Eric B
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- Mar 29, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
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- sp/sx
Te is not a relief thing for me. I know that Si is playing this role for me. However, the "toughness" with which I can come across, the "cut the crap" tough love stuff, was something I actually learned growing up, and from life experience. I don't know if that's Te, but people seem to think that it is. Reality is necessary. People have to learn to function and survive in the real world, and logic cannot be completely abandoned. That being said, I often find people with dom/aux Te much too overbearing and structured, I often don't want to follow their rules, can be hurt by their 'objective' standards, and can even view them as heartless. As I say, I *think* I am better at Sensing than Thinking (Logic) in the MBTI sense. I could be wrong and just not even be aware of what I am doing.
I also wonder about my preference for writing in a more structured fashion than many ENFPs I see on this forum - even highly educated ones who went to grad school, and I didn't even graduate from a four year university. Is that because I'm an INFP? Or is that just a personal quirk?
While Te types might be prone to "tough love" stype stuff, the functions are perspectives, not behaviors. So if you learned that behavior from growing up, it is not your natural functional perspective. (And besides, I think Te in a tertiary position is not going to be so much about tough love, but more childlike. So that was no sign it's tertiary to begin with).
So it does sound like it could be inferior. What you describe would be compatible with being intimidated by it in those who prefer it. You might not necessarily be conscious of looking up to it, though, and that's the point with the concept of the inferior being on the border of the unconscious.
So again, all of this sounds like INFP.
Also, "writing in a more structured fashion than ENFPs" might be a clue, but it would be a very loose one. You can't really go by stereotypical behaviors like that. Any type can have a person who can write in a structured fashion.