GarrotTheThief
The Green Jolly Robin H.
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I was with a friend and I mentioned something about stress. Then he started telling me about his own stress.
Later I wondered why he was telling me about his stress. I Felt he was complaining to me for no reason when I suddenly remembered that I was complaining about my stress right before. I was unconscious of it because I did it in a way that I thought made it seem likea joke. But really, even in joke form, voicing something stressful is a repackaged complaint.
Then it hit me. When someone complains about something they are giving permission for other people to voice their complaints. That's FE. I finally understand it. One element of FE is mirroring values. Values always have emotions attached to them so some associate FE and FI with emotion.
Either way...two things I noted: I was unconscious of my own FE interaction and as a result another FE interaction confused me. This lends credibility to Jung's theory that we are only conscious of three to four functions at a time, if even so.
The funny thing is this realization came to me almost two weeks later after the event and for some reason it stuck in my mind. Maybe the unconscious truly is autonomous and the things we need to know bubble up when we most are ready to accept them.
Later I wondered why he was telling me about his stress. I Felt he was complaining to me for no reason when I suddenly remembered that I was complaining about my stress right before. I was unconscious of it because I did it in a way that I thought made it seem likea joke. But really, even in joke form, voicing something stressful is a repackaged complaint.
Then it hit me. When someone complains about something they are giving permission for other people to voice their complaints. That's FE. I finally understand it. One element of FE is mirroring values. Values always have emotions attached to them so some associate FE and FI with emotion.
Either way...two things I noted: I was unconscious of my own FE interaction and as a result another FE interaction confused me. This lends credibility to Jung's theory that we are only conscious of three to four functions at a time, if even so.
The funny thing is this realization came to me almost two weeks later after the event and for some reason it stuck in my mind. Maybe the unconscious truly is autonomous and the things we need to know bubble up when we most are ready to accept them.
