notmyapples
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- Oct 26, 2017
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- MBTI Type
- INFP
- Enneagram
- 9w1
- Instinctual Variant
- sp/so
I know not changing type is the "by-the-book" theory, but is there really any evidence to support this? What convinces you that it's not possible? Why?
Genuine question from a stance of wanting to hear your thoughts.
My opinion comes from my own experience with myself and other F types. Other than that "by-the-book" theory, many F types I've met who actively try to bring out their low-order functions in amounts that don't follow their stacking adopted very unhealthy tendencies due to those functions. I knew one ISFP who tried desperately to develop their Ni only to grow extremely insecure of everything in their life, read too deeply into mythologies like the zodiac and was constantly questioning her own mental state. I've met INFJs who attempted to bring out their Ti to almost a dominant position only to grow defensive of their logical theories and increasingly closed off from external information. It might be by-the-book, but it is supported by real life occurrences. I've never met someone who could actively change their type and the ones that tried ended up unhappy, unhealthy and barely functioning. Purposely trying to amplify a function past it's natural limits can have just as bad results as ignoring it because it is trying to change a core part of yourself. Even outside of MBTI, I don't believe that is something you can ever do.
But take that with a grain of salt, that is purely my experience and an opinion that is derived directly from so. I recommend you draw your own conclusions from your own.