How Optimistic Or Pessimistic Are The Cognitive Functions? | Four Sides of the Mind | CS Joseph

[@pasik8884]

I am an INTP and now I know why I most of times see negative possibilities of which I start to think about and why I always worry about how others think about me. I wasted a lot of hours in my childhood to adapt to the way how others think. Now I hate it. When I grew older I realized that my feelings most of times make me dissapointed and freeze with depression and anxiety. Thank you man , this knowledge will be very usefull!!💓

[@one5872]

Same fam

[@pasik8884]

@@one5872 What do you do to get rid of thinking negative possibilities ,imaginations?

[@one5872]

@@pasik8884 Well it takes a lot of perspective. I still don't have it figured out yet. But the way I deal with this is => does thinking about it makes me a better person/more effective. The answer is no so what does => not carring about feelings but facts\truths. With this knowledge I gained from C.S. I learned that most people are feelers they will tell you to act according to your feeling but when you just see them as inconsistent it just doesn't do the trick. So my best advice would be stop carring about what other people thinks and care more about what makes you tick

[@rachelmcgahey6302]

One needed this in my life, thx

[@bethanysingsmrs849]

Im infp and I did the same thing. Tbh half of my values are stolen from my family....and I get all advice from internet...but I still am really emotional and take things personally so Im just gonna assume im an infp even though I seem to lack values lmao

[@nicholasedmunds5975]

My wife has Si. It was the first cognitive function that I recognized in another person. I have become increasingly aware over the last year that it is a pessimistic function. If I am understanding correctly, which I believe I am, is used in a pessimistic way. Just like what you had said (Si through their own eyes and Se through others), when referring to the past, it is always her personal journey through time, as if alone.

[@AgnosticDeist]

Thanks for breaking these topics down so clearly, very nice work.

[@BookofYAH777]

9:16 "the more immature it (the shadow) is, the more pessimistic it is". Why does pessimism have to be a sign of immaturity? Isn't pessimism the thing that enables us to avoid risks and behave responsibly like the parent function?

[@SantanaBanana47]

Because the shadow is required for maturity. You want to use those functions more in order to be a wise and mature person.

[@intj1782]

The driving part about me is very very true.

[@jeremyjean-pierre4977]

As an intp, pessimist parent Ne that must be why I can’t go a day without imagining how I’d react to my imminent death or death of someone I care for.

[@rutasel6726]

When I was a child I was such an egoistic asshole (my shadow is ENTJ) this is so True. No offense to ENTJ

[@SJaye-zv9er]

I love intellectual Legos. Damn, that makes me happy.

[@regalspork5434]

It’s like Christmas all over again lol

[@Itwasnme]

I think the expression you were looking for is that, the ego is collectively a primary personality. hence, the shadow is secondary and therefore its constituents will naturally be more pessimistic than that of the ego even when they are primary.

[@mrgator9670]

Great video as always. Not sure this is the best place, or if you've touched on these, but I have some topic requests (or if you have any good resources/insights): What role precisely do cognitive functions play in ideal career choice? What role do cognitive functions play in drug (ab)use, both in what drugs would various types/functions seek, and how do drugs affect the functions during use?

[@CSJoseph]

I have a separate series on careers. And I will be releasing content about drug use. Mostly, drugs and alcohol place people in their shadows, but sometimes it helps them with their subconscious.

[@mehdihassankhanloo5297]

You are one of my BEST friend, my dear friend… ❤️

[@alexcomer63]

Hello again, really enjoyed this one! :-) Would you consider doing 2 lectures: 1 comparing ENTJ's and ESTJ's, and the other comparing ENTJ's and ENFJ's? No rush of course, I just have always been unsure of the total differentiation of these types.

[@CSJoseph]

Both are on the schedule

[@alexcomer63]

Awesome!

[@infinitysconcinnity2418]

Have you made any videos where you compare any specific function (for example, Fi) in terms of its optimistic manifestation in contrast to its pessimistic manifestation?

[@CSJoseph]

Yes, Seasons 1, 5, 16

[@christyrosecalvo6927]

I just want to ask. Do you have a lecture about how to make your pessismistic functions optimistic? Its kind of hard to turn them optimistic.

[@PLAYERik]

I'm INTP and i am pessimistic with all practical things, so why Se-Trickster is optimistic theoretically for me? I make all what i can to avoid practical things, because i know that end bad if i do something practical. I position myself as a loser to persuade others why I shouldn't be doing something. Or maybe that mean... i am optimistic with that i can persuade to others and they live me alone? How i can that interpretate?

[@suhazareer200]

Thanks

[@knowledgeteotl1113]

How does one know when the other sides of their minds are finished developing?

[@CSJoseph]

they dont

[@daisyturner6743]

Can anyone recommend any good books on MBTI as well?

[@smile2024-c7s]

Interesting,

[@パフ最高]

5:14 - 5:22 Fi = self worth?

[@CSJoseph]

Yes

[@genericbotface]

What is meant by calling the child function 'divine'? Like this aspect can mean no harm? Or it's the most sacred function to its user? I noticed 'innocent' seems to be used interchangeably or approximately for 'divine', but I'm having a hard time understanding the connection.

[@CSJoseph]

yes

[@512types]

WHY go they alternate optimistic and pessimistic?

[@bethanysingsmrs849]

that awkward moment when you constantly flip from optimistic to pessimistic

[@PLAYERik]

I'm INTP and I'm pessimistic about that theory ;) (yes i analise that topic again xD ) Because if Nemesis function is optymistic, than why "Nemesis Te: I am woried about what others think" How worrying can by optymistic? Thats illogical. Even if we look that if we develop the shadow, the role for 5-th function is still worrying, yea? How that can be optymistic? 5th and 7th functions as optymistic have no sense.

[@CSJoseph]

That side of the mind is pessimistic. Perhaps if you envisioned the optimism and pessimism in terms of relative contrast to each other within the same side of the mind it would help you visualize it.

[@PLAYERik]

​@@CSJoseph Ty for answer :D So... I guess is that optimism and pessimism are best understand mainly to the conscious functions of the stack and not so much for the unconscious? This theory fits very much to my aux Ne because I perceive the world as corridors full of doors, but the all doors seem to be closed. So in this function i see that pessimism very well. With uncounscous i am very pessimistic, like with my Ni and Se i see that very well in both this functions. With Fi is that much more complicated xD . Ty for answer one time more :)

[@brittanypage1706]

You high key have a obsession with INTJs.

[@joshgreen194]

theyre intresting lol

[@maybeantoniovivaldi2522]

He says in all his videos about INFJs and INTJs that they're his favorite.

[@leonardoantonio216]

Also consider he was typed as an INTJ most of his life before ENTP ego was free to live, so that may be another possibility

[@Khan_is_mongol]

Lol every INTJ video..."Give bad experience.." dude not all INTJ's relate to your ex gf... INTJ's drive perfectly and love to drive. We dont care less about giving you bad or good experience if we dont care about you..Fe trickster...Performance anxiety is only if we care about the outcome like everyone does.

[@SantanaBanana47]

You are indicating you are actually outcome focused, so you can't be an intj. Maybe isfp?