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Posted by Joe on June 08, 2001 at 21:59:35:

In Reply to: Being told to "lighten up" posted by Emily on June 08, 2001 at 08:33:46:

: I know it's a huge issue with fours, especially INFPs, when people, whoever, tell them to "lighten up".

: This just happened to me a ways down on the board. I was having a conversation with Joe about compassion, and he ended the conversation by laughing and telling me to "lighten up."

: But why should I? I'm so incredibly angered when people tell me, basically, that the things I care SO deeply about, the things that create a passion inside of me, shouldn't be taken so seriously. What the HELL is wrong with standing up for things I believe in, and not being whimsical and "the funny one" 100% of the time? Man...I'm so sick of being that person. The one who always makes people laugh, a joker all the time. I really CARE about compassion, about people seeing the pain of others who can no longer help themselves, and wanting to make it better...so why can't I get serious without people telling me I shouldn't?

: I read somewhere in an INFP profile, that we're usually calm, reserved people, until our values or passions have been ridiculed or deemed "stupid". We then turn into this tornado of anger and relentlessness that's close to impossible to stop until we've changed the world or proven to ourselves that our ideals were NOT "stupid" or to be taken lightly. I can relate to THAT!

: Fucking dksjflkjsafkld, it just makes me so, SO mad when someone tells someone else to not be as passionate as they are. Telling someone to "lighten up" is telling them to not take their ideals, their loves, and their lifeforce so seriously. Well, I can't stop caring, I can't stop feeling so intensely, and thank God for that.

: -Emily

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: : I know it's a huge issue with fours, especially INFPs, when people, whoever, tell them to "lighten up". : : This just happened to me a ways down on the board. I was having a conversation with Joe about compassion, and he ended the conversation by laughing and telling me to "lighten up." : : But why should I? I'm so incredibly angered when people tell me, basically, that the things I care SO deeply about, the things that create a passion inside of me, shouldn't be taken so seriously. What the HELL is wrong with standing up for things I believe in, and not being whimsical and "the funny one" 100% of the time? Man...I'm so sick of being that person. The one who always makes people laugh, a joker all the time. I really CARE about compassion, about people seeing the pain of others who can no longer help themselves, and wanting to make it better...so why can't I get serious without people telling me I shouldn't? : : I read somewhere in an INFP profile, that we're usually calm, reserved people, until our values or passions have been ridiculed or deemed "stupid". We then turn into this tornado of anger and relentlessness that's close to impossible to stop until we've changed the world or proven to ourselves that our ideals were NOT "stupid" or to be taken lightly. I can relate to THAT! : : Fucking dksjflkjsafkld, it just makes me so, SO mad when someone tells someone else to not be as passionate as they are. Telling someone to "lighten up" is telling them to not take their ideals, their loves, and their lifeforce so seriously. Well, I can't stop caring, I can't stop feeling so intensely, and thank God for that. : : -Emily

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