I've been reading up on Alexithymia (and I'm under the impression that it is a real thing) which is a personality trait characterised by:
Would this affect MBTI typing with regards to T/F and N/S.
Is it not a prerequisite that F types understand the emotions of either themselves or others deeply?
Can you engage in the social world in an Fe way smoothly while not understanding the emotions of those around you?
Can you make Fi judgements without knowing exactly how you feel about a certain situation?
Alexithymia doesn't seem to entail dulled or non-existent emotions, just an unease with identifying and processing them which sounds a lot like low Fe/Fi which could mean that T types are most likely to have this personality trait?
Points (3) and (4) on the list seem to suggest that people who have this trait are less likely to be N types, or at least Ne types, and may be more likely to be S types?
But this trait usually occurs alongside other psychological issues which might mean that it is just masking a person's real type until the underlying issue is resolved.
- difficulty identifying feelings and distinguishing between feelings and the bodily sensations of emotional arousal
- difficulty describing feelings to other people
- constricted imaginal processes, as evidenced by a scarcity of fantasies
- a stimulus-bound, externally oriented cognitive style.
Would this affect MBTI typing with regards to T/F and N/S.
Is it not a prerequisite that F types understand the emotions of either themselves or others deeply?
Can you engage in the social world in an Fe way smoothly while not understanding the emotions of those around you?
Can you make Fi judgements without knowing exactly how you feel about a certain situation?
Alexithymia doesn't seem to entail dulled or non-existent emotions, just an unease with identifying and processing them which sounds a lot like low Fe/Fi which could mean that T types are most likely to have this personality trait?
Points (3) and (4) on the list seem to suggest that people who have this trait are less likely to be N types, or at least Ne types, and may be more likely to be S types?
But this trait usually occurs alongside other psychological issues which might mean that it is just masking a person's real type until the underlying issue is resolved.
