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[Ni] How do you use your Ni? (INFJ/ENFJ)

fragrance

New member
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May 25, 2010
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MBTI Type
INTJ
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8
More directed towards INFJ and ENFJ: In what kind of situations do you use your Ni? When did you last realize that you had just been using Introverted Intuition?
 

Lux

Kraken down on piracy
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Aug 6, 2009
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I feel like it's just there all the time. I don't notice using it, I suppose. However, it could be said that it shoves at me and I'll notice a feeling or a motivation that hasn't been expressed by someone. I can usually tell when people are being truthful... or not. I tend to rely it on it, almost implicitly... however, I do recognize that there is always room for error.
 

CuriousFeeling

From the Undertow
Joined
Dec 18, 2009
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MBTI Type
INfJ
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4w5
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
It's always there and running. My brain is ceaselessly buzzing with ideas, traveling down a concept map of the world around me, connecting seemingly unrelated ideas together with something I feel subjectively relates to them, a symbolic interpretation of the world. You could place a lightbulb in front of me, and I would focus on how each of the parts work together to make it light up, but also focus on what it means to me. It's weird, since I was a child, I possess a symbolic/aesthetic view of the world around me, and sometimes I could envision other things within an object. For instance, when I was little, I could look at wood grains and not just see wood grains, I would see faces or scenes within them.

With people, I tend to pick up a general vibe about them... can tell what characteristics they have without even asking, even if their intentions are good or bad. One person I had met gave me a particularly negative vibe that I couldn't put my finger on why, but I just knew that they were bad news.

Theoretical knowledge is more of my Ni-Ti loop... I can understand how systems work, and how they are related to each other, what types of effects one leverage point has on the whole system. When making an important decision, I withdraw from the world and focus on a solution that will end up creating the desired end result... focusing on which levers in the system that will create the vision for the future I see.

Trouble is, Ni tends not to see the restrictions of reality, which can be a problem in my case!
 
Joined
Feb 5, 2011
Messages
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MBTI Type
ENFJ
Enneagram
4w3
My Ni is always there and working furiously. I don't notice that I'm using it in any particular situations - it's just always there. I'd probably noticed if , for some reason, it got switched off or something. My Ni is always present and alert, it helps me put together clues and vibes I get from other people and read them right - and so behave accordingly. I consider my Ni to be a useful and fine-tuned tool for survival :)
 
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