He's
extremely bright so it was difficult at first to determine his type because he's good at things that you wouldn't think people of this or that type (depending on the thing he's good at and the type being considered) would be good at, but if you look at where his primary focus lies it's on Ni and Fe. Se valuing is less apparent than Fe ego, but it's still there. When he's stressing about something, it's either practical things or things where he's not sure he's got the "power to do" to get what needs to get done done. He gets overwhelmed by problems easily and tends to handle it by tuning out if there's not someone there to be like, "Whatever, this is so
not a big deal. All we've gotta do is *insert logical course of action here* and this'll be handled." I tend to stress out a lot because I don't understand interpersonal issues I or we are faced with, and he always understands the situation... people's feelings and motivations. He stresses about how to implement the required solutions though because he doesn't like conflict or confrontation. Once he explains the internal dynamics of the situation though, it's easy for me to be like, "Alright, don't worry about it. I've got it covered," and then I'll go deal with it. We make a really awesome team in every way.
Evidence of contradictory traits that make him an atypical representation of an IEI include his high energy levels (not all the time by
any means, but when he's being playful). He's into extreme sports type things, for example. He can be pretty reckless. He's a classic textbook example of ADHD, but he still spends a lot of time being inactive (more so than me) and on introspection.
Here's a video of him playing with my son, my honorary son, and my honorary son's brother:
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And he's the one on the right in the beginning of this video:
Day 1 Studio Video by Latchkey Kid - MySpace Video (that band isn't together anymore though)
If anyone happens to be interested in his music, here's the myspace page for the band he used to be in. He was the lead singer (and played various instruments). The first song and last songs are the ones I like the best. He's singing both the melody and the harmony on the first track on the list. The last track was 100% improvisation that had accidentally been recorded by someone else when they were just jamming in a studio. The back up singer's voice was added to the track later.
Latchkey Kid on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads