Keirsey Temperament Sorter,

Also, in my opinion, much of our obsessive planning is actually driven by anxiety at the root, rather than our natural talent for forecasting.

Empaths and narcissists are naturally drawn to each other, experts say, for a variety of reasons. Empaths want to preserve harmony no matter the cost, so they will let a narcissist run roughshod over their boundaries. Also, in the empath the narcissist finds a seemingly bottomless reservoir of compassion, understanding, forgiveness, and desire to

we came advantageously equipped into this world to interpret the emotional and soul side of life.

Listening to the body—sometimes in spite of the brain telling you to do the exact opposite—is tough. And when you search for information about people-pleasing and you find a bunch of material telling you that you’re codependent and you need to fix that, it’s easy to feel like it’s all your fault.

the person an INFJ needs most is that realistic, thinking, sensor-type of individual who can pull us back down to earth.

We learn when we’re very young that something about

Being in a one-sided relationship means we don’t have to be truly vulnerable with anyone, and we don’t run the risk of being laughed at or misunderstood. We can securely play our role of constant listener, the person who always understands and never judges, and we know that the other person will almost always approve of us, as long as we don’t

This is why the unique makeup of INFJs and INFPs is so valuable. Because we have this very weird mix of somehow being immune to entraining with large collectives (like corporations), while at the same time easily entraining with just one other individual (like a reader), anything we put out into the world with a positive message has the potential