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I Illustrate The Difficulties I Face As An Introvert

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I draw “INFJoe Cartoons” to encourage and validate fellow introverts and INFJs (one of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types). I try to find a little humor in the difficulties introverts and INFJs face while navigating life, so making these cartoons is also a kind of therapy for me.

I began drawing them with a Sharpie on regular copy paper. In 2013, however, when my wife and I planned a 2-month trip to Spain, I bought an iPad to be more mobile and started making them with a stylus and Paper by FiftyThree.

For those of you who do not share the introvert preference or the INFJ personality type, I hope these cartoons will give you a little insight and understanding into our world. Thank you for looking!

More info: infjoe.wordpress.com

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INFJoe

I'm an INFJ joe, amid extroverts, sensors, thinkers, and perceivers, and still coming to terms with it on a daily basis.

I'm an INFJ joe, amid extroverts, sensors, thinkers, and perceivers, and still coming to terms with it on a daily basis.

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AmeliaVanDonsel 9 years ago

I'm an INTJ and also a female, the rarest personality type for a girl. It's definitely hard. People think I'm shy and weird; I'm not, I'm just more comfortable alone or with very few people. I instinctively view people as irrational and this really annoys my family, with the exception of my twin sister, also an INTJ. I'm so glad this comic depicts what I do, especially the not-talking part. People get annoyed about that. :)

48points

NinaBelikidou 9 years ago

INTJ female here too!I get easily tired by interaction with other people and quickly bored..:/ I gotta say its hard.Tired of hearing that i'm ''antisocial''

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DyaneCruz 9 years ago

INTJ female here! I have such a hard time with my mom's family which are all a bunch of extroverts. Also, I always mess up when talking to people, hurt their feelings with no intention. Can't do anything about it, tho.

2points

lakithatolbert 9 years ago

Yep! INTJ WoC, here. Hello!

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TeaBerries 9 years ago

I'm an INTJ girl too. :) I'm a total introvert, and can I just say that if I owned my place, that door WOULD be My door. I saw all the locks and was like, "OMG, I'm not the only one!"

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I'm INFJ and my lifetime boyfriend is INTJ. It's funny how actually INFJ and INTJ can understand each other easily, and make their company of the other one "bearable" ^^ People don't get the way we work, we both do our stuff, he is in his office on his computer, I'm watching documentary about monkeys on tv, and we met somewhere in the middle. He gives me the space I need, I do the same, but we ALWAYS feel this deep connection, INTJ are so realiable ! It works very well in a relationship, I'm in charge of the "present moment", and he's planning our future, it's a win-win situation ;)

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StromaSutton 9 years ago

INTJ here I relate too.

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KorinaAndreaDelCastillo 9 years ago

ah my people :D female INFJ/P here

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ManaMachine 9 years ago

Me too. Hi! I'm not strongly introverted, but I can identify with a lot of the above images.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

"'m an INTJ and also a female, the rarest personality type for a girl." Wow, I didn't realize we were rare!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Wow your twin is an INTJ too. Being so rare, it's wonderful that you two have someone else who "gets" the other.

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NikkiL 9 years ago

I absolutely love these! It's good to know that someone else understands how this all feels. Haha. Thank you!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for looking!

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DaliaTamulytė 9 years ago

I am INTP and I guess my case is that I canot accept myself for who I am. I often interact with people but all I say is just a bunch of rubbish because I rarely truly want to have that conversation. This makes people think that I care for them when I don't. It seems that few people have this problem which makes it harder accepting myself for who I am. I want to have a lot of friends but it's hard to text or ask people out regularly because you don't really want to see them. I wish I wasn't an introvert.

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CMonday 9 years ago

You couldn't have expressed me any better. You are in my brain. I know, you don't want to be;)

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AnneCeciliePedersen 8 years ago

Hahaha thank you Dalia! Funny when (-:and I well know what you mean..!) About: want to ask people out but Din't Really wanna see them.. oh maybe I am wrong like: I am Not shure what you mean... because I have to decribe it the way it is for me: Got 1 girl-friend, one 'crazy' mother and Don't know my daughter over 19 years now and Hope to meet family Father - side wich I never have but live together with the father of Our Only 'child' and I was Denied to rause her... so I wonder:did I want it this Lonely way or did I not Desurve a better life cause i've done some Bad things long time ago... will it get better if I tried to change and do things differently so I'll be 'rewarded' some - how and get to be moore satisfied=feel better and smile moore... seems I May be scared of changing if it Fails... cause I can barely cope with my life as ut is for a while now... my fault and it takes all of me to find ways to cope...

