't find it in the reality only in my head and imagination, so i try to escape reality so badly.. but i'm afraid it might get dangerous for my mental health and for my persona. At work-work environnement=(hospital, me being a future doctor; landed in med school accidently actualy !)- they think i'm a strange person, always daydreaming and disconnected with the earthly things.

oh, and did i mention that from early age I always liked experiments and experimented a lot on my own mind in order to quit my comfort zone and to find my original self(and i found an artsy, anticonformist, intense person in the process... kin,da hard to deal with em these dayz!) and get definitely rid of the... u know..the fake normality mask; kinda feel like fucked up now at the end of the process, but i like what'ive found nevertheless.

I would be worried about being board if I was you instead of being concered with your mental health. There are plenty of creative INTPs and not many who like to do the same thing over and over and over and over.

How I cope, well... not well. I usually just do what I want and try to avoid those things if I can unless it has to do with work. Then I am pretty much a workaholic and no task is beneath me. I often find myself midway through my job doing things that I usually don't do, like bad habbits. Hey look the elephant only has 2 legs, amazing! Sorry man, I just can't take you seriously.

 

[Mortal]

Seeking social interaction? The personalities of other people out can be so different, mingling with them can break the monotony easily, albeit some might not suit your taste.
Took me quite some time to figure out a mindset to embrace some of them though.
Since you've been messing around with your own head for some time, wouldnt be that hard to configure yourself for social interaction,probably

 

[walfin]

Erm. INTPf?

 

[PhoenixRising]

hello INTPs, i have a simple question: How do you cope with the monotony of life?


No, really, i can't take it anymore these lasts days/months, wonder if i'm not turning an INFJ or INFP. I feel the constant need/ urge to create, to express, to feel beauty, to feel big sentiments... I recently found i was a highly sensitive person. I need beauty in my life, but i don't find it in the reality only in my head and imagination, so i try to escape reality so badly.. but i'm afraid it might get dangerous for my mental health and for my persona. At work-work environnement=(hospital, me being a future doctor; landed in med school accidently actualy !)- they think i'm a strange person, always daydreaming and disconnected with the earthly things.

oh, and did i mention that from early age I always liked experiments and experimented a lot on my own mind in order to quit my comfort zone and to find my original self(and i found an artsy, anticonformist, intense person in the process... kinda hard to deal with em these dayz!) and get definitely rid of the... u know..the fake normality mask; kinda feel like fucked up now at the end of the process, but i like what'ive found nevertheless.

What you're saying here makes sense. In reality, INTPs are very emotionally sensitive people. We have Fe, and many of us tend to be out-of-touch with it for at least part of our lives. So in many cases it seems that our emotions are even more intense than other types and oscillate back and forth to extremes. Our secondary function, Ne, also tends us to desire to be creative and out-of-the-box. If you can't express this creativity in your job, maybe you could take up an artistic hobby?

As far as how I cope with monotonous reality.. it's not easy sometimes. Lately, in one of my own mental experiments, I've begun to interact with people without the fake normality mask. Like you said, even with the mask on, people usually see INTPs as strange in comparison to the social norm. I've found that practicing connecting to people with my Fe has had positive effects. They still see me as odd, but at least I'm genuinely odd, and friendly. Becoming comfortable with my true self has helped a great deal with the stress of dealing with society. Other than that, I pretty much do what you said you do; live in my own dream world.

 

[travelnjones]

Honestly it hits me pretty hard sometime. I mean I am an American, I suppose most everyone else on this board lives in a pretty much 1st world environment. Assuming you wouldn't have computer access or would care more about other stuff if not. Our world has been constructed to insulate people into a life that doesn't put importance on the individual. We all just go along in jobs that are more or less unimportant. Our contributions as a whole are more or less unimportant. I have thought damn is there going to be some point in the far future we all get board and just kill ourselves. There seems no point in driving to work and home.

I could say I have helped people in my family and raise my child. But honestly I do that in the frame work of being a worker. If I would really commit to raising my child I would quit and fine some new way of life where I could actually teach her and be with her more. It seems like I can't say its my focus if I am not doing something big and dedicated to it.

I distract myself with my writing and little hobbies I pick up. Most I spend money on and then put down without really doing. But there are nagging moments in the car driving to work that I look to another car and see the drive and think that dude is the same as me, off to some self important nothing. whats the point. I wish I could be without the pain of thinking for awhile

 

[The Gopher]

Make your imagination become reality. *BAM* Inspirational quote which means hardly anything.