Posted by Andy on April 29, 1999 at 02:16:46:
In Reply to: Re: 5's emotional shutoff posted by DeadRinga on April 28, 1999 at 18:41:07:
> > > the thing says 5's have teh ability to shutoff their emotions
> > > ive noticed that most of the time by two inferior funcs are "off" and i never really listen to them.i know when their on and off, is it that inferior funcs are off until u use them or that they're on just weak?
> > > i thought of a few reasons why, if this is a problem, maybe earaches i had as a kid?
> > > ENTP
> > Exstroverted functions as EF, is impossible to "shut down" if it is like
> > a 3-erd function. I would very likely be active when interacting with people.
> > If you are on your own, it are likely to be "dead"
> > If you can shut your emotions off, it is likely you eighter introvert feeling
> > or have extroverted feeling as your first or second.
> > About instroverted sensing...It is likely that use of EN triggers IS.
> > So suddenly IS shows up, and you don't know why.
> > The dominant function triggers the inferior function. So to put it in other
> > words...That means your memory is triggered in a way that's hard
> > to understand. Like you need outside stimulation to remember something.
> ahhh ic now, i guess my N just "completely!!!" overshadows my S, because im gullible as hell (5th level maybe??)
> > Myself I think the combination of 5 and ENTP are impossible.
> well, im certainly no 8, i spend too much time alone to be a 7...
> i always want to know whats gonna happen beforehand, etc
Sounds introverted
> i do have a fear of beaing overwhelmed, but its by the world in individual circumstances, but i dont obsess about it by reading alot, just at certain times, and i do have an (obvious) liking for systems that explain human behavior
> i'd think an INFP 5 would be impossible, not an ENTP
> and i do have the ability to tell what information i need when im missing it(ive read thats a five thing, but it doesnt seem like it just a logical thing)
And you are really exstroverted ?
I know that somewhere between 3 and 4 and 7 and 8, there is what I would call ENTP energy
Anyway if you have noted, that in a descrptions of ENTP under stress
the need to avoid situations that can end in failure, is bigger in this type
than in any other type.