Me, I'm pretty much a classic ENFP (although the E and I seem more interchangeable nowadays.) My issues with Being Wrong stemmed from having parents who, although well-meaning, were young and inexperienced, and because I was so intuitive, they assumed that I knew things far beyond my actual understanding.
Therefore, I learned that I was Supposed To Know Everything, and if I didn't know it, bluffing my way through was far preferable to admitting that I didn't know or, heaven forbid, asking someone else. Of course, this then lead to the constant fear that I would be Found Out -- over all, it was very exhausting.
I think the reason that I'm less E than I used to be is because I've become more attuned to other people as human beings, rather than audience (which I did to a certain extent in my teens and 20s). I've also become embarrassed at how my past need to Intuit and Assume led to my inadvertently running roughshod over others, and I'm far more sensitive to how my actions affect other people now. My current leaning towards introversion is a fear of putting my foot in it and hurting other people; I'd rather stay in my shell and be lonely and disconnected than cause pain to someone else.
(I'm waiting for Haddayr, a self-professed Extroverted Energy Vampire, to chime in....)
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Therefore, I learned that I was Supposed To Know Everything, and if I didn't know it, bluffing my way through was far preferable to admitting that I didn't know or, heaven forbid, asking someone else. Of course, this then lead to the constant fear that I would be Found Out -- over all, it was very exhausting.
I think the reason that I'm less E than I used to be is because I've become more attuned to other people as human beings, rather than audience (which I did to a certain extent in my teens and 20s). I've also become embarrassed at how my past need to Intuit and Assume led to my inadvertently running roughshod over others, and I'm far more sensitive to how my actions affect other people now. My current leaning towards introversion is a fear of putting my foot in it and hurting other people; I'd rather stay in my shell and be lonely and disconnected than cause pain to someone else.
(I'm waiting for Haddayr, a self-professed Extroverted Energy Vampire, to chime in....)