Re: Tell me about your Te
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Originally Posted by Kim
How do those of you who think they have Te in their ego-block see this manifest itself. How do you naturally process information?
I am not so much interested in what Te supposedly is, but rather what it is exactly that makes you assume that it is one of your dominant functions.
It's more a question of how I prefer it over other functions. For instance:
- when trying to reach an understanding about an issue or subject, I spend far more time reading/talking about it than thinking about it on my own (although I do both)
- as you yourself put it, I always value "reality check" over internal consistency (Te>Ti)
Now, this only indicates that I belong to a Te quadra, not that it's my dominant function.
I assume it's my dominant function because it's the one I most identify with and take for granted, but I wouldn't be able to arrive at my type with certainty based only on individual functional strength -- for instance, how do I know I am ENTj and not ISFj or INTp or ESFp? Because I can see plenty of people who are far more confident in their Se than I am; because I don't have that condifence in my Fi in terms of understanding my relationships with others, because I see in me EJ rather than IP temperament. In the case of Ni and Te it becomes more difficult to choose.
So, although it's easy for me to identify with Te as my dominant function, if it wasn't for all the other points above I don't know that I'd be sure.