cascadeco
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- Oct 7, 2007
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- MBTI Type
- INFJ
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- 9w1
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/sx
Do you feel you struggle between your Ti and Fe a bit? If my Ti is peeking out, I feel it hates my Fe and what it stands for. During college, I think it's safe to say I relied on Ti a bit in my studies and that was the time when I would occasionally test INTP. There were points that I hated anything "F-like" because I viewed it as weak, irrational, and unstable. Sometimes I feel like a walking contridiction.
I can relate. Sometimes when I'm being more Fe I'll have the Ti voice in the back of my mind saying I 'shouldn't be' as Fe, so I'll sometimes scorn my own behavior. But actually Fi challenges Fe a lot too. I think my Fi kicked in *a lot* in my mid-twenties, after a couple of failed relationships and my analyzing them, and realizing that I had doormat tendencies...eventually, far enough into the relationship, I'd 'wake up' and become more assertive and pay more attention to my own needs and inner self, but I definitely had a tendency to forgo ALL of my needs in my first few relationships. [Actually I probably didn't know what my needs actually were in those first few] So it was after that that my Fi kicked in, and I spent a while really [over] focusing on what my needs were and focusing on my own emotional state, and now I'd say my Fi battles it out with Fe, more so than the Ti does. I think I have it balanced out pretty decently now, but of course it's probably a continuous work in progress -- my needs vs the other persons, and making sure both are being met.
I also get the Se "rush" when traveling. I want to see EVERYTHING. I tend to take trips as much as I can afford them just to seek out new places and adventures. Though, my Ni sense of accomplishment tends to drive my urges a bit too.
Yep, isn't traveling great? I'm the same way. I take trips as much as I feel I can afford to, and I absolutely *thrive* off of the experiences.