Fi vs Fe Explained!

[Doctorjuice]

This is a video I did comparing and contrasting Fi and Fe.

Let me know if you think this video is accurate! Do you use Fi or Fe? What are some characteristics of it? What are some characteristics that you've noticed of other people who use Fi and Fe?

Feedback and critique are welcome!

Other videos:

Ti vs Te Explained:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRtX65Cnc9w

Introverted vs Extraverts: Explained:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXBFnqu8VxE

 

[Glycerine]

I like it. It doesn't seem overly stereotypical. It flushed out the differences quite well.

 

[Hate]

Allow me to direct you to the name change thread, Doctor.

http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33625

 

[Doctorjuice]

Allow me to direct you to the name change thread, Doctor.

http://www.typologycentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33625

...We meet again Juice.

 

[Giggly]

Fe is way better than Fi.

Just sayin'.

 

[Such Irony]

I like it. It doesn't seem overly stereotypical. It flushed out the differences quite well.

I agree.


As someone with Fe inferior who often scores high on Fi on function tests, I'm often confused about which one fits better. According to function theory and if I'm correctly typed as INTP, I should be an Fe "user" yet I don't fit with everything under Fe.

I'm not as open about showing emotions and usually I'm not comfortable showing much emotion unless its with close family members or friends or if I'm under alot of stress, where the Fe inferior takes over. Like the Fi users, I try to only show the emotions I want to show to others.

Like the Fe types, other peoples' emotions can definitely affect how I feel. If you act grumpy around me, it will put me in a bad mood. I tend to be sympathetic of other peoples' hard luck stories. I try to do the socially acceptable thing when someone is under distress yet sometimes I feel awkward doing so. For example if someone tells me a loved one dies, I will do the standard "I'm sorry about your loss and try to sound all sad but there's always this anxiety that people will be able to see right through me and that I'm not being sincere.

Regarding facial expressions, I'm somewhat of a mixed bag. I've been told that I tend to come across as rather 'flat' to others. Yet I've also been told that I have a nice warm smile and sparkling eyes- which I think might be more Fe. I'm also affected by others' enthusiasm. When others around me are enthusiastic and the interest is mutual, I will show more of that in my face I think.

So is what I've said typical of INTP?

 

[Doctorjuice]

Fe is way better than Fi.

Just sayin'.

You do realize ESFPs use Fi, right?

I agree.


As someone with Fe inferior who often scores high on Fi on function tests, I'm often confused about which one fits better. According to function theory and if I'm correctly typed as INTP, I should be an Fe "user" yet I don't fit with everything under Fe.

I'm not as open about showing emotions and usually I'm not comfortable showing much emotion unless its with close family members or friends or if I'm under alot of stress, where the Fe inferior takes over. Like the Fi users, I try to only show the emotions I want to show to others.

Like the Fe types, other peoples' emotions can definitely affect how I feel. If you act grumpy around me, it will put me in a bad mood. I tend to be sympathetic of other peoples' hard luck stories. I try to do the socially acceptable thing when someone is under distress yet sometimes I feel awkward doing so. For example if someone tells me a loved one dies, I will do the standard "I'm sorry about your loss and try to sound all sad but there's always this anxiety that people will be able to see right through me and that I'm not being sincere.

Regarding facial expressions, I'm somewhat of a mixed bag. I've been told that I tend to come across as rather 'flat' to others. Yet I've also been told that I have a nice warm smile and sparkling eyes- which I think might be more Fe. I'm also affected by others' enthusiasm. When others around me are enthusiastic and the interest is mutual, I will show more of that in my face I think.

So is what I've said typical of INTP?

Yes it sounds very typical of INTP. INTPs have Fe as their last function so Fe is going to be not nearly as easily noticed as ExFJ types. It's obvious you care a good deal about what other people think.

Compare yourself to an INTJ. INTJs could care less about a lot of the things you mentioned. This is because they use Fi. How they come across to people, whether the other person feels comfortable...INTJs don't naturally care about these things. INTPs do.

As you develop your Fe you'll start to be able to express emotions more naturally. Notice how your Fe flares out when you're around people you know well and are very comfortable around.

Hope that helped! (For instance, this last sentence you'd unlikely find an INTJ using. No offense to any INTJs.)

