Hi, i have advice for the smarter INTJS

**Kingmannie** · 01-04-2008, 07:36 PM

Hi I'm Simon
I'm 21 and I'm a computer games programmer.
I live in Ireland and I've known i am an INTJ type for a quite a while now.

I never put much trust into typology until i was completely described accurately.

I couldn't believe it when i done a test and my personality was displayed in a list, i was shocked because people find it hard to understand me in the first place.

Im a perfectionist
I play guitar, i teach guitar
I like computers, i can build and program one

You catch the drift

The one thing this has left me with is bad health. The warning that goes out to the people that are distinctively expressed INTJS is.. don't be a perfectionist.

You will get thanks and rewards for being outstanding but i would rather have my health and i think on the whole if i had of looked back at my teens i wouldn't of worried how good i could play guitar and how much money i had and how hard i studied.

Don't sacrifice personal health for silly things like knowing more than the man beside you.

It caught up with me and I'm 21, it sounds ridiculous but it happened

Thank god i have my mental health to be able to type this.

Simon

**BadMojo** · 01-05-2008, 05:54 PM

I never thought I'd hear that from an Irishman.

But anyway... welcome to the forum Simon

**rwyatt365** · 01-06-2008, 09:19 AM

Welcome Simon, if you focus that perfectionism on you health like you did on your guitar playing you should do spectacularly (yeah, as if I know about "healthy living"!)

**Tarrick** · 01-06-2008, 05:27 PM

It's about Min/Max imo. I want to be perfect, but I will only put so much effort into something before I decide that the effort exerted is outweighing the benefit.

**Circe** · 01-06-2008, 05:54 PM

It caught up with me last week- I realized that my perfectionism had led me to take on a workload that was just too heavy. I lost weight, developed horrible OCD habits, became depressed and irritable, and isolated myself from my family and friends. It took a while before I realized just how self-destructive I had become.

I learned my lesson. My health and sanity are more important than a jam-packed transcript any day.

**cwfrank** · 01-09-2008, 10:59 AM

	Originally Posted by Tarrick
	It's about Min/Max imo. I want to be perfect, but I will only put so much effort into something before I decide that the effort exerted is outweighing the benefit.

Tarrick: Ditto.

	Originally Posted by Kingmannie
	Hi I'm Simon The one thing this has left me with is bad health. The warning that goes out to the people that are distinctively expressed INTJS is.. don't be a perfectionist. Simon

Welcome Simon!!!

I don't agree with you on this point. Actually, I think more than anything, you should come to terms with things like this ... that's healthy. If you let it eat away at you that you're not like most people "E" ... that's when you let it affect you to the negative detriment.

-Chip.

01-04-2008, 07:36 PM	#1
Kingmannie New Member [01%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 6	Hi I'm Simon I'm 21 and I'm a computer games programmer. I live in Ireland and I've known i am an INTJ type for a quite a while now. I never put much trust into typology until i was completely described accurately. I couldn't believe it when i done a test and my personality was displayed in a list, i was shocked because people find it hard to understand me in the first place. Im a perfectionist I play guitar, i teach guitar I like computers, i can build and program one You catch the drift The one thing this has left me with is bad health. The warning that goes out to the people that are distinctively expressed INTJS is.. don't be a perfectionist. You will get thanks and rewards for being outstanding but i would rather have my health and i think on the whole if i had of looked back at my teens i wouldn't of worried how good i could play guitar and how much money i had and how hard i studied. Don't sacrifice personal health for silly things like knowing more than the man beside you. It caught up with me and I'm 21, it sounds ridiculous but it happened Thank god i have my mental health to be able to type this. Simon
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01-05-2008, 05:54 PM	#2
BadMojo Member [16%] MBTI: IxTx Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 656	I never thought I'd hear that from an Irishman. But anyway... welcome to the forum Simon
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01-06-2008, 09:19 AM	#3
rwyatt365 Core Member [261%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 10,466	Welcome Simon, if you focus that perfectionism on you health like you did on your guitar playing you should do spectacularly (yeah, as if I know about "healthy living"!)
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01-06-2008, 05:27 PM	#4
Tarrick Member [17%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 699	It's about Min/Max imo. I want to be perfect, but I will only put so much effort into something before I decide that the effort exerted is outweighing the benefit.
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01-06-2008, 05:54 PM	#5
Circe Member [02%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 107	It caught up with me last week- I realized that my perfectionism had led me to take on a workload that was just too heavy. I lost weight, developed horrible OCD habits, became depressed and irritable, and isolated myself from my family and friends. It took a while before I realized just how self-destructive I had become. I learned my lesson. My health and sanity are more important than a jam-packed transcript any day.
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