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I think I'm an N but I'm not: How would I know?

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#1 · (Edited)
So pretend I'm a new member here. As a new member, I've read up on typology and MBTI and Socionics and I think I'm an N type, but I, the new member, am actually not. Maybe this is because I have poor self knowledge, or because I have been somehow unconsciously biased toward wanting to be N so I unconsciously rig the test to get "N". Doesn't matter. Here's what I want to know:

For those of us (any of us) who believe we are "N" dominant types but are actually "S" dominant types, how would we go about detecting our true "S" nature? What would be clues that we are really "S" dominant instead? What would be clues that we really have no idea what "N" is?

Based on my (brightflashes) current understanding of Jung, the average person is only conscious of one perceiving process and one judging process. So, if one were an "S" type, they'd largely bury their "N" in the unconscious mind.

So help me (brightflashes) convince myself (the new member) that I'm completely mistaken and I am, in fact, an "S" type.

If Ns are over represented in the population, it's likely this new member is one anyway. heh.

**I propose this as a fun activity to become more conscious, not as a way to question a person's type.**
 
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#49 ·
I think it would depend on the model for MBTI dichotomy then the MBTI has everything anyone needs to determine N from S according to the MBTI.

Following Jung I think it is a case of which is the preferable way of perceiving information - knowing it without knowing how you know (intuition) or literally observing it in reality (sensation). I know it gets more complicated than that but that is the main question. Anything past that is most likely exemplify those definitions.
 
#56 ·
Ok I thought I was an N just because I'm an introvert. So consider that. My conundrum was I was too solace seeking to be an ESFP but too exploratory to be an INFP. I realized after meeting a couple of obvious ENFP that I'm not one...I like movies but never watch TV, I like literature but had to switch to hard science. I just can't prioritize the dream world. I think that's a sign your N/S are close I'm stacking that you question it. But I get angry at people who cannot face or accept the real world, I get annoyed with excessive fiction that I can't apply to real life, my favorite movies are often visceral horror, and I'm actually hostile to excess fantasy. Nothing gives me greater joy than living in the real world, such an amazing place I'm not even interested particularly in space, and I have always felt a need to impact the real physical world. If I was morbidly obese and never left the house I would shoot myself in the head, I can't overcome non engagement in the physical and sexual world.

S doesn't mean stupid, I'm dismayed that stereotype exists, but I clean cabins in the summer and I find it comforting. I can achieve something straight forward, matter of fact, while listening to music and occasionally socializing. I think the lonely N quit the first week. Body tired and or details are a relief for you. I like jobs where I'm body tired but own my own mind. I've heard Si types just get overjoyed by the satisfying details.
 
#57 · (Edited)
I find it is that S types become "at peace" when they interact with the outer world, regardless if they are introverted or extroverted. When the sensor's mind is in a state of flow, it is not when the sensor is living in his/her head, thinking practically; it is when his/her body is connected to their environment through some type of activity. This connection to the outer world which begins with the body, in turn unlocks the sensor's connection to his/her intuition and creativity. For intuitives, this process of immersion begins where the sensor's ends, and completes when the intuitive starts to find excitement in engagement, in the realization/grounding of their once "just ideas" which are now deriving inspiration from the outer world.
 
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