How Making Things Easier for Others Made Things Harder for This INFJ
As a INFJ, allowing others to be taken care of first and making sure they were happy was something that came naturally to me.
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As a INFJ, allowing others to be taken care of first and making sure they were happy was something that came naturally to me.
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What I want to focus on here is the feeling of emptiness, which had followed me throughout life. Most INFJs have this burning feeling of mission.
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I then discovered that I was an INFJ. This realization gave me the feeling that I was not alone, and this was a very powerful moment for me.