I definitely agree, introverted Ni need to work extra hard to develop their judging functions in order to become apart of society in an efficient way. At 32 I have blossomed with countless ideas, desires and dreams, things that could really make my life, the earth and others lives better ... I really lack the ability to implement though. It’s easier to internalize everything and to stay locked in the labyrinth of my mind. Safer. More comfortable. Really creating my ideas in the Se world is my biggest goal for the remainder of my 30’s and onward. I think Ni types could definitely be perceived as either lazy or as though we lack ambition or even worse, that we aren’t as insightful/intelligent as we truly are. I always say to myself “I could have been so much more” it’s a peculiar and annoying thing leading with Ni. I also want to point out that so many people are INFP as the dreamers but honestly, they have their feet more planted on earth than Ni users; they lead with judgement and end with open ideas , we lead with perceiving but want conclusion. Totally different worlds
I also agree that Ni types are likely to be saddened by potential they let slip by. Good differentiation between INFPs and Ni types, Thanks for watching!
the lack ambition part hits too hard... 😩 it's a constant reminder, people closest to me always said, "it's like you have no motivation at all! what a wasted potential". now at 24 i don't even have "worldly" ambitions big enough for me to start "doing" stuffs. not for dating, not for money, not for... whatever it is that involves the world "real". as far as i know, no matter how mind blowing my inner world is, i almost inexistent to the reality.
Fascinating. When I was a child I would constantly daydream. Sometimes others would see my mouth moving as I conversed in my daydreams and they'd laugh at me. The embarrassment of this taught me not to daydream in the presence of others. Now as an adult I've learned that being alone was the best way to daydream. Ok, maybe this comment belongs on the previous video I just watched by Astura Psych
not only that, the most NOT...... of humans. as in changing everytime with any interaction. like finding things agreeable about nearly everyone, consequently finding something to disagree about any concept...... (agreeing with anyone other than the few who have proven themselves to be incurable poisons to humanity of course). sometimes i dont know who in reality i am, all the while being absolutely sincere to boot. 😣😶
Jeffrey E. Klein he’s reading tiny parts of a big book by Jung that said basically IF the Ni part of the INFJ ect functions only by itself without any of the other function stacks working and intuitive type would just simply think and dream and not talk or engage anyone.there Is no such person alive (if they exsist they are in a mental home) he I’d trying to make INFP/INFJ’s ect out to be the most uslessof all types wich is far from the truth I’m an INFJ and I’ve owned business for 30 years putting my dreams into reality........this guy is just trying to twist what Jung said to guilt trip us all (actually Jung even thought it up because he said he’s never a purely intuitive type person)
@@silentalliance3269 You wrote there's no such person alive... well I do this often but I also work a full time job. I have an endless reservoir of imagination that I jump into any time. Dont know why this is its all I know since childhood. This probably makes me weird but my rational is most people are weird or corrupt in their own way. You know, the kind of people who arent themselves.
Wow. I never realised what a stereotype introverted intuitive I was. Everything from detached & super-introverted as a child; also cutting off all my friends and not dating for 4 years to double-down on my work to reach my goals. Also unhealthy bouts of extreme hedonistic behavior a couple of times in my adult life. I had no idea these things were so typical. Great video thanks for the insight. From an INTJ
Introverted intuition gives access to insight about the nature of consciousness itself. It allows us to read people better than we may read ourselves. We also are able to connect deeper ideas about the nature of reality and imagination together. INFJs and those with Introverted Intuition are not called sages without a purpose. A sage can use their experiences and turn them into wisdom, to later help guide others because we are all connected and require similar things to spiritually develop. " Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." ~Carl Jung
@Paul Baumann I disagree. Extroverts are masters of executing plans and strategies introverts have fantasized. Without Introverted Intuition we would still be living in the stone age. The reality all around you have been fantasized by the introverted people. A great example is that Nikola Tesla has come up with many fantasies as an introvert and Thomas Edison as an extrovert stole some of those fantasies and made them reality. Carl Jung in his arrogance and haste to produce his book didn't took his time to reflect on the crap he was about to pen down. Even Carl Jung can make mistakes, so don't believe everything you read.
It's tough for the INTJ as we do in fact read the consciousness of people, but we don't engage an external reaction to it. This is why we are stereotyped as cold or insensitive. We'll kind of file it away as an observation and maybe use it as a means to an end if we need to get liked by a boss or something.
So insightful, and YES, lost in my head of dreams and DETERMINED to bring them in to reality and ignoring details in the outer world like finances! INFJ
Becky Green yes that is the proper fulfilment of Ni . bringing the subjective into the objective world so people can see the inner workings of Ni at its best.
This type does indeed ring almost painfully true in my own case. Since childhood I've often been amazed at the *incredible* clarity and resolution of the inner images - sometimes I've called them "hallucinations inside the mind" to my friends because that really seems the best way to describe their phenomenology. It's also astonishing how artistically sophisticated and intricate they often are for psychological products that seem appear so spontaneously out of nowhere. We are very fortunate to be able to have such an intimate and pervasive relationship with the unconscious!
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live." Quite possibly the worst thing as an INTJ is not having a concrete ideal vision TO achieve. Without purpose I was truly lost and depressed.
Yeah. I can relate. I had 18 years of imitation of life and only after realizing who I am and what I want to do with my life I began to live. It was like a rebirth for me. It allowed me to use all the inner strength I never knew I had, will, motivation, from that day on my life is becoming better each day.
Thank you for this video. Truly, Usually this "vision/image/fantasy" is a very personal one and difficult to verbalise. Sometimes there seems to be no concrete steps towards this "vision".
Very well done, I'm so glad there's a science that's explained this... I always thought I was so weird , or sometimes that other people were weird because they weren't seeing stuff the way i did or how they don't see the patterns and why they never listen to my 99.99% accurate predictions... And how am i the only person with such a strong will , people telling me I'm a dreamer and there's no way i could make it but duh, i made it every time, tho I'm very lazy and I never knew why I'm so messy with outside world, why do i not engage with it and see value in it most of the time but then i go and binge like crazy and engage with it too much sometimes ,that's completely out of character for me cause I'm so calm and collected most of the time .. I'm finally developing that Se at the age of 20 haha, finally starting to see my body as a part of myself and not as a hindrance, but a half of me that will help me accomplish my visions. I can't believe how lucky I am finding this personality theory at the right time, it has helped me A TON after typing myself, it was VERY hard, but again, i always find the right things at the right time. This should be taught at school, I think everyone would benefit from this greatly especially because people ARE very self centered and there's not a single person that I've told about this that wasn't interested in it..
INFJ here. The description of Ni is really accurate, you've done your research 😅 A large reason of why I got into conspiracy theories was because I kept seeing symbols and I tried giving meaning/interpretation to them. Also... is it me or Ni is stronger when you're exhausted? I usually get these weird colorful images before sleeping.
My understanding is Ni gets ampted up during sensory deprived times like while laying in bed trying to fall asleep when its all quiet and dark especially if you havent had quiet sensory deprived times at all during the day. I would imagine if you are exhausted from being around people all day and had lots of extra sensory exposure all through the day that during rest time your Ni would stimulated.
i think (as an ignorant person i admit, i will accept corrections as free lectures, yay!) when ones tired, ti is awake but weaker, uses more shortcuts, and se is nearly unapplicable, (other than saying ..... it, and becoming all of a sudden a tiran and chugging the whole... icecream hopefully), most probably in those times there is noone around awake that you have some responsibility to, -which includes nearly every human somehow- 😑 so when you re alone (bathroom, if a bachelor, your bedroom, or your hobby place, or an alone walking holiday as bilbo would put it -you lucky bastard you i m jelous- ) fe also gets its much needed sleep...... so all the reigns belong to ni. go girl, who can stop you now....... i have solved many of my decision problems just before sleep. if somehow not, then wake up and found myself having chosen whats best to do. but i need to bang my head in "fruitless imagination circles" for it to happen though.