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FrodeHaugsand 9 years ago

Norway is a nice place to be an introvert :) Small talk with strangers is a big no-no. And in public space, almost everyone takes the seat farthest away from anyone else. Personal space is pretty much sacred here.

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KathiMcCallum 9 years ago

I recognize myself in some of these cartoons. Makes me feel a bit pathetic. (Sigh.)

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Oh, no! You are not pathetic! You are just wired in a unique way.

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MartineHubert 9 years ago

My life. Thank you.

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GrellCornwillSutcliff 9 years ago

Yeah INTJ female too. Last nights work scenario went much like this: "Oh, that's a new face, that's another new face. Where's my regular staff? Please don't sit at my desk. Please don't sit next to me. Oh not idol chit chat. I'm trying to work. Go away now, I have my own stuff to do.....good....you go over there. I'll talk to you later if I need." My other main issue is that I get bored with work that wont allow me to change systems or expand on thoughts and ideas. So...so...bored. So bored, I'm studying a new field. Misunderstood and unchallenged by the mundane.

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AgnieszkaBudzińska 9 years ago

female INFP here, I can relate to many of those :D well done! :)

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VanessaHinostroza 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and I find image 22 exactly as my behavior :D

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TimmyGriffin 9 years ago

People don't seem to understand that sometimes I don't have anything to say or I don't want to be bothered at all. Often I run my thoughts a couple of times in my brain to hear them how they sound, because when they come out of my mouth they sound illogical, rash something within those lines. That's when people around me misunderstand me and are quick to judge me based on that. PS: I re-wrote and read this at least 5 times....what I mean to say is that I see myself in some of these illustrations.

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I do the same, my bf calls that "being in my monkey world" :))

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LanaSajaja 9 years ago

OMG I am an INTJ, I just found out from these cartoons, I don't even know what these initials stand for!!! But I am like this and everybody think I'm weird or have psychological issue's, I don't know what to think now!!!! I wanna learn more about it can someone please tell me where I can find the best information about this. Thank you so much INFJoe for sharing you made my day.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Hi Lana. There are many resources out there online. Just google "Myers-Briggs". A book that I first started out with was "Do What You Are" by Tiger. Good luck on your journey!

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LyndaHennell 9 years ago

I never considered that at 62 I might have been an introvert all of my life.. Now many questions are answered, and all I need to do is get my husband to understand. He also thinks I am weird, standoffish and shy. thanks so much for this!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

You are NOT weird. You rock.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

Thank you for understanding!!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for looking and identifying. :)

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

Thank you for understanding!

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I always thought I was weird, until I discovered the MBTI and that I was an INFJ... Reading about it helped a LOT to understand myself ! Now I fully embrace who I am ! On many level we are living in an extrovert world, where it's well perceived to socialize, professionnaly you have to create a network, things like that... If you are introvert, you are called "no-life" most of the time, or people think you are just suffering of a mental disease :)) Nope, we are not ill, we are just ourselves, very sane actually :p

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HollyWoods 9 years ago

Describes me to a T and I am finally at a point in my life that I am ok with that. It only took me almost 45 years. I have a lot less stress in my life now that I'm not trying to be someone I'm not to please others.

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KAKACIMA 9 years ago

Yes I'm like this. I don't know I'm 15-16 and still growing, but I'm quite unsociable. Especially at family gatherings I hate when the attention is on me, I just feel the need to walk out the room and go upstairs and watch random YouTube videos until they all disappear. Even over small things like "why aren't you sitting down?" (I usually stand by the doorway to avoid) Or my favourite "why are you so quiet? She'd so shy" lool please just shush I'm comfortable right now, you're just making things worse.

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KAKACIMA 9 years ago

She's* and it's quite comforting knowing that there are other people like this.

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NuniksGayatri 9 years ago

It's fun to see my life in a comic like this! Lol

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Katsuri 9 years ago

Now I know who I am :)

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KoxKox 9 years ago

Me too, just find out xD

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LukeHeironimus 9 years ago

Number 6 is the worst.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

I feel your pain.

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ChrisStokes 9 years ago

i love all of these .. although i kinda hate that i relate

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HawthornMermaid 9 years ago

Although I like being alone I’m also glad that I’m not alone… :)

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MurrayJohnson 9 years ago

I thought I was the only person who used the phrase "peopled out!"

