[ENTP] ENTPs how do you use your Se?

[CJ99]

I'm curious as it occured to me recently that at times It seems well developed and at others very undeveloped.

For Example:

Dress sense. I buy clothes all the time think alot (for an N) about what I wear and I've been told lots that I have a cool - but quirky - sense of fashion.
Yet I never do anything with my hair! (kinda hard to with double crowned wavey/curly hair!)
And I never really work out other than cycling and walking.
Sort of double standards on appearance!


How do you guys use your Se?

 

[Kasper]

What Se?

 

[The_Liquid_Laser]

Mmm...ice cream!

I don't put much thought into my appearance. The rare times that I go clothes shopping I just quickly buy stuff on sale that has a decent appearance. At least half of my clothes were probably given to me. I get a haircut whenever my hair gets way too long (mostly just for maintenance), and never do anything with it beyond that. I work out mostly for health reasons, though I've noticed that it has a side effect of improving my appearance. Generally me and sensing don't go well together, so I don't do much in the sensing area.

 

[dylate]

I do a little web and graphic design, I guess that uses a lil Se?

 

[dylate]

off-topic, but is it me or do alot of the threads on this site deal with ENTPs?

 

[yenom]

Take risks.

Live life in the edge.
Travel to new places without plan.
Bunjijumping, skydiving, swordfighting, martial arts etc.

 

[entropie]

I get reminded occassionally that I dont use Se, when my girlfriend comes up with ideas like freeclimbing, helicopter flieing or motorcycle racing.

As I said already at another point, my idea of an adventure is to sprinkle some salt in some lukewarm water

 

[Nescio]

What is this Se you speak of?

 

[CJ99]

off-topic, but is it me or do alot of the threads on this site deal with ENTPs?

Yeah! We have a self propoganda thing going!

 

[Tamske]

Like a true shadow... somehow, I use that Se, because my Si is filled with experiences and memories to link to. I remember things that I didn't notice at the moment they occured.
I enjoy the future and the past. The present? Which present?
Sometimes I'm annoyed at this - like, why can't I enjoy anything without all sorts of ideas and memories flitting through my head...

But then again, there are sausages with apple sauce! Yes, I do have a Se!!

 

[miss fortune]

hmmm... I'm a klutz with no fashion sense when it comes to dressing (and I HATE shopping for clothing and shoes!) but I generally have a good haircut

My Se comes out in my love of cooking and food- I can spend hours on a meal if I'm having fun and tasting all of the results along the way

That and a very good sense of touch that is fun to use

 

[CJ99]

From the serious answers it seems most of us have little parts of well developed Se but all of us have different parts developed!

I wonder why that is?

 

[fill]

Since when does Se=fashion sense?

I've been told I have a good fashion sense for a guy.

Actually, I was told that by an ENTP girl who everyone is jealous of for being so stylish.

 

[Tamske]

Se = paying attention to details... I guess fashion sense makes part of it. I'm quite happy my Se doesn't trouble herself with that.
I hate shopping and spending time on how I look. Nevertheless, I'm quite able to make myself nice looking without a lot of effort...

Another Se thing... I love looking at the sea and the beach, especially when it's pouring rain... there are all sorts of little streams twisting and turning and making terraces and hills... they make a fantasy landscape where little trees would grow and fortresses built and people navigating on rivers and canals, transporting trade goods...
Wait. I guess this is Ne again, somewhere from the fantasy landscape on

 

[yenom]

The best way to develop good Se is to go fight in a war.
Immediate feedback from near death experiences will sharpen your mind.

Or do crazy things people do in hollywood movies, like crashing your car, jumping off buildings, start explosions.

 

[tinkerbell]

I use mine to do evil

 

[proximo]

I don't think I really use it very much at all, except for very primitive functions... I'm not even sure if I use it for driving, it doesn't feel to me as though I am, but I get along more than fine (I drive competitively on tracks sometimes and do pretty well).

I'll echo the one that said they get frustrated at how they just can't engage in the present. I'm sort of never "here" really... I have to really try to be, and it's so much effort that it's difficult to enjoy anything about it.

 

[thisGuy]

when i get drunk and touchy feely

other than that...no idea

thrill situations like bungee jumping and going thru a haunted house, NeTi takes over and reasons out the fear. it becomes about controlling an uncontrollable situation. mastery over what cannot be mastered

 

[fill]

when i get drunk and touchy feely

other than that...no idea

thrill situations like bungee jumping and going thru a haunted house, NeTi takes over and reasons out the fear. it becomes about controlling an uncontrollable situation. mastery over what cannot be mastered

Exactly. Or twisting the perception to objectivity or excitement. I see it more as a challenge than a thrill.

 

[epp]

I have no sense of fashion and I don't care either. but I have my own sense of style for both clothes and hairstyle. I have my ideas that I have in mind and a good seamstress and hairdresser who actually get my vague explanations . I've also noticed I tend to wear clothes and hairstyles that come to fashion 2-3 years later.

now that I was writing it down it occurred to me I might be talking about Ne after all?

as for being in present moment... I've done meditation, yoga and taiji for years and "staying in the moment" and "sensing the world" is one part of those practices. so, getting to present moment is quite easy when I "turn it on". but it has been the most difficult part for me to learn.

edit:
oh, I've also noticed being "in the moment" comes naturally when having sex