“I would tell my younger INFP self to not take everything so personally and to go easier on myself. I was a very self-critical little kid and adolescent and would blame myself if anything about my grades, behavior or looks didn’t add up to what I idealized in my head. I was very anxious throughout middle and high school and struggled with self-image and perfectionism. It stemmed from these self-idealized notions of how I was supposed to be not matching up with who I really was, a dreamer. Trying to be like everyone else, I pushed down my creativity and spontaneity that I had when I was very
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