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LeahJ 9 years ago

Same here! INFJ. After school I collapse on my bed and tell my parents I'm too peopled out to do anything else

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HauntedSanDiego 9 years ago

I'm an INFJ to the max...LOL. I appreciated and laughed out loud at these!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thanks fellow INFJ. :)

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KarenCrosby 9 years ago

You really described me as well. Other people in the world do not understand when I need my alone time, how people/conversations can drain me. Thank you for sharing these.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to look, Karen.

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LindaNewhouse 9 years ago

I love these. You hit the nail on the head. I hover between INFP and INFJ, with a bit stronger on the P side. My health has been poor for a few years now. I am perfectly happy lying around with just me and my lap top. The first one reminded me of my first roommate in college. We would eat at the same time with each of us reading a book at the table.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

I'm very sorry about your health, Linda. Yes, it's nice to have someone to share the silence.

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KristenHz 9 years ago

#22. I'm the INFP wife. Totally relate.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

INFPs are awesome!

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CaraKaminsky 9 years ago

Perfect!

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prestoli 9 years ago

INFJ female here. These are spot on!!

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ValerijaGavrilenko 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and these comics are amazing. :D

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ValerijaGavrilenko 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and these comics are amazing! :D

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DanielaBlueMoonBoal 9 years ago

I'm INFP however I scored 99% introvert lol Anyway, I can relate to a lot of this :>

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IoannaKokkaliari 9 years ago

I have no idea what kind of personality I am (WA, perhaps? weird and annoying :-) but I can relate very well with the wife's exercise walk!

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ClaireMilner 9 years ago

Wonderful cartoons! That's me---classic introvert, and proud of it (in a quiet way, lol).

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ClaireMilner 9 years ago

This is so who I am--- classic introvert, and proud of it. Thanks for the wonderful cartoons!

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ConradDemmocks 9 years ago

Have to get me one of those INFJ tees...

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MmPark 9 years ago

Brilliant!

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StephanieRodrigue 9 years ago

Thank you so much for these. Makes it easier to understand myself.

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JoMcRae 9 years ago

The cartoons are amusing! I certainly identify with them. Having just googled INTJ and INFJ, I now know a bit more than 0% about the subject. I was considered a loner and a bookworm as a child - which I think is a better definition of me than a list of capital letters that require a degree in something to understand. However I also dislike being categorised - like someone telling me they know about me because of my birth sign. We are all endlessly variable and capable of so much, especially if we step outside our 'known' behaviour.

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EllieLoughlin 9 years ago

I'm an ENTP and I found number 22 funny as I'm totally like that with my phone when walking with my fiance.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

For all my fellow introverts out there, I urge you to get Susan Cain's book, 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'. If you've never heard/understood terms like introvert/extrovert it explains it all in such a clear, understandable way! It's so much more than being shy vs. outgoing. I cannot recommend this book highly enough! And no, I don't know her or work for her and I'm not getting paid anything to say this. I just want to offer some help to those who may want it.

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MaryYamada 9 years ago

Those are great cartoons, but I'd like to see some drawn based on an Introverted Extrovert, which is me. Having gradually lost my hearing until becoming completely deaf at age 21, my extreme extrovertism dimmed (you Introverts might object to the idea of "dimmed"), until I finally learned it was best to communicate with live people over the net.

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KarlDesmartes 9 years ago

I may be wrong, but I'd say not an introvert, but a solitary. Introverts have difficulties to communicate, even if they want to. Solitary are better alone, and don't understand the need to communicate.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Hi Karl. Introversion and extroversion have to do with where one directs his energy and how one gets energized. In general, introverts focus internally and get their energy from being alone. In general, extroverts direct their energy outwardly and get energized from being around others. We are all somewhere different on the introvert/extrovert continuum. I happen to be an extreme introvert, but an INFJ who is very relational. :)

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JudyPattulloMcKune 9 years ago

just about right

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PamelaSorin 9 years ago

It is so nice to see that I'm not alone in my wanting to be alone. :)

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WioletaPodsiadła 9 years ago

I love it who I am! but it surely makes living among well... everyone freaking hard.

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TiagoCruz 9 years ago

The funniest one for me and my gf is the last one. We're both INTJ type personalities and we relate very much with this one and the other comics.

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MistyHunter 9 years ago

I'm the same. Good to see I'm not the only one!

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MarliesV.SintAnnaland 9 years ago

1.2.8.13. All are brilliant. Please keep up the good work!

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EmmaPeel 9 years ago

Oh this is so to the heart of ME. Thank thee!

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LauraCold 9 years ago

I took a test with INFP result but I don't see my self in this. Maybe 1. and 23. picture. Anyone same?

