Mbti: how is it useful in shifting

In our community you probably noticed that mbti chat is present, and it sometimes becomes the most active chat in here, but why so?

mbti: what is it?

you probably came across the first test result when you search “mbti test”, that is the 16personalities test, unlike that you think, it’s actually inaccurate. It does not base itself on the functions of the brain, rather just the shallow part of mbti, which is letter typing (introvert vs extrovert, intuitive vs sensor, thinker vs feeler, P vs J), as you may or may not know, the human brain is much more complicated than just that, and it can shift based on the environment and situation you are put through

that’s not it, the 16p test, also bases itself on the big5 theory, which is why it’s the only test that finishes the typing with an additional letter, either Assertive or Turbolent (enfp-a, intj-t), they say nothing and everything at the same time, so keep in mind, that is not mbti. The question now is spontaneous

then what is mbti?

the letter typing mbti was originally created by the two sisters Myers Briggs, the psychologist Carl Jung seeing the potential in it, decided to observe the theory, and came up with the functions. Jung knew that it was not as simple for humans to function, and wrote a book where he explained his points (Psychological types C. G. Jung)

what are the functions?

the functions are all the letter typings converted into either extroverted or introverted, because Jung believed that your social skills had nothing to do with your personality, so it became: N= N+Extraversion= Ne, N+Introversion= Ni. T+Extraversion= Te, T+Introversion=Ti, and so on.

the total amount of personalities are 16 and the functions are a total of 10, according to Jung combinations, those are the personality types + their functions. It cannot be reversed , so an Entj cant be Te, Si, Fi, Ne. Unless you are talking about another typology system (socionics, enneagram, instinctual variants etc)

How is this relevant with shifting?

You might think “oh its pretty cool but how is this related to shifting-“ and I get you, at face value there really isn’t any correlation, however, if you dig deeper, you can understand how to use that information to your advantage

Knowing about the functions isn’t a way to tell your personality, it is a way to tell how your brain functions. That means that you can understand how it reacts under stress, depression, excitement and loop. You can understand how it shifts depending on your environment and thus start controlling your triggers, procrastination, emotional breakdowns and so on.

One of the main benefits for shifting, is knowing exactly, based on your dominant or/and auxiliary function, how to detach, how to trick your brain, visualisation and completely create a new belief system (mental diet, letting it go, placebo effect), and as you know, those are the main factors that determine your shifting abilities, so mastering the mbti, not only will bring to you awareness and potential improvement (can help with your shadow work journey, all the blind functions and improving what makes you uncomfortable to do) but also more chances of shifting

what else can it be used for?

mbti unlike astrology, is based on the brain itself rather than planets (which has been proved wrong by many… many… researches and experiments), it is still a pseudoscience, however, it is based on shown behaviour in humans, which makes it more reliable. Science cannot prove mbti, since it is complex and the only way to do it correctly is to study it and type yourself, no test in mbti has ever shown results and even the mbti community itself considers all tests highly inaccurate (can be used as a starting point though). That means, that by knowing mbti you could type your dr self, add more details to the personality, have insight of the shadow functions and general behaviour, same goes for ur s/o, dr friends and so it goes. You could understand who are ur ideal types and most compatible types (don’t rely on mbti compatibility charts, depending on how you developed ur type it can be completely different)

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