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INFPs and OCD Behavior
The Care and Feeding of INFPs, part 3 Our OCD comes from over-thinking INFPs think too much. We're information gatherers. The strength of our Perception score determines how far into overdrive our secondary cognitive function of External Intution (Ne) runs. INFPs with high Perception scores get stuck in the "what…
What Does It Mean
It's officially been one year since I launched my blog. I'd like to thank all my readers for reading my very long posts and for commenting. I appreciate it so much. My favorite card in the Tarot major arcana is the Fool. I think The Fool is the INFP card.…
Blog Review: Year One
On April 1st, this blog will be a year old. Yes, I chose that date on purpose. So how do I feel I did? Okay, I guess. That's not a great answer. Unfortunately, this year that's the best answer I have because I didn't set clear goals when I started…
Special is as special does
I'm special. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator told me so. As an INFP, I'm 1-5% of the total population. On the days I want to be more special, I quote the 1% number from Keirsey's Please Understand Me instead of the 5% number from CAPT.org. Luckily, I don't believe everything I…
From the outside in
As an INFP, I have external space that's a physical reflection of my internal space. For some INFPs, that external space might be their writing table or a reading nook. It could be as small as a shoebox of memories to sort or as large as their entire house. For…
Perfection is the end not the beginning
I venture that the most important part to any blog would be the actual posts. Too bad I haven't been writing many. How typically INFP of me. Considering that INFPs like things open-ended, it's a bit ironic that we have this tendency towards perfectionism. I want everything to be just…