ENTJ here. This was very informative. I never associate myself with my family or the area in which I grew up. Much like you I’ve always felt like I was placed here at random. I’ve always said that I can interact with anybody from any background without feeling any kind of culture shock because I’m open to new experiences that I haven’t yet had. Stick me anywhere and I’ll adapt pretty quickly. Growing up I was surrounded by Si users so I always thought I was missing something that other people had and that I was defective because of it but it turns out that I just don’t see the value in my personal history. Great work! I hope to hear your examples of other cognitive functions in the future
ISTJ here. Based on personal experience, I generally agree with most of what you said. The one thing that you mentioned that I don't relate to is the importance of my legacy, as that's not a high priority. That's just me, though. Not every single member of a particular type is going to relate to every single description of said type available. I'm certain that there are other ISXJs that place more value on leaving a legacy than I do. Perhaps most of them do for all I know. I was fortunate enough to encounter MBTI at a younger age, so I don't automatically assume everyone thinks exactly the way I do. I may think I have the right opinions on things, however. Experience has shown that like anyone else, at times I'm right, at times I'm wrong. Your reference to how each ISXJ's unique experiences growing up having an impact on the standards they create was particularly insightful. There may be a good amount of overlap of shared standards amongst ISXJs, but each one will ultimately end up with their own unique set nonetheless (or so it seems). For example: two ISXJs may like the same sport as something they believe they "should" be involved with, but one prefers to actually play it while another prefers to be a spectator. And it can often get more idiosyncratic than that example, with other factors such as genetics playing a role as well.
This is so interesting to me as an Ni-dominant (INFJ). I’m also adopted, and the part about high-Si users feeling as if they’re a continuation of a past heritage reminded me of a key difference between myself and my adopted mother (ISTJ) who was also adopted herself: In my younger years, my mom tried her best to instill in me a love for our shared Chinese heritage. But I had no interest in it whatsoever and resisted her every attempt, always thinking, “So what if I’m Chinese? Why should I be interested in a country or culture I don’t care for just because my genetics happen to match?” To this day, I still have very little interest in the country and culture of my origin and feel no connection to either. This doesn’t mean I won’t feel connected to certain groups, causes, etc. I do, but it’s always through the lenses of Ni-Fe-Ti-Se. Do the group’s ideals and vision match my own? Does what they represent align with my idea of who I am or want to be in the future? Also, the point about legacy caught my attention. I, as an INFJ, love the thought of leaving a legacy, but I don’t think it’s the same as the high-Si user’s idea of a legacy. For me, legacy is synonymous with personal impact or personal vision. I’m driven to make a lasting, multi-generational impact on the world, but it’s on a grander scale-not necessarily limited to being carried out by encouraging any of my possible future kids to carry it on. It might look something like this: I latch onto a personal vision of what I want the future to look like in my sphere of influence > I do most of the work during my lifetime to bring it to pass > I identify someone who shares the same vision and hopefully come to an agreement in which they will see the work to completion in case I’m unable to do so for some reason (illness, death, etc.) The end goal is to see my personal vision come to pass and to leave my mark. Basically, my idea of a legacy is not tied to the continuation of a long-standing heritage and making sure it’s maintained for future generations. It’s attached to a personal future ideal that I’d like to see fulfilled, whether by myself or by someone who shares the same vision (and may or may not outlive me).
How many Si users feel the need to be consistently accountable to others or groups to build a history of shared experiences and a feeling of loyalty to individuals or groups. One own sense of desire or wants takes a back seat as a result.