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MarcusSingleton 9 years ago

What is INTJ?

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

INTJ is one of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality type. If you google it, you can get more information. There are many assessments online, though it's best to do one with a certified MBTI counselor.

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KoxKox 9 years ago

I did not know that i am introvert untill i have read this comic. Now i dont know what to think. It's not a big deal i guess :D

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Fruitypuffs 9 years ago

Though I'm an ISFJ, I can relate to some of these because I'm a total introvert and sometimes I do get annoyed that some people have misunderstandings about me.

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Pamela 9 years ago

Stay unique, people! Don't just be one of the crowd! :)

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NickWard 9 years ago

Oh, this is sooooo me. I sometimes feel completely weird for just wanting to be alone for 'me time' -it drives my girlfriend mad- so thank you for highlighting this, and helping me understand that I'm not totally unique in my desire for aloneness!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

You are definitely not alone! And not weird for needing alone time.

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BarbaraHarrell 9 years ago

I also can relate to all of these....

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

So glad! Thank you for looking.

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ChericePope 9 years ago

I love these! I'm INTJ, but lucky for us that's only one letter off. Thanks for being awesome.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thanks! INTJs are awesome.

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Rachel Gericke 6 years ago

Insightful, wry, authentic and bravely engaging via virtual space 😊 Thank you.

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O Waters 7 years ago

Hahaha! 😂 Finally, comics that convey how I'm feeling. I wish I had the guts to actually say what the girl in comic panel 21 did, that what save me soooo much energy and socializing.

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MeghanvanGindertael 8 years ago

I am an INFP and #22 made me laugh, for sure. That is exactly how we go for a walk! :)

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CaroleHeegaard 9 years ago

I totally get it. I do enjoy Co version with my dog though.

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MarceloGarib 9 years ago

INFJ's Meetup....that would be nice.

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JerRiches 9 years ago

I've been on Ciprolex II (Teva-Escitalopram) for over a year and dont get any of these problems anymore. I actually feel normal and dont obsess over things that dont matter (ツ

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NiqueArr 9 years ago

He should draw a comic about when people sing happy birthday to you or expect to watch you open up your gifts. The WORST

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SamanthaGump 9 years ago

INTJ female. At this point I will walk away mid conversation or just inform people I am not interested in what they are saying. Sounds so bad when I put it that way but I don't have the mental stability to handle it.

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GwendalynLofton 9 years ago

I'm an INFP lol 22 was very accurate.

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SteveChitty 9 years ago

Wonderful whimsical window well worth worshiping

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JaneSmith 9 years ago

Can I be both, please? It's like having a secret identity...

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JoMcRae 9 years ago

this article was very interesting - but even more interesting than the article is the fact that my comment that was not as favourable as these, was deleted. Apparently parrot responses only are approved.

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bluebellz 9 years ago

Although I am not INTJ. I understand them because my sis is.

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NancyBacon 9 years ago

What does the J stand for? I may be the same but not sure what the whole abreviation means... introvert (something)? Also INFJ?

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ElizabethHazen 9 years ago

I'm INTJ but I'm often talkative and loud, but I get tired of people after a bit. Right now I'm a counselor at my camp and I love it and being with the kids but most of the other staff are complete extroverts and don't realize that they aren't excluding me when I read or knit with my ear buds in for our time off or as I like to think of it, break from people time, instead of socializing with them. Its a little weird because at home most of my friends and all of my close friends are introverts and understand our shared need for taking our down time alone.

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AnnDaley 9 years ago

I am also an INTJ female and I've gotten used to being thought of as weird, cold, unfeeling, and antisocial. I am none of those things, but if someone doesn't want to take the time to talk with me one on one and find out who I really am, then it's their loss.

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PaulGoldstein 9 years ago

Can someone help me out with this.....I am extremely extroverted to the outside world but am highly introverted alone. I constantly feel the need to talk to people a lot of the time but also want to be left the first alone. I have a super genius iq / math prodigy (which I can't stand and just want to play some funky bass in my Hiphop band). I was extremely introverted for a long time growing up yet now I can't shut up. A lot of times even when I initiated the conversation in just start to tune out as most people bore me to death with their inane drivel. I like to be home with my girl as much as I like to be the life if the party. I hate going our to eat and would much rather eat in. I have an EXTREMELY logical mind yet love to play improvisational music. When I took the Meyers Briggs test I had trouble answering the questions because the answer depends on my mood. Some people think of my as a buttoned up tech guru while others think I am a Coked up raving lunatic.