 

[Giggly]

You do realize ESFPs use Fi, right?

Yes. It's sort of an inside joke to the forum.

 

[Rasofy]

You do realize ESFPs use Fi, right?

Pshhh....she's an ISFJ.

 

[Such Irony]

Pshhh....she's an ISFJ.

ISFJ with some ESFP-ish qualities.

 

[Anew Leaf]

Fe is way better than Fi.

Just sayin'.

FI IS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111111

 

[Glycerine]

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

 

[Eric B]

As someone with Fe inferior who often scores high on Fi on function tests, I'm often confused about which one fits better. According to function theory and if I'm correctly typed as INTP, I should be an Fe "user" yet I don't fit with everything under Fe.

I'm not as open about showing emotions and usually I'm not comfortable showing much emotion unless its with close family members or friends or if I'm under alot of stress, where the Fe inferior takes over. Like the Fi users, I try to only show the emotions I want to show to others.

Like the Fe types, other peoples' emotions can definitely affect how I feel. If you act grumpy around me, it will put me in a bad mood. I tend to be sympathetic of other peoples' hard luck stories. I try to do the socially acceptable thing when someone is under distress yet sometimes I feel awkward doing so. For example if someone tells me a loved one dies, I will do the standard "I'm sorry about your loss and try to sound all sad but there's always this anxiety that people will be able to see right through me and that I'm not being sincere.

Regarding facial expressions, I'm somewhat of a mixed bag. I've been told that I tend to come across as rather 'flat' to others. Yet I've also been told that I have a nice warm smile and sparkling eyes- which I think might be more Fe. I'm also affected by others' enthusiasm. When others around me are enthusiastic and the interest is mutual, I will show more of that in my face I think.

So is what I've said typical of INTP?

Yes it sounds very typical of INTP. INTPs have Fe as their last function so Fe is going to be not nearly as easily noticed as ExFJ types. It's obvious you care a good deal about what other people think.

Compare yourself to an INTJ. INTJs could care less about a lot of the things you mentioned. This is because they use Fi. How they come across to people, whether the other person feels comfortable...INTJs don't naturally care about these things. INTPs do.

As you develop your Fe you'll start to be able to express emotions more naturally. Notice how your Fe flares out when you're around people you know well and are very comfortable around.

Also, again, Fi is the right-brain alternative, and as a "P" function, bears that in common with Ti. It is so unconscious, that it may come up "more" than Fe, but you won't even know it, yet will identify it only by behaviors, which is what the function tests measure them by. What you will sense is the "shaky" vulnerable nature of Fe. Being the most consciously repressed, it will end up coming out weaker than Fi (for many INTP's, it comes out the weakest, supporting the brain-lateral order).

 

[Giggly]

FI IS BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111111111111

You just used up all the exclamation points in that sentence. What a selfish Fi user you are%%%%%1111 (<< see, look at what you did. I had to use percent signs instead)

/Fe guilt trip

 

[Anew Leaf]

You just used up all the exclamation points in that sentence. What a selfish Fi user you are%%%%%1111 (<< see, look at what you did. I had to use percent signs instead)

/Fe guilt trip

Can't spell "SelFish" without Fi.

Can't spell Fake without Fe.

 

[Thursday]

Can't spell "SelFish" without Fi.

Can't spell Fake without Fe.

 

[CrystalViolet]

Omg, wouldn't it be a shock if I turned out to be INTP! ROLF!

 

[Such Irony]

Omg, wouldn't it be a shock if I turned out to be INTP! ROLF!

It's ROFL. I guess you aren't niTpIcky enough to be INTP.

 

[CrystalViolet]

Actually Ti nitpicking makes my teeth feel funny like biting on wool, or like I'm going to brain hemorrhage, so no. Not possible.

 

[highlander]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTtRjqnXJo&feature=youtu.be
This is a video I did comparing and contrasting Fi and Fe.

It's interesting. I don't agree with the "showing emotion" part though. ENFPs are the most animated types I know of and they definitely show their emotions. I think Fe tends to be much more calculating (maybe not the best word) in expressing the emotions for the effect they have on other people where as Fi types will just express how they feel irrespective of the impact it has on others.