Tribe.net. Local Connections Alejandro http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#e90035e0-a553-475d-8b03-8e0ead53b626 2009-08-02T08:04:36Z 2009-08-02T08:04:36Z

My sense of smell its not good at all, I play music reasonably loud and can`t stand the electronics high pitched sound! You got me thinking about the brain connection between the personality types and the rest of our body systems ... This is my first visit and post at this forum ... I wanted to tell you that I have learned a lot about myself, in this discussion, Thank You All for your posts!

Alejandro 2009-08-02T08:04:36Z $item.owner.firstName http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#468e5cb9-0b9f-4ea6-bb55-f5b6e8f89dd9 2009-07-20T13:31:11Z 2009-07-20T13:31:11Z

I'm just like that. A fan can drive me up the wall after a short time. Anything repetitive and constant is highly annoying. I don't even like the radio on because of it's nauseating effect. Organic smells are not as offensive as chemical smells to me. A new carpet or bad perfume or fresh paint....yuck.

$item.owner.firstName 2009-07-20T13:31:11Z Nathan http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#6a3c7795-659c-4b76-b803-fd5764ca316a 2009-07-08T19:42:59Z 2009-07-08T19:42:59Z

Ditto on the tv thing. I thought I was a weirdo for the longest time until I found someone else who could hear the tv as well. Background noise is always a bother and since I work around computers most of the day I have a hard time hearing when someone is speaking with that noise in the background. I believe my sense of smell is also rather acute. I can smell when someone has recently walked down the halls of our building. Their cologne, perfume, last cigarette, or just odor seems to linger in the air. Glad to hear I'm not the only sensory freak out there. :o)

Nathan 2009-07-08T19:42:59Z jane http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#fcf784c6-2fe5-42a4-a828-a893b69e502b 2009-03-02T05:52:52Z 2009-03-02T05:52:52Z

a bit of a tangent, but i noticed that i can't really smell anything for the first 20 or so minutes after i wake up.

jane 2009-03-02T05:52:52Z Michelle http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#ad80ebbe-8d77-449a-a61e-6df05c40d5f4 2009-02-25T21:03:04Z 2009-02-25T21:03:04Z

This all sounds a lot lie the Empath tribes. At the Ayurveda college I used to work they would try out herbs and essential oils on me to see where it effected my body/mind. I can pretty much dampen down what I hear (have to do it consciously though) but I see, notice and smell things way more then I think I need to. Some times I have to bake just to clear the other smells from the home and focus on one pleasant one - a nice benefit is that I get a tasty treat too!

Michelle 2009-02-25T21:03:04Z Nat http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#29953ec1-de4e-4fae-91ef-ec9d2399cd89 2009-02-25T20:26:44Z 2009-02-25T20:26:44Z

I totally know what you mean. The high-pitched tv buzz can be really annoying. I work in a tv studio and we still use some old monitors for the prompter. If I stand beside it too long, it gives me a headache. Talk about aggravating! Oh, and our headsets are crappy too. I always hear the fuzz ands feedback that no one else hears.

Nat 2009-02-25T20:26:44Z Shelley http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#75a3ecab-0514-4583-8a6a-dfe52502d1d4 2008-12-18T15:38:54Z 2008-12-18T15:38:54Z

I really like Karina's theory. That makes a lot of sense. I have a great sense of smell, I can tell what meals people have eaten hours after they've eaten them, cause i can smell it on their clothes, even when no one else can. I always complain that the house smells when no one else thinks it does, because I can smell the garbage or foods that I don't like that were cooked days ago. It's really annoying at times. I can tell if an electronic was left on in the house, cause i can hear that high-frequency noise that TVs and other things make.

Shelley 2008-12-18T15:38:54Z Rachel http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#9e72ea8b-d026-4866-a40e-be21faf433e2 2008-11-17T08:10:13Z 2008-11-17T08:10:13Z

That makes a lot of sense about hypersensitivity to the world. I guess that is the basis of the Highly Sensitive Person thing. And I like solo movie viewing too! No one trying to talk to you through the whole thing! :-) On another note, stuffy nose person/people - have you tried using a Neti pot? I think it's the best thing ever invented! I recommend to everyone with congestion problems (although a lot of people refuse to try it). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_irrigation

Rachel 2008-11-17T08:10:13Z Karina http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#f148a239-92c9-45ba-9434-5a0a96a72e4f 2008-11-16T00:56:01Z 2008-11-16T00:56:01Z

I hear the sound electronics make... I can also hear conversations from across the room, I feel like that def chick from Seinfeld sometimes. Also real little sounds sound like big explosions to me it is really annoying cause I need absolute silence to work.

Karina 2008-11-16T00:56:01Z Karina http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#cae1affb-0733-49d8-8dd2-f544d7ff2689 2008-11-16T00:51:46Z 2008-11-16T00:51:46Z

Well I am not an INFJ but I am an intuitive. So I just had to jump in cause I have a theory on this. I have very sensitive senses and I know a lot of intuitives who do also. My idea is that intuitives have hypersensitive hearing taste etc, which is why they have to retreat into their brains to process information. It's kind of distressing for an intuitive to observe their environment cause they are easily stimulated, so they daydream instead. I mean I think that is at least part of the reason intuitives happen.

