What coping mechanisms have you developed to deal with all the Es, Ss, Ts and Js we must always be interacting with?
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Re: coping mechanisms in an E world?
Sat, April 16, 2005 - 2:12 PMhi!
i'm not sure mine is the healthiest method, but i avoid people. lol!
i typically interact with people in very controlled situations like class or discussion groups based on similar interests.
i am going through an introverted stage when i lose a lot of energy from interacting with others, even making phone calls.
i am picky about the people i do spend time with, mostly this is my son and a few close friends.
i am curious to find out what others do.
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Sat, April 16, 2005 - 7:47 PMi am so glad to find this group. as i imagine you all are. i still havn't found any really perfect ways to fit in with the rest of human society. staying up late helps. being downstairs after my family is asleep gives me a couple of hours alone-i can just sit, read, listen to music, think, or draw. just have some quiet time alone.
i listen to music i love thru a small earphone while at work. it feels like there is a parallel beautiful world i am connected to, in the midst of loud angry people and ringing phones. as if my spirit is somewhere other than where my body has to be.
i am VERY picky about who i spend my free time with. and i don't answer the phone at night either. -
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Sat, April 16, 2005 - 9:24 PMthat's so interesting ..what you said about a parrallel universe..i absolutely feel like that too! i just don't feel "right" ... -
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Sun, April 17, 2005 - 6:41 AMyou are SO "right"! i have felt out of place most of my life. i still do much of the time, but i no longer believe it's because there is something wrong with me. it is talking to others like you that reminds me it is o.k., even beautiful, to be the kind of person i am.
...when i have to take the earphone off to talk on the phone, or meet with someone...it feels sort of like i am "holding my breath" emotionally. til i can get back in contact with the invisible world i sense through the music...
most of the time i listen to "heavenly voices" online-alot of cocteau twins, dead can dance, lush, etc...
when i'm in the mood for intellectual more than emotional stimulation, i like "this american life" archives. -
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Sun, April 17, 2005 - 6:45 AM(note: if you are interested, "heavenly voices" is a program on the live365 network) -
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Sun, April 15, 2007 - 5:15 PMI take a break from them.....I have a friend ...we work together..have lunch everyday ...shes an E and somedays I dont have enough energy to sit thru it ...so I just tell her that I need some time alone...she says ok with a strange look on her face but she lets me be and then..its back to burrito lunch on fridays....yippers! How I handle E's that are not friends ...I run as fast and as far as I can.....then pop back up on the scene again a little later when Its safe and I feel fit for human consumption.
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Re: coping mechanisms in an E world?
Mon, April 16, 2007 - 11:08 AMThere's a book a friend recommended to me:
The Introvert Advantage by Marti Olsen Laney
that has some good ideas on pacing and
learning how to undestand and regulate your energy levels.
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Re: coping mechanisms in an E world?
Mon, April 16, 2007 - 6:17 PMYes I found that too on one of these older posts...Have to get that.
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Re: coping mechanisms in an E world?
Tue, January 15, 2008 - 3:29 AMa twisted and very particular sense of humor
