Quote Originally Posted by Rebelondeck View Post
@Pookie,

They can and do rehash the past so long as it does not impinge on their own self-image. It's their own mistakes that they seem to avoid talking about. They don't seem to have problems castigating someone else over and over again - those that have wronged them or someone else. I imply that they do not like to vocalize their own personal shortcomings to others because they seem to think that it lessens them in the eyes of others in some way. They may think it when in self-doubt but it's usually left unsaid. Opinion?

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I think you're putting a lack of self-accountability(avoiding confronting ones short-falls, if I don't talk about it its not there) and a prevalence of narcissism(Self-image flexible, but important & weight put on the others opinions to the extent it effects how they feel about them self = Narcissism) on IEI, when in reality its a prevalent amongst society as a whole. In young people especially. In my experience, IEI's are not more like this than other types. In fact I think the metabolic tools they have to use forces a measure of reflection that's not common in other types. Reflection on average, is likely to impede the growth of those traits more so than catalyze them. But we're also as tough baby peas, and so flight > fight. I'd think its about even with the rest of the population. I think the responsibility avoidance is there, but not through a lack of rehashing. Moreso cognitive dissonance, or sheer Unconscious 1D Se allowing them to be still when another type would already be breaking under the existential weight(Which I think might be why 4DSe types can lie to themselves so well, or be completely lack any cognizance of the motivation behind their own actions).

In shorter more concise terms, I think your missing the moon for the finger. They do not vocalize their own shortcomings, but that's because they do not vocalize much in general, and people as a whole do not usually do this either. I do think we go over what has happened in the past, and retain what has happened in the past, more so than almost every other type. An IEI being a shitty person happens in spite of that, not due to the lack of it.

I mean, what your saying isn't really wrong, but the way they link together is obviously anecdotal, and I think your perception on the inner workings of the IEI isn't keen, even if the external trappings your identifying as evidence are valid.