I'm living life from a third person perspective

Fuent · 09-11-2008, 10:08 PM

I feel as if I'm living life from a third person perspective. Not literally of course, but that statement is the closest to the feeling i could get. Does this resonate with anyone else? Does anyone else feel similarly?

I think it has to do with the way Ni makes me look at the world.

YourLocalJesus · 09-11-2008, 10:13 PM

It's an INTP thing, i've heard. Or maybe NT, i've experienced it a few times, and if i've done something important I always think of it in a very detached manner.

Enyo · 09-12-2008, 06:06 AM

Been there, done that. But usually that level of detachment for me comes with mild depression.

Edahn · 09-12-2008, 06:09 AM

Sometimes I do and I enjoy it because it fosters insight, but other times I wonder if it's a result of me retreating from my experience and taking shelter in my mind. Over time, that can leave me feeling very hollow, so I try and maintain some balance.

ajblaise · 09-12-2008, 06:13 AM

I sway in and out of it. Don't see it as a bad thing. I've had some of my best business venture ideas when in a detached state...great for insight, creativity, and perspective.

FDG · 09-12-2008, 06:13 AM

It happens to me when I do not get enough real-world action (last time I got it was after a 3-day-session of study for my last exam of my BS). It's a strange feeling I deeply dislike, and I tend to associate it with depression.

YourLocalJesus · 09-12-2008, 08:57 AM

The depression part might explain a few things, since the ENTJ shadow type is INTP, and this trait is usually assosciated with them.

Athenian200 · 09-12-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by YourLocalJesus

The depression part might explain a few things, since the ENTJ shadow type is INTP, and this trait is usually assosciated with them.

ENTJs shadow type is ISFP according to normal MBTI.

If you use Beebe's definition of the shadow, you'd get ESFJ as the shadow. In Beebe's system, the Ti and Ne functions would be the 5th and 6th shadow processes (respectively) for an ENTJ, but the actual "shadow type" would not be INTP.

Modern Nomad · 09-12-2008, 09:51 AM

that must be so cool... like a video game

Lexlike · 09-12-2008, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Modern Nomad

that must be so cool... like a video game

But it is not actually really cool. I dont not think i m always in a third person perspective but its most of the time.

09-11-2008, 10:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
Fuent Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Type: ENTP Posts: 149	I'm living life from a third person perspective I feel as if I'm living life from a third person perspective. Not literally of course, but that statement is the closest to the feeling i could get. Does this resonate with anyone else? Does anyone else feel similarly? I think it has to do with the way Ni makes me look at the world. __________________ INTP... I think not.

09-11-2008, 10:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
YourLocalJesus Silence the discord Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: eNtj Location: Where Posts: 1,944	It's an INTP thing, i've heard. Or maybe NT, i've experienced it a few times, and if i've done something important I always think of it in a very detached manner. __________________ I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.... I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place.

09-12-2008, 06:06 AM	#3 (permalink)
Enyo Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: xNTJ Location: The frozen tundra Posts: 445	Been there, done that. But usually that level of detachment for me comes with mild depression. __________________ "If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to serve as a horrible warning." Catherine Aird

09-12-2008, 06:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
Edahn Splashy Join Date: May 2007 Type: XNTP Location: Southern California Posts: 5,424	Sometimes I do and I enjoy it because it fosters insight, but other times I wonder if it's a result of me retreating from my experience and taking shelter in my mind. Over time, that can leave me feeling very hollow, so I try and maintain some balance. __________________ My other signature is something witty.

09-12-2008, 06:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
FDG Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Type: ENTJ Location: Treviso, Veneto, Italy Posts: 1,811	It happens to me when I do not get enough real-world action (last time I got it was after a 3-day-session of study for my last exam of my BS). It's a strange feeling I deeply dislike, and I tend to associate it with depression. __________________ ENTj 7-3-8 sx/sp

09-12-2008, 06:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
ajblaise Stealing your stem cells Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: INTP Location: New York Posts: 4,360	I sway in and out of it. Don't see it as a bad thing. I've had some of my best business venture ideas when in a detached state...great for insight, creativity, and perspective.

09-12-2008, 08:57 AM	#7 (permalink)
YourLocalJesus Silence the discord Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: eNtj Location: Where Posts: 1,944	The depression part might explain a few things, since the ENTJ shadow type is INTP, and this trait is usually assosciated with them. __________________ I am not Christ or a philanthropist, old lady, I am all the contrary of a Christ.... I fight for the things I believe in, with all the weapons at my disposal and try to leave the other man dead so that I don't get nailed to a cross or any other place.

09-12-2008, 09:51 AM	#9 (permalink)
Modern Nomad Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Type: enfp Location: Los Angeles Posts: 905	that must be so cool... like a video game

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