@Shaedow
Impressive. That is what I asked for, you're the only person who fully followed my request

D).
Very visual and metaphorical, symbolic perception. And it matches definition of introverted perceiving function which is abstract and not based on reality. I guess Ni-users are appreciated by art and native language teachers, don't they?
Well when I first came to MBTI is wasn't convinced I was INxJ. Initially I got INTJ then INFJ. So I have been paying more attention as I don't remember everything I do.
Yes, though I find that when looking at symbolism when studying art/text I always found I was 'making stuff up'. I was good at it, but how it was taught was like the symbols were what the artists were expressing. That this is what the art symbolised as if that was the only interpretation.
It's odd because how can one know what the artist really thought about their art? How could the teacher know this was the artists intent? Maybe I missed the memo it was supposed to be about my interpretation of the art. even so that's my interpretation, the painting does not hold my symbol (but I guess now I can see that's my introverted nature).
I think this illustrates my point:
I will say my art when younger did lack any 'meaning'. It was more based on aesthetic appeal and what images came to mind that I attempted to reproduce. Now it has more 'tone' to it. As for making art I prefer to have a practical use to it as well. This would suggest the development of the rational functions.
But I cannot dismiss the thought that it is related to confirmation bias and self-fulfilling prophecy. Concerning second example with phone call, other explanations:
- you used your feeling function that can read emotions from the tone of your partner's voice. It was kinda subconscious though, and that's why you think it's Ni. If I had to guess, I would say that it was some sort of cooperation of Ni and Fe. Are you INFJ?
- Self fullfilling prophecy - you relied so much on your Ni-predictions that you acted (maybe subconsciously) like it was an accomplished fact. Your interlocutor sensed change in your voice or attitude and this finally led to bad ending.
The thing with such predictions, it tends to not matter what I do. If I do something or not it doesn't change much. I could be subconsciously altering things. I can't however control the other person.
The thing is this 'prediction' is not always immediate. It could be a day later. At that point I have forgotten (if I did not pay enough attention) and I can be taken off guard. I can't know if my unconscious mind remembers and acts accordingly as I'm not conscious of it
Generally the way I interact with people IRL tends to be more in a Te style. I'm not good at, nor do I tend to try, influencing and directing emotional states in others. I tend to make claims and back myself with facts from my knowledge. But then online I tend to come across as an NF type *shrugs*
Another thing is that if Ni is your dominant function, I simply cannot imagine how your life with these super features looks like... or Ni means something more than such symbolic visions and subconscious insights. It's your favourite mindset, easiest/default way of thinking and perceiving. There should be something else, something more than that. Or you truly live in own world of figurative visions and prophetic premonitions.
I would say I am not an extreme case. In the sense I'm not completely removed from the world and living in only a world of figurative visions (as with some of Jung's patients, such as one patient who could not hear her own footsteps). So the world does exist around me, rather I spend more time in my head than paying attention to my surroundings.
I was focusing on examples of Ni from my life so I would expect it to seem... one sided.
Also It's not just symbols/images predicting outcomes. For predicting things, sometimes it's more an awareness of consequences of actions. I can mentally move through how a situation may likely play out. This is not so much symbolic.
I do also have symbols/images representing my inner state, so it's not always prediction. Sometimes a symbol comes attached with a realisation which completely changes my outlook for the same situation I am in. I am not predicting, rather changing how I fundamentally interpret the situation. When my perspective changes I don't always have a visual image come to mind. There can be a sense of shifting my mind, like mentally turning my head.
And also how [MENTION=27129]Litsnob[/MENTION] describes her revelation. That is something I can relate to. Sometimes I see an image come to mind, this can be formless (which is odd I know, how can you see something invisible?). It's like a certain number of facts link up in such a way that confirm the basis of my realisation. This is how I tend to fill in gaps of understanding.
It is a mindset that I tend to trust. To broaden this mindset I should apply my assumptions to the world and test them out more than assume I'm correct. I will however change my mind if someone has proof on the subject that does contradict my claim.
These predictions
do not feel like prophetic premonitions. I don not literally have a mind jump and experience and actual future event. If you have seen final destination when one person has a premonition to avoid their death, I do not experience life like this.
It's more like looking where I am walking rather than at my feet. Anything close to a premonition is extremely rare and is likely a dream I have.
But after your prophecy fullfill, there should be some logical explanation why you predicted it. You should be able to find some premises, reasons that something will happen, at least after it happened, if you can't explain it before.
Well yes, after an image comes to mind I do tend to reflect and speculate to myself where it may have come from within. But it's just speculation. Unless It comes with a sense of 'knowing' I only see it as speculation often leading to more unanswered questions.
This is why knowledge is important for me. Acquiring facts can help explain why something occurred. Though it doesn't really look at why I noticed this occurrence in the first place.
Other times, such as when I have a revelation about something, that facts tend to come attached with my revelation filling the space in-between all the facts attached. I can further explain this with my knowledge and make sense of it.
There are times when things are just unexplainable. When I seem to know something I should not know. These are very rare occurrences.
Second thing, if such situations are quite common you probably can say how often you were right and wrong. If Ni really gives you special abilities to predict future implications, you should statistically predict better and more often then others. How many times (estimated percentage) your visions didn't come true?
I'm starting to undestand why perceiving functions were called "irrational".
I would guess maybe 15-20% of the time I'm incorrect or partially incorrect. It's not usually a 'specific' prediction which partially helps with correctness lol.
As for ideas/revelations, this is dependent on the knowledge I have acquired. The more I know, the more accurate I'll be.
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can also be wrong.
I think there are two things that come into play here. Generally I have an understanding of myself in the sense of where things in my mind come from or manifest. This can be projected onto the world to predict other peoples behaviour. The second one are images that come to mind. I believe this is perhaps an unconscious pattern that I have picked up and filling the next steps for.
This all can of course be wrong. I am not in another persons head so I can not truly know what another is thinking/feeling or what they are going to do. Nor am I actually seeing the future. It's just prediction. Or a guess/assumption that tends to be correct.