Inferior Function

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spifffo

Discussion Starter · Jul 20, 2010

How do you experience your inferior function? Is it a blindspot? A weakness? Your preoccupation when unhealthy? Or simply an area of life you don't care much about?

Si causes problems for me...stuff like getting enough sleep, eating right, exercising, organizing...it's just time I'd much, much rather spend elsewhere...so I put it off until it seems overwhelming...it stresses me out.

But, when I consistently address Si concerns, I feel great!...until it starts to block time for Ne and Fi...and then I snap back.

Sometimes Si is also the only introverted function I can really get to work...for example, "eating my feelings" (Fi is out of balance, so Si compensates.)

I don't know how to define or apply meaning to any of this...I just know that my inferior function causes me problems, so I thought I'd ask and see how you guys deal with your own inferior functions.

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QrivaN

· #17 · Dec 13, 2012

roastingmallows said:
What a brilliant comparison! That is exactly what it is.

But what I don't understand is...How is it even possible feel that way about Se, the most straightforward, honest, uncomplicated function in existance? It makes so much sense for me that Ni is my inferior function because it is confusing and paranoid and dark and vague, but Se!? So simple. I mean, obviously that has much to do with me BEING an Se dominant, but how? I know I just kind of asked you this in my thread, but how does Se feel to you? Or anyone reading this with Se as their inferior? Does it feel the same for everyone? Being "in the grip" of your inferior function? What is it about Se that makes you UNCOMFORTABLE?

I dislike Se BECAUSE it's so straight-forward. Basically, with me, Se is just always getting in the way. "I HAVE to pay attention, or else I might miss something that'll be important later." That's how Se works for me. When it cuts on, it takes forever to cut back off. As a result, I get distracted extremely easily when I'm trying to do work. I get distracted by everything: slight noises, other people chattering, a random smell, how much space I've already taken up on a piece of paper (THE piece of paper hat I'm supposed to be doing my work on). I love my Se. Without it, I wouldn't have any friends and I wouldn't be enthusiastic about anything (wouldn't notice anything to enthusiastic about), but it just feels like it gets in the way all too often.

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QrivaN

· #22 · Dec 13, 2012

roastingmallows said:
That seems to be a common them with inferior Se; being oversensitive to external stimuli and being overwhelmed by sensory information. So...It's like, when your Se comes out to play, it can directly impede your Ni by distracting your mind with excessive sensory information>

Yeah, but it can go the other way, too. I've been in a situation where it seemed like my Se just shutdown altogether and I wasn't taking in any sensory information. Apparently, someone had been talking to me, got frustrated because I wasn't listening, and stormed off without my realizing it. I guess my Ni was like "PAYBACK B****!"

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