That's alpha brain wave state which anyone can get. though experientially it may be more powerful for someone with strong Ni. I couldn't say except I use primarily Ni for thinking and I have strong alpha state thinking.
4:02 , This. This sentence has explained the last 9 years of my life after my childhood. Not until I decided to exit this constant internal wold and finally work on developing my auxiliary function properly. I felt useless on so many occasions, even though I was doing great in school, that was nothing compared to what I wanted to do…
I started writing poems and short stories a few months back and it’s great to see the Ni make its way on to the page and into reality. Any form of self expression could really strength the Fe
Larbi Salihi Alaoui if that’s the case then you may want to be more specific about what part/s of the 7 layered J preference you want to improve........it’s not “just one thing” all the best
My experience with my (introverted) intuition is like a spiritual cell phone, but much louder then people who are talking to me. It usually answers my questions which make me appear "psychic" or "freaky". Sometimes it speaks to me by symbols which I have to translate but sometimes my translation can be wrong because I use logic to define them. Being both INTJ and INFJ, it's far more then "imagination", it's a life-long coping strategy. A way of life. More real then the body. And I understand why other INFJs and INTJs call it "imagination" so that others won't see them as more of a freak as before. However, if you truly value honesty, then call it for what it is. A Spiritual Cell Phone spoken by metaphoric symbolisms. And be proud of that.
I'd say out of all the "Ni-stuff", I act on merely 1% of it. It is just an immense "world" of.. interrelationships, imagery, ideas.. and beyond. So much of it actually cannot be put into "practice" in "physical reality", at least not what I perceive and experience. Super good video!
Two years later, but i agree with you. I'm entj and use ni as an auxillary function, Te as an objective lead is definitely very practical when combined with Ni's clarity
Im just 21 and I Legit quit everything to study and do hobbies so by the time im older i can use them in my spare time. Although people my age are engaging in external world activities, i want to perfect certain things before i dabble into that world myself.
kernel fleak, smart! It is an act of faith to follow one’s heart but it leads one to his/her calling. It saves a lot of time to not fall for the world’s indoctrination about what matters. (ISFP)
kernel fleak very smart but brave to follow your gut I have “lived my life backwards” and although people said I’d regret it......I see them now and I’m so glad I didn’t listen to the “nay sayers “ 👍
The patterns are taken from experiences and from other sources of knowledge such as spiritual, emotional, books, internet, entertainment, news, stories, interpersonal, vibrational energy etc. Many prophets have been inverted intuition and thus hearing and seeing spiritual impressions have been easier. Also, the structure of their belief system organized their ni into a powerful communication system. If there is no personal structure, self regulation or belief system in place it is a quagmire.
The aspect of Ni that views internal/subjective visions as a "must," and objective externalities as simply obstacles to achieving that vision, is so incredibly relatable to me. It can be incredibly destructive, and has been for me at times. -INTJ
8:14 I'm so grateful that you describe so well this chain of phenomena that occur in us and how it affects our relationship with other people. I have already realized that the only person who can get me out of this picture is myself. But for that, I need to redefine some paradigms that have always been very expensive for me and this is being very difficult. I'm trying - as far as possible - not to get away from people, although I am doing this much more for them than for myself. Congratulations on your channel.
Wow! I think this is the best video on Introverted Intuition I've seen! I really hope you end up doing all the cognitive functions, that would be so helpful! I'd be super interested to listen to videos on Introverted Feeling and Extroverted Intuition because I'm still confused about those. It'd also be really cool if you did videos on how each type can use there secondary function to balance their dominant function.
this is very good. Another major point is how Ni give the same value to both internal and external objects - leading to them not having a good sense of where their bodies and effects on people around them.
Your description of the introverted intuitive child was spot on for myself when I was a child. So much so, that they thought me autistic. This was in the late 70's and their 'solution ' to help me be like other children, was to medicate me with some heavy stuff. Self preservation speed up my auxiliary functions.
If we all didn't have all our heads in asses of some professor, I guess the light of day would be seen. It's exactly why I never went to college. Oh yeah, and I'm stupid as the guy I just watched.
indeed fruitless...... as fruitless as playing chess or poker or hide and seek or football (not watching, playing)............ just you play by yourself........ to see what happens if you change this..... than that...... oh if opposite happened..... if someone came and broke them all...... if...... if...... 😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 😢🙂😃ah.... there is a shortcut! i dont have to wander around those ideas anymore 😀 aaaand back to then what if......... 😣 edit: i tried to mean its in reality not fruitless.... playing, both as children and adults too are not fruitless..... more like thankless... any idea just thought of is a child, you need to play with/work on it to mature, only bad thing we might do to an idea chld as ni fe person is not give it proper nutrition/se. looking at much angles as possible is how ideas mature...... but yes, as i have mentioned above, it hurts the head, and is prone to circles if we dont feed it proper se. ............
@@ismata3274 fuck it all though man. Who cares. In 100 years all the enlightenment we will ever probably know will be fruitless also. Good job on opening my eyes to how senseless we are as ppl.
This video has brought clarity to my infj conundrum. Thank you for your articulate explanation of this info its useful to persons like myself with this "Achilles Heal". The most useless of men?! Thanks for the judgement Mr. Jung .. ouch!
Around 8:30 when you bring up how people with Ni will disconnect from external factors like friends to make their visions become true. Thats the stage im in right now. It honestly feels like a necessary step that if I don't take it, then I will never be able to truly achieve my vision for myself. And well my vision is the number 1 thing in my life.
I wonder if this is why I’m constantly reminding myself what I’m doing. Like I’ll be showering and say “oh right, I’m showering” as I’d completely forgotten even though my mind was completely wrapped around something in my mind. “Oh right I’m on a walk,” “oh right - I actually exist”...
Yasss🔥I don't know how developed my insights are but I have visions and see pictures in my mind all the time and I'm rather obsessed with deciphering them. When you said strong internal fantasies of which 70% aren't realised I decided to write the comment. So accurate!
Hello Chris. Exceptional information. Much I have never heard before. I am a 63 year old INTJ female. I can only speak for myself, but the vast majority of what my conscious and subconscious presents to me I try to use. I don't think of those thoughts and fantasies as fruitless. They apply always, it's just that I may not know what they apply to yet. I value and accept what my subconscious gives my conscious mind because the source of these thoughts and images is the collective unconscious, the sum total of all the unconscious knowledge available to us. I am coming to this from a very spiritual point of view. The deepest unconscious mind is closest to God. I was driven by Te to make sense and share what comes from my dreams and daydreams. I think Ni is the most otherworldly type since they are the least engaged with the 5 senses. I have a hard imagining the content of the Extroverted Sensor's mind.
70 percent of what Ni idealizes isn't acted upon; and the most useless of man. This hit me hard the most because it's true. Almost 30 and I haven't done anything in my life, or anything with my life yet still.
30 is young. You got 50 more years to take those 30% of Ni fantasies and steamroll them into reality. Don't worry, as INTJ and INFJ get older they get better at this doing this.
How much adversity have you encountered from jealous family, friends, coworkers, bosses, secret haters, etc. I've noticed that trying to tackle the root of any problem, people inevitably treat you like you're the problem. If anything, this has only pushed me more towards self-sabotage because I don't know how to live in this world. It's literally insane.
