What do different functions "feel like"?

[Descartes]

What experiences do you have when you use different functions? For example, I often have conversations with myself, usually with an imaginary opponent who argues against me, and when I do this, I feel that I am using Ti. When I suddenly make snap judgments about things (usually when I'm pissed off or depressed), I feel that I am using Fe. But I have no idea what Ne or Si feel like, although I must use them, being an INTP. So what do such functions feel like to you?

 

[Smooch]

I think extroverted intuition is a very "in the moment" type of intuition as compared to Ni. I think of Ni as gathering info and Ne as filtering it (finishing someone's sentence before they do, for example).

I don't think people are limited to using only the functions that are dominant in their type. In my math class I have to use Ti, which is uncomfortable since I'm an INFP. It's kind of exhausting to use a function that isn't natural to you...

I don't think as an INTP you'd "feel" yourself using Si. It's more to assist your Ti and Ne.

 

[Words]

Great thread and perspective on functions. Ne feels like something is going to jump out suddenly. It feels like a meteor will spontaneously crashland in front of you. It feels like something interesting will or can happen. Si feels like the feeling when you've taken a huge dump. It feels safe and set. It feels like security.

 

[BigApplePi]

Different functions feel like this

This won't be a great answer and is a guess:

Ti - feels like thinking to myself, no problem unless I'm interrupted
Fe - feels like I'm talking to someone
Ne - feels like thinking out loud an open topic to someone
Si - feels like personal sensation or specific impression

Te - feels like unpleasant or explanatory facts
Ni - feels like a fleeting idea
Se - feels like I disvalue the external sensation
Fi - I feel it but don't want to hold onto it

Te & Ni - send it over to Ti to take care of it
Se & Fi - let Si take care of it
If there is an audience, tolerate with Fe

 

[Descartes]

It occurs to me that another angle that would also suit this thread would be that of use. In what situations would you say you are using different functions? I would say:

Ti - When I'm talking to myself
Ne - When something just "comes together" in the environment
Si - When I recognize that someone looks like someone else
Fe - When I feel what someone else is feeling by looking at their facial expression

 

[BigApplePi]

Different functions usage

It occurs to me that another angle that would also suit this thread would be that of use. In what situations would you say you are using different functions?

Ti - When I need to understand what's going on
Ne - When I want you to consider everything or missing things
Si - When I need to evaluate immediate input
Fe - When I want to deal with you

Te - When I'm pushed to be aware of external ramifications
Ni - When unconscious imaginings come to the surface
Se - When I'm pushed to get immediate input
Fi - When subconscious feelings come to the surface

 

[Duxwing]

Ti- It feels entirely natural.
Ne- Like something bursting forth from my head into the world; like someone else talking.
Si- Like I just took a huge dump out of my mind. Satisfying, deeply relaxing, soothing in times of stress.
Fe- Bubbly, overwhelming, quick; like a pressure on my head applied by pillows weighted with lead shot.

-Duxwing

 

[Words]

Ti - When I'm talking to myself
Ne - When something just "comes together" in the environment
Si - When I recognize that someone looks like someone else
Fe - When I feel what someone else is feeling by looking at their facial expression

I use a lot of Ne when I talk to myself.
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Some "Negative" Scenarios:

Ti and Si- when something just doesn't make sense and I'm just irritated by people stating nonsense. When something just doesn't "fit" and I get obsessed over it.

Ne but primarily Fe - paranoia about people's intentions.

Ne - when I get too risky just to see what would happen "if."

Fe - When I [incorrectly] feel what someone else is feeling by looking at their facial expression.

 

[viche]

Ni feels passive, spaced out, indecisive, imagining too many options, feeling the flow of time
Ti feels coldly detached, independent, rebellious "don't tell me what to think" attitude

I remember reading something about simulating functions on personality nation, but since that website is down here is a copy.

 

[awshum]

As stupid and cliche (there's an imaginary accent mark there btw, for all you grammar hitlers) Fi and Se feels like a sharp image of the word with a sweetness of the soul that stimulate each . . .. other or something like that.

 

[Reluctantly]

Great thread and perspective on functions. Ne feels like something is going to jump out suddenly. It feels like a meteor will spontaneously crashland in front of you. It feels like something interesting will or can happen. Si feels like the feeling when you've taken a huge dump. It feels safe and set. It feels like security.

Ne but primarily Fe - paranoia about people's intentions.

Ne - when I get too risky just to see what would happen "if."

Fe - When I [incorrectly] feel what someone else is feeling by looking at their facial expression.

If I didn't suddenly think you were autistic, I'd suggest you were trolling.

 

[BigApplePi]

If I didn't suddenly think you were autistic, I'd suggest you were trolling.

"Trolling" -- verb form of troll. Are you anti-troll Reluctantly?

 

[Reluctantly]

"Trolling" -- verb form of troll. Are you anti-troll Reluctantly?

I'm anti-stereotypes and anti-analogies because they are subjectively based. Is that what you want Apple?

 

[viche]

As stupid and cliche (there's an imaginary accent mark there btw, for all you grammar hitlers) Fi and Se feels like a sharp image of the word with a sweetness of the soul that stimulate each . . .. other or something like that.

I really like this description, thank you for this.

 

[NTJ]

Te - I get pissed off because someone's slow, be it extra details or just a slow-thinker.
Ni - I know something and don't know why I know it. Also when I'm right about something without any other reason but "intuition."
Se - I want to do physical stuff, usually to "wake up." Physical stuff means having a good meal, cleaning up, taking a walk, changing my desktop background or peripherals, etc..
Fi - I see something, I get nostalgic and suddenly realize it's because it was a reference to something I value or valued.

Ti - Over-analysis of an event or intentions.
Ne - Bursting a lot of ideas, mostly bad ones and a few useful ones.
Si - connecting everything to something already known, like a quotation, movie reference, song reference, an action from 25 years ago when your brother was 6 years old.
Fe - Feeling what another person is feeling, caring for someone else, wanting to fit in.