meme duchess
mein, memeself, and MeMe
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2015
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- 275
- MBTI Type
- ENFP
- Enneagram
- 9w1
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sx
I've been thinking about this for a while as it's been an idea that's lingered around briefly from post to post but finally went to the level of being curious enough to make a thread about it. Have any of you pondered on the idea about how many external factors from childhood may have had a potential effect on your type? I realize that the original theory revolves around the idea of your Myers Briggs type being "fixed" from birth (correct me if I'm wrong) but there's just so much to consider in terms of the relationship between the two. Chances are I may also be unnecessarily complicating it but it's difficult to determine what could be considered cause and the effect here: is your type affecting what you do or is what you do affecting your type? While I think both can happen, the latter seems like it would be more of a possibility in childhood but a lot happens around that time that could end up that I feel could subconsciously take an affect. Hope that made sense. If it didn't, I'm willing to clarify anything I said. Otherwise, I'm interested in hearing any personal stories you guys may have about how this theory personally relates back to you, or just general thoughts about the theory itself. That is, the theory revolving around the relationship between who you are naturally and the severity of outside factors and how much it would take for your usage of functions to quite possibly change permanently because of said factors.