Mycroft
The elder Holmes
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2007
- Messages
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
- 5w6
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sp
Maybe this is obvious, but it seems to me that for Fs the primary mode of relating to the emotions of others is via empathy, and for Ts it's sympathy. The difference being that empathetic people instinctively "take on" the emotions of others and cannot help but be affected by them (without conscious effort to prevent this), whereas Ts naturally recognize the emotions of others, but don't take them on in the same way.
I've noticed this seems to be what drives the divide between Fs and Ts. Fs get upset with Ts for what they perceive as a lack of emotion, when the fact is that Ts recognize emotions and are sympathetic to them, but don't have the same capacity for empathy. Meanwhile, Ts get frustrated that Fs are unable to simply be sympathetic but objective in their observations.
I've noticed this seems to be what drives the divide between Fs and Ts. Fs get upset with Ts for what they perceive as a lack of emotion, when the fact is that Ts recognize emotions and are sympathetic to them, but don't have the same capacity for empathy. Meanwhile, Ts get frustrated that Fs are unable to simply be sympathetic but objective in their observations.