I wonder if this is why so many writers are INFPs. We have an ability to recall the past with extreme vivid memory for details and sensations, and recreate those impressions, so others feel it too. When you describe Si it’s describing what needs to be accessed to write a poem. But I wonder how that’s accessed in third child position in writing? Thanks for this video. I have a hard time understanding Si as my child and this video helps. Recently I’m realizing that many more of my routines, habits and predilections arise out of needing Si comfort than I had realized. For example, I am extremely picky about the type of pen I use, the ink color and scent, the type of paper and its thinness, whether there lines, whether it feels cushy, etc.! 😅
As an Si user. And someone who is so demon. ENFP I totally get what you’re saying. 1. Common sense! So important. I do that all the time even with like school when I learn something that I find very easy or very understandable and someone doesn’t get it I will use common sense a lot even if I won’t say it out loud because it may sound rude, I do think it 2. Nolatalgia and liking past things. I don’t think that’s only an INFP thing. ENFPs I know love it too. The whole old movies, old music. The whole shabam. 3. The generations thing. I definitely see it as a demon. I see that this is how my parents are, grandparents even with si demon (mom). I’m trying to learn how I can detach myself from the need to force this legacy on my own future children. I definitely go oh my kids must watch I watch and I get sad when I think that they won’t experience or watch all the cartoons I watched. Even with my younger brother who’s born in the internet era and only watches TH-cam and not cartoons. I feel this si pain of oh your missing out on what made my childhood so great. My mother is also like this so I guess si, demon can get really attached to si in an unhealthy way.
Ahhhh, no WONDER I've never understood the term "common sense". I've always thought, what the hell is common sense anyway? 😂 Thank you for explaining Si better. I have tried to understand Si since I had an INFP wife for 8 years and later my current INFP girlfriend of 10 years. And my boss and previous boss and close coworkers were/are Si users (ENTP and ISFJ, INTP and ISTJ). INTJ here and I must say that I LOVE how you described Se as if you were "dropped on the earth". YES! Exactly! I totally feel the same way (and I was not adopted). I've had a map collection since a teenager because the entire world fascinates me and I lived in Australia for 13 months (transferred for my work) when I was 21 and I've travelled to several other states and countries. I've always felt that I am an inhabitant of earth rather than being too attached to a place. And although I do see myself as a citizen of the US, I really only do so in terms of legal status and where my family live and a home base to return from going wherever I can when I get to travel and immerse myself in different cultures. With Se as my inferior, it must be SUPER strong for you compared to me. I've never felt any attachment to place other than trying to be efficient so I don't have to relearn a new town every few years or have to fly across the country every time I want to visit family (so I stay near them). But yeah, in my minds eye, I'm an independent body in a big huge, amazing enticing world! My ENTJ father is the same. He left home at 18 and later when to college in France. And my INFJ Mother loved travel as well and enjoyed different cultures too. Then there's my ISTP brother who has never had any urge to travel whatsoever. LOL. I don't know where the heck he got that from - maybe it's an ISTP thing. When I was younger, I had a dream to live in as many countries as I could for at least a year in each. I still wish I could. Obligations took over and I'm old enough that I know I'll never be able to do that now BUT I AM planning to build out a camper van and travel that way as much as possible all over the Americas, when I retire. Anyway, that was a GREAT analogy and it really resonates with me! I've never heard it put that way before. Thanks for sharing!
Ne users are also Si users, so we base our intuition on our past experiences. Almost all of these things can be explained by Si. Number 4 can be explained by high Ti. Also, because i can notice trends with Ti-Si doesnt mean that im a sensing type. INTP's use their past experiences and observable data to make decisions over what someone just says is true, thats Ti. This was not accurate at all.
I'm ENTP and I do all the things you said 🤣 I wasn't aware I use so much it being my inferior function. What I see different between me and a high Si user is the comfort zone in routines. I've seen that the higher a person have Si, the more they need the tranquility of daily routine in order to don't be stressed. My ISFJ friend need to do same morning routine even on holidays or he get stressed and even ill from stomach. Also ESTJs I know need a big amount of routine to don't stress. INFPs and INTPs do it but in a flexible way, but anyway they enjoy it when they do and get stressed with too much chaos too many days. I and other Ne doms, improvise all the time, we eat different times, sleep at different hours... We are chaos. Another types also have routines, but maybe for different reasons, like productivity. But Si users need them for comfort itself. Some TH-camr (I think was Love Who) called it maintenance and Confort zone. I think that two words are explanatory themselves XD For me my Si is the sensation of pleasure eating again a food that I know is tasty and that I had experienced as pleasurable in my past. My comfort zone is to watch a chapter of One Piece with fried potatoes once a week. My pleasurable routine XD and the amount of pleasure doing it is proportional to the number of times I've done the same activity receiving a pleasure result. (I'm enneagram 8w7 so maybe I'm talking too much about pleasure 🤣). As I'm Ne dom I don't need that more than twice per week, but I think that Si doms must feel this with their everyday routines. And I get extremely bored if I do the same every day. And for example, I feel comfort eating in the same restaurant because my Si, but I feel energy and excitement eating in a new restaurant for my Ne, but also I feel some kind of discomfort, because my Si is telling me that it is different and unknown! XD Hope this makes sense as I'm not native English speaker.
