Sometimes just thinking isn't enough for me. I'm not sure if this is an INFJ thing or if it's just a *me* thing or what, but someone PLEASE tell me that I'm not alone in this.. When I'm having a rough day, or if I'm in a situation that requires a lot of emotional energy and contemplation, simply sitting and thinking sometimes isn't enough. I feel like I NEED to do something with my body in order to feel better. Sometimes that entails of writing my thoughts down, sometimes I go on a run, sometimes I color in one of those adult coloring books, and sometimes I just clean something. But, in order for me to get all of my thoughts clear, calm, and fully squeezed out of the mess that is my brain, my body needs to be moving. Being active is often the only thing that saves me from spiraling into a depressed state -- if I get up and move and do something with my hands and body, I feel as if I've worked through something. It's hard to explain, but I can't just sit there and do everything in my mind. It's especially hard for me because I have a desk job where I'm on the computer and answering phones all day, so it's super easy for me to have a really shitty day, simply because I'm not doing anything productive with my body.

Okay I’m not sure if this is an INFJ thing, or if it’s just me, but I always tend to take on other people’s problems. Something will happen to someone I care for, and the problem becomes mine and I bend over backwards to try to fix it. And it’s not like a normal “oh you’re my friend and I’m gonna help you out,” it’s like “things are about to fall apart so I’m going to take on enormous amounts of physical and emotional distress in an effort to hang on to something that should probably just be let go.” My best friend tells me that I always try to take on a burden that isn’t mine and that I need to learn to let go and let things work themselves out. The thing is, it kills me to let someone I love go through something horrible, knowing there was something humanly possible that I could’ve done to try to fix it or help ease the pain. I’m afraid of looking back at a horrific mess and thinking “I could’ve done something.” I’ve missed days upon days of work, sleep, and classes just because I’m too emotionally invested in someone else’s problem to focus on anything else except fixing their problem. Is this just me?

Dear tumblr users and INFJs, I am about to ask you one very abstract question. Namely, what is love? How would you define it in one sentence? You may add some explanation too. So what is your answer?

When I close my eyes, I must believe that the sun still exists. But when I close my eyes for a long time, is it not sensible that I miss seeing the sun? I will still know that the sun exists, but I would miss the beauty of the sun. Maybe one day, the sun will shine again on me. I remember its warmth, smell, and taste. Even the sound, which seemingly does not exist. But what if I could feel the sun in every sense? Is it okay to admire the sun from the distance, so neither the sun nor I can get hurt?

Please give us a better messaging system so that you can keep track of whom we sent messages and when. This is one social media that makes it very difficult to communicate with each other. What is the point of that?