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JocelynTownsend 9 years ago

found it!

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LadyMai 9 years ago

So true with the INFP(My type as a female) and INFJ walk. My fiance is an INTP and he focuses on the next steps and I stop to enjoy the little things.

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KonstantinNanov 9 years ago

I am an INTJ and I don't care much about any of the comments below !!!

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

*tricking the INTJ* Well, you say you don't care but you comment about it, it's not very rational :D

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AmeliaVanDonsel 9 years ago

I'm an INTJ and also a female, the rarest personality type for a girl. It's definitely hard. People think I'm shy and weird; I'm not, I'm just more comfortable alone or with very few people. I instinctively view people as irrational and this really annoys my family, with the exception of my twin sister, also an INTJ. I'm so glad this comic depicts what I do, especially the not-talking part. People get annoyed about that. :)

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NinaBelikidou 9 years ago

INTJ female here too!I get easily tired by interaction with other people and quickly bored..:/ I gotta say its hard.Tired of hearing that i'm ''antisocial''

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DyaneCruz 9 years ago

INTJ female here! I have such a hard time with my mom's family which are all a bunch of extroverts. Also, I always mess up when talking to people, hurt their feelings with no intention. Can't do anything about it, tho.

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lakithatolbert 9 years ago

Yep! INTJ WoC, here. Hello!

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TeaBerries 9 years ago

I'm an INTJ girl too. :) I'm a total introvert, and can I just say that if I owned my place, that door WOULD be My door. I saw all the locks and was like, "OMG, I'm not the only one!"

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I'm INFJ and my lifetime boyfriend is INTJ. It's funny how actually INFJ and INTJ can understand each other easily, and make their company of the other one "bearable" ^^ People don't get the way we work, we both do our stuff, he is in his office on his computer, I'm watching documentary about monkeys on tv, and we met somewhere in the middle. He gives me the space I need, I do the same, but we ALWAYS feel this deep connection, INTJ are so realiable ! It works very well in a relationship, I'm in charge of the "present moment", and he's planning our future, it's a win-win situation ;)

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StromaSutton 9 years ago

INTJ here I relate too.

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KorinaAndreaDelCastillo 9 years ago

ah my people :D female INFJ/P here

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ManaMachine 9 years ago

Me too. Hi! I'm not strongly introverted, but I can identify with a lot of the above images.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

"'m an INTJ and also a female, the rarest personality type for a girl." Wow, I didn't realize we were rare!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Wow your twin is an INTJ too. Being so rare, it's wonderful that you two have someone else who "gets" the other.

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NikkiL 9 years ago

I absolutely love these! It's good to know that someone else understands how this all feels. Haha. Thank you!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for looking!

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DaliaTamulytė 9 years ago

I am INTP and I guess my case is that I canot accept myself for who I am. I often interact with people but all I say is just a bunch of rubbish because I rarely truly want to have that conversation. This makes people think that I care for them when I don't. It seems that few people have this problem which makes it harder accepting myself for who I am. I want to have a lot of friends but it's hard to text or ask people out regularly because you don't really want to see them. I wish I wasn't an introvert.

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CMonday 9 years ago

You couldn't have expressed me any better. You are in my brain. I know, you don't want to be;)

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AnneCeciliePedersen 8 years ago

Hahaha thank you Dalia! Funny when (-:and I well know what you mean..!) About: want to ask people out but Din't Really wanna see them.. oh maybe I am wrong like: I am Not shure what you mean... because I have to decribe it the way it is for me: Got 1 girl-friend, one 'crazy' mother and Don't know my daughter over 19 years now and Hope to meet family Father - side wich I never have but live together with the father of Our Only 'child' and I was Denied to rause her... so I wonder:did I want it this Lonely way or did I not Desurve a better life cause i've done some Bad things long time ago... will it get better if I tried to change and do things differently so I'll be 'rewarded' some - how and get to be moore satisfied=feel better and smile moore... seems I May be scared of changing if it Fails... cause I can barely cope with my life as ut is for a while now... my fault and it takes all of me to find ways to cope...

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FrodeHaugsand 9 years ago

Norway is a nice place to be an introvert :) Small talk with strangers is a big no-no. And in public space, almost everyone takes the seat farthest away from anyone else. Personal space is pretty much sacred here.

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KathiMcCallum 9 years ago

I recognize myself in some of these cartoons. Makes me feel a bit pathetic. (Sigh.)

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Oh, no! You are not pathetic! You are just wired in a unique way.

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MartineHubert 9 years ago

My life. Thank you.

