A Sticky Situation | Metaphors in the Life of an INFP
25Another installment of metaphor discovery and exploration! This time I teach you the basics as I walk through a newly envisioned metaphorical landscape.
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Health - immersion
P - I have little energy, bad knees, and am always sleepy - immersion in a sticky mud-like slime.
R - I want to get rid of pain and have more energy - find a way out, pull myself up
O - I want to be healthier - i can walk above all my problems, glide on troubles and move freely
General -
- sticky situation
- in the pits
- it's hard to take steps forward
- it's like something is pulling me down / stopping me from being free and moving on
- scary
- the more I think of it, the more it feels like a sewer - I'm in the shit, it's really shitty, now it reeks
- Not on the same level as everyone
- Out of contact - nobody sees things like I do
- Feeling down
- Took a fall at some point and ended up in this
- Life stinks
Left -
- 1 meter away is a raised floor about head level
- extends out to easy walking
- showed me that I'm in a pit filled with sticky mud-like slime
- there's a portion that extends farther left towards another direction
- The way I've left was smooth and easy, solid, stable
- Something I've left unexplored - I've left many options unexplored that would help me get myself out of the muck
- Taking a step or 2 to the left feels good, feels lighter and like I'm making progress towards something to get me out of this shit
- * I prematurely tried to grab the ledge and pull myself up and out - slipped and washed down the side, falling forever
Right -
- an edge
- like a waterfall
- instant fear and shock
- I'm on the edge
- I can't take the right steps
- Not really sure where the right leads me
- There's a slight pull to go with what's right
- What's right for me is surprising - like I never even considered it
- Taking a step right is not comfortable, I don't like it - panic and some curiosity
Behind -
- dark
- I know that there's eventually a place where the pit meets a floor, can't see it though
- What used to be something I was looking forward to turned into this
- Now, the easy steps are behind me
- It's hard to see what's going on in the background / behind the current problem
- I've turned my back on what was easy and basically plunged into a difficult situation
- I'm not facing where I came from
- I'm not facing something
- Taking a step backwards is easier than forwards
Front -
- endless tunnel / hallway of slime that continues forward, unchanging
- naturally going to expel out into a larger reservoir / lake
- If I don't change my path, I'm going to struggle forever
- I'm actually looking forward to slow, steady, and difficult steps forward
- There's a light at the end of the tunnel - I'll eventually be free if I keep pushing forward
- Taking a step forward doesn't feel like I'm actually making progress - so labored and difficult, but I can do it
Down -
- gross, sticky
- scary (what's inside?!)
- It's hard to see what's going on beneath the current problem
- it's a shitty situation
Up -
- opening to a bright sky outside (explains the lighting)
- open man-hole
- I look up to people who aren't in this situation
Left in front -
- the tunnel to the left meets the tunnel going forward at a corner
Right in front & behind (continuously) -
- ladder laid down that crosses a big pit
- I've had many chances to do what's right - some I've passed, some are still waiting for me
- scary
Turn my life around - face what's right
- everything feels better
- I've left a long and arduous journey
- The things I've turned my back on previously are now viable options
- What was right for me is now something I'm looking forward to - I look forward to challenging myself with what has always been right for me
- What I had left before is now behind me as I move forward
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