My basic theory:
Ego = INFJ = Ni + Fe + Ti + Se
Shadow = ESTP = Se + Ti + Fe + Ni
The Hero, The Child, The Anim(a/us) = ENFP = Ne + Fi + Te + Si
The Devil, The Critical Parent, The Trickster = ISTJ = Si + Te + Fi + Ne
Ego vs Shadow
INFJ - the personality type I would use to describe me or my general Ego. The shadow is its opposite. I believe that to mean opposite flow rather than opposite functions. When I slip into my shadow, I definitely feel/think/act mostly opposite to how I normally feel/think/act. And I would describe that shadow personality to be an ESTP. My negative qualities of INFJ appear as positive qualities of ESTP and vice versa.
The Positive influences upon my ego
As an INFJ, I am a protector of others. ENFP, as The Hero's influence, enables me to champion myself. As The Child, it allows me to look at new things in the moment with great wonder and possibilities (like a kid on Christmas!). As the Anima, the ENFP allows me to discover the female. Oddly enough, it is in meeting a couple of ENFPs that I finally have a healthier view of women in general (well almost there. One more version of the anima to go! I have experienced the ENFP as desire, independence, and as an ideal. I am slowly learning the fourth of wisdom and learning that women, like anyone, have good and bad and form a whole of neither good or bad).
The negative influences upon my ego
The ISTJ. It is my dark side. My devil. Haunting me with painful memories, not of what was done to me, but what I've done to others. The Critical Parent. This influence is what causes me to be quick to and overly critical and judgemental of others. The ISTJ as The Trickster, creates my bouts of depression trapping me within a box of ill-logic and negative values.
Impact of the Archtypes upon the Shadow
The influences of the Archtypes would be inversed upon the shadow. The ISTJ becomes the Hero, Child, Anim(a/us) and the ENFP becomes the Devil, Critical Parent, Trickster.
Thoughts? I know there are other theories out there. Mine might correlate or oppose.
Ego = INFJ = Ni + Fe + Ti + Se
Shadow = ESTP = Se + Ti + Fe + Ni
The Hero, The Child, The Anim(a/us) = ENFP = Ne + Fi + Te + Si
The Devil, The Critical Parent, The Trickster = ISTJ = Si + Te + Fi + Ne
Ego vs Shadow
INFJ - the personality type I would use to describe me or my general Ego. The shadow is its opposite. I believe that to mean opposite flow rather than opposite functions. When I slip into my shadow, I definitely feel/think/act mostly opposite to how I normally feel/think/act. And I would describe that shadow personality to be an ESTP. My negative qualities of INFJ appear as positive qualities of ESTP and vice versa.
The Positive influences upon my ego
As an INFJ, I am a protector of others. ENFP, as The Hero's influence, enables me to champion myself. As The Child, it allows me to look at new things in the moment with great wonder and possibilities (like a kid on Christmas!). As the Anima, the ENFP allows me to discover the female. Oddly enough, it is in meeting a couple of ENFPs that I finally have a healthier view of women in general (well almost there. One more version of the anima to go! I have experienced the ENFP as desire, independence, and as an ideal. I am slowly learning the fourth of wisdom and learning that women, like anyone, have good and bad and form a whole of neither good or bad).
The negative influences upon my ego
The ISTJ. It is my dark side. My devil. Haunting me with painful memories, not of what was done to me, but what I've done to others. The Critical Parent. This influence is what causes me to be quick to and overly critical and judgemental of others. The ISTJ as The Trickster, creates my bouts of depression trapping me within a box of ill-logic and negative values.
Impact of the Archtypes upon the Shadow
The influences of the Archtypes would be inversed upon the shadow. The ISTJ becomes the Hero, Child, Anim(a/us) and the ENFP becomes the Devil, Critical Parent, Trickster.
Thoughts? I know there are other theories out there. Mine might correlate or oppose.
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