Kaizer
sophiloist
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2008
- Messages
- 795
- MBTI Type
- INTp
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- sx/sp
Each type has its own version of emotionally stable. INTPs are not emotionally stable just because they don't show emotion and ENFJs are not emotionally unstable just because they show more emotion than you are comfortable with.
Honestly! Everyone here knows that the world is populated by many different types, so why are we all trying to define a term like "emotionally stable" as something that would look identical in all of them?
As an INTP who frequents a site with other INTPs (and maybe you even know some in real life), if you cannot admit that we have a propensity to repress emotions then maybe you are more emotionally unstable than you thought.
The fact that we look more even tempered does not mean that we are actually stable.
I agree with these two comments of yours, both with the qualifier that as I have come to understand 'Type', it is a propensity for a preference, and given that maturity comes through growth induced change or change that is the result of growth, hence my relative/approximated sure/certain-ish view that polar opposites balance and aid growth in a complimentary manner at least when it comes to experience based inferences also (Jennifer's & one or two other ppl's help was crucial in enunciating and completing the understanding of this).
Most dependable and reliable in times of crisis where the crisis is related to that which an INTP is very or most uncomfortable with is the point I see further elaborated/clarified by your comment.