U spoke this very well! It’s amazing how this explains so much of how I process. I’m very driven by my ides and I only become down when something is not coming to light and I have had this recently where I’ve shut people out even family... thanks for explaining this! I understand a lot of how intuition works in my head but the words are very hard to come by
Very well articulated. Thank you. Also, thank god for Te grounding us a bit & understanding how we must filter & refine things into the external world. I all too well, understand beginning to sacrifice more & more to fulfill the Ni vision of things. I am currently dealing with this, & even tho my expression of Se (aspiring) is solid and my faux Fe is OK, I still have SO much to learn when it comes to the full manifestation of my dreams. The powerhouse behind Ni as a sheer force of will is truly a burden sometimes, but over all, it is a blessing.
Another helpful video. I tend to become obsessed with comics, books, or shows and have to read or watch all of it if I really like it because I can't get it out of my head. It's extremely frustrating. My husband got mad at me the other day because I have been binge reading this webtoon series. I hate being so into my head with this stuff but I have a hard time staying out.
I've watched alot of clips and read many articles about Ni. This is probably the one that describes it the best in my opinion. Nice work, really good video!
„The most useless of men“, yea I think INTJ in a subconscious way fear exactly this which is why we want to be so efficient. Also, if I didn’t have my vision which I can strive for I just feel like I would be depressed to death.
So I'm an INFJ but I'm not entirely convinced that the Ni is something that like, sways me very well. If anything I'm apathetic to life when I can't achieve what I want. I just kind of ball up and let my perfectionism get the best of me.
as an INFJ. I really appreciate that my Father is an INTJ but he died at my very young age After that, anyone in this world cannot understand me. I feel Isolated for so many years, so I handle it by facing my Weaknesses(I am 9 yrs old at that point), but I handle it like a Piece of Cake(it really got freak me out, about myself then I was thinking, when I was got freak out about myself for the very first time, I have a Photographic Memory BTW). When I was a kid my father always happy about his life even if in short time of his life. I can Sense that in his eyes I don't know why or how can I do that (that's the first time I got Freak out about myself) that was the 5 yrs old me. My Father died at my very young age, I was 6 when he Died. His last words to me are "Everything happens for a Reason, someday you will get use to it. continue to move forward without me just be yourself as Always" That's the reason why I am Healthy INFJ because of him, and my mother is an ISFP a very heartwarming mother but Strict at the same time. Until now I live my life to the fullest and I'm happy about that. now I am 21 but my life are full of memorable stories.
Wow, this is scarily accurate. I never realised what a stereotypical introverted intuitive I am. Se inferior to me is most difficult to mustered I can't control the euphoria I gain from my senses that it hurts so much, I isolate myself. I really need a way to develop it.
Just to give you an exemple of a Ni dom kid who haven't developed their auxiliary function yet ... when I was a kid my mom though that I must be deaf or about to become a deaf person cuz I usually wouldn't answer when she would call me .. that's how detached I was from reality .. another thing is that I discovered that I have very little memories from my childhood, i think it's manly cuz I was daydreaming all the time .. (INFJ)
I had to watch this again since my INTJ cousin hasn't slept in two days because she's doing something "for the next 6 years" of her life (and I am honestly concerned).
I'd like to point out that though Ni is commonly seen as visual/imagery I don't think it is exclusively. My main mode of thinking I would say is in algorithms, paradigms, and impressions. My thinking sometimes has a visual component
YES!! This! There is "more to it" than most people typically mention. It's so much about algorithms, perspectives and "layers" and structures to "it all", paradigms like you said. Yeah this function is.. something eh!
I am an INFJ. I would say that I wonder and think a lot about many different things. I am definitely not a "fruitless or aimless intuitive" toward my endeavors. My goals are more readonable and not at all based on pressure or competition from outside influences. As a 45 year old there are things that I want to accomplish for my life and for my daughters. Without firm principles and boundaries the goals cannot be attained. When challenges arise I meet them the best way that I can.
Nikki Docherty unfortunately he doesn’t explain that Jung was only talking about if all IN’s only used the one function ,because introvert intuition is useless in the real world and is mearly an internal process but you can use it to create great works like authors such as J.K. Rowling who is an INFJ so just because you have IN as your primary function doesn’t make you fruitless at all......i like you have so much with my life as an INFJ.
@@silentalliance3269 introverted intuition is NOT useless in the real world at all. I use it every day very well and very practically for such an "abstract" function.
Nikki Docherty i apolagise I worded my reply’s first few words wrongly........Of course intuition is useful in everyday life I use it constantly to be aware and I practice using my intuition on people all day because I use it to help people find work wich is what the MBTI system was set up to do after the global wars ,but I was actually talking about people who would be using ONLY the dominant function of an IN type .if he or she coupled introversion and intuition exclusively without engaging in Any Of there tertiary functions then that person wouldn’t communicate with anyone and simply spend their lives in constant deep thought and feeling..........and doing nothing else.
@@silentalliance3269 I use my NI in practical way. I am 45 and have always worked. I like my work and I like working with the public. I don't like identity fraud which I was attacked with in the workplace, online and in public. I don't plan on changing jobs.
“...compulsive neurosis with hypochondriacal tendencies...” Pretty much describes my childhood. (INFJ) However I believe that any characteristic has its pros and cons. I used my compulsive tendencies to get a Masters Degree, home, raise 2 children as a single mom, and have a 40-year career. But the fruitless dreaming is always there...and I’m tired. 😓
7:00 More like pushing ourselves to harmonize with reality. When you perceive that the river will carry you you cease to struggle with it and begin to allow it to carry you.
Awesome video! Ni can really be a pain in the ass especially when Se is tossing obstacles in your way to derail your path (maybe because it is not the right one) and Ni wants to be a fast moving train pushing through. It’s strange how when we lock into an idea or vision we will forego paying attention to “the signs” that we should abandon ship. Strange since we rely on those “signs” and “visions” to tell us what is probable.
Jung said from an Extraverted rationalistic point of view (Fe or Te Dom), that Introverted perceivers (Ni or Si doms) are the most useless of men. That’s not Jung saying it, typology to him was meant to explain behavioral differences and perspectives. Ni doms are introverted “irrationals” aka perceivers, we perceive inwardly so we can often seem inactive or lazy to our ExxJ siblings, who are constantly making decisions in the external world. That said, introverted perceivers are either on or off, as far as observations go, especially Ni doms- when we are active we can be obsessively driven, partially due to our introversion having us more resistant to the outer world. An Ni dom who doesn’t use much Te or Fe is more likely to just be a daydreamer, those with developed functions are more likely to be the ones who actualizes their vision(s).
Yes. I most definitely have a couple of obsessions that I am trying to bring about my goals and attention. I have so many wonderful ideas but how to apply it in a way that is successful is hard. Explaining my “must do” goals is really hard to explain. You are spot on. Overall, I feel mostly healthy with many aspects in my head accept one, (that I care about haha).
As Dave’s Superpowers explains, the third and fourth cognitive function slots can switch. I kinda feel this as an ISTP who relates very much to this discussion of Ni. Asura Psych, you did a great job making this information understandable; thank you. 🙂
This reminds me of a lot of how I used to behave, it was only once I gave up my own dream that I started to realize what was in front of me, and from that I now help others
Sometimes I can live very much in my head dreaming or rather living stories. Sometimes, I imagine I am a dragon slayer; sometimes I am the dragon; sometimes I am a samurai; sometimes I am just having imaginary conversations with certain people. The images are not exactly vivid but feel real and can elicit strong emotions in me. The rules of the fantasy world must be as realistic as possible. Is this an example of Ni or am just plain weird?
