this "dark side" only comes up when i become unhealthily obsess with something. usually, under normal circumstance, i would try to accommodate and understand the people around me. But when i become fixated on a certain goal, i do admit that i can become quite manipulative (because i would start to think of myself before others). but this fixation usually goes away once i achieve my goal and then i'll come to realise just how stupid i was being (because i would then realise that the end goal wasn't worth all the trouble i went through just to achieve it)
How does an ENFP (or other F types) go to the figurative "dark side?"
Not that I want to myself, but several online descriptions talk about how an ENFP would be manipulative if they went to the "dark side." Not to mention that some of the most bloodthirsty killers in history such as Che Guevara were widely purported to be ENFPs themselves.
This has actually been bothering me for a while. How would ENFPs even test as Fs in the first place if they were so fucked up as people? The questions on MBTI surveys that determine whether you're an F or a T are the ones that say things like "how sympathetic are you to other people" or "do you tend to provide emotional support" or other similar questions. How do people with seemingly no conscience or regard for other human life such as Hitler (INFJ) indicate a preference for Feeling over Thinking? Would an ENFP that goes over to the "dark side" still be an "ENFP"? Such a change of personality would have to mean a sort of abandonment of one's ideals or conscience.
This has actually been bothering me for a while. How would ENFPs even test as Fs in the first place if they were so fucked up as people? The questions on MBTI surveys that determine whether you're an F or a T are the ones that say things like "how sympathetic are you to other people" or "do you tend to provide emotional support" or other similar questions. How do people with seemingly no conscience or regard for other human life such as Hitler (INFJ) indicate a preference for Feeling over Thinking? Would an ENFP that goes over to the "dark side" still be an "ENFP"? Such a change of personality would have to mean a sort of abandonment of one's ideals or conscience.
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