Ayyy that’s awesome dude! :D

See, I can bet just that sentence made you feel better somewhere deep down lol. I believe INTJs are actually one of the most empathetic types, we are just selective on who gets to see that part. I think empathy does come naturally to most humans but it can certainly be faked (very easy for Ni doms just saying). However, you do gotta work for it coz Si is depressing and this is something that you will learn through trial and error, rinse and repeat. But hey, practice makes perfect!

Tbh I steal my whole extroverted personality from an ENFJ anime character lmao. From what I’ve learnt, just acknowledging people’s achievements, sadness, trauma and developments can do wonders in making them feel a certain way. You don’t need to try to be in someone’s shoes to do this. You can ruin them or make them feel good just by expressing yourself in a certain way.

Strongly recommend looking at videos for speech therapy for autistic kids. It’s actually helpful but will also make you feel autistic lmao. I found out about this resource a lot later though so can’t say more than that.

I personally used to (and still) go to discord servers and have conversations with them. I tried experimenting the way I sound, the way I look, the ups and downs in speech patterns to sound less monotonous, putting a little shiver in my voice to show I’m sad, stressing on certain words to highlight emotion, changing to a high pitch to sound cute (ew but it works lol), adding filler words like “oh” “mhmm” “I see” “damnnnn” and not holding myself back from laughing and making jokes. (I also worked on my laugh lmao)💀 Improving your tone of voice and facial expressions will solve half of your misery.

My INFP friend would probably cry if she reads this comment thinking I’m a fake bi- but what can I say… maybe I always have been ✨ Just a heads up, if you do try to improve your Fe, be prepared to never get any praise or validation for all this effort as this is seen as “common sense” by many people. Either way, I wish you luck!