Trouble expressing ourselves?

[Mello]

I can't seem to put down into words what I feel or think. Even if I do, it's not true for me anymore. It's what I thought/felt at the time which doesn't mean it's true now. Damn, I wish I could perfectly express myself.

Your thoughts?
Oh, and I hope you don't have trouble posting your thoughts on this.

 

[Lobstrich]

I can't seem to put down into words what I feel or think. Even if I do, it's not true for me anymore. It's what I thought/felt at the time which doesn't mean it's true now. Damn, I wish I could perfectly express myself.

Your thoughts?
Oh, and I hope you don't have trouble posting your thoughts on this.

I do.. Without sounding ignorant, the way I talk is in no way "in par" with my intelligence. I know ALOT more, and my mind is ALOT more complex then what I sound like when I speak. I'm 18, and if you say half of the people around my age are just pretty "dumb" teenagers. And the people that actually know stuff, are just ignorant, and think they are better than everybody else and they got everything figured out. And I'm just on another level. But I still sound like the latter.
I know this sounds very ignorant and just like the person I just mentioned.

EDIT: I have absolutely no trouble saying what's on my mind though.. It's just not what's in my head.

 

[Melkor]

Uh.
I can express myself easily through the written word, and with great difficulty, (if in a quiet room, with plenty to read, much to drink, and a single pleasant individual) I can attempt to convey my thoughts in person.

 

[transformers]

I have difficulty expressing how I feel, I usually end up saying what I think or what I deem relevant, instead (and feelings are rarely relevant.)

 

[warryer]

Holy shit yes! Even on here I can't express myself like how I want to. My writing is close but still not perfect. I have always hoped that one day we could invent telepathy so we could communicate directly in meaning rather than words which have subjective meaning depending on the person. e.x. my version of happy is not your version of happy.

It's so damn frustrating (sends telepathic message).

However when I am on dissociatives/halucinogens like mushrooms I find that something inside me opens up and I can express myself perfectly. Which makes me feel as though I'm missing something.

 

[intuitivet]

I can't express myself well at all, only my sister and boyfriend seem to understand what I'm trying to say when it comes to talking about my deeper thoughts and my feelings. I find it hard to bring up either subject, but if someone asks me I try and tell them. Never works out well really, they get confused and I end up contradicting myself alot (I can't think on my feet when talking about those things).

 

[citrusbreath95]

Even on here I can't express myself like how I want to. My writing is close but still not perfect. I have always hoped that one day we could invent telepathy so we could communicate directly in meaning rather than words which have subjective meaning depending on the person. e.x. my version of happy is not your version of happy.

(sends telepathic message).
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Yeah, I'm like that on this forum as well, usually I have a lot in my mind, but I suppose I'm so used to keeping it quiet to people I know at school, etc, and I'm use to their comments on my interests. I never know how to put it anyways, it makes sense in my mind but orally and sometimes even when written (although I express myself much better when writing rather than speaking, and I usually can think more clearly) as for telepathy... that would be AWESOME!!! Life would make so much more sense. Can you imagine how many misunderstandings would be prevented from such information?

 

[Mello]

Yes, but telepathy would be embarrassing if you're thinking about having sex with the other person.

 

[strangeguy]

hmmm me too.... i seems to find it hard to pronouns words and speak properly in front of people, but i seem alright when talking through phone. It is hard to express myself in writing as well.... but it seems easier for me to express myself through drawings....

 

[Mary]

Yes, but telepathy would be embarrassing if you're thinking about having sex with the other person.

Yes. Yes it would be. I suppose if you could be selectively telepathic, that would work well. But if everyone could read everyone else's minds.. That would chaotic & embarrassing.

 

[RubberDucky451]

These past few years it seems like I've reset everything I've ever known, or the majority of it. I'll spare you the hackneyed phoenix metaphor and yet I have a hard time understanding what's going on. I'm certainty starting to care less what people think of me, not as extreme as an Epiphany but something close.

INTP forum has taught me so many things I didn't know, it's highly doubtful I'd get this kind of exposure to intelligent people(Excluding Melkor) in my real life.

 

[Eclipse]

I know how you feel, Cake. I don't have much trouble speaking to people...though I do sort of avoid contact with strangers because I'm shy and reserved, when I am talking to them, I'm cool and clever about it. I'll be honest...I'm a very accomplished smart ass when I need to be. But generally, I sort of "mimic" whoever I'm talking to. I see how they act and adapt my own behavior to theirs, to try and get along better with them. I find myself doing this automatically, and have been doing it for so long that even when I'm around close friends and can be myself...I find I have no idea what "myself" is like.

Writing, though...I can always express myself on the internet or when I'm typing/writing. I think this is because I don't have the chance to "adapt" to people.

I read somewhere that INTP's have earned the title "Chameleon" for the way their intuition allows them to alter their behavior in a way that suits whoever they're around. This describes me pretty well.

 

[Metsuki]

well, I can easily write about how i feel, however, there's a problem: I dramatize EVERY feeling (I don' mean just the negative ones).
I'm an awesome writer.

 

[Alice?]

I do.. Without sounding ignorant, the way I talk is in no way "in par" with my intelligence. I know ALOT more, and my mind is ALOT more complex then what I sound like when I speak. I'm 18, and if you say half of the people around my age are just pretty "dumb" teenagers. And the people that actually know stuff, are just ignorant, and think they are better than everybody else and they got everything figured out. And I'm just on another level. But I still sound like the latter.
I know this sounds very ignorant and just like the person I just mentioned.

I don't think that sounds ignorant, I know exactly what you mean.
Although I do have a lot of trouble expressing myself emotionally. I hardly ever convey what I'm feeling through spoken words just because the words don't seem to do what I'm feeling justice. I can sometimes express myself through writing in poetry... but not often.
Most of the time I'll choose a song that represents what's on my mind at the time and sit there with my eyes closed listening to it. I sort of let my emotions... flow through the music, and then they're gone and I have no more need to express myself. I'm not sure that makes much sense or if anyone else knows what I'm talking about, but I don't know how else to explain it.

 

[Eclipse]

Most of the time I'll choose a song that represents what's on my mind at the time and sit there with my eyes closed listening to it. I sort of let my emotions... flow through the music, and then they're gone and I have no more need to express myself. I'm not sure that makes much sense or if anyone else knows what I'm talking about, but I don't know how else to explain it.

You sound a lot like me, in that way. My IPod is on 90% of the time. Contrary to some people who don't know what's going on because they get drawn into the music, I find that if I need to concentrate, music helps the most. Depending on my mood or what I'm thinking about, the music creates a sort of...pattern, that I can order my thinking to. There are limits, though. If I try to listen to upbeat music to help my mood, it sounds...wrong. Disharmonious. Listening to music always helps me, though, whether to tamper down a migraine or vent my stress.