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GrellCornwillSutcliff 9 years ago

Yeah INTJ female too. Last nights work scenario went much like this: "Oh, that's a new face, that's another new face. Where's my regular staff? Please don't sit at my desk. Please don't sit next to me. Oh not idol chit chat. I'm trying to work. Go away now, I have my own stuff to do.....good....you go over there. I'll talk to you later if I need." My other main issue is that I get bored with work that wont allow me to change systems or expand on thoughts and ideas. So...so...bored. So bored, I'm studying a new field. Misunderstood and unchallenged by the mundane.

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AgnieszkaBudzińska 9 years ago

female INFP here, I can relate to many of those :D well done! :)

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VanessaHinostroza 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and I find image 22 exactly as my behavior :D

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TimmyGriffin 9 years ago

People don't seem to understand that sometimes I don't have anything to say or I don't want to be bothered at all. Often I run my thoughts a couple of times in my brain to hear them how they sound, because when they come out of my mouth they sound illogical, rash something within those lines. That's when people around me misunderstand me and are quick to judge me based on that. PS: I re-wrote and read this at least 5 times....what I mean to say is that I see myself in some of these illustrations.

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I do the same, my bf calls that "being in my monkey world" :))

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LanaSajaja 9 years ago

OMG I am an INTJ, I just found out from these cartoons, I don't even know what these initials stand for!!! But I am like this and everybody think I'm weird or have psychological issue's, I don't know what to think now!!!! I wanna learn more about it can someone please tell me where I can find the best information about this. Thank you so much INFJoe for sharing you made my day.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Hi Lana. There are many resources out there online. Just google "Myers-Briggs". A book that I first started out with was "Do What You Are" by Tiger. Good luck on your journey!

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LyndaHennell 9 years ago

I never considered that at 62 I might have been an introvert all of my life.. Now many questions are answered, and all I need to do is get my husband to understand. He also thinks I am weird, standoffish and shy. thanks so much for this!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

You are NOT weird. You rock.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

Thank you for understanding!!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for looking and identifying. :)

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

Thank you for understanding!

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

I always thought I was weird, until I discovered the MBTI and that I was an INFJ... Reading about it helped a LOT to understand myself ! Now I fully embrace who I am ! On many level we are living in an extrovert world, where it's well perceived to socialize, professionnaly you have to create a network, things like that... If you are introvert, you are called "no-life" most of the time, or people think you are just suffering of a mental disease :)) Nope, we are not ill, we are just ourselves, very sane actually :p

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HollyWoods 9 years ago

Describes me to a T and I am finally at a point in my life that I am ok with that. It only took me almost 45 years. I have a lot less stress in my life now that I'm not trying to be someone I'm not to please others.

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KAKACIMA 9 years ago

Yes I'm like this. I don't know I'm 15-16 and still growing, but I'm quite unsociable. Especially at family gatherings I hate when the attention is on me, I just feel the need to walk out the room and go upstairs and watch random YouTube videos until they all disappear. Even over small things like "why aren't you sitting down?" (I usually stand by the doorway to avoid) Or my favourite "why are you so quiet? She'd so shy" lool please just shush I'm comfortable right now, you're just making things worse.

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KAKACIMA 9 years ago

She's* and it's quite comforting knowing that there are other people like this.

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NuniksGayatri 9 years ago

It's fun to see my life in a comic like this! Lol

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Katsuri 9 years ago

Now I know who I am :)

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KoxKox 9 years ago

Me too, just find out xD

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LukeHeironimus 9 years ago

Number 6 is the worst.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

I feel your pain.

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ChrisStokes 9 years ago

i love all of these .. although i kinda hate that i relate

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HawthornMermaid 9 years ago

Although I like being alone I’m also glad that I’m not alone… :)

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MurrayJohnson 9 years ago

I thought I was the only person who used the phrase "peopled out!"

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LeahJ 9 years ago

Same here! INFJ. After school I collapse on my bed and tell my parents I'm too peopled out to do anything else

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HauntedSanDiego 9 years ago

I'm an INFJ to the max...LOL. I appreciated and laughed out loud at these!!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thanks fellow INFJ. :)

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KarenCrosby 9 years ago

You really described me as well. Other people in the world do not understand when I need my alone time, how people/conversations can drain me. Thank you for sharing these.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to look, Karen.

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LindaNewhouse 9 years ago

I love these. You hit the nail on the head. I hover between INFP and INFJ, with a bit stronger on the P side. My health has been poor for a few years now. I am perfectly happy lying around with just me and my lap top. The first one reminded me of my first roommate in college. We would eat at the same time with each of us reading a book at the table.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

I'm very sorry about your health, Linda. Yes, it's nice to have someone to share the silence.

