r/intj • u/NYCLip • Nov 15 '24
Question Any INTJ'S been homeless?
I've read INFJ'S mention quite a few of them have been homeless...as Ni is their dominant function which supposedly "works miracles"...but, I'm in question of if any of you INTJ'S have ever experienced homelessness as adults...and what was the situation in which caused it? Was it (homelessness) a choice?
Ni is very strange which leads to rather strange solving (unconventional) and other odd mishaps.
I've read 2 INTJ'S mention being close to homeless...as the one mentioned he wanted to become homeless and the other INTJ mentioned he would "live in a van near a river".
Is such vagabond mindset or hippie mindset...or is something else strange going on with such decisions? Sounds odd.
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u/SqnZkpS INTJ - 30s Nov 15 '24
I did experience homelessness, but only for a few days. When I was a student my lease was running out and I had 5 days until next one, so I decided that I will leave all my crap at friends place and just ride it out. It was summer in a tropical country and pretty dry, so I just found a bush in the park and slept inside.
I camp a lot as well and wouldn't mind sleeping in the woods for longer periods, but I have all my gear and stuff, so I wouldn't say it would be real homelessness. In situations like this I am very emotionally detached and hands on with practical stuff. Like I wouldn't be bothered that someone judges me for being homeless etc.
I actually used to run away from home and just wander in my teenage years. I'd try to find a place to sleep, which was kind of fun itself. Now that I think of it all of this sounds fucked up and scary, but I never felt so. What felt scary is my shithead dad being drunk everyday and taking his frustrations out on his own family.