For most of my life I have adopted a sort of alter ego that people respond well to. I’m small and have a baby face so behaving naive and bubbly meets people’s expectations making them like me more. Since I’ve come to college I’ve been trying to break out of that and be more true to myself (more cynicism, allowing myself personal time, not constantly smiling or feigning interest) but I’ve noticed people distancing themselves. This last month I started an experiment of reverting back to this alter ego, and people are suddenly interested in me again. I know everyone says INTJs don’t care what others think of them but I need people to be interested in me. I don’t know which is worse, being ignored, or being fake.
Submitted by @megtherocket
