Dreamer
Potential is My Addiction
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Part of this post just has to do with my being unable to pick up Fe as readily as many others on this forum. Leave that to horrible function descriptions of Fe. But really, I find both functions to be equally atrocious as described online. People that see Fi as whiny, selfish, what have you, is only seeing the negative, potentially unhealthy variants of the function users.
As far as I'm concerned, being friendly has nothing to do with Fe or Fi. If it's a value an Fi user holds, then all they're doing is acting out on that value. My friendliness comes from a collection of personal values that I have accumulated over time based on past experience (to use myself as an example) so on the surface, it may appear as Fe...I guess but being friendly, isn't a value in itself. Though, yes, that is what everyone sees.
In short, help me to understand, what is it that you guys are all picking up on when determining when one person is Fe or Fi? Claiming that Fi users are emotionally cold to others is obviously a stereotype.
I do have a good idea of what Fe is in relation to Te and as a feeling function for the user because certainly (thanks to the Fe thread I started a while back), Fe users feel their personal emotions and hold values too! But what signs are you guys picking up on that are displayed outwardly, that leads you to label a person as preferring Fe or Fi for that matter?
Thanks in advance!
As far as I'm concerned, being friendly has nothing to do with Fe or Fi. If it's a value an Fi user holds, then all they're doing is acting out on that value. My friendliness comes from a collection of personal values that I have accumulated over time based on past experience (to use myself as an example) so on the surface, it may appear as Fe...I guess but being friendly, isn't a value in itself. Though, yes, that is what everyone sees.
In short, help me to understand, what is it that you guys are all picking up on when determining when one person is Fe or Fi? Claiming that Fi users are emotionally cold to others is obviously a stereotype.
I do have a good idea of what Fe is in relation to Te and as a feeling function for the user because certainly (thanks to the Fe thread I started a while back), Fe users feel their personal emotions and hold values too! But what signs are you guys picking up on that are displayed outwardly, that leads you to label a person as preferring Fe or Fi for that matter?
Thanks in advance!