Reflection Paper On Infj

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Me

My conformed profile is INFJ. Maybe that's why at this moment, at the beginning of this essay I feel as if I attached the big yellow Magen David to the school uniforms in my childhood: shame, pride, misplaced, fear, bravery, doom.

How can I say “this means that in business and school I am....?” I behave so because I'm INFJ? Seriously? No. Nothing like that. In business and school I am who I am because of millions of reasons related to me and my life. Same as you. We are not INFJ, INFP, ESTP and so on. We are who we are: a little clear and a lot of questions. The labels that сome from many sources such as astrology, religion, ethnic group, nationality, psychological tests, etc. may work for us better or worse depending on other conditions, …show more content…

In addition to the positive sides it has two obvious negative aspects:

If I cannot solve the problem because of lack of information or wrong method of solving, “over-focusing” often results in repeating unproductive steps. I need to stop to work with it, take a break, re-think the problem and my methods and then return to the task.

“Over-focusing” on some things causes the deficit of attention to other things: my clothes, people and environment around, other actions that are done automatically. Automatic actions are often made with ridiculous errors that affect my work and my self-esteem -> confidence. I can wear shoes of different pairs, or finding an elegant solution I can make stupid mistakes in the formatting of my program, and because of that nothing work. I need better manage such situations. Not sure how, however.

Strong feeling of otherness

My other difficulty is a strong feeling of otherness. I went through a lot of options why from being left-handed to being an INFJ. All describe something, but nothing gives the answers. I still do not know how I can better build relationships with others and how to take it easier. I can not make a step towards someone who does not need my presence. Nothing I can do about it. "Cat is here" is not my

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