I wonder why i don't see it mentioned more often than I think it should be mentioned.
since I have found Socionics, life is easier, I can know myself better, why I am the way I am, I can understand people better, I can predict them, accept them, and be excited by things they do since "wow I had read in X article you would do this and you did it!!!" "so that's why X and Y get along and Z and T don't" "oh so that's why he disagrees" "yeah nothing's wrong with that look it is explained right here..." etc etc
I think socionics is addictive. specially for logical types like myself since we will to a larger extent rely on it for figuring people out and predicting them than an ethical type would. anything addictive is blinding and I think socionics can be blinding. well I didn't think so until an ESI friend mentioned how it can "make you less observant" and "when you look at children, they have no prejudgments so they are really observant"
While the theory has helped me be more at peace with myself, it has also changed my view on people so much that I am sometimes blind to their mistakes, the reasons for my conflicts with them, caring enough so solve misunderstandings cause "it is just the way it should be, I am not supposed to understand you! you are SEI!" or "Why should I be upset that X did that?! X is my dual!"
so I think it is very important to note that we should be careful with it. not rely on it more than our own observations of individuals. thinking "SLEs are supposed to be assholes" is not a good excuse to give them more rights to act in a way an EII shouldn't. expecting an EII friend to listen to you when you are upset since they are "the Empath" shouldn't make you upset when they are busy with work.
and the part about "famous people types" can also be funny. would give you pride for no reason, "wow Mr.Mrs.BlahBlah has the same character as I do". or well it doesn't make a difference.
since I have found Socionics, life is easier, I can know myself better, why I am the way I am, I can understand people better, I can predict them, accept them, and be excited by things they do since "wow I had read in X article you would do this and you did it!!!" "so that's why X and Y get along and Z and T don't" "oh so that's why he disagrees" "yeah nothing's wrong with that look it is explained right here..." etc etc
I think socionics is addictive. specially for logical types like myself since we will to a larger extent rely on it for figuring people out and predicting them than an ethical type would. anything addictive is blinding and I think socionics can be blinding. well I didn't think so until an ESI friend mentioned how it can "make you less observant" and "when you look at children, they have no prejudgments so they are really observant"
While the theory has helped me be more at peace with myself, it has also changed my view on people so much that I am sometimes blind to their mistakes, the reasons for my conflicts with them, caring enough so solve misunderstandings cause "it is just the way it should be, I am not supposed to understand you! you are SEI!" or "Why should I be upset that X did that?! X is my dual!"
so I think it is very important to note that we should be careful with it. not rely on it more than our own observations of individuals. thinking "SLEs are supposed to be assholes" is not a good excuse to give them more rights to act in a way an EII shouldn't. expecting an EII friend to listen to you when you are upset since they are "the Empath" shouldn't make you upset when they are busy with work.
and the part about "famous people types" can also be funny. would give you pride for no reason, "wow Mr.Mrs.BlahBlah has the same character as I do". or well it doesn't make a difference.