poeticinfp
Newbie
- MBTI
- INFP
I have read the sticky thread above about the feeling of not belonging even if you're surrounded by family, friends, and co-workers.
I am in college now and this kind of feeling is most painful during college because of the peculiar setting and being at that age where people search for their sense of identity.
The thing is I don't think I belong with other INFP or possibly J. And it's a very peculiar thing.
I am able to identify with the posts on the INFP website. I can read through posts that make me go "Oh, my goodness, I can't believe someone else thought/felt/experienced that ! I thought I was an alien stranded on this planet!"
I am able to read posts where I felt like the person took my words right out of my mouth.
But when I over to the chatroom, and started talking to people, I realized how different I am from them. People in the chat room engage in online banter which to me is analogous to what ESXX people do in real life when they engage in small talk in terms of the chaotic flow, the bubbly, over-excited atmosphere.
It's not just chat though. I've been PM'ing some people and visiting their websites etc. and I'm just not really seeing any of the idealism or compassion that our type is supposed to have. I'm feeling like I have nothing in connecton with these people even though these are the same people that make the posts that make me say "me too!"
Why is that I can identify with people on the forum posts, but when it comes to they themselves I don't feel connected to them at all ?
Is it soemthing about the nature of forum posts that causes this ?
Are forum posts meant to be detached and theoretical and therefore don't say anything about the person him/herself ?
I am in college now and this kind of feeling is most painful during college because of the peculiar setting and being at that age where people search for their sense of identity.
The thing is I don't think I belong with other INFP or possibly J. And it's a very peculiar thing.
I am able to identify with the posts on the INFP website. I can read through posts that make me go "Oh, my goodness, I can't believe someone else thought/felt/experienced that ! I thought I was an alien stranded on this planet!"
I am able to read posts where I felt like the person took my words right out of my mouth.
But when I over to the chatroom, and started talking to people, I realized how different I am from them. People in the chat room engage in online banter which to me is analogous to what ESXX people do in real life when they engage in small talk in terms of the chaotic flow, the bubbly, over-excited atmosphere.
It's not just chat though. I've been PM'ing some people and visiting their websites etc. and I'm just not really seeing any of the idealism or compassion that our type is supposed to have. I'm feeling like I have nothing in connecton with these people even though these are the same people that make the posts that make me say "me too!"
Why is that I can identify with people on the forum posts, but when it comes to they themselves I don't feel connected to them at all ?
Is it soemthing about the nature of forum posts that causes this ?
Are forum posts meant to be detached and theoretical and therefore don't say anything about the person him/herself ?
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