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Are strong "Thinkers" prone to being a risk to themselves?

swordpath

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Do you think so? Emotionally and mentally speaking, that is.
 

Jack Flak

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In general, I don't think so. But STJs seem rather defenseless against strong emotions. They can do serious damage in short order.
 

Anja

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Only when they tell me "You should. . ."

This is interesting. I'll think on it. INTP son, ISTJ husband.

On one site I read that ISTJs are prone to depression and I could see that.

Son has Social Anxiety Disorder.
 

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You could probably present a case for either but strong Thinkers.
 

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I heard on the radio today that study shows that thinking hard makes you fat. =( Im starting to think I can't trust the radio.
 

Jack Flak

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I heard on the radio today that study shows that thinking hard makes you fat. =( Im starting to think I can't trust the radio.
LOL well as long as you're just starting to think, knock it off, you'll be fine.
 

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I don't understand the question, what do you mean, Beat?
 

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They can be if they piss everyone else off through "no sympathy" and not making personal alliances but the then their own logic is not sound enough to keep them out of danger zones in their lives, people will be burnt out on them and in return not give them any sympathy or help them out.

In other words, if one is going to stand alone without personal alliances or sympathy for others, one must be damned sure they are capable of sailing the boat alone.
 

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A healthy strong thinker will acknowledge their feeling side. An unhealthy strong thinker won't. If you don't acknowledge your feeling side, you'll definitely be a risk to yourself.

Sounds simple, but that's really the only answer I can think of.
 

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A healthy strong thinker will acknowledge their feeling side. An unhealthy strong thinker won't. If you don't acknowledge your feeling side, you'll definitely be a risk to yourself.

Sounds simple, but that's really the only answer I can think of.

What do you mean by "acknowledge their feeling side"? Especially in the context of the day-to-day life of a strong T. Also what would count as ignoring it?
 

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What do you mean by "acknowledge their feeling side"? Especially in the context of the day-to-day life of a strong T. Also what would count as ignoring it?

Acknowledging your feeling side really means the same thing as using feeling.

Thinking about your values and factoring them into decision making is what a healthy Thinker should do. Otherwise, they'll just be surprised by their reactions to things.
 

ajblaise

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Thinking about your values and factoring them into decision making is what a healthy Thinker should do

This is what any human being does.

Maybe do you have a more specific example of what you're talking about in mind?
 

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This is what any human being does.

Maybe do you have a more specific example of what you're talking about in mind?

That's unfortunately not what every human being does...

I dunno, think about repression. Something traumatic happens, and you push it down. You don't acknowledge the thing that happened when you're making decisions, therefore it will come out randomly when you don't expect it. It would be more healthy to acknowledge that there is work to be done about the emotional issue, and that full functioning is impossible before the event is processed.
 

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That's unfortunately not what every human being does...

I dunno, think about repression. Something traumatic happens, and you push it down. You don't acknowledge the thing that happened when you're making decisions, therefore it will come out randomly when you don't expect it. It would be more healthy to acknowledge that there is work to be done about the emotional issue, and that full functioning is impossible before the event is processed.

Do you think F types are any more likely to want or to be able to deal with the negative emotions associated with traumatic events? Maybe the negative emotion could be too much for the F to handle, while the T might feel less of those negative emotions. If anything, it seems very strong F types will have more outbreaks and emotional problems with repressed memories.

However, maybe a T will be more likely to totally explode at one point, but since they are T, perhaps that can act as an advantage allowing them to look and deal with their issues from a detached, more objective standpoint
 

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They can be if they piss everyone else off through "no sympathy" and not making personal alliances but the then their own logic is not sound enough to keep them out of danger zones in their lives, people will be burnt out on them and in return not give them any sympathy or help them out.

In other words, if one is going to stand alone without personal alliances or sympathy for others, one must be damned sure they are capable of sailing the boat alone.

I agree with what you say, but this supposed lack of sympathy we have.....I don't know if it's sympathy, it might just be a lack of fussing. I don't even fuss over myself.....
I feel sorry for people, just not for very long.
 
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