I swear ENTPs literally all think the same thoughts- like the same neural pathways because we think about- EVERYTHING. I would normally agree with everything you said it looked like it could have been written by me. Yet i have also in recent times, realized that higher Si users have a less intense relationship. The lower the function, the more intense of a relationship you have with it. So while an Si dom has a strong need for routine and organization, they usually have no issue making it happen. They will leave the party early so they aren't tired for work, or they will plan ahead, maybe eat well, stay organized and balanced with their affairs because they know its what they need to do their best. Low Si struggles with balance and for me, I obsess about super tiny details and can often struggle to prioritize things that are important like self care and discipline and then when the switch is flipped we go way too hard and burn out of Si and its exhausting. In a nutshell, lower functions don't always mean you use it less, it means you use it more intensely (think of a transmission dropping to lower gears for better acceleration) we want to downshift then quickly upshift back to cruising gear Ne
Great explanation with some phrasing I havent used before. Inferior Si for me often manifests as constantly comparing information to the past experiences- it's often the way my body is feeling too. If i feel off I analyze my state and compare it to how "good" (or whatever state im trying to reach) feels and then i try and obtain whatever I need to reach that Si homestatic standard. Of course that often involves Ne to find ways to meet that standard, and can lead to me self obsessing and why us Ne doms have a reputations for hypochondria lol
negative past is a major hindrance for intp to perform because of that connection from the past. I agree to what you said about Legacy I always make sure I research about what a certain brands legacy.
An ISTJ in my life never eats fish because she had a bad experience with eating fish as a kid. It can even make her vomit if she discovers there’s fish in the salad. An ISFJ I’m related to feel pain in his own arm if he sees someone else is getting a jab. Si impressions can be activated by current events and be perceived by Si users as if they relive the experience.
INTP here, i don’t really care much about my legacy, and i don’t really want kids. and i definitely don’t consider myself nostalgic. although i will say that i didnt really have a nice childhood so maybe that’s why i don’t have the same connections that others do. there are places and objects that have sentimental value for me. more often, i have negative associations with things from my past. there are places i don’t go and items that i specifically avoid because of past experiences (i also have ptsd tho so idk lmfao 🤠) but i do think my past made me who i am. and i remember seeing things and making decisions about who i was based on some of the things and people around me. i still do that. anyway that’s just my take i guess lol
Si users tend to report that they can visualize/imagine detailed images of some interesting/impactful sensory experience/data. Kate, you are Se dom. Can you access details in your memory? (Can the unconscious 5th slot Si be accessed?) Or do you have only access to vague images that you don't really "see"? (I imagine this is how Ni 4th slot could be perceived.) Or is your memory experience something else completely? I'm gathering random data to build an internal model. 😀
Unfortunately I can only see very negative events clearly. Other events aren't as clear but I have an excellent memory for exact words that a person used and how a city is laid out for example.
