I do not like people

Jdesey said:
I am a healthcare recruiter so I spent all day long on the phone talking to people.
I'm good at it but people do with their going to do. Also has an element of sales to it and honestly I'm tired of having to get people to say yes to what I need done.
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I feel you. No wonder you're burned out. But it's probably not people you're tired of, but the type of interaction with them that's burning you out. If you were mixing and mingling with those same people in a different setting like a rooftop bar on a weekend night with no work bs involved, you'd probably have an entirely different experience and outlook.
 
Baron said:
That description of my personality type is so accurate it's scary
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INTJ personality type kind of reminds me of the movie: The Langoliers, 1995....in particular the character of Bob Jenkins, an inquisitive-minded mystery novelist (played by Dean Stockwell)
o_O
 
Jdesey said:
well at least in business. I am kinda anti-social, I think most traders are.

Unfortunately I have a "real job" and I have to interact with people all day every day,
and basically most people are a pain in the ass!

I pray that some day I can be a full time trader and be a total recluse and talk to nobody!

who can relate???
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I don't like people. I trade full time. I am a recluse. I put my shoes on everyday and think if there is anything I should do now that I have my shoes on. I use to trade in my pajamas but I didn't like the way it was going so I just started sleeping in my clothes and whenever I wake up I am already dressed for trading.
 
When I switched from a hectic too-many-people facing career to trading at home full time in 2014, was great for oh.. 20 months? I was surprised to discover I missed professional chit-chat and even politics. Things like the quote below came to mind on some too-quiet days. Embrace the tides or get very tired arguing with yourself about what is best for you?

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence." George Eliot

edited: I tested as ENFJ
 
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Was stuck in traffic for an hour w/no AC in hot humid weather. I came to the same conclusion OP. I realize outside of family and old friends, I don't care to seek more friendships, relationships, you name it. I'll be fine if they develop naturally but am not going out of my way to "maintain" or find new ones.

I'm as nice as can be, partly because I treat others as I wish they'd treat me and loathe the personality types that make social interaction a burden. Some may say I'm being selfish and missing out, but I've tried it and don't care for it. It shocks me the amount of shit people often eat to fit in or be part of the pack. Basically, for me, the discomfort of 'loneliness' is less than that of socialization.
 
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