Fluffywolf
Nips away your dignity
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2009
- Messages
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
- 9
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/sx
9w8 represent!
954 tritype.
Recognizing ones own tendencies to repress is not easy. I know I didn't even realize I was doing it for a long time.
Repressing impulses for the sake of order and peace. Looking back now on my teens, this was a major part of my life. I'm much more outspoken now concerning anything I find important, though can still repress the shit out of myself when it comes to stuff I don't value. But even when I don't fully repress something that could potentially damage the peace, I still tend to keep a damper on things, expressing myself slowly/softly, if I feel it could inflame a situation negatively.
A positive side to this, when used as a strength, is that I try to speak in the language of the people I speak towards and place myself in their situation rather than purely focusing on just my side of the story. And this can lead to a lot of positive things.
But particularly when I was immature and unaware of my repressing nature, it was rarily a good trait. The last ten years, and most notably the last two or so years that I am interested in typology, I've really been able to work this into something positive.
954 tritype.
There is one 9 trait I pointed out before which you didn't mention: repression resistance.
But if you're a "gut" type, not a head type, how does this manifest? Repression of your gut instincts? How do neglectfulness and comfortable habits play into being a "gut" type?
Recognizing ones own tendencies to repress is not easy. I know I didn't even realize I was doing it for a long time.
Repressing impulses for the sake of order and peace. Looking back now on my teens, this was a major part of my life. I'm much more outspoken now concerning anything I find important, though can still repress the shit out of myself when it comes to stuff I don't value. But even when I don't fully repress something that could potentially damage the peace, I still tend to keep a damper on things, expressing myself slowly/softly, if I feel it could inflame a situation negatively.
A positive side to this, when used as a strength, is that I try to speak in the language of the people I speak towards and place myself in their situation rather than purely focusing on just my side of the story. And this can lead to a lot of positive things.
But particularly when I was immature and unaware of my repressing nature, it was rarily a good trait. The last ten years, and most notably the last two or so years that I am interested in typology, I've really been able to work this into something positive.