A question has been running through my mind the last several days, or months or years: Are some people's personalities simply less likely ever to fall in love? I wonder this because in the cursory reading I've done about those with my personality type (which I'm fairly certain is conveyed by the Myers-Briggs letters INTP ) I've seen that people with these characteristics tend not to do relationships easily (or well). Friendships are hard enough, but romantic relationships tax us such that sometimes we wonder whether they're worth bothering about at all ( as one website notes ). I firmly believe I have never been "in love" and I sometimes doubt if I'm even capable of that kind of love... and it's rather disheartening. Because at the same time, I feel (not think, feel) that a committed romantic relationship constitutes an emotional dimension I am completely ignorant of. And if I ever do fall in love, it'll be completely new territory... I'm...

I experienced a revelation about a week ago. I discovered I’m probably most like the Myers-Briggs INTP personality type. INTPs are: Precise and sensitive to nuance. Easy-going in just about any circumstance (unless core principles are violated, in which case, an INTP is as stubborn as my sister). Fond of “playing” with systems like mathematics, languages and computer systems. Obsessed with logical validity. Reluctant to lead or control people. Not in tune with how people are feeling. Independent, unconventional and original. Shy around new people, but gregarious with very familiar people or when talking about something fully understood. Unimpressed by authority derived from office, credential or celebrity. Rare – comprising perhaps one percent of the population. Those points describe me well, I think. I also read on one of those sites that many INTPs become journalists or editors, a factoid I’d never heard before. Funny, huh? But it’s nice to know that all these random...

Or rather, he re-posts a blog post about introversion : I recently stumbled across a blog written by Carl King about the phenomenon known as the introverted human being and it struck a major chord with me. After each bullet, I felt like standing up and shouting “YESSSSSSSSS!” at the top of my lungs because these points (made by author Marti Laney, Psy.D) are total home runs. As an extreme introvert, this is like sweet manna from heaven. And then follows the blog post, by Carl King of CarlKingCreative.com: So here are a few common misconceptions about Introverts (I put this list together myself, some of them are things I actually believed): …Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing to do with being an Introvert. Introverts are not necessarily afraid of people. What they need is a reason to interact. They don’t interact for the sake of interacting. If you want to talk to an Introvert, just start talking. Don’t worry about being polite. …Myth #6 – Introverts always want t...