Quote Originally Posted by Tarnished View Post
I'm not sure if a person can be good at their polr, but I'm pretty sure you can use your strong function to simulate it.

Fe polr - As I can use the all the power of my 4D Ni Ti to learn and understand all about social interactions and manage to be somehow good at it - Yes, maybe I can - But one thing that would never changes: I hate it, hate it so much, and I lost my energy quickly whenever I try to use it.

You could become good at something if you try hard enough, but the real question is: would you? Doing something you hate over and over again?
That is not my point, for example, I know a guy who was crazy in his early 20's. He used to hook up with a different girl every day, rid a motorcycle, plaid in a band, couldn't keep a job, because traditional work was too boring for him. Now, in his early 30's, he's nothing like that person anymore. He's got two kids, a stable office job, hates motorcycles, because he became an environmental activist and the only thing that resambles his old self is the fact that he listetns to heavy metal once a week.

Another example, I know a girl who was extremelly introverted as a teen, she would blush and lose her voice everytime she had to speak in front of more than 2-3 people. She's in her late 20's now, lost tons of weight, got some therapy and now she's a team leader at an international company who leads a team of about 40 people and gives speaches at least once a week while enjoying that.

Another example... A guy who used to listen to black metal when he was in his late teens/early 20's, a satanist who made fun and ridiciuled every positive emotional expression that ever crossed his way. Now in his late 20's turned to church and works for a non profit organization helping the homeless...

How do you explain this with socionics?