Long post, I know, but this is a very interesting thread! I've been trying to explain the way I think to my friends, but they don't get me. They'll look at me with a blank stare, and then say: "I'm bored. Let's find a party"
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This (the link, not the picture below) is what my mind looks like when I'm thinking my ass off, but not coming to any conclusions. When I'm considering the options, viewing it from different angles, trying to connect the damn thing but fail! This state of mind is extremely frustrating. It's the "nothing makes sense!"-feeling.
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This picture represents my emotional world. It's an overview, otherwise it would've looked much more chaotic. It represents the depth of my emotional world an the squares represent different emotions. The highlighted areas indicate that certain emotions are more active than others (at the moment, not always).
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This picture shows a state of mind that I'm very used to. This is my mind when I'm pondering/reflecting. Different thoughts are connected to each other with bonds of varying strength. Every thought is put in different contexts to achieve maximal understanding.
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This is what my mind looks like when I'm really calm and relaxed. At this state my mind isn't as chaotic as it usually is, there are some random thoughts twirling, but generally I feel that I have a steady set of values and beliefs, as seen in the picture.
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If you'd be able to visit my mind whenever you want, this is probably what you'd see. My mind looks like this when I'm critically analyzing myself, locating weaknesses and sources of frustration. It's total chaos, thoughts are flying everywhere. Possible solutions are being considered and criticized, possible scenarios are being made up to evaluate where the solution will be most rewarding, reasons for why the change hasn't occurred before are being thought of... AT THE SAME TIME I'm trying to decide which misunderstandings were caused by my weakness and which were caused by the other persons weakness, or if it was a combination of both.
So, that was a summary of my mind. It was also my first post.
Since I don't want to create an introduction thread I thought I might mention this in my post.
I'm a 17 year old guy from Sweden, very interested in psychology. INFP. I've been hanging around here for a while without actually posting, since I'm really interested in INFJs and the differences between us.
Also, I think it would be incredibly interesting to try to point out discrepancies between the "mind pictures" of different types. I'd like to see what an ESTJ looks like on the inside, for example
P.S. English is my third language, so a great deal of effort has been put into this post in order to make it as gramatically correct as possible.