Karina 2008-11-16T00:51:46Z $item.owner.firstName http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#ac1f2049-eeb4-4946-a5ef-13eeb6c26970 2008-11-10T02:34:08Z 2008-11-10T02:34:08Z

I have a horrible sense of smell (based on a "stuffy nose" syndrome :) ). However, I am very sensitive to both light and noises. When I'm in bed for instance, I can't have any lights or nose (dripping, radio, clicking, etc. and I cannot sleep). To my wife (who's an ESFP...god help her and me :) ) this can get annoying. Also, when I'm at the movies (I go alone all the time and love it) I get easily bothered by people who talk/eat popcorn loudly/etc....I wish that my "hyper-sensitivity" was less, but c'est la vie :). Len

$item.owner.firstName 2008-11-10T02:34:08Z Rachel http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#f4425c59-c3bc-4474-8218-b55eda0c5eef 2008-11-08T19:43:07Z 2008-11-08T19:43:07Z

Interesting...glad I'm not the only one! I can't hear the noises electronics make, though my ex-bf could do that and was highly annoyed by it. But I DO hear conversations that are far enough I should be able to shut them out...but can't. It makes cubicle work extremely annoying. I hear people's fights with their spouses, etc. when I'm just trying to focus on my work. I also feel like an unwilling stalker who can't help eavesdropping! Ugh.

Rachel 2008-11-08T19:43:07Z Cat http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#6001bf04-f90b-4376-a279-a15700c7107b 2008-11-06T16:19:00Z 2008-11-06T16:19:00Z

Yea, I can’t study with the music playing either and I am easily irritated by background noise too. Since I was a child I have been very sensitive to different smells from melted cheese and garlic to silver polishing stuff and artificial flavours. However, visual input is usually what causes me most problems but maybe it is a different story than the auditory ones. I used to suffer a lot from severe migraines that would last for days and the only medicine was to get the doctor to give me a shot to knock me out. I was eventually sent to see a neurologist, who came up with the conclusion that my mind registers too much information, sort of a visual overload – maybe an overload in other regards as well? Driving down boulevards with trees lining each side makes me very nauseous. I have to close my eyes (if I am not driving that is) or I have to focus sternly at the “light at the end of the tunnel”. Old monitors flicker as they update. Something people usually don’t pick up on but it makes me quite sick to look at, even briefly. I don’t look down if I walk down a footpath with for instance cobbled stones, as the moving pattern that disappears underneath me disturbs me. I never wear patterned clothes. I am better at coping with bright colours now. Sometimes, it would be nice to be able to filter all the information! It makes me tired.

Cat 2008-11-06T16:19:00Z shifting4now http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#83ffcbbc-b32c-4d24-951c-aa980f88e6fc 2008-11-06T15:14:12Z 2008-11-06T15:14:12Z

Oh..also I HATE whistling, smacking, little mouth noises like clicking. It's soooo irritating.

shifting4now 2008-11-06T15:14:12Z shifting4now http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#f280d137-d26d-4f18-ba33-37630990a25e 2008-11-06T15:11:39Z 2008-11-06T15:11:39Z

I am very sensitive to smells also and I can find background noises very distracting. I can't read with the tv on or music playing, I often have to turn the stereo in the car down or off if someone is talking to me otherwise I tune one or the other out. I get very distracted by the music played in stores and if I don't like it then I am apt to leave without a purchase but if for some reason it moves me, I end up sort of dancing my way around the store and forgetting why I am there. I guess it's more of a distraction than anything. Smells on the otherhand I am particular about and I associate different people in my life with different smells and when I think about them sometimes I can smell what I associate them with. It's a very weird thing to me.

shifting4now 2008-11-06T15:11:39Z Lexie http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#8cfdb226-5237-4541-acc0-6523336e8bb2 2008-11-06T15:10:58Z 2008-11-06T15:10:58Z

My pet peeves center around noises: someone walking directly behind me, repetitive smacking noises, etc. I don't think my senses are especially sensitive though.

Lexie 2008-11-06T15:10:58Z Samantha http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#8f9a9c46-1587-4b7a-a1c5-2650c573b09c 2008-11-06T05:05:25Z 2008-11-06T05:05:25Z

Yes, I'm also very sensitive to the noise TVs make even when they're on mute. I always have been. I remember walking into my elementary school library as a kid & saying "there's a TV on in here." The librarian said "I don't hear a TV" and I said "No, the sound is off but i swear it's on." I walked all over until I found one of the TVs on carts that teachers could take to their classrooms & sure enough, it was plugged in & turned on, with no sound.

Samantha 2008-11-06T05:05:25Z Waylon http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#5934d099-980f-4b0e-a09e-b0991a0f9092 2008-11-05T20:55:48Z 2008-11-05T20:55:48Z

My sense of smell is pretty crummy, since I've got a perpetually stuffed-up nose. My hearing is very good, though. I can hear very quiet things and very high pitched things that most folks can't (like the high-pitched whine TV's make when they are on). Oddly enough, I have a hard time hearing and understanding spoken communication when there's a lot of background noise. I think it has to do with my sensitive ears being overloaded. I don't know. It seems to get worse as I get older, but I can still hear high pitches and quiet sounds, which are usually the things to go when hearling loss sets in. Who knows?

Waylon 2008-11-05T20:55:48Z Rachel http://infj.tribe.net/thread/d2be6daf-8fd4-4c0b-9964-254c57797659#334e190b-0ab9-4267-8a55-79882f789a75 2008-11-05T16:53:45Z 2008-11-05T16:53:45Z

I have noticed I'm really sensitive to loud noises and smells no one else can seem to smell. Since I'm apparently 100% iNtuitive and not Sensory at all, I find this weird. Any other INFJs experience this?

Rachel 2008-11-05T16:53:45Z