Si users tend to be ritualistic and methodical, even if the ritual has no objective purpose. If they notice a pattern they have been in they can make it a tradition with themselves or it comes as a sensory preference. Every payday, I get my check and get a sushi roll at the adjacent market on my lunch break. My ESTJ aunt only drives white cars, etc. While it has other facets, our sensory preferences help shape our identity too. Si sees the power in loyalty, and consistency and if the experience is good, we can be at ease knowing the next experience will be good as well- very general but i digress lol
Noice! Just thought about your excellent interview with Aimee Y regarding Si and being funny because I was thinking about where all these narratives for Meyers and Briggs types come from where Ne-one could spin a narrative about certain type being great at something or whatever, and with how the INFJ type is propped up, and INTJs and ENTJs are given narratives of being super villains, and INTJs and ENTJs have been the friendliest types from my experience besides INFPs, ENFPs, and ISFJ in MBTI youtube, so it might be come from Fe intuitives type with being conceptually stronger in Ne making connections and patterns that may appeal to SJs types with tertiary and inferior Ne just accepting the patterns because they don't have time to think much about this stuff because they're out in the world with actual people instead of living on the internet metaphysical world (the "Ni stare" comes from dry eye from starring at the screen for too long) and coming up with patterns based on one dimensional personas, so SJs would conceptually be better at typing if they just had a chance to think about this stuff, including what you both talked about with their tendency to like movies from the devil mouse...devil rat...which might help explain why they keep supporting it after they keep complaining about it, and then I was thinking about narratives always from the "they" in "you know what they say" as if we should all comply to whatever "they" say, which sounds like an Fe thing, right? And you know ESFJs are always mocked for their ESFJ sayings in type areas in youtube? Well, what if ESFJs are actually the greatest at personality type? And the reason the INFJ legend is propped up, despite the data showing ENTJs and ENFJs are the rarest type, is because the INFJ's dominant function Ni is ESFJs blind spot and INFJs' Fe is more disciplinary in the auxiliary position than ESFJ's dominant Fe, so ESFJs are the one propping up that narrative for the INFJ legend using their Ne possibilities to deflect from anyone realizing how genius they are while flexing their intuitive Ne thinking long term to cover their butts against INFJs using their mystical Ni Fe whatever to turn the types against ESFJs instead of just seeing them as just silly valley girls or whatever while ESFJs are actually the ones coming up with all these Ne possibility narratives for Meyers and Briggs type that contradict each other due to ESFJ's inferior Ti.....or so they want us to think because that's another joke they got going on in their playful narratives they're making up while the Fe money making business word community makes fun of them? People might think they're funny mocking the ESFJs for not being in comment sections but do you know why ESFJs aren't in the comment sections? Because they're too busy crushing it having fun with their tertiary Ne coming up with so many narratives that all the types just blindly accept until Se-doms like you and Aimee Y make videos for us to Se what's up with these narratives. I thought about how you and Aimee Y talked about ESFJs use of Ne due to their blind Ni being a bummer as well as the bummer over the narrative of SJs not being funny, but I think ESFJs are the most brilliant funniest type conceptually...and...ok I'm bailing on this joke...haha Glad you're back, Kate! Since you took a break, I started having a blast over at Frank James channel and since him and other INFJs over on his channel were so pleasant and not doing the whole "I'm an INFJ so you should worship me even when other INFJs contradict what they're saying, and being that there's MBTI skit people like Frank James or non INFJs such as (XNTP?) It's Just Kevin, INTP Bogdan Yakubets, ESFP Dear Kristin, INTJ Doctors for Christ being able to play as INFJs for their skits, and even if they are actually INFJs, type doesn't indicate someone's beliefs, intelligence, faith, maturity, upbringing, experiences, etc. for us to put weight in someone's opinion just because of their type, let alone know anyone is the type they say from a comment that has less substance than what ESFJs are made fun of for....but Ne-ways The point is thank you for you and Aimee Y bringing up that SJ thing about them being about the Disney movies because it would be lame to joke about INFJ anymore because after hanging in Frank James comment section every one is just so amazing. I didn't know what do anymore because it's like everyone's singing "Welcome Christmas" every day. People don't even bring up their type in the polls! But now...I got something for SJs supporting Disney...April Fools! I wrote an April Fools post when you put that Aimee Y interview up on April fools but...then I got sidetracked in Frank James comment section where someone responded to one of my posts, and *sniff* *sniff* it's nice to know someone read my longwinded posts....uh oh....I'lll watch the video! Thanks for the video, Kate. Hope you and yours are doing great!
ENTJ here. This was very informative. I never associate myself with my family or the area in which I grew up. Much like you I’ve always felt like I was placed here at random. I’ve always said that I can interact with anybody from any background without feeling any kind of culture shock because I’m open to new experiences that I haven’t yet had. Stick me anywhere and I’ll adapt pretty quickly. Growing up I was surrounded by Si users so I always thought I was missing something that other people had and that I was defective because of it but it turns out that I just don’t see the value in my personal history. Great work! I hope to hear your examples of other cognitive functions in the future
Great explanations! INFJ here. I have an ISFJ son this helps with tremendously. Thank you!!
ISTJ here. Based on personal experience, I generally agree with most of what you said. The one thing that you mentioned that I don't relate to is the importance of my legacy, as that's not a high priority. That's just me, though. Not every single member of a particular type is going to relate to every single description of said type available. I'm certain that there are other ISXJs that place more value on leaving a legacy than I do. Perhaps most of them do for all I know.
