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    do you expect to be abandoned?

    unfortunately most people's love is conditional. i value honesty as much as i fear rejection so obviously this doesn't allow me to put myself out there very much. abandonment is a natural thing when friendships drift apart and become closer. it's a pattern i've pretty much accepted since there...
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    The Ice Queen (or king) lil rant

    i look more timid than intimidating but i am usually perceived as cold/distant/unfriendly when i'm just neutral. if extraverts are nice by approaching others and being friendly, introverts are nice by being polite when approached. be too nice and you can lead people on. it just doesn't feel...
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    INFJs and Enneagram

    sorry probably shouldn't have used that word but i meant core as in core focus applicable also to current situation. i didn't mean you aren't capable of other motivations strengthening, just that you can't force e-type to change before your perspective naturally shifts so in the meantime, like...
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    Mysterious

    yup i'm exactly the same way. i've been accused of being shady and lazy so the only deliberately mysterious thing about me is how people tend to project their fears/frustrations onto us quiet ones. i just don't trust that everyone will accept and understand me right off the bat like a loose...
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    INFJs and Enneagram

    as a four i want personal significance but it becomes an ego struggle to attain because we have to grapple with shame and envy. i also test highly as a six and i'm either a sp/so or so/sp. for me core motivation is a defense mechanism which hasn't fully integrated into a more holistic sense of...