Is this an Si tendency?

[The Reality Denialist]

One thing I can be very paranoid^* about is food. It just seems so suspicious what you put inside of you. Gives me creeps. Is it safe? Will it make me puke? If I categorize it as in product family that I don't like then there might be a change that I do not like it. Besides several plants have defense mechanisms against you. There is a reason why you do not like something. It is to protect you.

^*)It is totally human free condition. I'm not afraid of being poisoned.

[at sirac son of sirac]

Fussy eating is an N thing.

Edit: Some other stuff for the sake of it.

Si can and often is about hedonism - Si types will likely just dive into their food, relaxing on the couch or whatever, unless they've got some other gig going on, fitness etc.

Fussy eating about an overconcern of health, how it affects the digestion system etc, is Si PoLR - but most likely Si Hidden Agenda, with the obsession over it but poorly orientated.

ILI type I know - especially when dieting, she eats lots of weird things, stuff that smells funny, is a little sensitive to it's criticism.

Something else too - I notice especially at work, that N types are a little more hesitant to eat in front of others, myself, this isn't a concern, same with the SEE I work with - as I said to her, we eat 'normal' stuff.

[at sirac son of sirac]

This seems accurate. Ironically Se leads will offend be accused of being hedonists because they are aggressors but it is the Si types that seek out pleasant experiences more. IME SLI is the biggest hedonist- in that they seem of all types to have the strongest aversion to anything not pleasurable. They also have the lowest tolerance for the moodiness, whining, strong emotions etc. of others. They will just kind of "exit" the conversation or room.

Se leads and creatives can have a "gruffness" that allows them to endure a lot of unpleasant situations if they are determined. Se is not so much correlated with pleasure as it is with success, hierarchy and conquest.

For sure. They often get mixed up - mostly by N types who being poor at 'S', attempt to approach it from a logical or a 'rational' perspective, to try to explain it within their own lens of environment detachment.

Take Rasputin for example, classically he's described as an example of Si gone extreme - a real headstrong rush into hedonism, he's typed SLI. I agree with the typing for what it's worth, even just by VI alone.

Lot of the times superficial behavior can be mistaken, at least on forums.

An SLI can and often does find themself on a one way path for hedonism - excessive drinking, risky situations and experiences - hard living, all in pursuit of Si. I've been there myself, and pull back a little from it now. It's why you hear about 'hard living' songs where the person(s) involved got into really bad times - physical hard living situations, but they got out in time to tell the tale. That person is often an SLI type, TV shows like Sons of Anarchy is quite delta in that respect, although romanticized of course, but it's all about hard living biker stuff, sensation rush seeking, personal morals and codes of honor, outside the system all very SLI like. Same as the TV show Vikings too.

The other side of SLIs is of course peaceful living, harmonious etc, but Si can take that path too. It depends on a lot of factors, but it's why SLIs can be described as delinquents etc, especially when young: those types eventually settle down.

I think a difference, when you think about it, is that Si is ... defensive, in that 'it' pursues these things for it's own end - kind of selfish pursuit of hedonism, in that way it's defensive from the external (as all introverted functions are, as they try to skirt around the external), but Se is more expansive. An Se type say SLE who's that way inclined, will want to increase their power, influence, willpower etc, for an SLI that way inclined, it's more about stubborness, internal obstinance, to pursue these things, hence again, 'delinquents' etc in those regards.

@Syrup?