"Right here and now!"
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Gay rights activists: known universally for their awesome signs
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INTJ Stereotypes Survey
- Intelligent: Yes, although only in specific areas that I know a lot about. I'm very confident when that is the case and pick up new things quickly, but I don't usually have a problem admitting I don't know something.
- Psychopath: Absolutely not. I think what people mean is actually a "sociopath," but for gods sake do some research and get it right.
- No Feelings: I have feelings, and very deep-seated ones at that. However, I almost never let random people/acquaintances see the real ones.
- Atheist: Not really, if anything I would say its more agnosticism. I was raised Roman Catholic (but in a very liberal parish), and I fully understand the need to find support in religious beliefs and I also find it hard to believe that a world as complicated as this one came about randomly and with no assistance.
- Not Romantic: I am a hopeless romantic. However, my inability to display and discomfort with most forms of emotional expression makes this a difficult dichotomy.
- Brutal and Direct: Internally, I am very honest and direct. Outwardly, I know when to just go along with something, present my version in a sane and logical manor, or just shut up. If I'm completely silent on a subject I probably disagree strongly with everything coming out or your mouth.
- Manipulates People: I will admit that I do see ways to manipulate people pretty easily, but that does not mean I would ever use them.
- Robots in Reality: If its in situations where I know absolutely no one, or don't know how to behave, I kind of shut down and go into automatic behavior mode.
- Antisocial: No, I just prefer smaller groups where I know people and can leave when I've had enough.
- Can't Say "I love you": This I will admit to. Emotional attachment scares the hell out of me because I am so prone to imagining the worst possible scenarios in any given situation. I won't even say if to my parents unless they initiate it.
- Want to be Alone 24/7: Not 24/7, but I do need time to recharge and decompress or I will end up hating every single person I talk to, no matter how much I actually care about them.
- Don't/Can't Care about Others: Absolutely untrue. I just often have trouble expressing it in the normal ways, but I'm generally close enough to the people for them to understand that its my nature.
- Megalomaniac by Nature: No, although I will admit to confidence in my own abilities. I am also aware that there are huge areas of knowledge that I do not possess and I leave those to the professionals.
- Don't Cry: No. But one of my worst fears is crying in front of anyone (parents included). I also have a tendency to just bottle things up and repress them until they all come out in one giant explosion. When I know this might happen, I will just put a super depressing movie on in my room and cry.
- Cannot/Will Not Fight: Absolutely hate confrontation, be it physical, emotional, or verbal.
- Like Conflict: See above answer.
- Self-Centered: No, although I do sometimes have trouble putting myself into someone else's shoes if I don't agree with them (their behavior just doesn't make sense to me).
- No Regret/Remorse: If I know that I am in the wrong, then I absolutely have remorse. If you have lied to me, continued to do something after I have warned you against it (couple of teammates playing through injuries, I am looking at you), or have generally fucked around with my emotional state; I will have little to no remorse over what happens to you or the end of our relationship (at that point, it is no longer my responsibility).
- Appear to be on Drugs: Not to my knowledge.
- Easily Bored if not Inspired: If its a story I have heard a million times, a problem you have already explained to me, or just something I'm not that interested it; I will probably tune you out for decent sections of the conversation. I will listen to enough to respond logically, but it won't be close to my full effort.
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“Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking” by Susan Cain
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“ If you’re an introvert, you also know that the bias against quiet can cause deep psychic pain. As a child you might have overheard your parents apologize for your shyness…. Or at school you might have been prodded to come ‘out of your shell’—that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and that some humans are just the same. ‘All the comments from childhood still ring in my ears, that I was lazy, stupid, slow, boring,’ writes a member of an e-mail list called Introvert Retreat. ‘By the time I was old enough to figure out that I was simply introverted, it was a part of my being, the assumption that there is something inherently wrong with me. I wish I could find that little vestige of doubt and remove it.
Now that you’re an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurants and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners. Or you’re told that you’re ‘in your head too much,’ a phrase that’s often deployed against the quiet and cerebral.
Of course, there’s another word for such people: thinkers.
”— Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (via thelaconicinkdrop) -
Guide to understanding the introverted. <3
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Top 10 Myths About Introverts
By Marti Laney, Psy.D.
Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk.
This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days.Myth #2 – Introverts are shy.
Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need is a reason to interact. They don’t interact for the sake of interacting. If you want to talk to an Introvert, just start talking. Don’t worry about being polite.Myth #3 – Introverts are rude.
Introverts often don’t see a reason for beating around the bush with social pleasantries. They want everyone to just be real and honest. Unfortunately, this is not acceptable in most settings, so Introverts can feel a lot of pressure to fit in, which they find exhausting. -
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your own worst enemy. The good news is, we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful.” — Laurie Helgoe (via onlinecounsellingcollege) -
“ God we fuck up teenagers’ heads. We tell them that biological conditions are moral punishments and then we get all shocked when they don’t practice rational risk management of biological conditions. We teach them “sex is super desirable and all the cool kids do it, and it’s hideously shameful and will destroy your life” and we wonder why they act an eensy bit neurotic about it. If you tried to design a system for making sexually active kids confused and unsafe, you couldn’t do much better than the American media and school system.
And for once, the answer is relatively simple. Just talk about sex like it’s a part of life. Some people have sex and some people don’t, because people are different. STIs aren’t bad because they’re Dirty Crotch Rot; they’re bad because they’re contagious illnesses like strep throat or whooping cough, and you can ask a doctor to check for and treat them just like you would with strep throat. Unwanted pregnancy isn’t a scarlet A; it’s a mostly-preventable accident that sometimes occurs when people are going about their normal business of having sex. You can ask the school counselor about a variety of topics, including career planning, problems at home, questions about sex, or conflicts with teachers.
If we could just get the goddamn stick out of our collective ass and accept that sex is a human activity and teenagers are humans, maybe there wouldn’t be quite so many plaintive “I don’t understand my body and I’m confused and scared and I don’t know anyone I can ask in person” messages flying out into the world.
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Bonk.
Bonk.
Bonk.
I CAN’T STOP WATCHING THIS
oh my gofd
oh my cod
It appears to be a wall of psychic energy.
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