The Great One
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Have any of you other ENTP's developed your 3rd function before your second (Fe before Ti) and why do you think this happened? Personally I think that it is common for the phobic ENTP 6w7 to develop Fe before Ti. Why? There are a couple of reasons....
1. Ti being used by itself is very objective and can even come off as aggressive. When, one mistakenly comes off as aggressive this can lead to fights, which can lead to a more unsafe environment, bodily harm, or even a loss of social connections due to offending people. Since danger is what the phobic 6 mostly wants to avoid, I believe they many develop Fe first. If you think about it, Fe is a very diplomatic function, it is the most agreeable and non-offensive function of all the decision making functions. It in general seems like the "safest function" for the ENTP 6 to use, therefore it would make perfect sense to me that many ENTP 6's develop Fe before Ti.
2. If you read most phobic type 6 descriptions, you will see that they often wind up being co-dependent and many look to others to solve their problems. It would make a lot of sense to me that many phobic ENTP 6w7 types would commonly develop Fe first given this information. If you think about it, Ti is a very independent problem solving function, and ENTP's with strong Ti don't really need to look to others to make sure they are right. However, in order to effectively solve problems by one's self, an individual would have to trust themselves in order to solve the problems effectively. Now given that many phobic 6's don't trust themselves it would also make sense to me that the ENTP 6w7 would develop Fe first as well. Why you ask? Well if one developed Fe first it would eliminate the inner fear that one was not solving the problem correctly. In other words, instead of solving problems by themselves the ENTP could reach out to to the others (Fe) for solutions.
Does anyone else agree with my theory?
1. Ti being used by itself is very objective and can even come off as aggressive. When, one mistakenly comes off as aggressive this can lead to fights, which can lead to a more unsafe environment, bodily harm, or even a loss of social connections due to offending people. Since danger is what the phobic 6 mostly wants to avoid, I believe they many develop Fe first. If you think about it, Fe is a very diplomatic function, it is the most agreeable and non-offensive function of all the decision making functions. It in general seems like the "safest function" for the ENTP 6 to use, therefore it would make perfect sense to me that many ENTP 6's develop Fe before Ti.
2. If you read most phobic type 6 descriptions, you will see that they often wind up being co-dependent and many look to others to solve their problems. It would make a lot of sense to me that many phobic ENTP 6w7 types would commonly develop Fe first given this information. If you think about it, Ti is a very independent problem solving function, and ENTP's with strong Ti don't really need to look to others to make sure they are right. However, in order to effectively solve problems by one's self, an individual would have to trust themselves in order to solve the problems effectively. Now given that many phobic 6's don't trust themselves it would also make sense to me that the ENTP 6w7 would develop Fe first as well. Why you ask? Well if one developed Fe first it would eliminate the inner fear that one was not solving the problem correctly. In other words, instead of solving problems by themselves the ENTP could reach out to to the others (Fe) for solutions.
Does anyone else agree with my theory?