Quote Originally Posted by Resonare View Post
This is a big part of the problem for me. I can look at socionics descriptions and see how certain people in my life match them but I see so many different sides of myself that I can't find comfort in any type.
Ah, well, this one single system doesn't cover everything about how you work anyway. But certain trends about IEs should work for many people. So again, I think you probably just need time to see them in yourself.


Contrasting. I probably am a negativist.
OK, I find this dichotomy reliable if tested for via its core concept so yes LIE is out, ILI remains (and sure, ESI is also a Negativist)


That was a specific example from that thread. I relate to a few of the other examples as well e.g. becoming frustrated by the feeling that something must be done but being unable to come up with the best course of action
Ah ok, the funny thing is I don't relate to that myself. I very easily think of concrete steps to be done. Best course? In what sense? For me, what I think up is concrete and executable and logical and usually even efficient enough.


I didn't mean it literally, I just meant that I wouldn't take ideas seriously if they were centered around something totally false.

Perhaps that was a bad example on my part.
Gotcha.


The root cause of it is due to me not trusting or wanting to engage anyone irl, but there will be particular cases where I simply go overboard and don't know why.
Wonder if that's linked to Se DS in any way for you.


Well, I'm either ESI or ILI because I do think I am a Gamma and a Negativist based on how I am now. I don't see much ILI in myself and I know whatever sociotype I am it is definitely strongly connected to the ESI (if not this type itself) because I can relate to a lot of the descriptions, plus I relate to Gamma Se+Fi more than Ni+Te.
Yeah the Gamma introverts would resemble each other a bit, superficially.

The question is, what you mean by relating to Se+Fi more... just liking them more or actually being more conscious of these IE processes most of the time with ability to control them directly.


I guess the question is when would a type become reliant on the Super-Id block?
You can't keep up self-supplying the suggestive function for long at all. The mobilizing function is still limited in terms of this.


Also, I'd like to thank you for your contribution so far in helping me discover my type.
Np ...and Gamma introvert certainly narrows it down neatly, though I still think ILI