'Ask questions, don't make statements. The biggest weakness of inferior Fe is not being able to see one's own feelings. Like playing a game of cards, but your hand is facing away from you. You don't...|||I am ISTP. I don't have any opinions, emotions, feelings, or thoughts, so I don't have anything to say. I can fix anything though. If you need me to fix something for you, I'll be in the garage.|||When I get emotional in negative ways it tends to come out subtly. By that I mean that maybe only my best friend can tell that I'm sad or hurt. To everyone else I seem the same as ever. Generally the...|||I've been close friends with two, and acquaintances with two or three more. I'm going to make some generalizations. Please keep in mind that I believe every person is unique. These are no more than...|||1: ISTP 2: Female 3: Oldest 4: Auditory by far. Sight secondarily 5: Which three of these do you enjoy most?: (listed in order)       a. creative activities       d. social activities       e....|||I agree with this, and I think it goes for any two types who share the same functions. The more the lower functions are encouraged and used, the more similar the two types will seem to be. I've even...|||Se was not encouraged much. Between my INFP mother and ENTP father, I don't think they knew what to do with it. I grew up where we had snow 7 months of the year too, so there was a big chunk of every...|||I've only cried a couple times in my adult life, and each time it was when I was alone. It did act as an emotional release, which was good, but only because in those instances, my problem was my...|||Typically for me, sadness is caused by a perceived failure on my part. The feeling of sadness makes me step back and analyze everything about the situation and what contributed to it.   If I find...|||I actually just had a conversation with my INTJ boyfriend about this. We  had gone to a rocky beach to explore, which to me has always meant that  I can climb on the rocks and explore the cool stuff...|||The main thing that comes to mind is to be careful and use Fe appropriately. I say this because for any kind of creative work, Fe is an extremely powerful tool that should never be underestimated.  ...|||Nice description. This is very, very true of me. I think the key is finding the most relevant and possible solution instead of the most interesting. I've worked with NFJs on creative projects, and...|||This might be a little long, but I thought it might be nice to post just because it is a story of using Myers-Briggs practically.  I had been getting depressed lately. I felt like I wasn't able to...|||One of my first jobs was very physically intense; we were constantly moving furniture from one place to another. I was the smallest person on the team by a good 40+ lbs (18kg) and it was probably...|||I love the conversations I have with INFPs. They always come up with some perspective that never would have occurred to me. Sometimes their ideas are just pure crazy, but other times they are...|||I've used this aspect of Se to avoid feeling some unpleasant things. A known trigger will appear and I'll consciously focus on something superficial. I might even be able to completely ignore...|||It depends on whether I understand the cause of the emotion. Just like I have a mental map of other people, I have a mental map of myself and my own typical responses. If the upsetting scenario is...|||Ti+Se process for me is about looking for deeper patterns and truths being lived out in the real world so that real-world situations can be predicted.   Se notices a lot of information, but it's...|||One of the reasons I found this discussion so fascinating is because you provided such vivid descriptions of Ni paired with Judging functions. As ISTP, my Ni is best paired with another perceiving...|||I've have the same complaints as you do with someone like this. I'd say this is more a trait of a confident, immature extravert, not necessarily a sensor. I know a few ENxP's and ENxJ's and they can...|||I feel like I have to say: this thread is amazing. I came for the Star Trek and stayed for the awesome discussion. As someone with inf. Fe, emotions are not something I can navigate easily. The...|||As a female, I am dreading the day I have to make an announcement like that.|||I have an ISTP problem: I cannot handle open displays of emotion directed at me. Especially positive emotions. When I was very young, my mother (INFP) would sometimes get excited at me for something...|||This reminds me of my relationship. I'm ISTP, and even though my boyfriend is INTJ, we have run into this issue frequently; I am scared by his frequent open displays of affection (being INTJ, this is...|||That's awesome. Now I just want my superpowers in real life :)   This could be applied to any type, and you could see how  some types (INTJ/ESFP, INFJ/ESTP, INTP/ESFJ, etc) would have the ...|||LOL, it takes a Ti dom to have the desire and sudden passion to come up with a complex fantasy system like this :)  I like it. You could make a whole superhero team out of this. You'd just have to...|||My real life story is almost that. I'm ISTP, and my family members are ENTP, INFP, and ENFJ. As a true introvert, I haven't had a lot of close friends or SO, but the ones I have had were two INFJs...|||I've known two: one very well, and another not as well but we've had some good discussions. Both of them are brilliant and I love the way they can get very passionate about their ideas. I like that...|||Inferior Fe, 9w8. I want to reach out, to connect emotionally the way Fe dom/aux seems to do so easily. As a 9 I want to connect deeply and even merge with the ones I truly care about. But even...|||It might be a T thing in general, but I've seen other ISTPs on this site talking about a delayed emotional response. I think it adds to the situation described by Crystall in the original post to...|||I've struggled with this issue of sharing, because my typical way of processing something is completely internal. Something would happen to cause an emotional blow; I wouldn't really feel it at...|||I'm really amazed at all these ISTPs who feel sick after sharing a lot of emotions. I thought it was only me. Just recently I let my guard down a lot in front of my boyfriend. Emotionally it felt...|||Thanks @teddy564339 for starting this conversation. I feel as though SJ's are the most enigmatic type for me. I have found it harder than for other types to understand them and the best ways to live...|||This has happened to me a couple times: I meet an INTJ who generally has a reputation for being a quiet, reserved person. But several minutes into the conversation, the INTJ picks up and this...|||I'm dating an INTJ and we've been together for three years now. It was kind of a shock when I met him, because I had never met anyone who was so much like me (at least at first glance). He also...|||I get lonely all the time. By and large I prefer not to be around a lot of people, but there's a big difference between spending time with most people and spending time with the 2-3 people on the...|||This could be fun. I'll give it a shot. Hypothetically speaking (because, like other responders have stated, places like this would not be able to exist cohesively in the real world) I think once...|||I relate to this, except I'm much more of an auditory learner than a visual one. I am also slow to take the next step like you said, and it seems strange  that it is so hard for me to replicate the...|||The more I think about it, the more  I realize that I love to use Se. I love tackling some physical challenge like climbing a mountain or rearranging the furniture by myself - and succeeding. When...|||I work as a nurse, and I'd have to agree with Julia Bell,that is a field best suited to ESFJ. But I find that a lot of ISTP strengths come into play where I work, especially the interest in technical...|||Most of the people I get along best with are NF's: INFJ and INFP. Next are NT's: INTJ, ENTP, INTP. I know some other SP's, but for some reason I've never had much connection, which I find really odd...|||I also have a problem with the wording on this test. This question on the fourth page bothered me especially:   A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the  arguments...|||My boyfriend of 3 years is INTJ. To start with, I have to say that almost the entire 3 years has been long distance, so I'm not sure how applicable my experience will be to your situation, but here's...|||I definitely think in abstract concepts that are not necessarily visual, auditory, or tactile. Before I express anything, I have to decide the most appropriate way to do so. Most of the time that...|||I second this. My college roommate is INFJ and we are still friends and we do everything together. I've noticed looking back on the friendship that we seem to have strengthened each other's...|||I feel as though I have to predict people because I'm not an NF. For me it's almost like a compensatory response because I'm terrible at reading people in real time. Fe is my last function. I don't...|||My mom is INFP through and through, and I can attest to most or all of the impressions mentioned here. My family loves to sit around and discuss deep issues, but we have all learned that she has a...|||This description made me laugh, it is so accurate. I am ISTP and my brother (who I have always been close with) is ENFP. We got into so much mischief as kids...'