Chessie
Community Member
- MBTI
- INfJ
There's a fear I notice an awful lot in INFJ people and I want to sort of lay out there.
It's a fear of imprisonment. Any kind of imprisonment. Imprisonment in relationships. Plenty of us get into bad situations when we love someone but the fear is still there.
Imprisonment in debt. Imprisonment by authority (this is a big one). Imprisonment by...any list of things. I'm careful with people and gentle as can be...and the idea of going to literal prison and becoming involved in the government penal system in America is so completely terrifying that I believe quite sincerely I would rather die than be locked up.
I realize I would have to actually break a law to become involved in this system but there are so many laws and so easily broken and such profit incentive for government to place people into prison that it's truly unsettling to contemplate.
I don't know how many people share this fear but I don't believe it's hyperbole. I want to know if it's common to other INFJ's or maybe just the ones I know. I realize plenty of people fear prison but prison is...more than just an abstract to me. It's the same fear I feel when I have a poisonous spider on my nose.
It's an odd sort of thing. I was confronted today with one of my relatives whose been locked away for a period of time and I couldn't handle even the empathic vibes he put off when he talks about his time in prison.
It's a fear of imprisonment. Any kind of imprisonment. Imprisonment in relationships. Plenty of us get into bad situations when we love someone but the fear is still there.
Imprisonment in debt. Imprisonment by authority (this is a big one). Imprisonment by...any list of things. I'm careful with people and gentle as can be...and the idea of going to literal prison and becoming involved in the government penal system in America is so completely terrifying that I believe quite sincerely I would rather die than be locked up.
I realize I would have to actually break a law to become involved in this system but there are so many laws and so easily broken and such profit incentive for government to place people into prison that it's truly unsettling to contemplate.
I don't know how many people share this fear but I don't believe it's hyperbole. I want to know if it's common to other INFJ's or maybe just the ones I know. I realize plenty of people fear prison but prison is...more than just an abstract to me. It's the same fear I feel when I have a poisonous spider on my nose.
It's an odd sort of thing. I was confronted today with one of my relatives whose been locked away for a period of time and I couldn't handle even the empathic vibes he put off when he talks about his time in prison.