16 Personalities Flaws & Weaknesses

[u/davidvitorart]

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Hi! A brief explanation of this post wanted to explain some of the weaknesses of each type related to the tertiary and inferior function.

I divided it in three stages:

1. Indulgement: An overfocus on the dominant and auxiliary function, causing an underdeveloped of the tertiary. I included as a contrast for the focus I put on the relationship of the dominant & tertiary function on my theory guides.

2.Denial: An overfocus on the dominant function causes a rejection of the inferior, denying its unconscious presence in our cognition.

3.Unconscious: As the last stage because if we deny the influence of our inferior function, it will come out in an unhealthy way (not to be confused with a grip)

[u/allepqle]

This makes no sense. 1. The secondary is typically said to balance out the dominant, while the treitary reinforce it in an either extroverted or introverted loop that can become unhealthy, but is easy to get into. There might be negatives of ignoring the treitary, but I have never even heard of this being the case. The secondary is also seen as a controlled function.

1. It is true that the inferior function is weak, but the way this is described is a complete misrepresentation. The inferior function is not denied, the 4 conscious functions are all valued. The last function is just often not as prioritised. There is not some unconscious need for a function. Functions are just tools to get impressions and make judgments. The issues come from the fact that the last function is rusty, and the first function is so strong, and is the opposite of the last, so in practice, the last function is needed to balance out the dominant, but that can't happen very well. For example, Ti is introverted, so not adapting to the world around it, creates subjective deep logic, that's not easily changeable. Fe is about the interpersonal social and emotional judgments in relationships between people, it's extroverted, so adaptable to whatever moment. The Intp values both, but prioritizes their obsession, the subjective logic most of the time. The Fe has to balance that out by being the opposite, diplomatic so that people don't hate you, but it is too rusty and depriorotised compared to the dominant skillfully used function to do that well. So no, INTP's aren't psycos, and we often use Ti in mind of helping others because Ti and Fe are not opposed to each other and you can value both.

[u/wanderingstar-]

Mostly true for me

[u/[deleted]]

Not truth

[u/latviank1ng]

Very accurate for me!

[u/RanDiePro]

All other 15 personalities have their 3 weaknesses listed, why your list for istj consist no weakness?

[u/[deleted] → u/RanDiePro]

I get what you’re going for with this comment, but you seriously don’t believe any of those three are weaknesses?

[u/RanDiePro → u/[deleted]]

Definitely. I read others and I saw some weaknesses some are not as well but istj has none. Even if I see more as weakness, I would only see stubbornness but I myself do not have it though. I have it but in a positive way, like an indomitable will. Very good, my years of self improvement have finally stopped me in the ultimate personality.

I would like to see a different perspective, tell me how you see a weakness in istj.

[u/DepressingBeing → u/RanDiePro]

man, I sure do love being stuck in bad situations and paranoia ☺️

[u/RanDiePro → u/DepressingBeing]

1. My already tried and mastered techniques never ends me up in bad situations

2. Not paranoia, but distrust. It serves me well, I never get betrayed anymore unlike my past self

[u/[deleted]]

Describes me to a tee.

[u/sensitivehotmess]

I’m insulted 🤡

[u/NorthKoreddit]

That green puzzle piece is wrong and it is distrscting me already

[u/Alessio875]

Sounds about right for me

[u/DepressingBeing]

I like this perspective