Azure Flame
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Any 8's here afraid of their own power?
I rule it.
It doesn't rule me.
Right, this is what I was gonna ask. Isn't it other people's power 8's are afraid of, thus exerting their own on their environment to remain autonomous?Not afraid of my own power. MOre afraid of the power others have over me if I care about them.
I think so?Right, this is what I was gonna ask. Isn't it other people's power 8's are afraid of, thus exerting their own on their environment to remain autonomous?
In what way? I mean, what kinda power is it and what do you fear you will do?I am, but as a six who has an eight fix. I think this thread is more sixish than eightish..
In what way? I mean, what kinda power is it and what do you fear you will do?
I can relate, I think. At least with the part that you don't wanna fight other people's battles. I don't test people, I just... Spend time with them, try to figure out what kinda person they are, and then decide if I can open up? Like I said, I don't test people, but on the other hand it's pretty easy for me to sever my bonds if people become a burden or if I opened up and later realize it was a mistake. I guess that's another defense mechanism to protect your sense of autonomy, but in more in a 7(w8) fashion.I think so?
I am only an 8 fixer, so I can't use myself as an example of core 8. But the way I see it, this is why core 8s test people to see if they're strong enough to be vulnerable to. It's a way of retaining autonomy which I can relate to. I don't get attached to people anymore if I feel that they are "voluntarily weak" because I don't want to have to fight their battles for them, as that would leave me more powerless. If someone is strong, but truly vulnerable and needs me, I love to be there for them. But I used to let more people matter to me, until I got burned one too many times.
I am, but as a six who has an eight fix. I think this thread is more sixish than eightish..
Do you think it is this something real to be legitimately afraid of (have you ever exerted this power before), or is it more like something intangible, slumbering within but has never expressed itself, maybe even being just a product of your imagination? I mean, I reckon it's pretty common for Sixes to imagine themselves strong and forceful or fantasizing about power, but feeling less confident actually navigating trough the real world.Well stressing out/getting anxious over some "theoretical" non existent point in the future is definitely a six thing.
The power I'm talking about is like.. a power that I feel within, I guess.
I feel like I can do anything I want to in this life, no matter how unlikely, and guide my own fate to get there. I also feel like nothing can stop me except for me.
It's debilitating because I don't really know what I should do with it, if anything (as in, what's the point?).
I'm also very lazy.