I literally listened to my own personality. For a long time I always put people in arms reach away from me and if those people or anyone else left or if I left them I was very detached and found it easy or comfortable
I look at Jung’s observations as a starting point to arrive at an ever closer picture of reality. Don’t we all fantasise?! I prefer my fantasies to be useful and purposeful, even meaningful. We are but grains of sand in the vastness of the universe. I want to grasp reality and awaken from the illusion of boundaries of any kind. Even our skin. At the same time, I am aesthetically conscious and always in search of the bold and new.
It's funny how casual enthusiasts talk about Ni as all-knowing wisdom, ability to predict the future etc. Though it's a part of it (because of the Ni dom quest for the ultimate truth) it's not its key characteristic. Pastors, religious leaders and mystics are almost instantly typed as INFJ because of this stereotype.
Fruitless fantasies is an overactive imagination. Intuition is essentially the essence of past experiences that triggers some emotion in the present. Extroverts should be more inclined to have true intuition but Im not sure I agree that introverts intuition is fruitless. Many writers and intellectuals are introverts .
Excactly very good intuition vs introverted clarity in your exploration there. Extroverts “should have the true intuition” but it’s not the case.its because extroverts are there “Perception” and “thinking” as there inferior functionality so when these are in the way in life intoversion gets blocked.
This really helps me understand the function! I often have trouble getting what they mean in terms of how you will think and act. I'd be really interested in hearing you talk about the other functions and how someone with them might behave!
I think that there is strong manipulation of abstract concepts, especially as they relate to each other and the second/third order and tangential impacts. And the concepts can be held together beyond manipulation in a picture including several interdependent relationships where other people can't do that.
I heard Dario Nardi talk about how he was sure that he had completely developed his Ni and started focusing on his other functions, only to find out later that there's so much more to Ni that he hadn't even considered. I am so curious to find out what that is.. Working on my Te right now.
Thank you for the explanation. Last year my boyfriend was writing a book he's an INFJ I'm an INFP, the heroin in the book is supposed to be me he told me i was his muse. He was inspired by me his fantasy. When he had what he needed he dropped me i couldn't understand we were so close. We are not together now but i felt used. Now I realize that he had no bad intentions still it hurt. Don't INFJs realize when they treat someone this way that it's wrong?
Through out your explanations which were based on both insights and lectures , then on behalf of my own person , i was pretty able to relate well with the introverted intuition , as a truly* revealed* primary fonction of mine. So firstly, I truly thank you for the clarity , precision and the pertinence of your content. Then i do really wonder what could be my auxiliary function (according to this approach) , which is actually a lacking puzzle piece for me so i can make it out of this stagnation consequently due to a huge lack of self esteem.. It is truly fondamental for me and i think also for the others , to know ourselves.. Speaking of sensory, i do believe that it is truly my last function , i mean i am really aiming to get so hard* in touch with the outside world ; building up a vulgarisation methods to simplify an idea or an emotion. Some people from where i live did relate a bit* to that , but it is a society of self contentment , accepting everything as it is , denying the true problems whe are facing today.. So the solitude is my friend actually. Then i’m not sure to know that inner vision of mine : it blends everything, with a musical , may be writing , also some science , but let’s say an artistic preference globally.. with some maths.. The academic system is actually a horror for me , as a basically self experience* learner.. i don’t know what to do.. knowing myself remain a priority for me :) thanks !
Some good stuff here. Like the segment about sacrificing things for your vision although I disagree with the notion that it is unhealthy. It could be considered an act of courage or faith, but other people don't see it this way when you put everything else off to build an ark for the flood -or something. I don't relate to seeing things in images, and I don't find Ni subjective because there is no subject, no I, that piece together your understanding. Intuition happens on its own, without the active involvement of your ego/mind/subject.
The subjective and irrational introverted intuition perceives the underlying reality of the external world through the archetypal images of a collective unconscious. In this regard, one might argue that the so-called subjective images of introverted intuition are actually objective. Hence the prophetic insights into events that play out in "the real world".
wow this is a great explanation! I’ve heard a lot of people say about me that I look dreamy? actually, it’s more like "tired" or "aloof", lol. especially when I was younger. people didn’t really speak of it in a positive way either haha I think it made me come off as kinda lazy? kind of like I just woke up from a nap and am still in my head. is this an Ni thing?
Well, I would argue that Ni does require sensory input. If you were, hypothetically, born in isolation inside an isolation chamber, I suspect your Ni daydreams would not include anything outside your chamber. It's just that the Ni dom will use the sensory input/information differently than an Si dominant.
@@Rasheens-Story getting straight to the point is to avoid redundancies this guy speaks like a recorder speed x 2. Info is great but this makes communication not really efficient.
Consciousness resides in a quantum probability cloud and is empty of physical existence. It stands to reason that the objective realm will always be affected in some way by the subjective realm (Jung's so called archetypes). Sometimes it takes great introversion practices (contemplation/meditation) for self realization of this phenomenon. The great sages of the past like Buddha and Lao Tzu are just a few that come to "mind". ^^
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Being useless without developing the auxiliary is a brutally honest and real statement.
I definitely agree, introverted Ni need to work extra hard to develop their judging functions in order to become apart of society in an efficient way. At 32 I have blossomed with countless ideas, desires and dreams, things that could really make my life, the earth and others lives better ... I really lack the ability to implement though. It’s easier to internalize everything and to stay locked in the labyrinth of my mind. Safer. More comfortable. Really creating my ideas in the Se world is my biggest goal for the remainder of my 30’s and onward. I think Ni types could definitely be perceived as either lazy or as though we lack ambition or even worse, that we aren’t as insightful/intelligent as we truly are. I always say to myself “I could have been so much more” it’s a peculiar and annoying thing leading with Ni. I also want to point out that so many people are INFP as the dreamers but honestly, they have their feet more planted on earth than Ni users; they lead with judgement and end with open ideas , we lead with perceiving but want conclusion. Totally different worlds
I also agree that Ni types are likely to be saddened by potential they let slip by. Good differentiation between INFPs and Ni types,
Thanks for watching!
@@AsuraPsych wistful is my middle name, pal.
the lack ambition part hits too hard... 😩
it's a constant reminder, people closest to me always said, "it's like you have no motivation at all! what a wasted potential".
now at 24 i don't even have "worldly" ambitions big enough for me to start "doing" stuffs. not for dating, not for money, not for... whatever it is that involves the world "real".
as far as i know, no matter how mind blowing my inner world is, i almost inexistent to the reality.
Fascinating.
When I was a child I would constantly daydream. Sometimes others would see my mouth moving as I conversed in my daydreams and they'd laugh at me. The embarrassment of this taught me not to daydream in the presence of others. Now as an adult I've learned that being alone was the best way to daydream.
Ok, maybe this comment belongs on the previous video I just watched by Astura Psych
"The most useless of men." Ouch, that's confronting and ominous.
not only that, the most NOT...... of humans.
as in changing everytime with any interaction.
like finding things agreeable about nearly everyone,
consequently finding something to disagree about any concept......
(agreeing with anyone other than the few who have proven themselves to be incurable poisons to humanity of course).
sometimes i dont know who in reality i am,
all the while being absolutely sincere to boot. 😣😶
Hah. I definitely used to be pretty useless before developing my fe
"Useless of men" ... Jung sounds like a judger.
