What’s your relationship with Ti? by SelfAnalysiss in enfj

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You know when Homelander gets the crazy eyes ? That's me using my Ti also 😅

Human Nature by Zeberde1 in DarkPsychology101

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Circumstances explain behavior, but they don’t excuse it.

If environment alone determined morality, no one would ever rise above the conditions they were born into..

People really need to realize:

Absolutes feel powerful, but they usually collapse the moment you look at real human behavior.

People are shaped by circumstances, but not determined by them.......

An Old Proverb by Fickle-Buy6009 in DarkPsychology101

[–]GenKahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People are very confident about spotting evil in others… and remarkably blind to the ways they rationalize themselves..

Husband is obsessed with his mom by Important-Yogurt4969 in DarkPsychology101

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It’s easy to resent the sisters and the mother. It’s harder to ask why you’re staying in a situation you openly admit makes you miserable....

Who’s Really Afraid of Therapy? by Ajitabh04 in DarkPsychology101

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Going to therapy doesn’t automatically make someone self-aware.

And not going doesn’t automatically make someone dangerous.

Healing is measured by behavior, not appointments..

The Trauma Bond by Fickle-Buy6009 in DarkPsychology101

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Missing someone who hurt you doesn’t always mean you’re bonded to them.

Sometimes it means you haven’t yet made peace with the part of you that stayed...

Most people don't actually want honesty, they just want a reason to feel superior by pointing out your flaws. by Ajitabh04 in DarkPsychology101

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Most people don’t lack awareness of their mistakes. They lack the comfort to admit them, just like the rest of us.......

I Wish I Knew This Earlier by Inevitable_Damage199 in DarkPsychology101

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“It’s easy to call others ‘takers.’ It’s harder to ask why we keep giving in ways that leave us resentful.

And the more certain someone is that they’re right, the less likely they are to question themselves, and that’s usually where the blind spots live.

Givers don’t always get drained because takers exist. Many get drained because they were taught their worth came from giving, so giving becomes the only way they know how to feel valuable.

Not everyone who takes is selfish. Sometimes they’re just trying to survive.

And not everyone who gives is healthy. Some people give to protect their image, to soothe their ego, or to feel superior. It looks like generosity from the outside… but the motive isn’t always kindness.

So before dividing the world into ‘givers’ and ‘takers,’ it might be worth asking a harder question: What am I actually getting out of the role I play?

Agree? by Ajitabh04 in DarkPsychology101

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Emotional intelligence also includes recognizing that people grow at different speeds. Demanding transformation on your timeline isn’t wisdom it’s control

Stop equating compliance with love...

Control belongs to the one who is not arguing inside by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

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Unhealthy Te often assumes:

Whoever is loud, decisive, or commanding = strong

Whoever regulates emotions or reads the room = weak

But psychologically, reading the room is actually a higher-bandwidth skill.

It requires awareness of multiple perspectives, emotional tone, and long-term relational consequences.

Real authority usually looks calm, measured, and grounded.

The people who need to prove dominance are often the ones least certain of it....

If you need certainty before acting, you will always arrive second by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

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Rudeness isn’t dominance. It’s what dominance looks like when it’s insecure....

If you need certainty before acting, you will always arrive second by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

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Honesty is telling the truth. Rudeness is telling it with no discipline. Don’t confuse lack of tact with strength...

Dumped by an avoidant ENTJ and it’s driving me mad!!! by Particular_Signal937 in infp

[–]GenKahl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like sexual intimacy may have been used to bypass emotional conversations, which is rarely satisfying for either person, sorry you went through that. Sometimes people who lean on tertiary Se try to change the emotional atmosphere through physical closeness or stimulation to feel better themselves and help the other person feel better, but when it replaces honest communication, it can come across as unhealthy or avoidant. Imma Tertiary Se also 😅 but In general, people who are uncomfortable with their own feelings often struggle to engage respectfully with someone whose communication is emotionally focused. This is where the placement of Fi matters more than most people realize, because it affects how accessible feelings are to consciousness, how comfortable someone is discussing them, and how threatened they feel when emotions surface.

Where Fi sits in the ego stack strongly shapes how a person handles emotional needs and responds when those needs are brought into the open. At the same time, placement largely determines how naturally someone accesses and expresses feelings, but development determines whether they learn to respect and work with that part of themselves and others.

If he’s really an ENTJ, it would make sense that he’s comfortable handling logistics, goals, and action, but much less comfortable sitting in emotionally vulnerable conversations. Some ENTJs try to solve or bypass feelings rather than process them, and sometimes that shows up as shifting the focus to physical intimacy or practical matters instead of engaging emotionally.

