[brittauzenne]

Hi isfjs, I like you guys' type :] so, I'm wondering what Si does for you? Does it make you sentimental as it would an esfj, or does it make you earthy and "one" with the material world like an estp? dying to know. thank you dears.

*the more deep the description the better

 

[brittauzenne]

Hey, thread just got relocated - so isfjs boos pls talk to me (or anyone)
but what does your Si do? I know its not the same as my Si. My main question is- does isfj Si make you sensual?? Are you really in touch with the material world or what? I would think so but I cant really figure it out bc I know that Si is not like Se. Help?

 

[BooksandButterflies]

Well, I shall try to explain it as I see it. It may be different for other ISFJs.
I am VERY sentimental, and in many ways, traditional. I don't know how in touch with the material world I am. Maybe up to a point, but I can check out and go into my mind very easily.
Blah....other ISFJs, help me out here. Give your POV!!!

 

[brittauzenne]

Well, I shall try to explain it as I see it. It may be different for other ISFJs.
I am VERY sentimental, and in many ways, traditional. I don't know how in touch with the material world I am. Maybe up to a point, but I can check out and go into my mind very easily.
Blah....other ISFJs, help me out here. Give your POV!!!

edit: I wrote something but nvm, see my latest response

 

[Sixty Nein]

I honestly don't know how Si specifically manifests within me. I would probably say that it's simply knowing a few interesting facts about things, not dealing with reality very well at face value (yet still being pretty literal), and maybe seeing some things as interesting or whatever. Also a lots of repetitive behaviors. To the bottom of things, I generally consider myself as an archetypical Si dom, but I'm not a very sentimental nor empathetic person. I am more apathetic and hateful really :/. I don't really consider myself as a sensual person though, maybe a bit perverted, but not very sensual as I would think of it as (I.E. classy about sensual pleasures). I don't really experience much joy in partaking in carnal pleasures (outside of eating), as I know that the experiences are fleeting and will never really be what I want it to be anyways. I find that I have a very aesthetically dull life and I dress very poorly as well. I recall that Jung said that we don't like it when the highs are too high, and the lows are too low. We tend to minimalize the sheer brute sensation and reality of things, for how we want to see things.

 

[brittauzenne]

I honestly don't know how Si specifically manifests within me. I would probably say that it's simply knowing a few interesting facts about things, not dealing with reality very well at face value (yet still being pretty literal), and maybe seeing some things as interesting or whatever. Also a lots of repetitive behaviors. To the bottom of things, I generally consider myself as an archetypical Si dom, but I'm not a very sentimental nor empathetic person. I am more apathetic and hateful really :/. I don't really consider myself as a sensual person though, maybe a bit perverted, but not very sensual as I would think of it as (I.E. classy about sensual pleasures). I don't really experience much joy in partaking in carnal pleasures (outside of eating), as I know that the experiences are fleeting and will never really be what I want it to be anyways. I find that I have a very aesthetically dull life and I dress very poorly as well. I recall that Jung said that we don't like it when the highs are too high, and the lows are too low. We tend to minimalize the sheer brute sensation and reality of things, for how we want to see things.

Okay, so would you say your Si is more like a pantry or a thermometer? Bc Se is like that. Always picking up on sensory information, but it sounds like you guys' Si isn't that much different than my Si, except my Si is wrapped in my Fe so I can't help but be sentimental and nostalgic. But it seems like isfj Si is..kind of like a point of reference or something?

 

[brittauzenne]

Conclusion: isfj Si is pretty much the same as esfj si, in my mind.

 

[RAZ333]

Hello brittauzenne
So let's see if I can answer all of your questions!
"I'm wondering what Si does for you?"
- As you may already know, Si is about making references to the past...so we rarely ever forget. Everything that happens, we tend to remember as if it just happened yesterday. Since we are dominant Si, we make most if not all of our decisions based on the past, on experiences. So with my Si, I tend to make many decisions based on past experiences, and I also get to remember many events in great detail.

"Does it make you sentimental as it would an esfj, or does it make you earthy and "one" with the material world like an estp?"
- I'm not so sure. Because do recall that Si is also shared with ISTJ. They have Si dominant but Te secondary. I'm not sure if Si makes us more sentimental, but again, our decisions are made strongly from past experiences and that overtakes our feelings sometimes. As for being earthy and "one" with the material world, I'm also not so sure. We tend to have this kind of focused expression when we are thinking...we do not exactly pay so much attention to the external world as Se dominants do, but when we focus, that's when we notice the details. Other than that, our focus tends to be on our past...we just think about past things or whatever happens to be on our mind at the moment. We are somewhat similar to INFJ, who have that Ni as their primary, and tend to have an expression that they are drifting off into space. In ISFJ case, we do too...but we are thinking about past things....usually at least.

"Okay, so would you say your Si is more like a pantry or a thermometer?"
Well...in a sense yeah, our Si is like a pantry. We keep all these memories and experiences within ourselves and remember them so we can infer on them to make current or future decisions. It's pretty neat.

"But it seems like isfj Si is..kind of like a point of reference or something?"
- In a sense yes. It's used to make decisions in the future, by looking at the past. Difference with ESFJ is that I guess your Si is influenced a bit by your dominant Fe, making things a bit more personal and sentimental, while our Si doesn't necessarily have to be sentimental. We have many points of references, it's our entire life that has all those reference points

I really hope all this helped you!