Jeffrey E. Klein he’s reading tiny parts of a big book by Jung that said basically IF the Ni part of the INFJ ect functions only by itself without any of the other function stacks working and intuitive type would just simply think and dream and not talk or engage anyone.there Is no such person alive (if they exsist they are in a mental home) he I’d trying to make INFP/INFJ’s ect out to be the most uslessof all types wich is far from the truth I’m an INFJ and I’ve owned business for 30 years putting my dreams into reality........this guy is just trying to twist what Jung said to guilt trip us all (actually Jung even thought it up because he said he’s never a purely intuitive type person)
@@silentalliance3269 You wrote there's no such person alive... well I do this often but I also work a full time job. I have an endless reservoir of imagination that I jump into any time. Dont know why this is its all I know since childhood. This probably makes me weird but my rational is most people are weird or corrupt in their own way. You know, the kind of people who arent themselves.
Wow. I never realised what a stereotype introverted intuitive I was. Everything from detached & super-introverted as a child; also cutting off all my friends and not dating for 4 years to double-down on my work to reach my goals. Also unhealthy bouts of extreme hedonistic behavior a couple of times in my adult life. I had no idea these things were so typical. Great video thanks for the insight. From an INTJ
Wow. It doesn't matter if you're in a golden bag or a black one, WE ALL ARE STILL GARBAGE ON THE INSIDE.
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Funny, you just described my life. After the Enneagram and Myers Briggs I realized we were all more or less contrived - INTJ
@@silentalliance3269 Can you explain more about Introverted intuition??? Like the positive things???
Introverted intuition gives access to insight about the nature of consciousness itself. It allows us to read people better than we may read ourselves. We also are able to connect deeper ideas about the nature of reality and imagination together. INFJs and those with Introverted Intuition are not called sages without a purpose. A sage can use their experiences and turn them into wisdom, to later help guide others because we are all connected and require similar things to spiritually develop.
" Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." ~Carl Jung
Thank you
@Paul Baumann I disagree. Extroverts are masters of executing plans and strategies introverts have fantasized. Without Introverted Intuition we would still be living in the stone age. The reality all around you have been fantasized by the introverted people. A great example is that Nikola Tesla has come up with many fantasies as an introvert and Thomas Edison as an extrovert stole some of those fantasies and made them reality. Carl Jung in his arrogance and haste to produce his book didn't took his time to reflect on the crap he was about to pen down. Even Carl Jung can make mistakes, so don't believe everything you read.
It's tough for the INTJ as we do in fact read the consciousness of people, but we don't engage an external reaction to it. This is why we are stereotyped as cold or insensitive. We'll kind of file it away as an observation and maybe use it as a means to an end if we need to get liked by a boss or something.
So insightful, and YES, lost in my head of dreams and DETERMINED to bring them in to reality and ignoring details in the outer world like finances! INFJ
Yeah!!!
Becky Green
yes that is the proper fulfilment of Ni . bringing the subjective into the objective world so people can see the inner workings of Ni at its best.
This type does indeed ring almost painfully true in my own case. Since childhood I've often been amazed at the *incredible* clarity and resolution of the inner images - sometimes I've called them "hallucinations inside the mind" to my friends because that really seems the best way to describe their phenomenology. It's also astonishing how artistically sophisticated and intricate they often are for psychological products that seem appear so spontaneously out of nowhere. We are very fortunate to be able to have such an intimate and pervasive relationship with the unconscious!
Yeah, we kill Freud and his opinions...
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
Quite possibly the worst thing as an INTJ is not having a concrete ideal vision TO achieve. Without purpose I was truly lost and depressed.
Yeah. I can relate. I had 18 years of imitation of life and only after realizing who I am and what I want to do with my life I began to live. It was like a rebirth for me. It allowed me to use all the inner strength I never knew I had, will, motivation, from that day on my life is becoming better each day.
Even worse: Dwelling on dreams and being unable to live.
Reminds of Raskolnikov from Crime and Punishment
Thank you for this video.
Truly, Usually this "vision/image/fantasy" is a very personal one and difficult to verbalise.
Sometimes there seems to be no concrete steps towards this "vision".
Very well done, I'm so glad there's a science that's explained this... I always thought I was so weird , or sometimes that other people were weird because they weren't seeing stuff the way i did or how they don't see the patterns and why they never listen to my 99.99% accurate predictions... And how am i the only person with such a strong will , people telling me I'm a dreamer and there's no way i could make it but duh, i made it every time, tho I'm very lazy and I never knew why I'm so messy with outside world, why do i not engage with it and see value in it most of the time but then i go and binge like crazy and engage with it too much sometimes ,that's completely out of character for me cause I'm so calm and collected most of the time .. I'm finally developing that Se at the age of 20 haha, finally starting to see my body as a part of myself and not as a hindrance, but a half of me that will help me accomplish my visions. I can't believe how lucky I am finding this personality theory at the right time, it has helped me A TON after typing myself, it was VERY hard, but again, i always find the right things at the right time. This should be taught at school, I think everyone would benefit from this greatly especially because people ARE very self centered and there's not a single person that I've told about this that wasn't interested in it..
INFJ here.
The description of Ni is really accurate, you've done your research 😅
A large reason of why I got into conspiracy theories was because I kept seeing symbols and I tried giving meaning/interpretation to them.
Also... is it me or Ni is stronger when you're exhausted? I usually get these weird colorful images before sleeping.
My understanding is Ni gets ampted up during sensory deprived times like while laying in bed trying to fall asleep when its all quiet and dark especially if you havent had quiet sensory deprived times at all during the day. I would imagine if you are exhausted from being around people all day and had lots of extra sensory exposure all through the day that during rest time your Ni would stimulated.
i think (as an ignorant person i admit, i will accept corrections as free lectures, yay!)
when ones tired, ti is awake but weaker, uses more shortcuts,
and se is nearly unapplicable, (other than saying ..... it, and becoming all of a sudden a tiran and chugging the whole... icecream hopefully),
most probably in those times there is noone around awake that you have some responsibility to, -which includes nearly every human somehow- 😑
so when you re alone (bathroom, if a bachelor, your bedroom, or your hobby place, or an alone walking holiday as bilbo would put it -you lucky bastard you i m jelous- ) fe also gets its much needed sleep......
so all the reigns belong to ni.
go girl, who can stop you now.......
i have solved many of my decision problems just before sleep. if somehow not, then wake up and found myself having chosen whats best to do. but i need to bang my head in "fruitless imagination circles" for it to happen though.
That's alpha brain wave state which anyone can get. though experientially it may be more powerful for someone with strong Ni. I couldn't say except I use primarily Ni for thinking and I have strong alpha state thinking.
Same!!!
@@nicholasjh1 Alpha state...can you briefly explain?
Why is it scarily accurate ! Thank u so much for ur efforts in explaining
"I know it's a lot to take in" … lol, immediately understood, it is everyday experience.
4:02 , This. This sentence has explained the last 9 years of my life after my childhood. Not until I decided to exit this constant internal wold and finally work on developing my auxiliary function properly. I felt useless on so many occasions, even though I was doing great in school, that was nothing compared to what I wanted to do…
I would really like you to talk about how can a Ni develop his secondary auxiliary judging function 😁
Doing emotional work has helped me develop it. Fe in my case. Things like the Man Kind Project or psycho drama
Larbi Salihi Alaoui you mean Turning your dreams into a reality?
I started writing poems and short stories a few months back and it’s great to see the Ni make its way on to the page and into reality. Any form of self expression could really strength the Fe
HSM No I wasn’t thinking of that, I would really like if the video creator could explain that in his next video
Larbi Salihi Alaoui if that’s the case then you may want to be more specific about what part/s of the 7 layered J preference you want to improve........it’s not “just one thing” all the best
My experience with my (introverted) intuition is like a spiritual cell phone, but much louder then people who are talking to me. It usually answers my questions which make me appear "psychic" or "freaky". Sometimes it speaks to me by symbols which I have to translate but sometimes my translation can be wrong because I use logic to define them. Being both INTJ and INFJ, it's far more then "imagination", it's a life-long coping strategy. A way of life. More real then the body. And I understand why other INFJs and INTJs call it "imagination" so that others won't see them as more of a freak as before. However, if you truly value honesty, then call it for what it is. A Spiritual Cell Phone spoken by metaphoric symbolisms. And be proud of that.
