Yet another newbie...

[AnandaQ]

crawls out of the proverbial woodwork! So, now that I've come out of lurker mode, hi! I'm a 29 year old female from Massachusetts, and I learned about the MBTI this past summer. One of my friends casually mentioned it in passing, and once he explained the general idea, I was off and running. After learning I was an INTP, my first reaction was "omg, so I'm *not* insane!" (Well, the jury's still out on that but I don't feel insane for being a Rational at least! ) I've been blessed with wonderful friends who understand and appreciate my quirks and general "INTP-ness"; it's just the rest of the world that often blinks at me oddly. :blink:

In my own way, I'm very social for a 78% introvert; I've lived with 12 other girls (in college suite, but I had a single bedroom) and, recently, a whole houseful of people in what some would term a "commune" (7 mostly-sane professional adults, 1 very doted-upon toddler, and 5 "wow, look at all those *laps*!" kitties). Of course, my personal hiding space is essential, and while I really enjoy people being around, they have to be understanding of the fact that I won't always want to talk to them. I find the energy created when a bunch of intelligent people come together to be wonderfully addicting and very beneficial to my own levels of physical and mental energy.

Well, there's plenty more I could rabbit on about, but I'm fresh out of caffeinated beverages, so I'll hush myself for the moment. :hello:

Ananda
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Currently Listening to:
Franz Ferdinand - "The Matinee"
"And I've not to look you at you in the shoe,
but the eyes... find the eyes"

[Edmond Zedo]

Hi. You sound so incredibly ENFP I'm ashamed of myself for believing you. I must be getting on in years. <creak> >:?}

[AnandaQ]

Oh, there there, fellow droog... it's just a product of the caffeine and the (relative) safety of being behind a computer screen that's confounded you. I just reread the description of an ENFP, and I do see some similarities (when I'm exceptionally buoyant or excited about something)... but there's just not a snowball's chance in Hades that I'm an F (or an E for that matter, but it's the F I'm focusing on for now.)

Feelings are hugely difficult for me to even think about, let alone communicate. I have this crazy idea that my logic can override any emotion, especially when it comes to something as "illogical" as falling in love. Even though it's been proven to me time and time again there are some things that even logic can't suppress, it's still the way I work by default, until the emotions just become so overwhelming I have to shut myself off from everything, take many, many deep breaths and start sorting through what's actually going on.

Ananda
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Currently listening to:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Red Right Hand"
"You're one microsopic cog in his catastrophic plan,
designed and directed by his red right hand"

[file cabinet]

what's a droog?

[mgb]

Hi and welcome. Caffine or not it sounds like you have a lot of energy which is good and not necessarily the product of one type or another and besides, who on the board isn't a little F or E?

I haven't known about MBTI for a super long time either but it has been pretty fun learning about it.

And yeah, there are tons of smart people on the site...so stick around.

[Boneca]

Hello and welcome!

INTP's don't have to be asocial hermits. I lived in a sort of "commune" too (but only 4 adults, a dog and a bunch of cats in my case), and it worked fine. Actually, I think it was very good for me, since I didn't have to do anything more than go into the kitchen to socialise. If I have to go out of my way to meet people, it just doesn't happen.

[Edmond Zedo]

Oh, there there, fellow droog... it's just a product of the caffeine and the (relative) safety of being behind a computer screen that's confounded you.

I'm not confounded, and I can be blunt IRL as well.

[SheepDog]

I can handle people, and I'm definintely an introvert. It mostly depends on the people.

Welcome.

[SensEye]

what's a droog?Edmond Zeto's avatar basically. Don't tell me you've never seen A Clockwork Orange? If not, you don't know what you're missing.

[file cabinet]

Edmond Zeto's avatar basically. Don't tell me you've never seen A Clockwork Orange? If not, you don't know what you're missing.

I saw a part of it in a psychology class(10 mins maybe).

[athman]

The book is pretty good too. Anyway, welcome AnandaQ

[Clara]

and I do see some similarities (when I'm exceptionally buoyant or excited about something)... but there's just not a snowball's chance in Hades that I'm an...

:rofl:
Hi Ananda, welcome to the forum :)
... what caffeinated beverages should we be keeping on hand, for you?

[EternalCynic]

Aha! I knew I'd locate your introduction! Just to be official: Welcome to the board http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif.

[Edmond Zedo]

Aha! I knew I'd locate your introduction!
Aha! How long did it take?

[NGene]

it's just a product of the caffeine and the (relative) safety of being behind a computer screen that's confounded you. I just reread the description of an ENFP, and I do see some similarities (when I'm exceptionally buoyant or excited about something)...
I know what you mean. I also become very ENFP-ish when there are two computers and an internet cable between me and the rest of the humanity. :ph34r: Quite often people mistake me as an ENFP in real life as well.

And welcome to the freakshow! :cheers:

[heeroyuy]

Welcome :D

Just remember to post your quota of at least one "I hate society" post or at least three replies in general agreement to other's quota posts per every quarter or else we...don't do anything, but it's just in bad taste

(or I'm tired, annoyed, and have no patience right now so my humor is off, either way, once again, welcome :))

[AnandaQ]

:rofl:
Hi Ananda, welcome to the forum :)
... what caffeinated beverages should we be keeping on hand, for you?

Hi Clara! :hello:

I confess to being a bit of a coffee snob, but for strength rather than price. Anything roughly the java equivalent of jet fuel will do nicely (in a pinch, you could start pouring cans of Red Bull down my gullet until conciousness returns ;) )

To the rest of you: thanks for all the welcomes!

Ananda
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Currently listening to:
Rilo Kiley - "The Good That Won't Come Out"
"You say I choose sadness, that it never once has chosen me...
Maybe you're right"

[EternalCynic]

Aha! How long did it take?
All of two seconds, but that's really not the point.

[hemanthraz]

i dont know about the coffee part. But im particularly happy sometimes for no apparent reason and appear ENFP ish then.

Welcome ananda, and dont forget the words of heeroyuy.The stable amount of cribbing with a tinge of cynical humour is what makes us all feel right at home here.

[MaroonBells]

Hi AnadaQ,

I read you are a small business owner. What do you do?

Love you're energy too.

[Clara]

... or at least three replies in general agreement to other's quota posts per every quarter or else we...don't do anything, but it's just in bad taste...
See, Ananda, heeroyuy didn't say, "at most." :blink:
( Ah, I know I have no business suggesting how, or where, anyone should participate in anything... I'm just taking the opportunity given by MaroonBells having bumped your thread, to say Hi :) )