an unedited ,a completely random post :

I haven't written  for a while , well it's a very very long while . I don't know why but i am sure that something is wrong. i don't feel right maybe because i no longer spends much time alone. i love and i used to spend time by myself and it really made me feel great . now i feel that life is too fast for me, like if i can't cope with it any more. time passes and i don't even notice. when i had a job ( i quit my job a month ago because i got bored ) . my day went like this  wake up , go to work , eat , face book , TV , more eating , sleep . without the job , you could just delete the ( go to work ) part . that's it , no more no less. for nearly 3 months i have been doing nothing , no reading , no writing, no sudoku besides i am gaining weight . it's like  i have no desire to do or learn anything new , it's kind of losing motivation only living by the basics, like if I don't mind to die today, but still believe that life is beautiful so i decided to change all this.
 i will write something and post it here every day .
 i will read every day ( actually i have just started reading twenty love poems and a song of despair written by pablo neruda ) .
i will play sudoku and mahjong titans every day .
i will learn a new word in Italian every day
i will learn to do something new with paper ( the origami thing ) every day .and at last but not least , I am going on a diet and i will find some time to spend by myself and I will try to get out more . I really hope this would work for me , i hope it would make me feel better .

The need to be understood

I read a lot of INFP profiles and I always found that we usually are not understood and I felt that it's something not nice and people loves to be understood , I thought of myself am I not understood ? Do I feel like people don't understand me ? what understanding really means ? why people complain about it ? if being understood means that people knows what you think , how you think , what your motives really are, Doesn't that makes you predicted ? Why do you wanna be predicted any way ? then back to the question ''Do I feel like people don't understand me ? '' well , I don't know when was the last time I had a deep conversation with any one, I rarely talk about things that interest me because I'm the only one who is interested in it , the only common thing between me and my friends is that we go to the same college ,so does that make me not understood ? actually YES , I wanna someone who can shares me my thoughts , someone who thinks that books and movies are the greatest inventions in history , someone who loves to listen to jhon lennon and old music , someone who thinks that fight club ( the movie ) supports nihilism , someone who classify people according to the MBTI just for fun , someone I can talk to about george berkeley 's theories and philosophy . I need someone who understands me . and after some serious thinking yes it's annonying if no one understands you and being understood doesn't have to mean that you should be predicted , actually understanding people comes in many levels , it starts with what is common between each other and comes to the ultimate level of being so open to someone you choose and become predicted to him. this is the only description of understanding I reached , I'm not sure if there is any further explanation. if there is ,I really wanna know about it .

MBTI Types Prayers, pretty funny and revealing!

• INFP: God, help me to finish everything I sta
• ENFP: God, help me to keep my mind on one th -Look a bird- ing at a time.
• ENTP: Lord help me follow established procedures today. On second thought, I'll settle for a few minutes
• INTP: Lord help me be less independent, but let me do it my way.
• ESFP: God help me to take things more seriously, especially parties and dancing.
• ISTP: God help me to consider people's feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive.
• ESTP: God help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they're usually NOT my fault.
• ISFP: Lord, help me to stand up for my rights .
• ENTJ: Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwhatIdo
• INFJ: Lord help me not be a perfectionist. (did I spell that correctly?)
• ENFJ: God help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest.
• INTJ: Lord keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be
• ESTJ: God, help me to not try to RUN everything.
• ESFJ: God give me patience, and I mean right NOW
• ISFJ: Lord, help me to be more laid back and help me to do it EXACTLY right.
• ISTJ: Lord help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41.23 a.m. EST.

INFP and Deppresion

When it comes to Depression, I found that INFP is the most likely of all the types to report suicidal thoughts in college (MBTI Manual, 1998) as well as having the highest level of depression of the 16 types (Shelton, MBTI Applications, 1996). From McMan's Depression and Bipolar Web, he conducted an informal poll and posted the findings here: Taking it Personally. In it he found that more than 80% of the respondents are introverts, when they only account for less than 30% of the general population. Idealists (NF's) are also over-represented, at around 40% (but only comprise 8% of general population).

McMan mentioned a study by David Janowsky MD of the University of North Carolina in 2002, where he found a preponderance of introverts and feelers among a depressed population (74 percent introverts and 84 percent feelers).

So, what have we learnt?
• IN's are a lonely bunch
• NP's are most likely to be diagnosed ADD
• I's, NF's and F's are predominant among the depressed

Hey, who has all of the above? INFP! Of course, this doesn't mean that all INFP's end up being depressed ADDers, or that all those diagnosed with ADD and depression will be of type INFP. Just that there's a strong correlation between the type and the respective "disorders". Some people are biologically depressed due to chemical imbalance. Some type of ADD are caused by brain defects. But studies show that less than 10% of depression is biologically caused. So what causes depression? Stress (among other factors). Feeling the need to "fit in" a world dominated by ESTJ/SJ's, or at least a world where ESTJ type is encouraged (many U.S. presidents are ESTJ's, including George W. Bush). Also, a lot of gifted and creative kids are mis-diagnosed with ADD, simply because they are misunderstood.

I think we need more understanding all around. To understand ourselves better, and to understand each other better. For the "majority" to understand that the "minority" are not just "trying to be different", they are different. And for those who are different to understand that it's OK to be different. If we can try to understand how the various personality types function, the different ways they view the world, the different things that make them tick, we can get along much better and have more meaningful relationships.

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INFP = ADD

This is taken from Born to Explore - What is ADD? Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD/ADHD, is a psychological term applied to anyone who meets the DSM IV diagnostic criteria for impulsivity, hyperactivity and/or inattention. The diagnostic criteria are subjective and include behavior which might be caused by a wide variety of factors, ranging from brain defects to allergies to giftedness. ADD is really more of a description rather than a specific disease. However, there is a tendancy for people to over-simplify ADD and view it as a singular defect or disease. Not true!

There are two major types of ADD at this time (this aspect of ADD keeps evolving): ADD with hyperactivity (the traditional type of ADD, also known as ADHD) and ADD without hyperactivity ("inattentive" type).

One common misconception about ADD is that many people assume ADDers cannot pay attention. This is completely false. In fact, ADDers are known to "hyperfocus" on anything which captures their attention, to the point where it is difficult to get their attention. It is true, however, that a higher degree of interest is necessary before the ADDer can pay attention.

The MBTI types that are most likely to be diagnosed ADD are: INFP, ENFP, ENTP, and INTP. You might notice that they are all of the type xNxP. From ADD and Personality Type, Rachael Hawkins wrote that there is increasing evidence to suggest that NP personality types are overrepresented in the ADD/ADHD population. Most of life is SJ; great if you are SJ, OK if you are SP or NJ, really crap if you are NP. Some characteristics of NP's may include: procrastination, divergent thinking, many interests, scatter-brained, get bored easily with something that doesn't interest them, extremely focused with something that does interest them, daydream a lot... etc. (hmm, seem to describe me perfectly). Often, these are also the descriptions of ADD behaviour.

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INFP pictures

some INFP pictures I collected http://s807.photobucket.com/albums/yy358/manar_03/?albumview=slideshow