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A Function I Can Live Without?

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619 views 13 replies 8 participants last post by  OHtheNovelty 
#1 ·
This can be for ANY type!
So I'm an ENFP I have
1st- Ne(Extroverted Intuition)
2nd-Fi (Introverted Feeling)
3rd- Te (Extroverted Thinking)
4th- Si (Introverted Sensing)

So if I had to get rid of a function I would get rid of my Fi. This was pretty hard to decide because without my Fi I would be an emotionless ENFP. Don't get me wrong I love connecting with people on a emotional level and letting people be comfortable with me. BUT the reason why I chose Fi instead of the other ones is because without Ne I wouldn't be as wild or creative in my way. Te- Everything I think or say will sound completely unrealistic and impractical. Si- I already forget things how it is so without my Si everything I do I won't remember and I love my memories.

I would love to hear what you guys would get rid of any why! I could have gone in more deeper with the functions but you guys wouldn't read it all:exterminate:
 
#5 ·
Tossing out Fi would make you ultra-awkward and impossible to make rational decisions (you'd constantly use incorrect amount on force for everything). 4 functions are there for reason. They are necessary for functioning.
 
#13 ·
I honestly don't know.

Every single function is useful. I wish I had more Si, though. It's embarrassing to not be able to be specific, retain details, or remember things with precision -- I tend to remember more in generalized impressions or abstracts. This makes it very hard to write historical fiction -- I wind up leaving myself notes about dates, names, etc., because I cannot seem to make my brain retain it all.

Without Te, I would never finish anything or have anything to show for my time. But it can also be negative, because it pulls at me and nags me -- a lot -- to produce things, to earn a better living, to be more rational and less emotional.

Without Fi, I would have no moral compass nor sense of right and wrong; I would not be who I am.

And without Ne... I love my fantasies. I love my stories. I enjoy Ne so much, why would I ever want to be rid of it? But I admit, it can also be troublesome. I'm not very decisive. I tend to form unrealistic expectations or ideas about people.

So, I don't know.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Well.....I'm an outsider ISTP who stumbled upon this thread, intrigued. But I see that all types are welcome, so here's my two-cents on the topic.

For me, it goes like Ti-Se-Ni-Fe.

I love my Ti. When I start to ponder deeply about ideas, concepts, and curiosities, my brain feels like it's getting a massage from all the thinking. It feels happy that I'm using it, and I gladly use it to gain insights and solutions to certain things.

My Se.....can be both a good and bad thing. I like being able to devour the details of my surroundings and remember it. Aesthetics are everything. It's perfect for a job like an investigator/detective (which is what I plan to pursue). I can also translate with what I sense onto a canvas or a piece of paper when it comes to either painting a vivid image or writing an essay (which is what I'm both good at). The downside is that if I don't like something I see/hear/smell/taste/touch, then I can either reject it or get annoyed by it. Like when people leave their car signals on after getting into their designated lane and don't even notice, makes me so mad. :laughing:

My Ni is hard to explain. It happens the most when I'm in deep thinking mode. It's when I go from one crazy idea to another seamlessly and have a huge picture presented in my mind in how it works. The bad thing is, the minute I get distracted, I tend to forget (not always tho) and if someone asks me to explain the phenomenon to them, I have a hard time because it sounds great in my head but a jumbling mess when I say it out loud. I realize that, and half the time give up talking before I even begin.

My Fe is a little weird. It's super inferior, but it helps. I don't have a lot of enemies thanks to it. I think my Fe gives me that innocent look because many people think I'm a sweet person (I'm not btw). I put up the politeness for a month before I start to reveal all of my obnoxiousness slowly. It always throws people off. But with Fe, I don't understand my own feelings. I don't know how to act upon them and to identify them. I guess that's why I say things without a filter, and gets me into a lot of trouble :frustrating:

So what function should I give up.......Hmm, if I had to sell one for a million bucks, I'd have to give my Fe. I'm going to have no friends and a shit ton of enemies, but I think I'll live. But even if it's inferior, I still like it. :unsure:
 
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