I was fortunate enough to encounter MBTI at a younger age, so I don't automatically assume everyone thinks exactly the way I do. I may think I have the right opinions on things, however. Experience has shown that like anyone else, at times I'm right, at times I'm wrong.
Your reference to how each ISXJ's unique experiences growing up having an impact on the standards they create was particularly insightful. There may be a good amount of overlap of shared standards amongst ISXJs, but each one will ultimately end up with their own unique set nonetheless (or so it seems). For example: two ISXJs may like the same sport as something they believe they "should" be involved with, but one prefers to actually play it while another prefers to be a spectator. And it can often get more idiosyncratic than that example, with other factors such as genetics playing a role as well.
"They are over attributing to their nurture because of their nature" - Well put
This is so interesting to me as an Ni-dominant (INFJ).
I’m also adopted, and the part about high-Si users feeling as if they’re a continuation of a past heritage reminded me of a key difference between myself and my adopted mother (ISTJ) who was also adopted herself:
In my younger years, my mom tried her best to instill in me a love for our shared Chinese heritage. But I had no interest in it whatsoever and resisted her every attempt, always thinking, “So what if I’m Chinese? Why should I be interested in a country or culture I don’t care for just because my genetics happen to match?” To this day, I still have very little interest in the country and culture of my origin and feel no connection to either.
This doesn’t mean I won’t feel connected to certain groups, causes, etc. I do, but it’s always through the lenses of Ni-Fe-Ti-Se. Do the group’s ideals and vision match my own? Does what they represent align with my idea of who I am or want to be in the future?
Also, the point about legacy caught my attention. I, as an INFJ, love the thought of leaving a legacy, but I don’t think it’s the same as the high-Si user’s idea of a legacy. For me, legacy is synonymous with personal impact or personal vision. I’m driven to make a lasting, multi-generational impact on the world, but it’s on a grander scale-not necessarily limited to being carried out by encouraging any of my possible future kids to carry it on.
It might look something like this:
I latch onto a personal vision of what I want the future to look like in my sphere of influence > I do most of the work during my lifetime to bring it to pass > I identify someone who shares the same vision and hopefully come to an agreement in which they will see the work to completion in case I’m unable to do so for some reason (illness, death, etc.)
The end goal is to see my personal vision come to pass and to leave my mark.
Basically, my idea of a legacy is not tied to the continuation of a long-standing heritage and making sure it’s maintained for future generations. It’s attached to a personal future ideal that I’d like to see fulfilled, whether by myself or by someone who shares the same vision (and may or may not outlive me).
How many Si users feel the need to be consistently accountable to others or groups to build a history of shared experiences and a feeling of loyalty to individuals or groups. One own sense of desire or wants takes a back seat as a result.
I wonder if this is why so many writers are INFPs. We have an ability to recall the past with extreme vivid memory for details and sensations, and recreate those impressions, so others feel it too. When you describe Si it’s describing what needs to be accessed to write a poem. But I wonder how that’s accessed in third child position in writing? Thanks for this video. I have a hard time understanding Si as my child and this video helps. Recently I’m realizing that many more of my routines, habits and predilections arise out of needing Si comfort than I had realized. For example, I am extremely picky about the type of pen I use, the ink color and scent, the type of paper and its thinness, whether there lines, whether it feels cushy, etc.! 😅
As an Si user. And someone who is so demon. ENFP I totally get what you’re saying.
1. Common sense! So important. I do that all the time even with like school when I learn something that I find very easy or very understandable and someone doesn’t get it I will use common sense a lot even if I won’t say it out loud because it may sound rude, I do think it
2. Nolatalgia and liking past things. I don’t think that’s only an INFP thing. ENFPs I know love it too. The whole old movies, old music. The whole shabam.
3. The generations thing. I definitely see it as a demon. I see that this is how my parents are, grandparents even with si demon (mom). I’m trying to learn how I can detach myself from the need to force this legacy on my own future children. I definitely go oh my kids must watch I watch and I get sad when I think that they won’t experience or watch all the cartoons I watched. Even with my younger brother who’s born in the internet era and only watches TH-cam and not cartoons. I feel this si pain of oh your missing out on what made my childhood so great.
