okay CRASH COURSE INTO MBTI AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS 101 to help anitwit stop mistyping characters and yourself

Please. If you genuinely care about typing characters and making MBTI posts in the anitwit community, read this. I'm so tired of seeing characters extremely mistyped because "they do art so they must be the artist type". I can't do it anymore K G;KSD;LK

First of all hello, a short self-introduction. My name is Angie I've been studying cognitive functions and MBTI for eight years! It's my passion and I literally can't stop learning and researching about it! You are always free to DM, reply to the end of the thread

and quote questions or comments to me! Any question big or small! I love educating people about cognitive functions and MBTI since I truly believe it is the best tool for improving yourself as a human and for encouraging empathy and understanding.

CLASS IS NOW IN SESSION

You've been lied to. If all you know about MBTI are the four letters and http://16personalities.com  and that's what you're using to type yourself and characters, you are using MBTI /WRONG/.

I'm sorry this happened. It's not your fault

16personalites doesn't mention Cognitive Functions anywhere. This baffles me since Cognitive Functions are literally the source of MBTI. Not the letters.

Cognitive Functions are the hardware and the four letters are just the type of desktop you're using. Does that make sense?

The only reason we use the letters is to UNDERSTAND the function order. So when someone tells me "He's an ENTJ" I know "Ahh...So he's a lead Te user and has inferior Fi." I instantly know his strengths and weaknesses. How to communicate and understand him clearly, etc.

And vice versa if someone told me "His Te is so STRONG. Just Te constantly." I know, okay that means we're looking at an ESTJ or an ENTJ.

"Angie what does any of this mean I'm seriously confused."

Don't worry! It's okay to be confused, it's a lot to take in, but it's actually incredibly simple! I wanted to just use a few examples before I got into the Functions. So let's get into the functions!

What are Cognitive Functions?

Cognitive Functions are a set of eight functions that determine the way and order your brain perceives and judges. There are four Extraverted Functions and four Introverted Functions.

Each person has and uses all eight functions

but we /prefer four in our main rotation/. Those top four functions are the formula that makes up which MBTI type we are.

Here are the Cognitive Function formulas for each MBTI type.

This means as an INFP my function stack is Fi, Ne, Si, Te. This cannot change.

This is why you cannot "become another personality" or be "two personality types at once" because each personality has its own unique formula.

You can only develop or weaken your functions.

Think of Cognitive Functions like traits given to you in an RPG game. These are your skills, your charms, your special abilities and weaknesses. You're stuck with them. You can only improve or weaken them.

Every personality type must have two extraverted and two introverted functions (look at last graph for examples)

Your last function will ALWAYS be the opposite of your first (example INFPs: Fi first and Te last)

You can be STRONG in other functions not in your stack

but that /does NOT make you two types/ and /does NOT mean you have both in your stack/. I am a strong Fe user, but Fi is my dominant function. Fi will always be there over Fe.

An extraverted function must ALWAYS follow and introverted one and vice versa.

I will continue this thread and break down the functions once I get back from lunch!! hehe