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KristenHz 9 years ago

#22. I'm the INFP wife. Totally relate.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

INFPs are awesome!

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CaraKaminsky 9 years ago

Perfect!

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prestoli 9 years ago

INFJ female here. These are spot on!!

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ValerijaGavrilenko 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and these comics are amazing. :D

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ValerijaGavrilenko 9 years ago

I'm an INFP and these comics are amazing! :D

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DanielaBlueMoonBoal 9 years ago

I'm INFP however I scored 99% introvert lol Anyway, I can relate to a lot of this :>

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IoannaKokkaliari 9 years ago

I have no idea what kind of personality I am (WA, perhaps? weird and annoying :-) but I can relate very well with the wife's exercise walk!

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ClaireMilner 9 years ago

Wonderful cartoons! That's me---classic introvert, and proud of it (in a quiet way, lol).

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ClaireMilner 9 years ago

This is so who I am--- classic introvert, and proud of it. Thanks for the wonderful cartoons!

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ConradDemmocks 9 years ago

Have to get me one of those INFJ tees...

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MmPark 9 years ago

Brilliant!

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StephanieRodrigue 9 years ago

Thank you so much for these. Makes it easier to understand myself.

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JoMcRae 9 years ago

The cartoons are amusing! I certainly identify with them. Having just googled INTJ and INFJ, I now know a bit more than 0% about the subject. I was considered a loner and a bookworm as a child - which I think is a better definition of me than a list of capital letters that require a degree in something to understand. However I also dislike being categorised - like someone telling me they know about me because of my birth sign. We are all endlessly variable and capable of so much, especially if we step outside our 'known' behaviour.

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EllieLoughlin 9 years ago

I'm an ENTP and I found number 22 funny as I'm totally like that with my phone when walking with my fiance.

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Yesica1993 9 years ago

For all my fellow introverts out there, I urge you to get Susan Cain's book, 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'. If you've never heard/understood terms like introvert/extrovert it explains it all in such a clear, understandable way! It's so much more than being shy vs. outgoing. I cannot recommend this book highly enough! And no, I don't know her or work for her and I'm not getting paid anything to say this. I just want to offer some help to those who may want it.

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MaryYamada 9 years ago

Those are great cartoons, but I'd like to see some drawn based on an Introverted Extrovert, which is me. Having gradually lost my hearing until becoming completely deaf at age 21, my extreme extrovertism dimmed (you Introverts might object to the idea of "dimmed"), until I finally learned it was best to communicate with live people over the net.

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KarlDesmartes 9 years ago

I may be wrong, but I'd say not an introvert, but a solitary. Introverts have difficulties to communicate, even if they want to. Solitary are better alone, and don't understand the need to communicate.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Hi Karl. Introversion and extroversion have to do with where one directs his energy and how one gets energized. In general, introverts focus internally and get their energy from being alone. In general, extroverts direct their energy outwardly and get energized from being around others. We are all somewhere different on the introvert/extrovert continuum. I happen to be an extreme introvert, but an INFJ who is very relational. :)

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JudyPattulloMcKune 9 years ago

just about right

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PamelaSorin 9 years ago

It is so nice to see that I'm not alone in my wanting to be alone. :)

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WioletaPodsiadła 9 years ago

I love it who I am! but it surely makes living among well... everyone freaking hard.

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TiagoCruz 9 years ago

The funniest one for me and my gf is the last one. We're both INTJ type personalities and we relate very much with this one and the other comics.

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MistyHunter 9 years ago

I'm the same. Good to see I'm not the only one!

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MarliesV.SintAnnaland 9 years ago

1.2.8.13. All are brilliant. Please keep up the good work!

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EmmaPeel 9 years ago

Oh this is so to the heart of ME. Thank thee!

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LauraCold 9 years ago

I took a test with INFP result but I don't see my self in this. Maybe 1. and 23. picture. Anyone same?

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MarcusSingleton 9 years ago

What is INTJ?

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

INTJ is one of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality type. If you google it, you can get more information. There are many assessments online, though it's best to do one with a certified MBTI counselor.

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KoxKox 9 years ago

I did not know that i am introvert untill i have read this comic. Now i dont know what to think. It's not a big deal i guess :D

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Fruitypuffs 9 years ago

Though I'm an ISFJ, I can relate to some of these because I'm a total introvert and sometimes I do get annoyed that some people have misunderstandings about me.

