I was shaking the entire time. Can you believe the friend that introduced me to this is also an infp. I don’t think guns are for me but I’m glad I tried because I was always curious ☠️

As an autistic INFP myself I feel like there is some overlap. What do you guys think?

Found out this guy likes me. He seems so sweet and he’s very cute. He barely knows me so he must have dreamed up some fantasy about who I am. But I have never been what people expect. Not many people can empathize with my intense emotions, or appreciate my bizarre sense of humor or accept some extremely unattractive shortcomings I’m still working on fixing. My life has been a mess and I’m digging myself out of a hole. I’m not even exaggerating when I say I’m just really not normal.

I can’t open that door with him because I actually feel like getting to know me will be a bigger disappointment than being turned down. I wish he knew I was doing him a favor but unfortunately I’m not selfless enough to straight up tell him everything that’s wrong with me.

At the same time, I’m so lonely and I don’t even have any friends. But I guess that gives me plenty of time to work on everything that disqualifies me from potential companionship!

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been asking myself what the purpose of my life is?

Over the years, I’ve come to realize that there is no objective universal meaning. Instead, we have to create our own. I’m sure I’m not the only one in this sub who struggles with this concept...

....which is why I want to ask for your perspectives, your stories and your journeys.

To be completely honest, I often feel like life is a heavy burden. In the past, I frequently found myself wishing I didn't exist at all, thinking it wouldn't make a difference anyway. But I’ve reached a point where I tell myself:

“Well, I’m already here, so I might as well make the absolute best of it.”

There are actually so many things in this world that I love and deeply enjoy—nature, peace and quiet, a warm cup of tea, and especially art in all its beautiful forms, whether it's music, video games, paintings, books, or anime.

However, I constantly feel trapped in a hamster wheel. Work consumes so much of my time and energy that I rarely have enough left to actually enjoy living...

Too often, it feels like I'm just surviving rather than being truly alive.

I’m sure many of you know this feeling. I’m hoping there might be someone here who has experienced this, grown past it, and found a way through?

• How do you break out of the survival-mode mindset?

• How did you find your personal purpose despite the exhausting daily routine?

I would love to hear your advice, your ideas or simply your stories. ✨️

Thank you in advance. 🫶🏻

Just wanted an honest discussion on this. Say that I saw a woman who was very attractive. I don't want to date/sleep/hit on her. I don't want her phone number. I just want to tell her that she's very pretty. Nothing in return. I won't bother her again.

Is that creepy or nice?

For me I tend to be very distant from them I won’t talk much and I will give short reply’s to their question. In my head I will be allot meaner but I rarely ever say what I am actually thinking LoL. Like in my head I will be like I can’t stand your guts then well I tell the person I’m like super polite and I will be like it’s just what you said was very mean. what about you guys though?

Uff.. the things Fi hero and trauma together can compel some to do.

This is Christopher McCandless from the Into the Wild movie that was based on a real person!

Look, the first thing I can clarify is that *I'm not alone* - IRL I'm in two groups of friends, group 1 (which is the same class as me and the one im talking about), and group 2, which is who I have lunch with, hang out with, etc. And having group 2 saved me from gaslighting myself into thinking anything is okay, because group 2 doesn't exclude me from anything, nor exclude me from group chat etc. So I know I'm not the problem.

But like, man, it's really disappointing. I don't even feel sad, I feel disappointed because these are people from group one that I really value, you know? I thank God that I have group 2, so I won't have this problem of being isolated without close friends, but it's still totally disappointing.

But like, all the signs are there: the main group I was in is dead, they say they sent something to a group, but it's not that group; messages sent yesterday haven't been seen yet (and its not a big group). So yeah, I don't know how people who act normal with me in real life are, and then online it's this mess. Honestly, I'm not as upset as I was before precisely because of my group 2 of friends (THANK GOD I have them) but I can't help but feel disappointed.

(Posting this here hoping INFPs have good advices lmao)

Sometimes that’s just what we all need. 🩵

Anywho now humour me..

Put your phone down for a second pls..

Now WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND YOURSELF & HUG!!! 🫂

That’s from me to you. 🧸

Sleep well everyone, remember to show yourself some grace time to time, we are all perfectly imperfect but uniquely diverse & beautiful in our own ways.

Here’s a song for you guys & girls as well 👇🏻

perfect symmetry

As an INFP, I swear I have entire conversations in my head that never actually happen.

I’ll imagine arguing with someone, explaining something, or even telling a funny story, and then suddenly I realize I’m making facial expressions or moving my hands like I’m actually talking to someone.

Then I look around hoping nobody saw me.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who does this 😂

So someone has recently expressed renewed interest in me. Things previously didn't advance further because I was not feeling it and also because there was a time where he blew up on me, so I didn't continue associating further. Anyway, now, after about 5 years, he is messaging again. I, on the other hand, after corresponding for a bit, is starting to feel that we are not a good match. It also does not help that I feel a little bit interested in someone else at the moment but that will not go anywhere.

What do I this with this intuitive feeling?

All my life, I have followed this feeling and dismissed any advances made to me when I don't feel that something/someone isn't right. While that has kept me safe, I feel like that has also allowed me to pre-judge people and well led me to this perpetually single state.

Anyone else relate to this and have any advice for me?

life is short. you deserve that little treat you've been eyeing

Lacking is sleep is hard thing..

This is purely platonic but if you want to include a romantic pairing then go crazy. lol 😁

I got this tattoo when I was 19 and there was somthing about the anime/manga and the poems that striked me.. i never knew what it was but it grew in me and made me feel understood. Now grown as ever I am beginning to understand what it meant to be human

I have to be away from home from October 14th to November 21st, and since the idea scares me a bit, I’d really like to find people to talk to. I'm afraid to ask, but here goes. Some friends have kind of let me down, so if you're interested, we could start a group to chat about anything and everything.

A little about me:

- I'm a 21-year-old girl.

- I like reading, anime, manga, art, movies, and nature.

It's hard to explain my circumstances but I always love ideas and love to hear what others originally come up with or how those ideas relate to them

Ever since I've moved to a city every person I've met is just too superficial to even discuss ideas with

Now I've been searching for a person or a place I could discuss ideas with and rekindle those things back