The Internet

I've noticed that I use about 20 different screen names on different forums and games combined mostly so people don't attach a negative connotation to my name from elsewhere. I also never give out any personal information, and if I have to, I lie about it. If some community pisses me off, rather than immediately write an angry reply back, I'll use a different account and "troll" the living hell out of it. Unfortunately, that security cannot be used in real life, so here I am, sitting behind the computer 8 hours a day.

Does anyone else do the same kinds of things or is it just me?

Well my screen name on this forum here is kinda like that. The name I go by on the internet (and some places in real life) is Ak1ra K0nya, except replace the 1 with an I and the 0 with an O. I didn't want anyone I knew to Google my name, then end up reading all my posts here and totally changing their opinion of me.

In real life, if something had happened and you wanted to be away from everyone you know, you'd have to sell your house and belongings, change your name, and buy a new house across the country. On the internet, all you have to do is change your screen name. Kinda nice. Socializing on the internet never really bothered me, because I always know I can just leave the chatroom/forum and never come back and nobody could ever find me again.

I mostly work under the same screen name on the internet, except for this forum. For the same reason as Ak1raK0nya. My usual screen name can be found in my emailadress. I also find Nadir a good name for the point in my life where I'm now. Nadir stands for the lowest point, the positive thing is that it can only go up from there... I hope.

That's an interesting system to use Ak1raK0nya

some guy, I'm puzzled as to how you can remember all of your screen names. How do you do it? Personally, I always use either 'Chucky', 'Kevster', or 'KevinBlighe'. I've used this my entire life.


Are you happy to sit behind the computer for 8 hours per day?

Yep, I've started to do the same thing.

For a while, I used the same forum name everywhere I registered. But I've realized now that I should choose a new one since some people actually know of my email address which has name in it.

I've just got to think of something clever.

some guy:

Greetings! from another avoidant INFP.

Don't forget what incredible things your sensitivity and creativity can givve back to the world: and maybe make it a less harsh place for other sensitive souls in the future. Consider: poets, composers, visionaries, reformers.

Even hiding away behind our keyboards we can find ways to make the world more ... and in that perhaps find it a little easier to forgive ourselves our shortcomings and discover our beauties.

I just tend to use any name related to something I like around me(gsf-600 is the model number of my bike).

What I never got is all those "myspace" type of sites users posting their private life(pics, adress,etc...) on the public space. First of all: Who cares? and 2nd: you just don't who will access that information and what he/she's gonna do with it. The only thing of mine I've posted on a forum is a pic of my car(no licence plate of course).

Chucky wrote:Are you happy to sit behind the computer for 8 hours per day?

HELL no. Social anxiety/AvPD combined with ADHD is NOT a fun thing, but for now it works the best for me.

LoveQuiet wrote:Greetings! from another avoidant INFP.

Don't forget what incredible things your sensitivity and creativity can givve back to the world: and maybe make it a less harsh place for other sensitive souls in the future. Consider: poets, composers, visionaries, reformers.

Even hiding away behind our keyboards we can find ways to make the world more ... and in that perhaps find it a little easier to forgive ourselves our shortcomings and discover our beauties.

Well thank you I wish I could use my creativity for something other than for coming up with ideas that I can't follow through on. I wish I could take my ADHD and flush it down the toilet to never be seen again. All I ever do though is nothing. Quite literally nothing, which is also why I'm here now... Hopefully, you're able to achieve more with your gifts, but what I see as my future is what I'm doing right now There seems to be no place for the INFP avoidant, especially with attention deficit and now maybe even OCD. Besides that, I doubt that the mainstream public would even appreciate my music (well that's what I have the most interest in) because creativity seems to be shunned today.