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Radiant Shadow
Well, monologue belongs in the realm of the
Articulate functions:
Fe & Te. Ni in itself is nonverbal. It only informs the user with perception from which they decide how to position themselves and act on it. So no, it's not a facet of Ni. As far as dramatic effects go, they both have a different type of drama but yes, that would apply to both Fe and Te.
Though Ni leads definitely do have a gravity/inertia to them, a sort of viscous energy surrounding them. The viscosity of NiTe is, on average, more dense than that of NiFe's because NiFe's often learn how to make their Fe agreeable and light/crisp - reducing the viscosity. I can't say whether your teachers are the types you say, but here is an example of an NiTe whose part of our project and volunteered himself as an example of one:
http://vimeo.com/41451541
Notice the steadiness of the eyes, their penetrative gaze, the way they look a bit bored/tranced. There's also an air of certainty around him. He's not the type of person you can imagine being very spontaneous. This is probably one of the clearest examples of Ni eyes I can give.
As for whose the better natural people-reader, my personal opinion is that that's all the
Ni/Se + Fe/Ti users. The nature of Ne/Si is too sporadic and unorganized to create elegantly fabricated maps in comparison with the auto-pilot mapping of Ni/Se. And the hypersensitivity that is Fe; a type of emotional radar that can't be turned off, further aides this --- creating a psyche that
can't help but develop, over time, a map for how people tick.
Regarding insanity, so far I only have personal and incomplete anecdote on the subject. I definitely do believe types "go crazy" differently -- so long as we understand crazy is a loose word which only refers to a variety of psychic "states".
Y'see, under the exact same type of pressures and environments, certain types will grow ill while other types won't. Certain environments (let's say, loud noise and activity) will cripple certain types while not affect others. So depending on what specific type a person is, it will be very unlikely for them to develop certain specific disorders because their psyche is not tuned in such a way that it is sensitive or vulnerable to that psychic tangle. And inversely, others are. This is why I think that Ni doms, for example, are more prone to be "
HSP" -- due to the way that un-sought-for, and thus intruding, Se stimulation can completely jack up the flow of their Ni; causing them to not be able to think at all, and even breakdown.
Another one I've noticed is Ne doms being prone to be
Paranoia. The obsessive way Ne cycles through scenarios can cause them to think themselves into a corner if they becomed obsessed with a certain negative possibility. Y'see, for Ne, even something
remotely possible is felt as truly possible --- and not fully dismissed by the psyche until tangible (Si) basis has been confirmed. And so because Ne users can generate possibilities at a faster rate than they can Si-confirm them, if they happen to be negative or fear-based musings, they won't know how to dispel the fears and will instead compound them to potentially manic levels.
Another one I've noticed is Fe dominants and Borderline Personality Disorder (
BPD).
Neat Link. The type of dependency-trap they fall into is something not all types can experience. For some, being neglected in childhood has devastating effects -- such as for Fe doms -- and develops unnatural templates from which to interact with other people. For others, they shrug and play with toys and grow up to be just fine.
And there's the obvious one which most people already suspect:
ADD/ADHD. This is, imo, a misdiagnosis for Ne and Se dominant types who are just endlessly seeking stimulation with no sense of moderation. This almost insatiable craving for action and the fast racing of their thoughts leads to short attention spans --- but it is not
unnatural, per se. The thought that it is abnormal is a thought belonging only to our present culture -- the homogenization of society. Modern psychiatry treats it as a disease and medicates it even though it's simply a different way of existing. Thus, being medicated for ADHD is about the equivalent as being stoned; it a drug that has an numbing effect on the brain, nothing more. There is no disease it is curing.
And I have my suspicions about OCD as well, but those haven't been investigated enough. I dunno too much about schizophrenia though I once heard it being related to Ni. Personally, I think
Schizophrenia actually does hold hard-science to it, and even confirmed strong hereditary factors. So I wouldn't group it with the rest I listed or relate it to type; I'd say it's more similar to inheriting it just like colorblindness or other genetic attributes.
I hope these speculations provide a direction. I'm very fascinated and curious to know the reality of all this but typology isn't currently in the position where it can truly examine these things. After typology is more empirically established, then we may begin to answer these questions.
Wonderful questions btw. ^^