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| Question #1135110899 | Tuesday, 20-Dec-2005 |
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| Regarding types with weak feeling functions (as their fourth function), to what extent will they think about feelings? Or does that weak function merely result in lesser exhibition or experience of emotion? For example will an INTp or ISTp get bothered by guilt if they hurt someone, or will they cry when watching sad movies etc.? To what extent? -- ISXp |
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| A1 I am an INTp, but in my test results the "T" preference, percentage-wise, is usually not as strong as the "I" or the "N." Therefore, I often feel guilty if I hurt someone, but I don't know if this is true for all INTp's. -- JK |
| A2 As an INTP, you feel guilty about hurting people because your feeling function is extraverted. As an INTJ my feeling function is introverted, and I don't generally get emotional over people unless they are very close to me (family, good friends). Knowing which direction each function operates, introverted or extraverted, is critical to understanding how you interact with the world regarless of type. -- WG |
A3 I am ISTp, and I do feel guilty when people get hurt over me. However, I never tended to cry at sad movies until I was pregnant (of course, while I was pregnant, I would cry at life insurance commercials, for chrissakes!). I guess it takes knowing someone personally for me to exercise empathy. As for thinking about feelings, I have always done a lot of that - attempting to drag the irrational over to the explainable - but eventually realized I was just running in circles with that. I still catch myself doing it, but once I notice, I reallocate my mental resources  ! -- iAnnAu |
| A4 As someone such as me also the ISTp, I think I can come across to those who do not know me (or particular aspects of me) to be somewhat cold and uncaring. However I have noticed in myself that I care very much about upsetting people, but as I do not naturally empathise with people I can a tendency at times put my foot in it by being unitentionally insensitive. This quality can lead me (I think) to overanalyse certain situations-ie did I do anything wrong have I did anything wrong and how would I react to a particular statement. On the face of things I have observed certain people (on the face of it) not caring and not regretting upsetting people- perhaps this is what makes me sensitive to lack of respect and positive emotions and rudeness - because at least I try to do 'the right thing' And on the analysis usually I would accept what I say to others if it was to be said to myself. If I have split up with someone I always go thro the mire of thinking how could I have done that better/differently, often assuming its my fault when really it can't always be. I also know its usually me who instigates the split which can help heap guilt scenarios upon me. I'm starting to draw a conclusion that there is only so much introspection and self-blame one can do in this situation-one can only do ones best (whatever that is!) Any thoughts? -- Cyclops |
| A5 Oh just thought I'd add I find myself not one for crying usually at all-but that is not to say never. I can find that I cry at something I wouldn't expect, like for instance Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by eh .. i think it was Richard Bach -- Cyclops |
| A6 "For example will an INTp or ISTp get bothered by guilt if they hurt someone" I know I could feel guilty, but I don't. If you get what I mean. But I don't go around pointlessly hurting people either. "will they cry when watching sad movies etc.?" Haha, absolutely never. More likely I make fun of people who. Like when my brother started to cry horribly when Yoda died. I told him:"I'm glad that green piece of **** died, you know Darth Vader is going to win". That was years ago, but anyway that was hilarious. I haven't cried once since I was ten or so. -- INTp |
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