When a highly sensitive man loses his sense of meaning (INFJ / INFP)

Lightbearer's Library · Sep 2, 2026 · 13m · transcript

Sometimes, as a highly sensitive man, you can find yourself wondering whether you're still useful in the world.

Maybe something has changed. You've lost a job, retired, gone through a divorce, or simply found yourself in a period of depression or deep uncertainty. And when the life you knew begins to change around you, I wonder if another question can begin to surface underneath it all: What gives my life meaning now?

I've been thinking about this through creativity, too. Art can seem so useless in a world that places so much value on what is productive and practical. And when you're a…