[Paradigm]

According to MBTI, my inferior function is Te as an INFP. I'm still learning about it all, but I think I have enough of a grasp on functions to reply.

I rather like Te, to be honest. It has its good and bad, like most all functions. But Te drives me to finish stuff up, to do things in a logical pattern. It helps me to rationalize things, to see why things happen the way they did (the events leading up to...). A lot of my friends think I'm a Thinker--though not in MBTI terms--simply because I'm fairly comfortable with Te, enough to show it to people.

At its worst, I can be extremely critical, impatient, and cynical. I hate days when I get into this mood. My head starts thinking, quite rudely, "Why didn't they do it this way?" or "It isn't that hard!" Another bad part I find about Te is that it can be hard to break out of its cycle. In some ways, it's easier to stick with Te than with Ne... but I'm not happier with a Te outlook.

In a month or so, some of this may be outdated (and/or I'll be like, "crap, I totally got half of that post wrong"), but 'tis my two cents for now. :crazy:

 

[Paradigm]

I question whether or not this is inferior Te or Se - they can look rather similar at times (your whole focus on "ways" seems more perception-related to me (sounds familiar to inferior Se in me as well)

That was posted in 2010, so yeah... It probably is Se and I was just highly confused. I made a lot of "I must be INFP!" posts back then *embarrassed* (Heck, my views now aren't even always the same as they were six months ago.)
Nowadays I consider my worldview highly perception-dominant...

Do you have any Se-inferior insights which don't revolve around the typical "over-indulging" description? It's hard to find stuff like that. I do see myself over-stimulating, which seems similar to over-indulging; for example, instead of eating too much (I've always eaten too little under stress), I'd rather play too many video games or stay up too late.

EDIT: There is the Se-inferior description which mentions getting mad at the world (especially inanimate objects) and blocking out all stimulation as an attempt to cope. Which, again, I relate to. (I "block" when I feel too stimulated by people/noise.)