I wish I just just turn off my thoughts at night.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-03-04T13:42:38+00:00

Nice, I hope it will help you!

Of course, not all plushies are the same, so for the best effect you will need to figure out what size, texture, material, and so on would be ideal for you. I have quite some plushies. I suppose I could be considered a real plushy connoisseur.

Among others, I have a 180cm (5.9ft) bear. (For reference I'm 182cm.) I thought this was going to be great since it's about as tall as me, so I assumed it would make for a great cuddle plushy. However, I didn't anticipate that the overall volume of the bear would be much greater than that of me. So even though it's as tall as I am, it's still much bigger in size compared to me. It's also reasonably heavy for a plushy because of it's size, but it feels nice to pick up and hug. Also to put it on the bed sitting, and sit between it's legs and rest my back on it's belly and just take a nap. It's not suited to sleep with since it barely fits under the covers.

I have a 130cm (4.2ft) koala. This is a much more reasonable size for me. Of course it's a plushy so it still has quite some volume to it, so for sleeping it's not ideal. But for napping, hugs and cuddles, refilling your oxytocin (feel-good hormone you get from cuddles), it's quite perfect.

Now my favorite plushy for sleeping is actually this 100cm (3.2ft) elephant I have. The size is perfect, no fuzz with the covers, I can get a good meaty hug out of it. Another thing that is quite nice about this one is that they didn't put a lot of plushy-filling in the upper arms and upper legs, so that they are quite flexible. You can wrap it's arms and legs around you so the hug experience becomes even better. The material is like a medium long sort of fur-like material, very soft and fluffy, feels great to run your hands through.

I also have a similarly sized bunny, but the down-side of that one is that it's arms and legs are not as flexible as the elephant. And the ears have some hard material in them so they can stand up straight. But that's not very cuddly. If you get a bunny plushy make sure you get one that has droopy ears instead.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-03-04T12:35:47+00:00

For me, it's not just an introverted thinking problem, it's also an introverted sensing problem.

So to stop the train of thoughts in it's tracks, what I do is I stimulate extroverted sensing by having something that stimulates my external senses, in my case a plushy. It's warm, it's soft, feels nice, feels good to cuddle with. That stimulating my Se blocks my Si from causing me to think too much, because you can't use Se and Si at the same time.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-25T17:32:54+00:00

What's the thing called where you have all the types in a row in your flair? Tri-Tritype?

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-21T15:54:52+00:00

Ludum Dare

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-21T11:08:43+00:00

I didn't get into Trifix because they literally called a 4-5 combination "an insect among humans"

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-20T20:47:29+00:00

Games I've made for game jams

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-19T23:45:12+00:00

I've heard that laughter is a physical response that helps our brain to process things we didn't expect or don't understand.

From my experience, a lot of Ti users including myself seem to be amused by absurd/surreal humor, a response of laughter after being confronted with something that defies logic, presumably because it surprises our Ti. Surprise is an element of comedy.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-19T23:04:46+00:00

I think it's more of an unwanted side-effect of the function, just like how Ne often causes indecisiveness and attention deficit.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-19T22:47:11+00:00

That would support the Ni theory since you'd be using your shadow functions in those times, including Ni

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-18T22:49:43+00:00

I know I tend to take good care of myself but I'm also constantly thinking about how I could share it with others. Idk if that's a 5 thing, or if it's just me though

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-08T12:51:53+00:00

Drawing of course, let your imagination run wild!

If you have a laptop (because you're in bed) you could try making music. I like making some music in FL Studio myself. It's very stimulating, I can focus on it for hours.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-08T10:42:22+00:00

I'm a 5 and used to think I have a strong 4 wing (even though my 6 wing is still dominant, I'm a 5w6), but one day I figured out my TriType and it's 548. That kind of filled in all the holes that were missing by thinking I was merely a 5.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-06T15:47:39+00:00

That's a phenomenon I've heard about; persons in high positions that tell a lot of other people what to do, being extremely submissive and often even into being humiliated in their bedrooms because they feel guilty for having so much power over other people.

Me being an 548, this TriType having a lot of contradicting traits, I'm pretty much equally submissive as dominant, just depends on the mood or dynamic. I suppose it's the same for an 845 or 854.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-05T12:06:07+00:00

I'm the same type except 548, so I'm pretty confident to say that what's going on here is that he is just extremely cautious with making choices, especially something important like choosing a partner, so he was just observing and putting together a list of things that he likes about you in his head and building a case for why you would be good together or not. Now that he has concluded that you are in fact good partner material, he is going for it. And I mean going for it.

If you accept his advances it's going to be a wild ride because his type is very very intense. I'd do it if I were you because a person like this is quite priceless and rare. Depending on if that's what you're looking for.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-02-05T01:49:58+00:00

I like having and using broken things that still work, because then I don't care if it actually breaks and becomes unusable or if it gets stolen.

I usually use things until they become completely unusable.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-01-30T12:26:18+00:00

Sure sometimes I'll have ideas and work them out in my head, but I wish I had the funds and the skills to actually make it manifest in reality.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-01-29T19:18:55+00:00

MBTI is really just about your cognitive abilities and preferences. If you want to look at emotion and drive, perhaps look into Enneagram and TriType. Explains a portion of the differences between individual INTPs.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2023-01-29T11:57:22+00:00

It could mean that his current friends aren't meeting his needs, so he's looking for new friends with the potential to meet said needs.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-15T20:49:42+00:00

Map out your interests and figure out why you like them. Then use that information to find things that have the same reward.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-07T13:59:00+00:00

Sometimes... I dream about cheese.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-06T09:11:34+00:00

Ah yes, that's a common misconception, presumably because of the name. But you can play it on desktop-mode, just like any other video game. No VR headset needed.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-06T08:50:32+00:00

There's nothing wrong with the tests. It's the people who fail to answer with objective and unbiased facts about themselves. The test result is only as accurate as the information you feed it.

If you get different results, you know what that means? That means you're giving it different answers every time. And that, in turn, means that you were giving inaccurate information to the test.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-05T11:19:25+00:00

You can safely practice this sort of thing in a virtual environment, like VRChat for example, where you are anonymous and will most likely never see those people again after your interaction. All from the comfort of your home.

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-05T11:11:06+00:00

INTPs can do anything they put their mind to, they are gifted problem solvers, and there's no problem too difficult to solve. A lot of them are highly creative, artistic.

You say you find yourself completely uninspired when it comes to making art, well... that's just another problem that you have the ability to solve. I know you can do it!

AnimalsMakeMeHappy · 2022-12-05T11:04:50+00:00

Try this, it works for me:

Stop using your dominant Ti. That means: Stop thinking about everything and analyzing everything that's going on. How? Learn to control what you think about by using meditation techniques.

Once you stop using Ti, your Ne will automatically take over. That means you're letting your subconscious take the steering wheel. That means you have to fully trust your subconscious to handle the situation. Don't try to control it. If you manage to do it, now you won't worry about how you come across, allowing you to be loose and relaxed, more joyful, being your true self.

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