My mother is also like this so I guess si, demon can get really attached to si in an unhealthy way.
Ahhhh, no WONDER I've never understood the term "common sense". I've always thought, what the hell is common sense anyway? 😂 Thank you for explaining Si better. I have tried to understand Si since I had an INFP wife for 8 years and later my current INFP girlfriend of 10 years. And my boss and previous boss and close coworkers were/are Si users (ENTP and ISFJ, INTP and ISTJ). INTJ here and I must say that I LOVE how you described Se as if you were "dropped on the earth". YES! Exactly! I totally feel the same way (and I was not adopted). I've had a map collection since a teenager because the entire world fascinates me and I lived in Australia for 13 months (transferred for my work) when I was 21 and I've travelled to several other states and countries. I've always felt that I am an inhabitant of earth rather than being too attached to a place.
And although I do see myself as a citizen of the US, I really only do so in terms of legal status and where my family live and a home base to return from going wherever I can when I get to travel and immerse myself in different cultures. With Se as my inferior, it must be SUPER strong for you compared to me. I've never felt any attachment to place other than trying to be efficient so I don't have to relearn a new town every few years or have to fly across the country every time I want to visit family (so I stay near them). But yeah, in my minds eye, I'm an independent body in a big huge, amazing enticing world! My ENTJ father is the same. He left home at 18 and later when to college in France. And my INFJ Mother loved travel as well and enjoyed different cultures too. Then there's my ISTP brother who has never had any urge to travel whatsoever. LOL. I don't know where the heck he got that from - maybe it's an ISTP thing. When I was younger, I had a dream to live in as many countries as I could for at least a year in each. I still wish I could. Obligations took over and I'm old enough that I know I'll never be able to do that now BUT I AM planning to build out a camper van and travel that way as much as possible all over the Americas, when I retire. Anyway, that was a GREAT analogy and it really resonates with me! I've never heard it put that way before. Thanks for sharing!
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Ne users are also Si users, so we base our intuition on our past experiences. Almost all of these things can be explained by Si. Number 4 can be explained by high Ti. Also, because i can notice trends with Ti-Si doesnt mean that im a sensing type. INTP's use their past experiences and observable data to make decisions over what someone just says is true, thats Ti. This was not accurate at all.
This was super helpful. Thank you so much for this video. ENFP
Agreed. As an ENFP too, Si always has seemed so foggy and hard to grasp. This all made a lot of sense though
I'm ENTP and I do all the things you said 🤣 I wasn't aware I use so much it being my inferior function.
What I see different between me and a high Si user is the comfort zone in routines. I've seen that the higher a person have Si, the more they need the tranquility of daily routine in order to don't be stressed.
My ISFJ friend need to do same morning routine even on holidays or he get stressed and even ill from stomach.
Also ESTJs I know need a big amount of routine to don't stress.
INFPs and INTPs do it but in a flexible way, but anyway they enjoy it when they do and get stressed with too much chaos too many days.
I and other Ne doms, improvise all the time, we eat different times, sleep at different hours... We are chaos.
Another types also have routines, but maybe for different reasons, like productivity. But Si users need them for comfort itself.
Some TH-camr (I think was Love Who) called it maintenance and Confort zone. I think that two words are explanatory themselves XD
For me my Si is the sensation of pleasure eating again a food that I know is tasty and that I had experienced as pleasurable in my past. My comfort zone is to watch a chapter of One Piece with fried potatoes once a week. My pleasurable routine XD and the amount of pleasure doing it is proportional to the number of times I've done the same activity receiving a pleasure result. (I'm enneagram 8w7 so maybe I'm talking too much about pleasure 🤣).
As I'm Ne dom I don't need that more than twice per week, but I think that Si doms must feel this with their everyday routines. And I get extremely bored if I do the same every day.
And for example, I feel comfort eating in the same restaurant because my Si, but I feel energy and excitement eating in a new restaurant for my Ne, but also I feel some kind of discomfort, because my Si is telling me that it is different and unknown! XD
Hope this makes sense as I'm not native English speaker.
