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entropie, I'm not sure if you're proposing that it's all a matter of will or not. I agree with what you said about boundaries--being able to set good ones is helpful. However, I also think that MBTI, whether real or not, is reflecting some sort of actual neurological differences. I've just started looking into the role of the
limbic system and how differences in brain physiology might have a role in the emotional and memory patterns that MBTI picks up on. Differences in brain chemistry or wiring may account for the differences in sensitivity. I'm interested in how and how much any of that can be changed.
I am sure that there are fundamental differences in character caused by brain physiology. There are those experiments where criminals lost a part of the brain in an accident and suddenly became totaly loyal and brave citizens.
I am looking on the common individual and its detailed personality. I think if you say: 'my personality is in my genes' you somehow give away your self-responsibility. Its a recurring pattern I witness often. People for example put themselves into groups, like: I belong to the nerds. And once this happenend, they finally belong to this group. They have no energy then to leave this group again and they identify majorily over these boxed thinking.
In my eyes its a total limitation of your personality. I have been in so many groups in my life, I couldnt even tell which one I belong to and I wouldnt want to, cause there is none. I have changed personality so drastically in life thats it is probably unhealthy but possible.
And thats why I cant believe that you are on a detailed level limited to your brain physology. Of course I have no evidence for that except my life experience.
Regarding mbti that means even more. Mbti says someone has dominant Ti and uses it primarily. That means tho that at the same time when he uses Ti he uses his other functions as well. So in the moment the Ti-dom speaks, he is actually a TiSeFeNi-dom. Considering this dynamic the result gets blurry. There is no static no more, all life becomes dynamic, a flow of events, an interconnection between line of thoughts, cut thru by waves of feeling.
You know what I mean ? At the end of the day the static of the mbti is its final blow and death sentence. Cause an intp is never 100% intp in his life, no he changes, behaves dynamically. Some types more other less. And if you think about it at that point every human becomes individual, you have like so many types on the Earth like people living on it. This very fundamental thought got lost in all analysis. And finally considering the dynamics and interdependencies of thought or neurones firing I cant believe your personality is majorly coded by your neurones. Its you who influences which neurones form over the course of your life and which do not. Genetics plays a part for sure, but a very little one imo.
Because I want you to expose your "superior" condescending attitude... I am sure you are aware of it but opt to disguise it for self-interest... Don't you ascribe this to my over-sensitivities and inferiority complexes now please...
Then stop interpretating things into me that are not there and listen to the words I say instead. otherwise you wont get past even the first onion ring.