Posted by PseudoName on June 26, 1999 at 09:48:33:
In Reply to: Re: Does dysfunction mask type? posted by Dave on June 25, 1999 at 22:18:20:
> > My question is - how accurate is e-typing when the personality is dysfunctional?
> All e-types are dysfunctional manifestations to varying degrees. Can you be a little more specific?
it is both obvious and unnecessary to point out that all e-types are dysfunctional to some degree. The process of typing, by definition, points out fixations/flaws/attractions. That is not my question. My question is, does stress/personality flux/dysfunction, etc., mask type, or does it exaggerate type? If so, are there predictable paths of such, i.e., the triangulation of healthy/unhealthy modes is one of them. Are there others? Do you know of case histories/examples etc?
> Does one become more purely 'who' they are when dysfunctional, or less so?
> No.
No? No what? Can you be more specific?
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> Is it relevant?
> Not in my view.
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> > As an example, I type out as a 4w5, however I wonder if this is because I've got some serious, ahem, issues that I am delving into. This delving, by definition, causes one look at themselves with extreme criticality, a 4-ish trait.
> Could be. But, 4's always are delving into issues when they're entranced in the 4 mode. What are like when you're not delving into these "issues"? OUnless you're always delving into them.
This is, the only point you make that has any relevance. I did not used to be a person who endlessly attempted to figure myself out. I decided who/what I was, and then just did that thing. Now, I am caught up in permutations of what if and what is and what is not. New ideas and philosophies/ways of being have become too critical to ignore. Therefore my distress and my questions.