You may recognize one or more of these in the use of Introverted Thinking (Ti), from a smaller to a larger degree. Projection assuming they understand others when, in reality, they’re only attributing their own motives and intentions to others. Severe distrust and negativity not that being happy-go-lucky is always that much better, but many worthwhile people and experiences can be missed (or even tainted) if there’s a strong predisposition to think the worst of them. Overvaluing intelligence and logic believing intelligence and logic (in self and in others) are all that count and having little to no patience or appreciation for anything else not only lacks compassion - but also leads to a distorted and incomplete worldview. Dismantling and reducing to bare minimum in exaggerated efforts to be “detached” and “impartial,” stripping objects and subjects to the point where they lose their meaning and significance. Insensitive and disrespectful prodding it’s one thing to take interest in another person and participate in light teasing to get them to open up about matters, and it’s another to be pervasively insistent on getting someone to share about themselves (by pushing buttons and more) when they don’t want, need nor have to. Destructive and unproductive battle of wits intellectual conflict may form doorways to exploration and clarifications, but if there’s too much emphasis on proving one’s intellectual superiority and another’s intellectual inferiority, many opportunities to learn will be lost. Endless hypothesizing hypothesizing is important and recommendable to come up with new ways to look at things and fill the gaps, but if it keeps going incessantly, it can leave no room for the facts and how things are truly like. Endless questioning questioning is important and recommendable to find and create solid foundations and constructs, but if it keeps going incessantly, it can needlessly break or impair the solidity of things. Senseless fault-finding and nit-picking focusing too much on what is wrong and losing sight of what is right (or highlighting what is wrong for no good reason and more often than necessary) can be both harmful and stagnating. Crippling perfectionism having high standards and aiming to be and do well with them can be great as long as it’s not paralyzing and keeping from making the necessary ‘mistakes’ to change and improve where it’s needed. The following are only a few of the ways in which the Introverted Thinking (Ti) function of a person is misplaced and/or misdirected: Some instances may be within what would be considered as ‘unhealthy’ and ‘toxic’. ![]() By misplaced and misdirected, in this context, I’m referring to ways in which the function is conducted that obstruct one and/or others’ wellbeing and growth.
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