my mother is an ISFJ who dwells on the past so much that she doesn't seem to realize that there are people alive around her, like me and her grandchildren. she can't let go of people who have died. she also hasn't planned for her future so when the family business shut down she was forced to get a job earning not so great money. i guess she assumed a magical fairly was going to drop out of the sky and wiped all of her troubles away.
on a positive note, she's knowledgeable where our family is concerned. she is a good record keeper and has lots of old pictures. maybe i should suggest she make a family tree. i just worry it won't keep her attention.
my mother is an ISFJ who dwells on the past so much that she doesn't seem to realize that there are people alive around her, like me and her grandchildren. she can't let go of people who have died. she also hasn't planned for her future so when the family business shut down she was forced to get a job earning not so great money. i guess she assumed a magical fairly was going to drop out of the sky and wiped all of her troubles away.
well that's a trait they're known to have (thinking about the past) and that's my experience so i shared it. of course typology is an indicator so behaviors vary from person to person. i assumed we all were aware of that. i am quite sure i remember reading keirsey describing SJ's as spending time thinking about the past. i'll dig the book out and look.No offense, but I think that might be a bad definition. Perhaps those are problems not explainable by type, but rather her own personal experiences that have negatively affected her without the proper help.
well that's a trait they're known to have (thinking about the past) and that's my experience so i shared it. of course typology is an indicator so behaviors vary from person to person. i assumed we all were aware of that. i am quite sure i remember reading keirsey describing SJ's as spending time thinking about the past. i'll dig the book out and look.
As I messed with an ESFP girl for a short while, I quickly came to understand Si better than before.
When an SP tells you she wishes to experience something, she means that she wishes to do something just to know what it's like. When an SJ tells you he wishes to experience something, he means he wishes to do something so that he might use the experience for his benefit in the future.
Also, I noticed my Si in that whenever we talked I almost always could quote her verbatim on earlier conversations.
And more generally, my Si regularly manifests itself with my consistency. I know what I like and I like what I know, and consequently I rarely see a need for change. I when I have to "try" something new, at least without adequate research tools.
Exactly.
My girl's an ISFP and I will recall to her statements that she has made, word for word. Sometimes she remembers them, sometimes she doesn't, due to her wacky Fi.
I find it funny when she tells me that I said something, and I know I didn't. She'll accuse me of saying something, but I can remember the situation and recall the situation and exactly what I said, and I can give her the exact words I said. It's just that she translated it to mean something else, good or bad.