Tag: anxiety
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The Emotional Lives of the Sixteen Personalities
Can we predict a persons type simply by observing what they are feeling and how they deal with those feelings? Yes. Definitely. Our feelings are always honest with us and tell us more about ourselves than our thoughts and reasons do. If you can spot what emotions are driving a person and how they respond…
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Common INFJ Problems / The ESTP Shadow
The shadow side of an INFJ is the ESTP. And while the ESTP is often misportrayed an aggressive jock, INFJs in the ESTP mode are not necessarily aggressive types. Thinking and Perceiving in itself is rarely an aggressive or controlling function. INFJs under the influence of ESTP don’t turn into some sort of shadow jocks.…
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ENFPs as Mentors And Sidekicks
My last two articles, on the ‘Hero’ (flow-state) and ‘Rival’ represent the most well known state of opposing archetypes for any Jungian-based personality type. While the ‘Hero’ subtype represents a state of optimal ease and flow, while the ‘Rival’ represents the state where the innate gifts of the ‘Hero’ are most eclipsed, favoring a darker,…
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No, you don’t need to develop your inferior function
It is common to describe personality development as developing your weaker functions. I think this stems from a misconception of how cognitive functions work and why we favour certain functions over others. INFJs favour introverted intuition due to the positive impact it has on an INFJs well being. Introverted intuition is one of the functions…
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How I Become As An ENFP Under Stress
ENFPs, according to the classical MBTI literature have been described as enthusiastic, curious, investigative, upbeat, friendly, and many other positive terms. However, no human being can possibly remain in that state forever…. It simply wouldn’t be realistic to say the least. Most notably for ENFPs, it is pretty well established that their emotional highs can…