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Pamela 9 years ago

Stay unique, people! Don't just be one of the crowd! :)

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NickWard 9 years ago

Oh, this is sooooo me. I sometimes feel completely weird for just wanting to be alone for 'me time' -it drives my girlfriend mad- so thank you for highlighting this, and helping me understand that I'm not totally unique in my desire for aloneness!

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

You are definitely not alone! And not weird for needing alone time.

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BarbaraHarrell 9 years ago

I also can relate to all of these....

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

So glad! Thank you for looking.

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ChericePope 9 years ago

I love these! I'm INTJ, but lucky for us that's only one letter off. Thanks for being awesome.

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INFJoe (Post author) 9 years ago

Thanks! INTJs are awesome.

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Rachel Gericke 6 years ago

Insightful, wry, authentic and bravely engaging via virtual space 😊 Thank you.

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O Waters 7 years ago

Hahaha! 😂 Finally, comics that convey how I'm feeling. I wish I had the guts to actually say what the girl in comic panel 21 did, that what save me soooo much energy and socializing.

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MeghanvanGindertael 8 years ago

I am an INFP and #22 made me laugh, for sure. That is exactly how we go for a walk! :)

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CaroleHeegaard 9 years ago

I totally get it. I do enjoy Co version with my dog though.

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MarceloGarib 9 years ago

INFJ's Meetup....that would be nice.

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JerRiches 9 years ago

I've been on Ciprolex II (Teva-Escitalopram) for over a year and dont get any of these problems anymore. I actually feel normal and dont obsess over things that dont matter (ツ

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NiqueArr 9 years ago

He should draw a comic about when people sing happy birthday to you or expect to watch you open up your gifts. The WORST

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SamanthaGump 9 years ago

INTJ female. At this point I will walk away mid conversation or just inform people I am not interested in what they are saying. Sounds so bad when I put it that way but I don't have the mental stability to handle it.

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GwendalynLofton 9 years ago

I'm an INFP lol 22 was very accurate.

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SteveChitty 9 years ago

Wonderful whimsical window well worth worshiping

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JaneSmith 9 years ago

Can I be both, please? It's like having a secret identity...

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JoMcRae 9 years ago

this article was very interesting - but even more interesting than the article is the fact that my comment that was not as favourable as these, was deleted. Apparently parrot responses only are approved.

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bluebellz 9 years ago

Although I am not INTJ. I understand them because my sis is.

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NancyBacon 9 years ago

What does the J stand for? I may be the same but not sure what the whole abreviation means... introvert (something)? Also INFJ?

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ElizabethHazen 9 years ago

I'm INTJ but I'm often talkative and loud, but I get tired of people after a bit. Right now I'm a counselor at my camp and I love it and being with the kids but most of the other staff are complete extroverts and don't realize that they aren't excluding me when I read or knit with my ear buds in for our time off or as I like to think of it, break from people time, instead of socializing with them. Its a little weird because at home most of my friends and all of my close friends are introverts and understand our shared need for taking our down time alone.

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AnnDaley 9 years ago

I am also an INTJ female and I've gotten used to being thought of as weird, cold, unfeeling, and antisocial. I am none of those things, but if someone doesn't want to take the time to talk with me one on one and find out who I really am, then it's their loss.

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PaulGoldstein 9 years ago

Can someone help me out with this.....I am extremely extroverted to the outside world but am highly introverted alone. I constantly feel the need to talk to people a lot of the time but also want to be left the first alone. I have a super genius iq / math prodigy (which I can't stand and just want to play some funky bass in my Hiphop band). I was extremely introverted for a long time growing up yet now I can't shut up. A lot of times even when I initiated the conversation in just start to tune out as most people bore me to death with their inane drivel. I like to be home with my girl as much as I like to be the life if the party. I hate going our to eat and would much rather eat in. I have an EXTREMELY logical mind yet love to play improvisational music. When I took the Meyers Briggs test I had trouble answering the questions because the answer depends on my mood. Some people think of my as a buttoned up tech guru while others think I am a Coked up raving lunatic.

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JocelynTownsend 9 years ago

found it!

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LadyMai 9 years ago

So true with the INFP(My type as a female) and INFJ walk. My fiance is an INTP and he focuses on the next steps and I stop to enjoy the little things.

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KonstantinNanov 9 years ago

I am an INTJ and I don't care much about any of the comments below !!!

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fredericeeckman 9 years ago

*tricking the INTJ* Well, you say you don't care but you comment about it, it's not very rational :D

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