Oh wow! I thought it's just me. I have great love for Life and humanity, but at the same time I feel disconnected with the world and what's happening around me. So freeing to know that this is part of my INFP-ness. Thank you! 😊
This is such an incredible video. It is scary how much this describes my situation. Everybody thought that being isolated during the pandemic was a horrible thing; I totally enjoyed it. I was never interested in sports, and could have lived in the library. Have travelled to five different continents, never on a tour, and always shed my American identity, and immediately become Jason Bourne. I don't wear clothing labels, because I already have a personailty, and if you can't interface with me as a person, you are summarily dismissed, as you are a waste of my time.
Thank you for sharing your very relatable experiences and viewpoints! "Participating but disconnected"...perfect description of INFP life in a sensor world 👍🏼I feel like the biggest tragedy for me in that regard is feeling "broken" for 40-plus years due to this disconnect and not knowing why. So a lifetime of limping along, trying to be 'normal' (participating), and still wondering why I can't make myself care about making tons of money or what state-of-the-art features the latest models of SUVs have. It's been super refreshing now, knowing that I'm not alone. And thanks for sharing how you came up with your colorful theme! It's like the Psych Casserole "brand." From day one, I thought it was INFPerfect!
Its crazy how much i relate to everything you just said 🥲 ive always struggled with feeling that disconnection my entire life. Its hard because it makes me feel like some sort of alien. Like theres something everyone else has that im just missing or not getting. And whats worse is that people pick up on that about me and they end up thinking im weird/ odd.
Wow. I can relate to you in so many ways 🤯! I totally live in my head which is always full of endless ideas, few of which ever come to fruition. I’ve traveled to some of the most amazing places on the planet yet the anticipation usually exceeds the actual experience. Thank you so much for being candid and making me feel not quite as alone! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love and admire how much genuineness comes across in the way you deport yourself and explain things. Oddly enough I was also thinking about dressing etc and it occurred to me that INFPs (or atleast I do) simply dress as an expression of how they feel rather than what they look like. So I could definitely relate to the tie die t-shirts as being about feeling colourful. Which goes back to the whole Ne/THC synesthetic thing - abstract thinking(N) has infinite value and its opposite (S) is finite - is defined. Also I totally chuckled about the whole winning prizes and awards thing. I remember feeling bad even because it would mean that someone who really wanted to win lost whereas I wasn't as hung up about winning as they obviously were - I mean it was nice and all but I wasn't going to die on that sword that sort of thing. In all , always great content and insights and I look forward to your next one!
I just found your channel. I resonate with a lot of what you've been saying. I was raised under a narcissist who was obsessed with appearances, so looks in fashion and the way I presented myself were always a way for me to stick it to the man. I totally relate with being noncompetitive though. Your talking about the 'disconnect' with the outside or physical world resonates also. I do sometimes find it hard to connect with people over trivial things like sports or pop culture. But it also goes back to school when something didn't stimulate or challenge me I would disconnect from that as well. I remember getting in trouble for drawing in class. One day the teacher (trying to prove a point) challenged me to pay attention before one test and to draw before another, she was mad that I had better retention when I was 'distracted' by drawing in her class.
I find the disconnect hard to explain to others in ways they resonate with. I find it to be a felt experience in and of itself alongside or prominent to whatever environment I'm in. If something really captures my interest it will sporadically go dormant but never for more than a few minutes. I think this is where stories, movies, music have a particular magic because they can distract me enough that I don't notice the disconnected sensation.
Tested INFP years and years ago, and never cared to explore the implications on my POV or life choices. Truthfully, I still am amused by how I identify with so much of what you describe here. (Thanks for that) It is good to not be the only freak in the room. Thanks for that, too. 😎
I totally get your point about competition: I don’t follow any particular sport, and I am so sick of competition that I completely stopped playing board games with friends that are too competitive. Competition is not my jam, definitely 😅
I struggle with being lost in physical space all the time lol, thank God for GPS invention or I would never go anywhere. Also with cleaning/organization. If I can not SEE my belongings it is like I literally forget they exist. I have to constantly declutter and try to visually organize all my spaces, which can really bother other types that want everything hidden in drawers and closets and cabinets
Great vid. To understand yourself, as you share with us, helps me understand my inner self as a j. Much better than 99% of the vids playing out there, keep them coming. Time to migrate back into my head. Peace.
Ha. I know nothing about sports and it has become part of my identity, my pride in never talking about sports. Yet as a kid, there were a few times where I remember feeling interested in watching an Australian football game - but in typical INFP fashion as an 8-year-old I would choose to support the least popular team in a league. Then they would end up folding and not existing anymore XD Anyway I haven't really followed sports for 25-30 years now.
So true on all points! I can't get sports and competition, im glad it wasn't expected of me as a girl. However as a girl i was expected to care about fashion and i just wear whatever is comfortable lol
I find this very true of me, I have never liked sports, but was able to do weights because I could do that while thinking about stuff, I have never been overly competitive. Even when I play games on my computer I am in my head at the same time
So relatable. I feel like I don't even have an identity because I live in my head . Sometimes I feel invisible like if people can actually see me . But then I also have anxiety and don't want to be seen. Like people don't really know me.
