I'd love to dissociate from my emotions while, say, I'm taking an exam. But my emotions are like the most spoiled demanding children and throw tantrums until I pay attention! What can I say? Some of us are just wired like that. My ISTJ husband doesn't have the same sense of urgency when it comes to feelings, so can shelve them and deal with it when it's more convenient for him.
It might not be type -- I think, to some extent, I'm always holding back a ton of feelings (due to past abuse) so it's like a dam holding water in place... it's a crucial, extraordinarily strong structure. And it's sort of full from the past, so when day-to-day things come up, I need to deal with them (there are MANY full journals in my life, some blogs, long letters to friends, reading novels).
It's not convenient. I might change it if I were hypothetically given the option. I believe it will hinder success (or help it, depending on what I do).
I want to be more :workout: and less
, but it's not always what I want with the emotions. I can't really have an agenda. I sort of have to allow them. Does that make sense?