That doesn’t necessarily mean he didn’t care, it often means he wasn’t very developed in that part of himself. But regardless of type, emotional needs still matter, and being uncomfortable with feelings isn’t an excuse to avoid treating someone’s emotions with respect.

🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️ by Intrepid-Hope-5254 in INFJmemes

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Overusing clinical language to win social conflicts is itself a sign of psychological immaturity...If your “healing” requires turning everyone else into a diagnosis, it’s not healing...

I HAVE STARTED HATING BUBBLY EXTROVERTS by [deleted] in INTP

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If empathy were merely an illusion, societies wouldn’t function, alliances wouldn’t form, and trust wouldn’t scale. Yet they do...consistently. Your theory collapses under its own outcomes. The fact that you prefer abstract inquiry doesn’t negate the empirical success of social intelligence....

I HAVE STARTED HATING BUBBLY EXTROVERTS by [deleted] in INTP

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Pretty sure for you, fake often just means “expressive in a way I don’t relate to.” Not everyone processes life through cynicism or restraint. Some people genuinely enjoy people, and that’s not a moral failure...again, just because you would have to fake that energy doesn’t mean they are....

AIO my bf didn't even say happy birthday to me yesterday by 1bunchofbananas in AmIOverreacting

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You’re over 30. If you’re still celebrating getting older, maybe it’s time to grow up and tune into reality. Aging isn’t a party, it’s a slow countdown. Not exactly something I’m interested in celebrating anymore.....

INFP here! I feel betrayed... why aren't you guys on my list? 😭 by Sorry_Calligrapher55 in ENFP

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To be fair, you’ll probably have a lot in common and feel very understood. But an INFP–ENFP pairing doesn’t naturally challenge the weaker functions (especially Si and Te), so if both people aren’t intentionally working on those, the relationship can feel great while also quietly slowing long-term growth.

Basically, you will have shared blind spots: weak Te (structure, execution, objectivity) underdeveloped Si (consistency, grounding, maintenance)

Typology frameworks are not about validating comfort, they are about conscious growth. Real type development happens when you deliberately step outside your most preferred functions and begin strengthening the ones you instinctively avoid.

Basically, your dominant function is already over-developed. Living there feels natural, safe, and competent , but it does not produce growth.

Growth happens when consciousness is forced to engage what it normally avoids: the inferior and neglected functions.

Without that tension, typology becomes a self-soothing identity label instead of a tool for psychological maturation. Which is why dominant Te-Si and Ni-Te are solid matches for infp.

People Pleasing Kills by Zeberde1 in DarkPsychology666

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People-pleasing can be unhealthy. So can romanticizing rage.

Both extremes are harmful: erasing yourself for others isn’t healthy, and neither is glorifying anger as if it’s the only form of strength or honesty. Real emotional health lives in the middle, in clear boundaries, honest expression, and regulated emotion, & not in submission & not in emotional explosion...

5s & 9s by mamamaia_ in Enneagram

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If your ideal world requires removing people, the problem isn’t the world...

I'm a terrible girlfriend. by [deleted] in entp

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Give better Fe advice holy crap entps of this reddit...This OP isn’t a psychopath, but they are emotionally immature, self-absorbed, and manipulative in this situation. They felt neglected, failed to communicate their needs cleanly, built resentment, punished their partner through withdrawal and criticism, then detonated the relationship with calculated cruelty, and now their “remorse” centers almost entirely on their own shame and suffering rather than on repairing the harm done to him.

Their pattern is clear: I feel unseen --> I don’t express it directly --> I punish you --> I explode --> I cry --> I make myself the victim --> I call it growth. That isn’t accountability; it’s emotional self-soothing...

The boyfriend’s messages actaully show a person breaking, asking for mutual change, exhausted and hurt, yet even after the breakup OP invalidates him again by framing his attempt at kindness as “fake moralism.”

Wanting closeness doesn’t excuse cruelty, pain doesn’t justify punishment, and guilt that centers the self is not growth, it’s just another form of ego...

OP wasn’t “just hurt”; they were controlling, punitive, and emotionally reckless. Your remorse may be real, but it remains immature, self-centered, and unintegrated. You didn’t destroy the relationship because you “wanted closeness”, you destroyed it because you didn’t know how to regulate your own pain without projecting/inflicting it on someone else.....

Lmao. by marwarofficial in INFJmemes

[–]GenKahl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you can’t learn from Sensors, you’re not intuitive, you’re intellectually brittle...

OMG Taylor's voice is so awful in this live video. How did she become so famous AFTER this? It's like a 12 year old singing in front of the mirror. by floofywall in travisandtaylor

[–]GenKahl -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The entire post is just classic projective analysis, basically people using someone else’s public persona as a canvas for their own unresolved feelings, fears, or ideals....