I am an INFP and I relate to this. I think that my pattern of starting things with a burst of enthusiasm, then feeling overwhelming negativity and disillusionment that often has made me quit things, has been very debilitating in my life. Because I wanted to pursue music and art, even from the start there was already negativity from people who discouraged me from pursuing these fields, and then when I finally did, years later, I found the critiques of my creative work and my own merciless self-critique to be so crushing and devastating that I fled again because I felt so discouraged that I was convinced I didn't have enough talent to succeed. I wish I had read this article years ago!
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I am an INFP and I relate to this. I think that my pattern of starting things with a burst of enthusiasm, then feeling overwhelming negativity and disillusionment that often has made me quit things, has been very debilitating in my life. Because I wanted to pursue music and art, even from the start there was already negativity from people who discouraged me from pursuing these fields, and then when I finally did, years later, I found the critiques of my creative work and my own merciless self-critique to be so crushing and devastating that I fled again because I felt so discouraged that I was convinced I didn't have enough talent to succeed. I wish I had read this article years ago!