I swear ENTPs literally all think the same thoughts- like the same neural pathways because we think about- EVERYTHING. I would normally agree with everything you said it looked like it could have been written by me. Yet i have also in recent times, realized that higher Si users have a less intense relationship. The lower the function, the more intense of a relationship you have with it. So while an Si dom has a strong need for routine and organization, they usually have no issue making it happen. They will leave the party early so they aren't tired for work, or they will plan ahead, maybe eat well, stay organized and balanced with their affairs because they know its what they need to do their best. Low Si struggles with balance and for me, I obsess about super tiny details and can often struggle to prioritize things that are important like self care and discipline and then when the switch is flipped we go way too hard and burn out of Si and its exhausting. In a nutshell, lower functions don't always mean you use it less, it means you use it more intensely (think of a transmission dropping to lower gears for better acceleration) we want to downshift then quickly upshift back to cruising gear Ne
@@entropy8000 anyway I think we use less the lower function, but agree with you that when we use is with a very intense and disbalanced sensation
Great explanation with some phrasing I havent used before. Inferior Si for me often manifests as constantly comparing information to the past experiences- it's often the way my body is feeling too. If i feel off I analyze my state and compare it to how "good" (or whatever state im trying to reach) feels and then i try and obtain whatever I need to reach that Si homestatic standard. Of course that often involves Ne to find ways to meet that standard, and can lead to me self obsessing and why us Ne doms have a reputations for hypochondria lol
negative past is a major hindrance for intp to perform because of that connection from the past.
I agree to what you said about Legacy I always make sure I research about what a certain brands legacy.
Thank you So much for this video. I didn’t understand Si at all prior. (Maybe cuz it’s 8th in my function stack XD) 🌷🐇
An ISTJ in my life never eats fish because she had a bad experience with eating fish as a kid. It can even make her vomit if she discovers there’s fish in the salad.
An ISFJ I’m related to feel pain in his own arm if he sees someone else is getting a jab.
Si impressions can be activated by current events and be perceived by Si users as if they relive the experience.
That is slightly subjective. I am an INFJ. I won't touch potato salad because I got food poisoning from it when I was a kid.
@@stevedavenport1202 well, maybe you are an INFP instead of an INFJ?
As an istp high si is too by the book and anxious for me and rubs me the wrong way. Love yall but can't be in the room with you for too long.
Maybe Si users are the ones who invented the phrase "Back in my day..."
INTP here, i don’t really care much about my legacy, and i don’t really want kids. and i definitely don’t consider myself nostalgic. although i will say that i didnt really have a nice childhood so maybe that’s why i don’t have the same connections that others do. there are places and objects that have sentimental value for me. more often, i have negative associations with things from my past. there are places i don’t go and items that i specifically avoid because of past experiences (i also have ptsd tho so idk lmfao 🤠) but i do think my past made me who i am. and i remember seeing things and making decisions about who i was based on some of the things and people around me. i still do that. anyway that’s just my take i guess lol
But... you're not Si dom.
Why are you telling us what you're like?!
@@exnihilonihilfit6316 idk i thought you might WANT TO KNOW LOL
Yeah Si is the most complicated function to describe xD
Si users tend to report that they can visualize/imagine detailed images of some interesting/impactful sensory experience/data.
Kate, you are Se dom. Can you access details in your memory? (Can the unconscious 5th slot Si be accessed?) Or do you have only access to vague images that you don't really "see"? (I imagine this is how Ni 4th slot could be perceived.) Or is your memory experience something else completely?
I'm gathering random data to build an internal model. 😀
Unfortunately I can only see very negative events clearly. Other events aren't as clear but I have an excellent memory for exact words that a person used and how a city is laid out for example.
@@TypeMatch So basically you have a good memory for external things like a city lay out or words of another, which one might expect from an Se user?
I thought you were an ENTP ?
