infpwonderer
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Has anyone else ever had a "Wtf???!!!!" Moment where you realised that what you thought you are good at for eons, actually has been your biggest weakness?
Are you talking over reliance on a strength, or that you just plain suck at something where you thought you were pro?
I'm more talking about values I think. Like the values that we hold as fundamental to who we are. So I had a value, about always respecting other peoples right to an opinion, to the extent that I wouldn't argue with them. At least that was my perception, until I realised and "Wtf!!??"d that it was actually conflict avoidance, and my brain had covered that up so that it was a value that I perceived as a strength. So I thought I was being openminded (strength) and people agreed with me, whereas actually I was conflict avoiding (bad). And for so long that it was outside of my perception that I was, and my brain coated it in a nice sugar flavoured perceived value
Since then I've been wondering if all perceived strengths are actually our brains way of covering up something else. Because id we are good at something, why would we need to call something a strength?
Really interested in other peoples experience here, I want to get other peoples perspective have you ever had reality inversion on a perceived strength/value?
Has anyone else ever had a "Wtf???!!!!" Moment where you realised that what you thought you are good at for eons, actually has been your biggest weakness?
Has anyone else ever had a "Wtf???!!!!" Moment where you realised that what you thought you are good at for eons, actually has been your biggest weakness?
I don't know if my strengths are my biggest weaknesses..
I think it's more that for every positive reaction there is a negative one.. The Ying and Yang..
Your strengths have always been your weakness, you weakness has always been your strength.
It's all in the utilization and timing.
Has anyone else ever had a "Wtf???!!!!" Moment where you realised that what you thought you are good at for eons, actually has been your biggest weakness?