Okay, I have a theory. (Being infj, I feel like this is already fact because it feels right to me, but I still want to discuss it)
So, as we know the INFJ functions are as follows:
Ni
Fe
Ti
Se
So that means the shadow functions are those of the ENFP:
Ne
Fi
Te
Si
I have been diagnosed with BPD for about 2 years now. When a friend got me into the MBTI system, I consistently got 3 different results: INFP, ENFP and INFJ.
Eventually that wasn't good enough for me and I went looking for real answers. I started researching cognitive functions and realised that I am really INFJ, especially as I like into how I acted as a child.
Now, when I was about 13 my family moved from Scotland to the States. this was a huge trauma in my life and I struggled intensely. I began adopting actions which were very foreign to me, and I continued to live in those actions.
Eventually things caught up to me and things happened and voila: I have BPD. I read up on it and tried to understand, but wasn't really able to get help.
Anyway, as I was researching these functions, I began to wonder about shadow functions. I came across the term by accident while looking up a friend's cognitive functions, and started to read about what INFJ shadow functions look like when worn too much. And that exactly described what the doctors told me was BPD.
So, my theory is that BPD is actually a person living in their shadow functions, to some degree or other. I'd like to know what you all think.
So, as we know the INFJ functions are as follows:
Ni
Fe
Ti
Se
So that means the shadow functions are those of the ENFP:
Ne
Fi
Te
Si
I have been diagnosed with BPD for about 2 years now. When a friend got me into the MBTI system, I consistently got 3 different results: INFP, ENFP and INFJ.
Eventually that wasn't good enough for me and I went looking for real answers. I started researching cognitive functions and realised that I am really INFJ, especially as I like into how I acted as a child.
Now, when I was about 13 my family moved from Scotland to the States. this was a huge trauma in my life and I struggled intensely. I began adopting actions which were very foreign to me, and I continued to live in those actions.
Eventually things caught up to me and things happened and voila: I have BPD. I read up on it and tried to understand, but wasn't really able to get help.
Anyway, as I was researching these functions, I began to wonder about shadow functions. I came across the term by accident while looking up a friend's cognitive functions, and started to read about what INFJ shadow functions look like when worn too much. And that exactly described what the doctors told me was BPD.
So, my theory is that BPD is actually a person living in their shadow functions, to some degree or other. I'd like to know what you all think.