Si users tend to be ritualistic and methodical, even if the ritual has no objective purpose. If they notice a pattern they have been in they can make it a tradition with themselves or it comes as a sensory preference. Every payday, I get my check and get a sushi roll at the adjacent market on my lunch break. My ESTJ aunt only drives white cars, etc. While it has other facets, our sensory preferences help shape our identity too. Si sees the power in loyalty, and consistency and if the experience is good, we can be at ease knowing the next experience will be good as well- very general but i digress lol
Noice! Just thought about your excellent interview with Aimee Y regarding Si and being funny because I was thinking about where all these narratives for Meyers and Briggs types come from where Ne-one could spin a narrative about certain type being great at something or whatever, and with how the INFJ type is propped up, and INTJs and ENTJs are given narratives of being super villains, and INTJs and ENTJs have been the friendliest types from my experience besides INFPs, ENFPs, and ISFJ in MBTI youtube, so it might be come from Fe intuitives type with being conceptually stronger in Ne making connections and patterns that may appeal to SJs types with tertiary and inferior Ne just accepting the patterns because they don't have time to think much about this stuff because they're out in the world with actual people instead of living on the internet metaphysical world (the "Ni stare" comes from dry eye from starring at the screen for too long) and coming up with patterns based on one dimensional personas, so SJs would conceptually be better at typing if they just had a chance to think about this stuff, including what you both talked about with their tendency to like movies from the devil mouse...devil rat...which might help explain why they keep supporting it after they keep complaining about it, and then I was thinking about narratives always from the "they" in "you know what they say" as if we should all comply to whatever "they" say, which sounds like an Fe thing, right? And you know ESFJs are always mocked for their ESFJ sayings in type areas in youtube?
Well, what if ESFJs are actually the greatest at personality type? And the reason the INFJ legend is propped up, despite the data showing ENTJs and ENFJs are the rarest type, is because the INFJ's dominant function Ni is ESFJs blind spot and INFJs' Fe is more disciplinary in the auxiliary position than ESFJ's dominant Fe, so ESFJs are the one propping up that narrative for the INFJ legend using their Ne possibilities to deflect from anyone realizing how genius they are while flexing their intuitive Ne thinking long term to cover their butts against INFJs using their mystical Ni Fe whatever to turn the types against ESFJs instead of just seeing them as just silly valley girls or whatever while ESFJs are actually the ones coming up with all these Ne possibility narratives for Meyers and Briggs type that contradict each other due to ESFJ's inferior Ti.....or so they want us to think because that's another joke they got going on in their playful narratives they're making up while the Fe money making business word community makes fun of them?
People might think they're funny mocking the ESFJs for not being in comment sections but do you know why ESFJs aren't in the comment sections? Because they're too busy crushing it having fun with their tertiary Ne coming up with so many narratives that all the types just blindly accept until Se-doms like you and Aimee Y make videos for us to Se what's up with these narratives.
I thought about how you and Aimee Y talked about ESFJs use of Ne due to their blind Ni being a bummer as well as the bummer over the narrative of SJs not being funny, but I think ESFJs are the most brilliant funniest type conceptually...and...ok I'm bailing on this joke...haha
Glad you're back, Kate! Since you took a break, I started having a blast over at Frank James channel and since him and other INFJs over on his channel were so pleasant and not doing the whole "I'm an INFJ so you should worship me even when other INFJs contradict what they're saying, and being that there's MBTI skit people like Frank James or non INFJs such as (XNTP?) It's Just Kevin, INTP Bogdan Yakubets, ESFP Dear Kristin, INTJ Doctors for Christ being able to play as INFJs for their skits, and even if they are actually INFJs, type doesn't indicate someone's beliefs, intelligence, faith, maturity, upbringing, experiences, etc. for us to put weight in someone's opinion just because of their type, let alone know anyone is the type they say from a comment that has less substance than what ESFJs are made fun of for....but Ne-ways
The point is thank you for you and Aimee Y bringing up that SJ thing about them being about the Disney movies because it would be lame to joke about INFJ anymore because after hanging in Frank James comment section every one is just so amazing. I didn't know what do anymore because it's like everyone's singing "Welcome Christmas" every day. People don't even bring up their type in the polls! But now...I got something for SJs supporting Disney...April Fools!
I wrote an April Fools post when you put that Aimee Y interview up on April fools but...then I got sidetracked in Frank James comment section where someone responded to one of my posts, and *sniff* *sniff* it's nice to know someone read my longwinded posts....uh oh....I'lll watch the video!
Thanks for the video, Kate. Hope you and yours are doing great!
Do you talk up the TypeMatch channel in the Frank James comment section as much as you talk up his channel in this one? 😂
@@TypeMatch Oops. I've mentioned TypeMatch multiple places including FJ but Type Match speaks for itself!