Recent content by Artemisia

Thank you, Sandie33, this is helpful. I do wonder how things will turn out when I am older and (hopefully) wiser.

For some reason, I seem to have a strong animus and I may over identify with it. I am an academic and deep down I think I see myself spiritually as a wise old man.....or at least that is what I would like to be. I find myself most interested in historical figures who were either philosophers or...

My advice is to turn to Stoic philosophy. It was THE thing that helped me when I was in college. Start reading Marcus Aurelius, and then move to Epictetus and Seneca. Re-read multiple times. I am now a professor and have assigned these works to my students. Most of them have thanked me for...

I think it is difficult for people who have not lost parents/children/spouses to understand this. And the more people you lose who are very close to you the worse it gets because each death also brings about the pain of the previous ones, also forcing you to think "I will be next". For me these...

@Bellosome, I feel exactly the same way. I hate the pressure I put myself through every day to produce more and more work. I am actually doing very well, but it is a rare day that I feel I am doing enough. In the back of my mind, I am afraid that I will run out of time and that I will not leave...

I have noticed that a few people, including myself, who have lost parents or loved ones at younger ages (childhood, young adulthood, 20s) tend to be more conscious of their own mortality and also of the passage of time. I lost both of my parents by the time I was 34 and now, at almost 39, I feel...

I agree. I was so unaware in my 20s, and I actually thought I was more mature than my peers. But perhaps self-awareness is one of those traits that comes with maturity, although there are people in their 50s, 60s and beyond who are still unaware.

I think INFJs are probably the types who are most willing to dig deep within themselves in order to "make the unconscious conscious", as Jung would say. Of course this is usually true of older INFJs but by becoming self-aware one becomes mature. Why are most other MBTI types not as interested...

Since college I have been sexually aroused by intellectual men who are unusual, sometimes even on the autism spectrum. It is only recently that for some reason I discovered that I can even get aroused by solving intellectual problems and that for some reason I associate intellectuality with...

I struggle a lot when it comes to dealing with certain aspects in others. I seek emotional and intellectual depth and it seems that most people only want to look at human nature and the world in a superficial way. For example, my INTP boyfriend doesn't like talking with his dad even though the...

What is your opinion on this? With increasing numbers of millenials not buying homes, job insecurity, and migrating for work, do you think our concept of home will change in the next two decades?

One of my pet peeves is rambling questions and answers. I feel like if I ask a question, most people will ramble on and on when they could answer the question in two or three sentences. Same with people asking questions in academic conferences or seminars. I feel like it is a total waste of my...

Does this INFJ "talent" make others feel uneasy around you? Do some people hate you because you can read them and bring up hidden motivations?

Yes. Because as we all know, there is obviously one type of healthy INFJ and every one of them has similar experiences. :unamused:

You do realize that not all of us can spend every day on an online forum, right?