Re: CHAT: Profile of a Conlanger

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 13/05/99 15:52:20  , Eli a =E9crit :

<< I'm an INTP. >>

I tried the test yesterday. I was an eNFj.  I tried it tonight. Now I'm an=20
iNFj. Keep you informed of further developments.

and Irina wrote :

<<
> It certainly does
> seem as if the incidence of mental illness is unusually high on this list,
> which makes me even more inclined to think that "mental illness" is simply
> societally legitimized prejudice.
I think you may be right. The other possibility (that conlanging is a
symptom of mental disorder) doesn't appeal to me.

I've never been under treatment for mental illness (I know I'm not
unique, but we may be a minority)

   Irina>>

When I was younger I read Marina Yaguello's book and immediately went to see=20
a psychologist. He told me I was perfectly OK. I trusted him somehow ;-) But=20
he also warned me that I must chat with people sharing the same hobby. But I=20
couldn't find conlangers off the cuff in Paris so maybe it's already too lat=
e=20
and I'm done and They got me.
Depressed only when doing maths and having my heart broken. However my=20
friends tell me all the time that they find it hard to get to know me but=20
really enjoy my complete impredictability so I don't make any effort to=20
change. Conlanging is freedom to me. You don't need any tool to do that. So =
I=20
must admit that after arguing very formally and technically (I'm an=20
attorney-at-law) on boring subjects I enjoy being free and achieving=20
something harmful, beautiful and useless.

Mathias=20






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