I can definitely relate to loving the idea of travel and in my case the outdoors in general but even when I am there, I find that my idea of the experience in my head was more enjoyable than actually being present in it 😂😂
INTP I like physical work. I don't like working out, it seems pointless and boring. I like loading and unloading trucks. Digging, carrying. I like martial arts, but not the competitive aspects. And I'm female. Now I'm old and not so good at these physical activities as I used to be. Frustrating. I don't care for competition either. I can see objectively the benefits of it, but it's not my thing.
Se can get so bad, that a person can literally live in a detrimental environment, which will bring their being way down, and not even see how their behavior is physically affecting their environment. It's a cycle of Fi-Si, where your feelings keep you stuck, then you go to your "comfort character" for support, only for your feelings to weigh you down again. It like, becomes normal for them. I've been there before. Actually went to therapy and took antidepressants for it, which was the only thing I could think of that'll work at the time. (Jesus is the answer now!) But yeah, when you're stuck in your own world all day, the environment around you may seem less important. And this isn't good. Gotta master that to level up as an infp :)
Hmm, I feel the odd one out as outfits I can be aware of the "harmony" and figure out what goes together. Though I must say it's a subtle awareness that is crushed easily if I am rushed or worried. Good old emotions dominating my conciousness. Though the impact of these outfits on other people does not register at all in my mind. And yes, I have no interest in sports or competition, well unless maybe if theres good food after and everyone is getting along like a happy family then sure, I am not against exerting myself for a hour and some doing a objective that has little bearing in my overall life. It's funny, not driven by the money, but by the ideals. Of course the trick is to have a balance in life that satisfies both. A life tip that I am doing right now is writing out all my goals each morning. My list is only a full onsided piece of lined paper. And its quietly satisfying because I am bringing my goals out of my head into reality. By no means completed, but the motion of my ideal goals being brought out over and over again into reality is something I look forward to each day.
Oh wow! I thought it's just me. I have great love for Life and humanity, but at the same time I feel disconnected with the world and what's happening around me. So freeing to know that this is part of my INFP-ness. Thank you! 😊
Your welcome Jostine and thanks for watching 😊
This is such an incredible video. It is scary how much this describes my situation. Everybody thought that being isolated during the pandemic was a horrible thing; I totally enjoyed it. I was never interested in sports, and could have lived in the library. Have travelled to five different continents, never on a tour, and always shed my American identity, and immediately become Jason Bourne.
I don't wear clothing labels, because I already have a personailty, and if you can't interface with me as a person, you are summarily dismissed, as you are a waste of my time.
Thank you for sharing your very relatable experiences and viewpoints! "Participating but disconnected"...perfect description of INFP life in a sensor world 👍🏼I feel like the biggest tragedy for me in that regard is feeling "broken" for 40-plus years due to this disconnect and not knowing why. So a lifetime of limping along, trying to be 'normal' (participating), and still wondering why I can't make myself care about making tons of money or what state-of-the-art features the latest models of SUVs have. It's been super refreshing now, knowing that I'm not alone. And thanks for sharing how you came up with your colorful theme! It's like the Psych Casserole "brand." From day one, I thought it was INFPerfect!
Its crazy how much i relate to everything you just said 🥲 ive always struggled with feeling that disconnection my entire life. Its hard because it makes me feel like some sort of alien. Like theres something everyone else has that im just missing or not getting. And whats worse is that people pick up on that about me and they end up thinking im weird/ odd.
Wow. I can relate to you in so many ways 🤯! I totally live in my head which is always full of endless ideas, few of which ever come to fruition. I’ve traveled to some of the most amazing places on the planet yet the anticipation usually exceeds the actual experience. Thank you so much for being candid and making me feel not quite as alone! 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love and admire how much genuineness comes across in the way you deport yourself and explain things. Oddly enough I was also thinking about dressing etc and it occurred to me that INFPs (or atleast I do) simply dress as an expression of how they feel rather than what they look like. So I could definitely relate to the tie die t-shirts as being about feeling colourful. Which goes back to the whole Ne/THC synesthetic thing - abstract thinking(N) has infinite value and its opposite (S) is finite - is defined. Also I totally chuckled about the whole winning prizes and awards thing. I remember feeling bad even because it would mean that someone who really wanted to win lost whereas I wasn't as hung up about winning as they obviously were - I mean it was nice and all but I wasn't going to die on that sword that sort of thing. In all , always great content and insights and I look forward to your next one!
I just found your channel. I resonate with a lot of what you've been saying. I was raised under a narcissist who was obsessed with appearances, so looks in fashion and the way I presented myself were always a way for me to stick it to the man. I totally relate with being noncompetitive though. Your talking about the 'disconnect' with the outside or physical world resonates also. I do sometimes find it hard to connect with people over trivial things like sports or pop culture. But it also goes back to school when something didn't stimulate or challenge me I would disconnect from that as well. I remember getting in trouble for drawing in class. One day the teacher (trying to prove a point) challenged me to pay attention before one test and to draw before another, she was mad that I had better retention when I was 'distracted' by drawing in her class.
