How INFJs Can Assert Themselves

[@edding8400]

Procrastination is/was a great problem for me, it is quite embarrassing admitting it is a subconscious resistance informed by negative emotions

[@TomVable]

As always, very carefully and sharply observed and described, Ren! As an INFJ-HSP, I monthly attend so-called 'HSP Cafés', where in groups of 5-7 we freely talk all things HSP. This could be seen as an island of spirit, I guess. My experiences with this vary from quite positive to sometimes disappointing, depending on who shows up at the table. Also in islands of spirit the banal and the mundane show up. Maybe my high hopes to find a beautiful soulmate there (instead of on dating apps etc) have also something to do with that.

[@yacinedamak4903]

Thank you Ren. And the one who asked you about this.

[@zachklaphaak441]

I spent the last two years saying to myself every sunday i should go to meeting (quaker). This past sunday i finally attended, and set a recurring reminder to attend. I'm "dancing" with the idea of attending beginners ballroom dancing tonight...

[@LindaChapman-u2c]

Thx for being here!🤗🙏🥰

[@robin-vt1qj]

Soo is it possible to get more used to sharing Ni without islands of spirit. Why not try authenticity with people that might or might not reject you?

[@Coneman3]

Birds of a feather 🪶. What I have also thought is that we like being different but don’t like ‘society’. Yes we are naturally antagonist to many conventional things, but our differences are virtues. If everyone was INFJ, we would not be different and there would be no sense of alienation. In such an impossible, hypothetical scenario, would we be even more miserable? Probably. We thus need to accept things we don’t like and celebrate the positive influences we can give to the world. Then the bitterness and victim mentality can perhaps dissolve.

[@sunflowerpower642]

Beautifully stated. 🙏