I'd say out of all the "Ni-stuff", I act on merely 1% of it. It is just an immense "world" of.. interrelationships, imagery, ideas.. and beyond. So much of it actually cannot be put into "practice" in "physical reality", at least not what I perceive and experience.
Super good video!
Two years later, but i agree with you. I'm entj and use ni as an auxillary function, Te as an objective lead is definitely very practical when combined with Ni's clarity
Im just 21 and I Legit quit everything to study and do hobbies so by the time im older i can use them in my spare time. Although people my age are engaging in external world activities, i want to perfect certain things before i dabble into that world myself.
kernel fleak, smart!
It is an act of faith to follow one’s heart but it leads one to his/her calling.
It saves a lot of time to not fall for the world’s indoctrination about what matters.
(ISFP)
kernel fleak very smart but brave to follow your gut I have “lived my life backwards” and although people said I’d regret it......I see them now and I’m so glad I didn’t listen to the “nay sayers “
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The patterns are taken from experiences and from other sources of knowledge such as spiritual, emotional, books, internet, entertainment, news, stories, interpersonal, vibrational energy etc. Many prophets have been inverted intuition and thus hearing and seeing spiritual impressions have been easier. Also, the structure of their belief system organized their ni into a powerful communication system. If there is no personal structure, self regulation or belief system in place it is a quagmire.
The aspect of Ni that views internal/subjective visions as a "must," and objective externalities as simply obstacles to achieving that vision, is so incredibly relatable to me. It can be incredibly destructive, and has been for me at times. -INTJ
8:14 I'm so grateful that you describe so well this chain of phenomena that occur in us and how it affects our relationship with other people. I have already realized that the only person who can get me out of this picture is myself. But for that, I need to redefine some paradigms that have always been very expensive for me and this is being very difficult.
I'm trying - as far as possible - not to get away from people, although I am doing this much more for them than for myself. Congratulations on your channel.
Wow! I think this is the best video on Introverted Intuition I've seen! I really hope you end up doing all the cognitive functions, that would be so helpful! I'd be super interested to listen to videos on Introverted Feeling and Extroverted Intuition because I'm still confused about those. It'd also be really cool if you did videos on how each type can use there secondary function to balance their dominant function.
I plan to do all the functions eventually, thanks for watching!
Very true
Really helpful video, i wasn't even sure if i was intj but i am now. Thank you!
this is very good. Another major point is how Ni give the same value to both internal and external objects - leading to them not having a good sense of where their bodies and effects on people around them.
Your description of the introverted intuitive child was spot on for myself when I was a child. So much so, that they thought me autistic. This was in the late 70's and their 'solution ' to help me be like other children, was to medicate me with some heavy stuff. Self preservation speed up my auxiliary functions.
I like your videos. Very informative. As an INTJ I like how your video are not just 30mins of saying INTJs are geniuses or unicorns.
Ay, "fruitless fantasies" 🤦🏽♀️
Excellent articulation as always!
Appreciate the support, thanks for watching!
If we all didn't have all our heads in asses of some professor, I guess the light of day would be seen. It's exactly why I never went to college. Oh yeah, and I'm stupid as the guy I just watched.
indeed fruitless......
as fruitless as playing chess or poker or hide and seek or football (not watching, playing)............
just you play by yourself........
to see what happens if you change this..... than that...... oh if opposite happened..... if someone came and broke them all......
if...... if......
😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
😢🙂😃ah.... there is a shortcut! i dont have to wander around those ideas anymore 😀
aaaand back to then what if.........
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edit: i tried to mean its in reality not fruitless....
playing, both as children and adults too are not fruitless.....
more like thankless...
any idea just thought of is a child, you need to play with/work on it to mature, only bad thing we might do to an idea chld as ni fe person is not give it proper nutrition/se.
looking at much angles as possible is how ideas mature......
but yes, as i have mentioned above, it hurts the head, and is prone to circles if we dont feed it proper se. ............
@@ismata3274 fuck it all though man. Who cares. In 100 years all the enlightenment we will ever probably know will be fruitless also. Good job on opening my eyes to how senseless we are as ppl.
This video has brought clarity to my infj conundrum. Thank you for your articulate explanation of this info its useful to persons like myself with this "Achilles Heal". The most useless of men?! Thanks for the judgement Mr. Jung .. ouch!
Around 8:30 when you bring up how people with Ni will disconnect from external factors like friends to make their visions become true. Thats the stage im in right now. It honestly feels like a necessary step that if I don't take it, then I will never be able to truly achieve my vision for myself. And well my vision is the number 1 thing in my life.
I wonder if this is why I’m constantly reminding myself what I’m doing. Like I’ll be showering and say “oh right, I’m showering” as I’d completely forgotten even though my mind was completely wrapped around something in my mind. “Oh right I’m on a walk,” “oh right - I actually exist”...
Yasss🔥I don't know how developed my insights are but I have visions and see pictures in my mind all the time and I'm rather obsessed with deciphering them. When you said strong internal fantasies of which 70% aren't realised I decided to write the comment. So accurate!
Hello Chris. Exceptional information. Much I have never heard before. I am a 63 year old INTJ female. I can only speak for myself, but the vast majority of what my conscious and subconscious presents to me I try to use. I don't think of those thoughts and fantasies as fruitless. They apply always, it's just that I may not know what they apply to yet. I value and accept what my subconscious gives my conscious mind because the source of these thoughts and images is the collective unconscious, the sum total of all the unconscious knowledge available to us. I am coming to this from a very spiritual point of view. The deepest unconscious mind is closest to God. I was driven by Te to make sense and share what comes from my dreams and daydreams. I think Ni is the most otherworldly type since they are the least engaged with the 5 senses. I have a hard imagining the content of the Extroverted Sensor's mind.
70 percent of what Ni idealizes isn't acted upon; and the most useless of man. This hit me hard the most because it's true. Almost 30 and I haven't done anything in my life, or anything with my life yet still.
Why do you have to do anything in life?
@@5Dworld To survive son..............to survive. SURVIVE.............or DIE!
30 is young. You got 50 more years to take those 30% of Ni fantasies and steamroll them into reality. Don't worry, as INTJ and INFJ get older they get better at this doing this.
How is life for you now?❤
How much adversity have you encountered from jealous family, friends, coworkers, bosses, secret haters, etc. I've noticed that trying to tackle the root of any problem, people inevitably treat you like you're the problem. If anything, this has only pushed me more towards self-sabotage because I don't know how to live in this world. It's literally insane.
U spoke this very well! It’s amazing how this explains so much of how I process. I’m very driven by my ides and I only become down when something is not coming to light and I have had this recently where I’ve shut people out even family... thanks for explaining this! I understand a lot of how intuition works in my head but the words are very hard to come by
Appreciate the support/feedback. Glad you found the video insightful, thanks for watching!
This video made me understand myself much better.
-INTJ
As an ENTJ with Ni in second slot, all of this is also relatable to me
This threw away my ideals about Ni users and instead, made me better understand them. Thank you
Very well articulated. Thank you.
Also, thank god for Te grounding us a bit & understanding how we must filter
& refine things into the external world.
I all too well, understand beginning to sacrifice more & more to fulfill the Ni vision of things.
