I don't see why we couldn't just say that those are someone's idea of ideal functional orders.
I don't have a problem with that. But others sure would.
There are quite a few people who take MBTI seriously.
In another thread, I was reading an INFP who said they are fond of Ni and Ti.
A jackass came into the thread, and tells the person there is no way they are INFP,
if they are fond of Ni and Ti.
It's this nazi function bullshit that has to stop.
Using MBTI has screwed up so many people's heads,
it has sucked all original thinking out of their skull.
There is no proof whatsoever that an INFP or XXXX has to have a certain function order.
NONE.
You see, what I like to do is tear apart MBTI and use pieces of it to string together my own ideas about personality.
I have no problem with that.
I applaud you for taking initiative, and doing something different.
The shadow types aren't any worse than any other types, unless they're immature. But then, immature people of your own type aren't exactly a picnic, either, though it might take you longer to notice because they don't make you uncomfortable.
Athenian, silverware or a coffee cup could make you uncomfortable.
You tend to get pretty hypersensitive about things that would never phase the average individual.
I prefer the variations on MBTI theory that view the shadow as missing parts of yourself you should aspire to develop, not the ones that view it as a weakness that only comes out under stress. In fact, that's where I started, not with the original MBTI.
I wish people would refrain from using the word "shadow" to describe the unconscious.
There is no proof that what is unconscious is negative.
And there certainly is no proof that what is conscious is positive.
That is just common sense.
Something a lot of people are lacking in this forum.
Frankly, I have said for years if you want to see someone's true colors,
they will always be found in the unconscious.
It's that part of us that takes off running to save someone whose life is in jeopardy,
while others stand by with their thumb up their ass.
What we do unconsciously is an "auto-pilot" response.
We do not stop to think.
That doesn't have to be a negative thing.
It's in life's difficult moments, that we find our true selves.
We sure as hell don't find our true selves by using MBTI.
Many people answer those questions as they WISH themselves to be,
rather than how they really are.