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Tasnia said Aug 21, 2006, 4:38 AM:

I am an INFP and I have found being my type to be rather difficult in navigating the larger world. There are less frequent types and I have found in talking with them, that the differences they have with the majority of people makes them feel odd and out of place.

iNtuitives are only 20% of the population, and I have found this to be more common among them.

I was wondering if anyone else has had that experience.

Tasnia

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Re: iNtuitives

Rob said Oct 23, 2006, 4:13 PM:

I'm INTP. And I've found that being strongly introverted has probably been my biggest drawback as far as “fitting in”. I find that I have an aversion to being in groups of people, and to socializing with groups of people. I'm most comfortable either alone or with my wife, kids or a sibling. Typically outside of my wife and kids I don't even like being around more than one or two other people at a time.

Also, I find from morning till night my mind is kind of working on it's own things and so it's hard to really care very much about work stuff - consequently it seems like a pattern throughout my life has been to be competent in school or work, but not put in the extra energy to excel. Also, I have very little desire to “play the game” in order to ingratiate myself among co-workers or to work my way up the ladder. However, I'm well liked and a friendly guy so I get along fine with others. But I'm not a self-promoter and work in an industry I don't really care about so I'd say I'm languishing in a job that pays decent but to me is not that satisfying and doesn't offer much opportunity for advancement beyond where I'm at now.

I also find that in almost any situation from work to church to poltics I don't “drink the Koolaid”, that is I typically have my own ideas on how things are and seem impervious to group-think or getting on board with someone else's agenda or doctrine or plan for global domination.

I guess this all adds up to me being somewhat of an outsider with my own ideas and thoughts, - but bored (although tolerably) in my job and involved in my own thoughts and not quite sure what I want to do with the rest of my life. But generally I have a good attitude and I'm happy in life and involved in spiritual pursuits and enjoying life with my wife and kids. If I had it my way I'd like more time alone and a career more in line with my personality type, but I'm not sure what that would be.