Another thread on the INTJ forum popped up concerning the the INTJ vibe. It's titled INTJ death glare and I realized that it's true, INTJs do have a death glare. It isn't the vibe that scares the hell out of people, it's the look. Since the majority of human beings are Sensors rather than Intuitives, it makes since that they would be freaked out by the look. Even a scientific study from a few years back confirmed that people tend to concentrate mainly on the eyes rather than the whole face.
Keeping this in mind, I have been running an experiment for the last several days involving greeting people. I would greet/say thank you/goodbye to some people by widening my eyes for about a second and not do that to others. Their body language and facial expression response have been rather surprising. Those who I widened my eyes for tend to respond more favorably and happier, those who I did not do it for were freaked out or upset. For example, there is girl who works at Subway that is always enthusiastic to greet people. When she handed me my sub, she smiled and I smiled back but I didn't widened my eyes. Her smile immediately disappeared and she wasn't that enthusiastic seeing me next time. This revelation is startling. Something as simple as widening your eyes by several millimeters can drastically affect how people perceive you. I'm going to keep this in mind.
Facial expression modification: Widen eyes when greeting/saying thank you/goodbye to people.
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