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Originally Posted by Seanan
I think I almost had it and then lost it. First, I respectfully, want to say don't ever wish you weren't as you are. Some of my favorite people appear to be "F"... I admire them... why else would I want to understand? Its not just idle curiosity.
Now, to what you wrote:
Aren't your values formed with thought? So when you go with those I don't understand where the feelings are. How is thought a "trickster?" When you're "listeing to feeling" what is the process? What are you listening too? Are you experiencing something physical or mental? By feeling, do you mean this is something you have, previously, thought out and are keying into it without thinking.. as in "programmed?"
Okay... here's the INTP apology... I'm sorry if I've said anything offensive. I would never intentionally offend. If I have, please consider it simply my failure with the language. Thanks.
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I am not offended at all.
Feeling in the feeler is a judging function, not just emotion. My feeling can run counter to what I happen "want" in a given situation. I often see thinkers equate feeling to "wanting to believe that what you want is valid." It is not that way at all.
My
feeling is hard to explain. This is why I wanted to shy away from the question. Yes, the brain is used in feeling as judgement just the same as you use your brain with Ti but it is different sort of anaylsis.
It is a collection of values and experiences and well...feelings about what things mean to me. See this is why it is hard to put into words.
Thinking in me is inferior. It often shows itself to me in a negative way. Criticalness, clinging stubbornly to agruments etc. It can trick me into seeing things more negative than they really are or to behave as if things were more negative, sinister than they are.
Feeling is more sure, steady and open, positive.
So I need to listen to what thinking offers but then I need to put it through the filter of feeling to make sure I am on track with what is best for me and my own personal value system in any situation.
My experience with thinking will be vastly different than yours because of the difference between being inferior and dominant.