justeccentricnotinsane
Community Member
- MBTI
- INFJ
Fe vs Fi has always confused me. I've read loads of threads but descriptions seem to change on each one and I just get more confused.
I'm just looking for confirmation on what I think is the difference, if you don't mind indulging me. I just want to understand! I've decided to forget about social/personal value systems for now because I have absolutely no idea which one I have.
Fe:
- able to see/feel the feeling of others but has difficulty understanding their own feelings
Fi:
- very aware of what they're feeling but may assume other personalities would feel the same way they do in certain situations (With some of my friends, I tell them something that's pissed me off and they stare at me blankly. I'm thinking: Well it might not upset you, but can't you tell why it would upset me?)
Is this true? I find that I very rarely say "Why would they do that?" Which something I hear a lot from my friends. I assume this is Fe/Fi? I know why they would do that? I also don't bother sympathise with some people. I might know why they did it but I'm not looking for a "humanistic" answer. Sometimes they genuinely did something maliciously because they wanted some else to hurt.
I've read on a lot of threads that Fe/Fi is about opinions and I disagree. I think this is more to do with the Ti function? On one thread, people were encouraging someone to develop Fi by thinking about what they thought about abortion/death penalty etc. I know very well what I think on issues. I have strong opinions (although they're changeable should knew evidence come up). I don't know how I feel when I feel "bad" - I wouldn't be able to decipher between angry, frustrated or why it is I feel bad/what's made me feel bad, but my opinions on things external to me are very clear.
So Fe/Ti is good at understanding their opinions on things that don't affect them personally but bad on deciding their feelings on things that happen to them.
Fi/Te also has opinions (but they sometimes seem less thought through, like they've just picked them up from a newspaper?) but knows exactly how they feel when something happens.
Correct or nay?
Cheers
I'm just looking for confirmation on what I think is the difference, if you don't mind indulging me. I just want to understand! I've decided to forget about social/personal value systems for now because I have absolutely no idea which one I have.
Fe:
- able to see/feel the feeling of others but has difficulty understanding their own feelings
Fi:
- very aware of what they're feeling but may assume other personalities would feel the same way they do in certain situations (With some of my friends, I tell them something that's pissed me off and they stare at me blankly. I'm thinking: Well it might not upset you, but can't you tell why it would upset me?)
Is this true? I find that I very rarely say "Why would they do that?" Which something I hear a lot from my friends. I assume this is Fe/Fi? I know why they would do that? I also don't bother sympathise with some people. I might know why they did it but I'm not looking for a "humanistic" answer. Sometimes they genuinely did something maliciously because they wanted some else to hurt.
I've read on a lot of threads that Fe/Fi is about opinions and I disagree. I think this is more to do with the Ti function? On one thread, people were encouraging someone to develop Fi by thinking about what they thought about abortion/death penalty etc. I know very well what I think on issues. I have strong opinions (although they're changeable should knew evidence come up). I don't know how I feel when I feel "bad" - I wouldn't be able to decipher between angry, frustrated or why it is I feel bad/what's made me feel bad, but my opinions on things external to me are very clear.
So Fe/Ti is good at understanding their opinions on things that don't affect them personally but bad on deciding their feelings on things that happen to them.
Fi/Te also has opinions (but they sometimes seem less thought through, like they've just picked them up from a newspaper?) but knows exactly how they feel when something happens.
Correct or nay?
Cheers