I am currently dealing with this, & even tho my expression of Se (aspiring) is solid and my faux Fe is OK,
I still have SO much to learn when it comes to the full manifestation of my dreams.
The powerhouse behind Ni as a sheer force of will is truly a burden sometimes,
but over all, it is a blessing.
So that is why my father, ESFJ, says I'm a train without brakes when I want something!
Another helpful video. I tend to become obsessed with comics, books, or shows and have to read or watch all of it if I really like it because I can't get it out of my head. It's extremely frustrating. My husband got mad at me the other day because I have been binge reading this webtoon series. I hate being so into my head with this stuff but I have a hard time staying out.
I've watched alot of clips and read many articles about Ni. This is probably the one that describes it the best in my opinion. Nice work, really good video!
It’s good. I have one main goal and focus on that one main goal. And yes it is a must. There are smart sacrifices.
„The most useless of men“, yea I think INTJ in a subconscious way fear exactly this which is why we want to be so efficient. Also, if I didn’t have my vision which I can strive for I just feel like I would be depressed to death.
Loved ur Intro! Very accurate abt intuitive personality! True insight!👍👏👏
Thanks for posting 😊
Appreciate the feedback, thanks for watching!
So I'm an INFJ but I'm not entirely convinced that the Ni is something that like, sways me very well. If anything I'm apathetic to life when I can't achieve what I want. I just kind of ball up and let my perfectionism get the best of me.
as an INFJ. I really appreciate that my Father is an INTJ but he died at my very young age
After that, anyone in this world cannot understand me. I feel Isolated for so many years, so I handle it by facing my Weaknesses(I am 9 yrs old at that point), but I handle it like a Piece of Cake(it really got freak me out, about myself then I was thinking, when I was got freak out about myself for the very first time, I have a Photographic Memory BTW). When I was a kid my father always happy about his life even if in short time of his life. I can Sense that in his eyes I don't know why or how can I do that (that's the first time I got Freak out about myself) that was the 5 yrs old me. My Father died at my very young age, I was 6 when he Died. His last words to me are
"Everything happens for a Reason,
someday you will get use to it.
continue to move forward without me
just be yourself as Always"
That's the reason why I am Healthy INFJ because of him, and my mother is an ISFP a very heartwarming mother but Strict at the same time. Until now I live my life to the fullest and I'm happy about that. now I am 21 but my life are full of memorable stories.
Sorry for my English.
English is not my native language
Beautiful last words, powerful. Shivers here right now.
I too have photographic memory!
Loving and excellent advice. Sorry for your loss.
Romeo Sioc De Lumen
I wish you happiness and health. Take care of yourself.
Wow, this is scarily accurate. I never realised what a stereotypical introverted intuitive I am. Se inferior to me is most difficult to mustered I can't control the euphoria I gain from my senses that it hurts so much, I isolate myself. I really need a way to develop it.
Just to give you an exemple of a Ni dom kid who haven't developed their auxiliary function yet ... when I was a kid my mom though that I must be deaf or about to become a deaf person cuz I usually wouldn't answer when she would call me .. that's how detached I was from reality ..
another thing is that I discovered that I have very little memories from my childhood, i think it's manly cuz I was daydreaming all the time .. (INFJ)
Explains why i was painfully quiet as a child. I could sense that no would understand and that undeveloped Fe makes it worst :/
Yep, some classmates were pissed when they had to sit next to me. I realized that I began to talk a lot more when I was around 15, even at home
Absolutely excellent work. This is the best description of introverted intuition I've ever seen. Subscribed :)
I had to watch this again since my INTJ cousin hasn't slept in two days because she's doing something "for the next 6 years" of her life (and I am honestly concerned).
I'd like to point out that though Ni is commonly seen as visual/imagery I don't think it is exclusively. My main mode of thinking I would say is in algorithms, paradigms, and impressions. My thinking sometimes has a visual component
YES!! This! There is "more to it" than most people typically mention. It's so much about algorithms, perspectives and "layers" and structures to "it all", paradigms like you said. Yeah this function is.. something eh!
I am an INFJ. I would say that I wonder and think a lot about many different things. I am definitely not a "fruitless or aimless intuitive" toward my endeavors. My goals are more readonable and not at all based on pressure or competition from outside influences. As a 45 year old there are things that I want to accomplish for my life and for my daughters. Without firm principles and boundaries the goals cannot be attained. When challenges arise I meet them the best way that I can.
Nikki Docherty unfortunately he doesn’t explain that Jung was only talking about if all IN’s only used the one function ,because introvert intuition is useless in the real world and is mearly an internal process but you can use it to create great works like authors such as J.K. Rowling who is an INFJ so just because you have IN as your primary function doesn’t make you fruitless at all......i like you have so much with my life as an INFJ.
@@silentalliance3269 introverted intuition is NOT useless in the real world at all. I use it every day very well and very practically for such an "abstract" function.
Nikki Docherty i apolagise I worded my reply’s first few words wrongly........Of course intuition is useful in everyday life I use it constantly to be aware and I practice using my intuition on people all day because I use it to help people find work wich is what the MBTI system was set up to do after the global wars ,but I was actually talking about people who would be using ONLY the dominant function of an IN type .if he or she coupled introversion and intuition exclusively without engaging in Any Of there tertiary functions then that person wouldn’t communicate with anyone and simply spend their lives in constant deep thought and feeling..........and doing nothing else.
@@silentalliance3269 I use my NI in practical way. I am 45 and have always worked. I like my work and I like working with the public. I don't like identity fraud which I was attacked with in the workplace, online and in public. I don't plan on changing jobs.
“...compulsive neurosis with hypochondriacal tendencies...”
Pretty much describes my childhood. (INFJ)
However I believe that any characteristic has its pros and cons. I used my compulsive tendencies to get a Masters Degree, home, raise 2 children as a single mom, and have a 40-year career.
But the fruitless dreaming is always there...and I’m tired. 😓
7:00 More like pushing ourselves to harmonize with reality. When you perceive that the river will carry you you cease to struggle with it and begin to allow it to carry you.
Awesome video! Ni can really be a pain in the ass especially when Se is tossing obstacles in your way to derail your path (maybe because it is not the right one) and Ni wants to be a fast moving train pushing through. It’s strange how when we lock into an idea or vision we will forego paying attention to “the signs” that we should abandon ship. Strange since we rely on those “signs” and “visions” to tell us what is probable.
Rewatching this just wanna say you’re my fav INTJ on the internet lol so thorough and well spoken 🥰
I agree with all of this based on my life. Great video
Wow, this kind of freaked me out how much this described me.
" A Sea of Fruitless Fantastics" :
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rpg
Will get us to "warp drive" , beyond the
speed of light.....
Okay, okay. Ouch. There are so many worlds going on in me.. Nice job. Dreamer, I like it. ❤
I Agree 1000 percent
so happy that I found your Channel
I have been binge watching on all your videos
I hope you make a video about the rest of the cognitive functions
Jung said from an Extraverted rationalistic point of view (Fe or Te Dom), that Introverted perceivers (Ni or Si doms) are the most useless of men. That’s not Jung saying it, typology to him was meant to explain behavioral differences and perspectives. Ni doms are introverted “irrationals” aka perceivers, we perceive inwardly so we can often seem inactive or lazy to our ExxJ siblings, who are constantly making decisions in the external world. That said, introverted perceivers are either on or off, as far as observations go, especially Ni doms- when we are active we can be obsessively driven, partially due to our introversion having us more resistant to the outer world. An Ni dom who doesn’t use much Te or Fe is more likely to just be a daydreamer, those with developed functions are more likely to be the ones who actualizes their vision(s).
