INTP & Stress

**stuff** · 06-11-2012 04:25 PM

Thank you all so much for the replies. Sorry I haven't been able to get back to any of you till now, but work was hell once again.

So many points have been made here that apply to what I've been experiencing.

I've been working on this project that involves dealing with a lot of data that is just very stupidly done. No consistency at all. Had they been a little smarter a few years ago when they implemented all this then we wouldn't have the mess we have now. Now, I'm not the type of INTP who likes to call everyone else stupid but I really do have to work with some idiots. People who use MS WORD to keep records of item numbers and where they are stored.

I have noticed that I've been a lot more outspoken on a lot of things lately because I'm just tired of seeing such disorganized data. Maybe that's why the disorganized chairs bothered me so much. Maybe I just needed something to be organized.

I was also a real jerk to my ENTP friend. She's not all that tech savvy but she really tries and when she does something on her own she tends to be pretty proud. So today she did something during her extremely busy day and I just went ahead and redid it because I didn't like the way she did it. Later on I realized I was a jerk, she did the best she could with the time she had and I shouldn't have treated her like an idiot who can't do anything. SO I had to call her and apologize. We are all good now and I guess it was one of those moments where everything seems ok till you hurt someone you love, then you realize you need to chill.

So I'm gonna just forget everything, watch some Warehouse 13 (new show I'm watching) and relax.

**Unus** · 06-11-2012 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by stuff

Thank you all so much for the replies. Sorry I haven't been able to get back to any of you till now, but work was hell once again.

So many points have been made here that apply to what I've been experiencing.

I've been working on this project that involves dealing with a lot of data that is just very stupidly done. No consistency at all. Had they been a little smarter a few years ago when they implemented all this then we wouldn't have the mess we have now. Now, I'm not the type of INTP who likes to call everyone else stupid but I really do have to work with some idiots. People who use MS WORD to keep records of item numbers and where they are stored.

I have noticed that I've been a lot more outspoken on a lot of things lately because I'm just tired of seeing such disorganized data. Maybe that's why the disorganized chairs bothered me so much. Maybe I just needed something to be organized.

I was also a real jerk to my ENTP friend. She's not all that tech savvy but she really tries and when she does something on her own she tends to be pretty proud. So today she did something during her extremely busy day and I just went ahead and redid it because I didn't like the way she did it. Later on I realized I was a jerk, she did the best she could with the time she had and I shouldn't have treated her like an idiot who can't do anything. SO I had to call her and apologize. We are all good now and I guess it was one of those moments where everything seems ok till you hurt someone you love, then you realize you need to chill.

So I'm gonna just forget everything, watch some Warehouse 13 (new show I'm watching) and relax.

I have enjoyed reading this thread and everyone's posts. It has got me thinking about my OCD traits. I wish I could say it is due to stress but I can't really because I enjoy organization of specific things such as stacking the dishwasher. If I find an optimal way to do something, it bugs me when others do the exact opposite. Like you, I am practicing the art of stepping back from the tree and looking at the whole forest and this is a great way to go. Perhaps the 'tree' is our Ego. That is one hell of a beast to tame. It's so tricky to see because of its many disguises. I applaud what you did today and I like that side of you, namely the one that considers other peoples feelings as well as your own.

**IKilledVoltron** · 06-11-2012 07:03 PM

When I'm under stress I tend to try to completely control my environment, and I mean bend everything figuratively and literally to my will, in order to be in control again, or at least get back to where I can cruise on auto pilot.

**OMG WTF BRO** · 06-11-2012 07:21 PM

*shrug*

l think during times of stress an xxxP has the option of becoming more "J" oriented or saying "fuck this".

I do become more focused/responsible and also less social when l'm stressed and also when l need to multi-task.

I'm not going to attempt to maintain an aspect of my type that can very easily cause me to fail lol.

**anticroquet** · 06-11-2012 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by IKilledVoltron

When I'm under stress I tend to try to completely control my environment, and I mean bend everything figuratively and literally to my will, in order to be in control again, or at least get back to where I can cruise on auto pilot.

I do this too. But, extreme stress happened to me in April and I turned super control freak and had two Fe episodes. Gross. Beware of that shit.

**stuff** · 06-11-2012 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Unus

I enjoy organization of specific things such as stacking the dishwasher.

LMAO now that I think about it I tend to be the same with the dishwasher. I own two sets of plates, 4 of each. I can NOT mix them all up in the dish washer (as in 1 of one 1 of the other and so on), noooo even if I just have to wash 2 of them one has to go on one side and the other one has to go on the other side. The only time I will break that rule is when logic tells me that I need the room for something else, but when that happens I'm not happy.

I also do stupid things like putting the cash in my wallet all going the same way and always from greater bills to one's. However there is still a bunch of old receipts in the wallet taking up most of the room, so that doesn't bother me, but having a 1,1,5,1,20,10,1,1,5 bugs the crap out of me. But then I like to think it's also a logical thing, makes it easier to find my cash. . .