Originally Posted by
snegledmaca
You leave a lot of room open for misinterpretation. What if somebody starts describing how they "feel about rules"?
I am saddened because I don't know what
is to being with
.
And a question, can
types actively alter the polarity of the magnet, weaken of strengthen the connection?
as long as they stick to the Fi basic definition of "attraction/repulsion" then they can talk about the rules they themselves prefer/establish/push. After all, a person can be attracted and repulsed by various rules and types of rules as well as objects, etc.
As far as my experience tells me, (and this coming from stories from other Fi types I've known irl)...
An Fi can alter an attraction/repulsion to an object(whatever) IF they have an overall desired force. (edit: this was a funky sentence..didn't know how to state the thought, sorry)
For example, I love chocolate. I love cake. Chocolate cake gets a double whammy of attraction because it is both chocolate..and cake.
However, I've been trying to avoid breaded goods (this includes cake) because of the negative effects I run into when I eat most grained goods. So now chocolate cake has two draws, and one repulsion...the total strength of each leads to the overall push/pull effect.
As time goes on, and breaded goods even more negatively affect my body, I start to feel sick when I eat chocolate cake. This serves to increase the repulsion affects. Enough that the repulsion is slightly higher than the attraction. Unfortunately, the habit of wanting chocolate cake serves to even out the amount of push/pull.
So I make a decision, I want to stop eating chocolate cake. This means I either have to create a stronger repulsion to it...or find a stronger attraction.
When I decided to reduce the amount of breaded goods in my meals, I chose to replace them with fruits/vegetables. I also did not decide to give up chocolate as the draw to that is too high. So now, when I begin craving chocolate cake, I can eat a portion of good (not cheap) chocolate instead, and thus get the chocolate craving satisfied, without eating the chocolate cake. Over time, the desire for chocolate cake naturally decreased. The attraction to it is lessened.
(Note: however, there are times when I desperately want the feel of the texture of cake/bread, in which case I may decide to get a very very small portion of a breaded good that will give me the texture I'm craving.)