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    Default Awareness of one's surroundings

    Throughout my life I have been poor at being aware of objects in my surroundings. For example, in a new work environment, I'll fail to notice where things like the stapler and FAX machine are located. Only when I have a need to use one of these items or a customer asks to use it do I then start to pay attention. Its as if these objects don't exist until there is a need to know. One time a customer asked for a brochure listing the hours when the library was open. I was filling in for someone and working at a different location than normal. The brochures were literally right in front of me but I wasn't aware that they were right in front me at the time.

    I am thinking this pertains to weak sensing, particularly weak Do other INTjs have a similar problem? Or is this something that's more common among intuitive types in general?

    Other people with stronger sensing will pick up locations of objects in their surroundings by osmosis. They don't need to use them or have an interest in them to know their locations. They can enter a new surrounding and pick on locations of objects without hardly any effort. I have started to become more observant of objects in my immediate surroundings than I used to be but it takes me a good deal of effort.
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    I totally have this problem.
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    Yes I know other LIIs with that problem.

    I have that problem to an extent myself, although I routinely scan my environment for potential objects I might like, so it's not as bad.

    Seems like a general intuitive problem really. Sensors tend to know what's around them, unless they're wayyy out of their element or something.
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    I like to scope out my surroundings, but I only do that if I'm given a chance. I guess if you're a clerk at a library, you might be too busy helping customers, or at least you wont get the chance to space out and start looking around.

    That said, I've found that EIIs seem to be the least aware of their surroundings.
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    The S dichotomy pays attention to details. Therefore it's more aware of the details of it's surroundings than N types. Se types are aware of the physical movement of objects from an external perception, Si type are aware of it internally, how it relates to them, being an introverted function.

    I therefore think that Se types are more immediately aware of their environment altering than Si types. With Si types such external awareness has to be re-inforced somewhat before they become experts at it.

    So with Se types it's immediate, with Si types it's built upon layers of experience related to the internal.

    I think this is explained as Se is more aware of things changing than Si types. I think that Se being static sees it (the details) move from one position to the other, therefore it has more of an impact to them and they notice it. With Si being dynamic, it perceives the whole thing as one continuous motion, so it sees it dynamically, but as it has less of an impact, it's still somewhat stationary to their perception, therefore it actually appears in the general usage of the word as static.

    The difference is in internal perception on this one for S types.

    N types seem to be somewhere else than what's around them (Si), or where the immediate action is in progress (Se).

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