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Like the title said. Can you provide me with examples on how do you use your Se function IRL? How much do you think it is different from Si?
I actually watch the way people move, walk, and bounce as well. I can easily recognize someone by it if I'm familiar enough with their gait.One way I use my Se is by observing the way people walk. I find it fascinating.
Some people take big steps, some little.
Some people sway their arms.. or not.
Some people point their feet in, some out.
One of my bosses, when he walks his neck muscles must relax or something cause his head bounces all over the place. It's kinda amusing.
It's interesting, because I actually have bad eyesight, I'm near-sighted. Even with glasses I have a hard time recognizing people when they are far away. I use what I know about how someone walks to recognize who they are.
Si is an internal intuition developed from imprinting sensations and impressions of personal experiences.Isn't Si more of a memory / experience storage function (associating physical occurrences with memories, music, sounds, smells, etc.) while Se deals with physical present surrounding a person?
I also know who is walking, by the sound of how they walk. Of course I have to know them.One way I use my Se is by observing the way people walk. I find it fascinating.
Some people take big steps, some little.
Some people sway their arms.. or not.
Some people point their feet in, some out.
One of my bosses, when he walks his neck muscles must relax or something cause his head bounces all over the place. It's kinda amusing.
It's interesting, because I actually have bad eyesight, I'm near-sighted. Even with glasses I have a hard time recognizing people when they are far away. I use what I know about how someone walks to recognize who they are.
This is actually spot on,i could never really explain it. Kudos!I'll elaborate on social situations and Se.
With Se, I am able to follow many different conversations at once and easily jump into almost any of them as long as I want to. While conversing with people, I pay a lot of attention to how their voice changes and their facial expressions to detect any fallacies, angry, or overall happiness. If someone says they're OK but it doesn't sound right in their voice, I'll assume they're lying. If someone isn't participating in conversation and looking down or towards people with a sad curiosity, then I'll take it that they're either depressed or trying to get attention.
If someone is laughing too loudly at a joke that isn't funny, I will take into account who made the joke and why they would laugh like an idiot. Usually it's done when people are flirting or interested in someone. It's blatantly obvious at times. I've also been able to pick up things that others aren't aware of. Such as tension, awkwardness, anger, and all that stuff between people. It's not any intuition on my part, I just carefully deduce the situation based on how everyone is acting.
I'm sensitive to the awkwardness that can happen when someone makes an unfunny or inappropriate joke. Sometimes people ask me if they went too far with some jokes and I'll be honest about it. I pay attention to how everyone else react to other people other than myself. I'm not just focusing on myself in this situation.
All of this also helps when you happen to know background on the people so I'm not just making assumptions about the situations. Sometimes I don't need to be told, they're just that obvious.
Se also helps with detecting how to jive with some people. I'm not the most proficient person socially, but it helps a lot to know how to work off of other people's moods. My biggest fault is that sometimes I don't think before I speak. That has gotten me in some hot water to say the least.
At some points I can relate. Last year I wrote a blog about my experience with body language:I'll elaborate on social situations and Se.
With Se, I am able to follow many different conversations at once and easily jump into almost any of them as long as I want to. While conversing with people, I pay a lot of attention to how their voice changes and their facial expressions to detect any fallacies, angry, or overall happiness. If someone says they're OK but it doesn't sound right in their voice, I'll assume they're lying. If someone isn't participating in conversation and looking down or towards people with a sad curiosity, then I'll take it that they're either depressed or trying to get attention.
If someone is laughing too loudly at a joke that isn't funny, I will take into account who made the joke and why they would laugh like an idiot. Usually it's done when people are flirting or interested in someone. It's blatantly obvious at times. I've also been able to pick up things that others aren't aware of. Such as tension, awkwardness, anger, and all that stuff between people. It's not any intuition on my part, I just carefully deduce the situation based on how everyone is acting.
I'm sensitive to the awkwardness that can happen when someone makes an unfunny or inappropriate joke. Sometimes people ask me if they went too far with some jokes and I'll be honest about it. I pay attention to how everyone else react to other people other than myself. I'm not just focusing on myself in this situation.
All of this also helps when you happen to know background on the people so I'm not just making assumptions about the situations. Sometimes I don't need to be told, they're just that obvious.
Se also helps with detecting how to jive with some people. I'm not the most proficient person socially, but it helps a lot to know how to work off of other people's moods. My biggest fault is that sometimes I don't think before I speak. That has gotten me in some hot water to say the least.
Could it possibly be like this:At some points I can relate. Last year I wrote a blog about my experience with body language:
Body Language, Crushes, and Lies - Blogs - PersonalityCafe
But there's something different in our body language reading skills, which I assume is the basic different between Se and Si. I'm still trying to figure it out. Perhaps you can help me spot it?
That would be relying upon past information and renewing it with current data within the situation. Possibly notice any inconsistencies in behavior that would notify you that something is different from previous situations.All of this also helps when you happen to know background on the people so I'm not just making assumptions about the situations. Sometimes I don't need to be told, they're just that obvious.
Hmm... good questions.How would you describe your reaction in social situations? Are you more active or an observer (or active observer)? What do you observe the most in behavior? Do you draw connections between people or behavior? How much do you pull from memory vs the current situation?
If I'm unfamiliar with the situation or I'm not interested in participating, this usually happens. I have my "off" days where I would rather not overwork myself with being a social butterfly.In social situations where I'm not familiar with, I withdrawn and become an observer. I'm the one sitting quietly in the corner, with my eyes scanning the whole area. I pay attention to what people wear, their body language, their stories, their voice, and their interactions. I analyze all the inputs and make conclusions about each person. Some times I got so fascinated by all of it, I drawn in my own thoughts about them and I forgot to react.
I think this is the Si I experience as well. It's not dominant over Se of course, but it is there. It's what I use to pick up on any behavior that I consider out of the ordinary to those specific people. I can figure out friends before they had a chance to tell me. I know we aren't given credit often times because we're sensors. We're not just relying on the current situation. Si shows that we make connections using past memories and situations rather than "guessing" or making assumptions about people. We usually have good backing to what the situation is about.With people I'm familiar with, I pay attention to their body language. I can spot on their routine behavioral, and am able to notice differences or unusual behavior to see if there's something wrong. With people I'm not familiar with, I make connections between their body language with people whom I'm familiar with. I can notice if there's something wrong when they did something uncommon. If they speak lies, my Si works like an intuition. I can't exactly explain how I know that the person is lieing, I just know.
If someone smile, my Si compare the smile with the smiles of people I've seen in my life, and I can tell if the smile is genuine or fake. This also works for other body language. Anger, happy, sad, annoyed, excited, furious, indifferent, etc. I don't need to be a mind reader to know certain emotion or thoughts. Like you previously said before, some times it's blatantly obvious.