The internal world, man.

[Proletar]

I was discussing MBTI with my friends (ENTP and INTJ) yesterday, and sort of stumbled in the discussion when I was trying to describe the relationship between introversion and extroversion.

So we were sitting there with our hands in the air for about 15 minutes trying to show eachother the truth, and the INTJ gets tired.

- You always loose yourself in details.
- Not really. Just when I'm trying to describe my thoughts to others.
- Exactly. How can I ever know what you are thinking when you can never explain it? Get your thoughts on the table!


*Mind = Blown*

Yeah... I stay inside my own head very much. So much that I percieve my thoughts to be the most real thing in the world, above everything else, even though no one ever gets to hear them in their true light. There is a huge gap between what I am thinking and what people think of me. My self-image is flawed. :/

 

[EditorOne]

"There is a huge gap between what I am thinking and what people think of me."

That's very well said. What you describe is probably a common experience for us, but I've never heard it put quite the way you did.

There's an old Eric Burton and the Animals song that has a chorus that could be our theme song.
"I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood"

 

[Dapper Dan]

My self-image is flawed. :/

You could probably argue that others' perception of you is more flawed than your own.

But for practical purposes, it's the individual's responsibility to accurately represent his thoughts. And so we struggle on.

 

[P.H.]

I actually like the internal world and not communicating (all) my thoughts. Kind of has a melancholic ring to it.