From all the concepts, I found the instincts the hardest to understand, actually, including the stackings. It can take a while for you to familiarize yourself with it, especially if you are out of touch with your instinctual nature like I was.
In terms of Social 4 and pronounced sadness/shame: It boils down to the tension between the Social's desire to fit in, and the 4's desire to be "unique"/different/stand out. In some way, the desires of the Social instinct and the Type 4 are opposed to each other. The more "different" you are, the more you will be excluded from the group. The Social 4 is painfully aware of that fact. At average to unhealthy levels, the 4 will become more and more "different" from the crowd like a black sheep, while intensely mourning the very fact that they are outsiders. It is a sort of contradictory mix of feeling proud of one's individuality but also ashamed of it due to society's dismissal of it.
Sexual 4s are often said to be more "aggressive", and I believe that mostly boils down to many if not most Sexual 4s having an 8 fix, actually. Whereas most if not all Social 4s have a 9 fix, in my experience. Sexual 4s with a 9 fix are usually more "soft", which can be reminiscent of the Social 4's softness.
Besides the tritype connection, Sexual 4s might be more "aggressive" than Social and Self-pres 4s in the sense that they are more "passionate"/intense. That heightened passionate streak might add more reactive outbursts of anger and the like. Sexual 4s can be the most "dramatic" in that sense. Not only that, the Sexual 4 tends to employ that passion and dramatics in order to attract a mate, almost like a mating call, haha. (They share that tendency with Sexual CP 6s and 8s.)



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