Fi or Fe?

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Bhathaway

Discussion Starter · Oct 27, 2017

Which feeling function can recreate the feelings of others internally through imagining and then act based on that feeling?

Between Fe and Fi which is more likely to pay attention to body language to infer internal feelings?

Assuming the first is Fi, does it use it's imagination/past experience to bring into consciousness the feeling they have had, and then assume that the other party(the one who originally was experiencing the emotion) feels the same? This would hypothetically be the subjective factor? While I suppose Fe doesn't really feel the pain of others, but rather externally acts accordingly?

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jetser

· #12 · Oct 28, 2017

Jewl said:
Feeling was never supposed to be about emotion.

Yet if you're too emotional everyone assumes that you're a Feeler. Who's wrong in that?

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jetser

· #13 · Oct 28, 2017

Bhathaway said:
Which feeling function can recreate the feelings of others internally..

Fi.

Between Fe and Fi which is more likely to pay attention to body language to infer internal feelings?

Fe.

Assuming the first is Fi, does it use it's imagination/past experience to bring into consciousness the feeling they have had, and then assume that the other party(the one who originally was experiencing the emotion) feels the same? This would hypothetically be the subjective factor? While I suppose Fe doesn't really feel the pain of others, but rather externally acts accordingly?

Think about it this way: like Ti has the ability to spot logical inconsistencies, Fi has the ability to spot inconsistencies in others' behaviour and trace it back to a state he/she knows.
Fe is merely shallow, judging by the surface, like Te is judging by facts and doesn't go into details of inconsistencies.

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jetser

· #18 · Oct 29, 2017 (Edited)

Jewl said:
The person who says you prefer Feeling if you are "too emotional". Everyone has emotions. Everyone is emotional. Some people are better at regulating their emotions more than others. *shrugs*

I think emotions are responses given to fast reactions happening inside one's circles.
Emotions happen when you aren't ready for something yet or when you have a hard time accomodating to something.
So a Feeler and a Thinker has equal chances of being emotional it only depends on the matter of direction the emotions are channelled to. If it's about people then the person is most likely a Feeler if it is about things or objects then the person is most likely a Thinker.

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jetser

· #23 · Oct 30, 2017

braided pain said:
Neither, actually. What you are asking about is *perception*. Most of the "Fe" answers are coming from NFJ s who are using Ni to gain insight on another's emotions through applying personalized pattern recognition, and most of the "Fi" answers are coming from NFP s who are using Si applying personalized past experiences.

Hold on.
The function that is dealing with other person's feelings is...well, Feeling.
It might get help from other functions to imagine someone else's state or be in that other person's shoes but "insight", as you state is not required to recognize someone else's reactions or feelings.

Of the two, Fi builds a framework, so it may know where the other is coming from without the need to see it played out in front of him.
I saw a lot of ESFPs who knew what the others were thinking without getting all the clues, just from the behaviour they could guess. (and they guessed good)
Fe is more concerned about feelings that are obvious. If someone makes an angry face, they will know that person is angry. But until it gets obvious they may not have a clue. (of course it can happen with inferior Fi too)

Fe is the equivalent of Te and Fi is the equivalent of Ti. As much as a Ti person is more able to dig down deep and spot the inaccuracies of a system or theory or whatever, a Fi is more able to see the person in depth and see through his personality.

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jetser

· #25 · Nov 2, 2017

frostedfields said:
@jetser, that is a really interesting take on the two and I pretty much agree!

Thanks.
You only need to remember four simple things:
T - impersonal, F - personal
i - builds internal framework (deep), e - judges real time (superficial).

The hard part is separating the judging functions from the perceiver ones.

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