I find the disconnect hard to explain to others in ways they resonate with. I find it to be a felt experience in and of itself alongside or prominent to whatever environment I'm in. If something really captures my interest it will sporadically go dormant but never for more than a few minutes. I think this is where stories, movies, music have a particular magic because they can distract me enough that I don't notice the disconnected sensation.
Tested INFP years and years ago, and never cared to explore the implications on my POV or life choices. Truthfully, I still am amused by how I identify with so much of what you describe here. (Thanks for that) It is good to not be the only freak in the room. Thanks for that, too. 😎
You are welcome Sandra, to be fair every human is a freak in their own individual ways. Thanks for your comment 😊🙏
I totally get your point about competition: I don’t follow any particular sport, and I am so sick of competition that I completely stopped playing board games with friends that are too competitive. Competition is not my jam, definitely 😅
Sports, trends, clothes, all the things that others gather and talk about means nothing to me. I can so relate to this.
This was deep, and indescribably relatable as an INFP-T 4w5 male. Wish the world could see all the beauty that goes through my mind every day.
I struggle with being lost in physical space all the time lol, thank God for GPS invention or I would never go anywhere. Also with cleaning/organization. If I can not SEE my belongings it is like I literally forget they exist. I have to constantly declutter and try to visually organize all my spaces, which can really bother other types that want everything hidden in drawers and closets and cabinets
Great vid. To understand yourself, as you share with us, helps me understand my inner self as a j. Much better than 99% of the vids playing out there, keep them coming. Time to migrate back into my head. Peace.
Ha. I know nothing about sports and it has become part of my identity, my pride in never talking about sports. Yet as a kid, there were a few times where I remember feeling interested in watching an Australian football game - but in typical INFP fashion as an 8-year-old I would choose to support the least popular team in a league. Then they would end up folding and not existing anymore XD Anyway I haven't really followed sports for 25-30 years now.
So true on all points! I can't get sports and competition, im glad it wasn't expected of me as a girl. However as a girl i was expected to care about fashion and i just wear whatever is comfortable lol
I find this very true of me, I have never liked sports, but was able to do weights because I could do that while thinking about stuff, I have never been overly competitive. Even when I play games on my computer I am in my head at the same time
I have to say, you sound like an INFP 🤣 thanks for watching friedegglet
So relatable. I feel like I don't even have an identity because I live in my head . Sometimes I feel invisible like if people can actually see me . But then I also have anxiety and don't want to be seen. Like people don't really know me.
Omg I am the same ! I question my identity everyday. I find it so weird to not have a concrete sens of self
I can definitely relate to loving the idea of travel and in my case the outdoors in general but even when I am there, I find that my idea of the experience in my head was more enjoyable than actually being present in it 😂😂
INTP I like physical work. I don't like working out, it seems pointless and boring. I like loading and unloading trucks. Digging, carrying. I like martial arts, but not the competitive aspects. And I'm female. Now I'm old and not so good at these physical activities as I used to be. Frustrating. I don't care for competition either. I can see objectively the benefits of it, but it's not my thing.
Se can get so bad, that a person can literally live in a detrimental environment, which will bring their being way down, and not even see how their behavior is physically affecting their environment.
It's a cycle of Fi-Si, where your feelings keep you stuck, then you go to your "comfort character" for support, only for your feelings to weigh you down again.
It like, becomes normal for them.
I've been there before. Actually went to therapy and took antidepressants for it, which was the only thing I could think of that'll work at the time. (Jesus is the answer now!)
But yeah, when you're stuck in your own world all day, the environment around you may seem less important. And this isn't good. Gotta master that to level up as an infp :)
Hmm, I feel the odd one out as outfits I can be aware of the "harmony" and figure out what goes together. Though I must say it's a subtle awareness that is crushed easily if I am rushed or worried. Good old emotions dominating my conciousness.
Though the impact of these outfits on other people does not register at all in my mind.
And yes, I have no interest in sports or competition, well unless maybe if theres good food after and everyone is getting along like a happy family then sure, I am not against exerting myself for a hour and some doing a objective that has little bearing in my overall life.
It's funny, not driven by the money, but by the ideals. Of course the trick is to have a balance in life that satisfies both.
A life tip that I am doing right now is writing out all my goals each morning. My list is only a full onsided piece of lined paper. And its quietly satisfying because I am bringing my goals out of my head into reality. By no means completed, but the motion of my ideal goals being brought out over and over again into reality is something I look forward to each day.
I'm so curious. What eneagram are you? I started learning about it a little time ago. For now I'm only almost certain that I'm 4w3 (also INFP)
I’m a 4w5 👍
@@psychcasserole Could you do a video on 4w5 vs 4w3? It would help me so much to clear any doubts. Thank you so much! 🙏
I like playing sports for fun never liked watching sports and organized sports watching bores me organized sports are to organized