I want to be with someone who won’t see my intense emotions as a burden

This is why I love ENTJs. Idk who downvoted you but you said everything I wanted to say (in a more straightforward way), wish I could upvote 10 times if I could. I appreciate you investing your time in genuinely wanting to encourage someone else.


My 2 cents for OP:

I've been there (still am sometimes) but trust me - you don't want to stay there. And knowing what I know now, I can't encourage you to look for someone to accept you as you are if your goal is to stay as you are.

Carl Jung didn't write this theory for people to sit on their type and look for others to accept their unhealthy / undeveloped ego and stay complacent. Each cognitive function is like a superpower - ex. there's a time when you'll need to use Te over Fi irl. Nothing bad with Fi intrinsically (being in tune with your feelings) but overindulgence is very unhealthy.

Even if you could find someone who accepted and enabled this overindulgence, it's toxic for both of you and once you step back into the world nothing will have changed. It's also not fair for the other person if you're stubborn in not willing to change.

Either start taking charge of who you want to be - at your own pace, and/or find someone that can encourage you in a healthy way to gain control over your functions so that you can be strong-minded and tough when you need to be. I believe in you!

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