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... and of how others perceive you? (the question was too long for the title lol)
I always assumed I knew all my faults and all my good points (hint: the first category was huge while the latter was filled with tumble weeds and western music) and I assumed that I could pick up on exactly how people perceived me. Lately, however, I've really started to doubt that I really have that degree of objective analysis. Maybe I'm completely biased and misled --- but, but, my understanding of myself always seemed so clear.
This also dovetails into the question: do you really think that we INFPs see things through rose coloured glasses?
I mean, before MBTI, I never thought that I did - I thought I was seeing the world as it is. Even though I'm now aware that I'm ridiculously idealistic at heart (covered with a blanket of cynicism), I still can't really believe it on a visceral level. I just can't match up what I'm being told and what I know intellectually with what I feel I really perceive.
I mean, how can you survive if you doubt your perceptions that much?
I always assumed I knew all my faults and all my good points (hint: the first category was huge while the latter was filled with tumble weeds and western music) and I assumed that I could pick up on exactly how people perceived me. Lately, however, I've really started to doubt that I really have that degree of objective analysis. Maybe I'm completely biased and misled --- but, but, my understanding of myself always seemed so clear.
This also dovetails into the question: do you really think that we INFPs see things through rose coloured glasses?
I mean, before MBTI, I never thought that I did - I thought I was seeing the world as it is. Even though I'm now aware that I'm ridiculously idealistic at heart (covered with a blanket of cynicism), I still can't really believe it on a visceral level. I just can't match up what I'm being told and what I know intellectually with what I feel I really perceive.
I mean, how can you survive if you doubt your perceptions that much?