Outstanding video, you’ve described me in ways I didn’t consciously fully appreciate. Amazing - keep up your impactful work!
Yes. I most definitely have a couple of obsessions that I am trying to bring about my goals and attention. I have so many wonderful ideas but how to apply it in a way that is successful is hard. Explaining my “must do” goals is really hard to explain. You are spot on.
Overall, I feel mostly healthy with many aspects in my head accept one, (that I care about haha).
As Dave’s Superpowers explains, the third and fourth cognitive function slots can switch.
I kinda feel this as an ISTP who relates very much to this discussion of Ni.
Asura Psych, you did a great job making this information understandable; thank you. 🙂
Very familiar! Thanks for sharing. I think I should get some of Jung's materials and read up directly.
This reminds me of a lot of how I used to behave, it was only once I gave up my own dream that I started to realize what was in front of me, and from that I now help others
I really, really hope to see and hear more about Ni on here!
Very good explanation of the subject.
Thank you.
This is a very good video. I hope you do this with all the functions.
Thank you for posting this. Great video! From a fellow INTP
Sometimes I can live very much in my head dreaming or rather living stories. Sometimes, I imagine I am a dragon slayer; sometimes I am the dragon; sometimes I am a samurai; sometimes I am just having imaginary conversations with certain people. The images are not exactly vivid but feel real and can elicit strong emotions in me. The rules of the fantasy world must be as realistic as possible. Is this an example of Ni or am just plain weird?
Look up ne maybe?
what a great video! i really appreciate the work you put forth. thank you! please, keep these in-depth looks coming!
I appreciate the support, thanks for watching!
I literally listened to my own personality. For a long time I always put people in arms reach away from me and if those people or anyone else left or if I left them I was very detached and found it easy or comfortable
I look at Jung’s observations as a starting point to arrive at an ever closer picture of reality. Don’t we all fantasise?! I prefer my fantasies to be useful and purposeful, even meaningful. We are but grains of sand in the vastness of the universe. I want to grasp reality and awaken from the illusion of boundaries of any kind. Even our skin. At the same time, I am aesthetically conscious and always in search of the bold and new.
exactly... words i often write as i think about the infj character i project myself into is "freedom" and "boundless".
INFJ here. Can relate, painfully.
It's funny how casual enthusiasts talk about Ni as all-knowing wisdom, ability to predict the future etc. Though it's a part of it (because of the Ni dom quest for the ultimate truth) it's not its key characteristic. Pastors, religious leaders and mystics are almost instantly typed as INFJ because of this stereotype.
This was amazing I really enjoyed this big up from the Netherlands 💯🙏🏾
Fruitless fantasies is an overactive imagination. Intuition is essentially the essence of past experiences that triggers some emotion in the present. Extroverts should be more inclined to have true intuition but Im not sure I agree that introverts intuition is fruitless. Many writers and intellectuals are introverts .
Excactly very good intuition vs introverted clarity in your exploration there.
Extroverts “should have the true intuition” but it’s not the case.its because extroverts are there “Perception” and “thinking” as there inferior functionality so when these are in the way in life intoversion gets blocked.
Jung was an introverted intuitive. He revealed that in the interview you can find online.
Very well explained.
This really helps me understand the function! I often have trouble getting what they mean in terms of how you will think and act. I'd be really interested in hearing you talk about the other functions and how someone with them might behave!
I think that there is strong manipulation of abstract concepts, especially as they relate to each other and the second/third order and tangential impacts. And the concepts can be held together beyond manipulation in a picture including several interdependent relationships where other people can't do that.
I heard Dario Nardi talk about how he was sure that he had completely developed his Ni and started focusing on his other functions, only to find out later that there's so much more to Ni that he hadn't even considered. I am so curious to find out what that is.. Working on my Te right now.
True I am willing to abandon any one to achieve my goals, may they be family or friends.
thank you very much. I really started to understand myself
best explanation of any mbti function that I ever seen
Thank you for the explanation. Last year my boyfriend was writing a book he's an INFJ I'm an INFP, the heroin in the book is supposed to be me he told me i was his muse. He was inspired by me his fantasy. When he had what he needed he dropped me i couldn't understand we were so close. We are not together now but i felt used. Now I realize that he had no bad intentions still it hurt. Don't INFJs realize when they treat someone this way that it's wrong?
This is my favorite video about Ni. Would you do videos like this on all the functions? Pretty please?
Through out your explanations which were based on both insights and lectures , then on behalf of my own person , i was pretty able to relate well with the introverted intuition , as a truly* revealed* primary fonction of mine. So firstly, I truly thank you for the clarity , precision and the pertinence of your content. Then i do really wonder what could be my auxiliary function (according to this approach) , which is actually a lacking puzzle piece for me so i can make it out of this stagnation consequently due to a huge lack of self esteem.. It is truly fondamental for me and i think also for the others , to know ourselves.. Speaking of sensory, i do believe that it is truly my last function , i mean i am really aiming to get so hard* in touch with the outside world ; building up a vulgarisation methods to simplify an idea or an emotion. Some people from where i live did relate a bit* to that , but it is a society of self contentment , accepting everything as it is , denying the true problems whe are facing today.. So the solitude is my friend actually. Then i’m not sure to know that inner vision of mine : it blends everything, with a musical , may be writing , also some science , but let’s say an artistic preference globally.. with some maths.. The academic system is actually a horror for me , as a basically self experience* learner.. i don’t know what to do.. knowing myself remain a priority for me :) thanks !
A matter of time .. This lead me to think of a question , what is truly this value of patience* ? Is it a fruit from the tree of self love ?
This was so well-explained! Thank you!
Some good stuff here. Like the segment about sacrificing things for your vision although I disagree with the notion that it is unhealthy. It could be considered an act of courage or faith, but other people don't see it this way when you put everything else off to build an ark for the flood -or something.
I don't relate to seeing things in images, and I don't find Ni subjective because there is no subject, no I, that piece together your understanding. Intuition happens on its own, without the active involvement of your ego/mind/subject.
The subjective and irrational introverted intuition perceives the underlying reality of the external world through the archetypal images of a collective unconscious. In this regard, one might argue that the so-called subjective images of introverted intuition are actually objective. Hence the prophetic insights into events that play out in "the real world".
wow this is a great explanation! I’ve heard a lot of people say about me that I look dreamy? actually, it’s more like "tired" or "aloof", lol. especially when I was younger. people didn’t really speak of it in a positive way either haha I think it made me come off as kinda lazy? kind of like I just woke up from a nap and am still in my head. is this an Ni thing?
Well, I would argue that Ni does require sensory input. If you were, hypothetically, born in isolation inside an isolation chamber, I suspect your Ni daydreams would not include anything outside your chamber.
It's just that the Ni dom will use the sensory input/information differently than an Si dominant.
100% right. Just slow down a little.
Te-tool function eh!
Are you INFJ? :)
@@JonasAnandaKristiansson Nah, I'm INTJ, I just learned how to speak slower and breathe while I speak.
Not much of a help but 0.75x speed will do
I like him speeding through it. Faster way of getting to the point
@@Rasheens-Story getting straight to the point is to avoid redundancies this guy speaks like a recorder speed x 2. Info is great but this makes communication not really efficient.
I feel like I have the finished products on my hard drive but no connected keyboard or monitor to interface the process of creation.
Wow 👏🏻
Consciousness resides in a quantum probability cloud and is empty of physical existence. It stands to reason that the objective realm will always be affected in some way by the subjective realm (Jung's so called archetypes). Sometimes it takes great introversion practices (contemplation/meditation) for self realization of this phenomenon. The great sages of the past like Buddha and Lao Tzu are just a few that come to "mind". ^^