Neurotypology by Raederle

Just as neurodivergents learn masking skills that are increasingly adept over time, all people learn to compensate for their blindspots and weaknesses more adroitly over the course of their life. Every cue, symptom, and distinction will become less clear as a person matures and broadens their capabilities.  Because everyone’s general performance – including skills at masking, coping, and compensating – is improving and diversifying over the decades of their life, you’ll find it easier to type people in their early twenties than people in their sixties.  Childhood & Twenties In our twenties we are relying extremely heavily on our dominant function at almost all times – and our blindspot (seventh position) is a glaring hole in our abilities. Let’s say you’re an INFP: your dominant function (Fi) is the air you breathe and seems ordinary to you. When you’re young, it’s confusing that other people aren’t as morally grounded. You can simply feel what’s right, so why can’t everyo...

Practical Application of J and P In order to understand the differences between P and J types practically, let’s look at some examples. Two J Types Planning Because J types are more interested in action and closure, an ESTJ talking with an INFJ will likely rapidly develop a plan of action. The ESTJ might begin by asking the INFJ what goals they wish to accomplish on an errand trip (Te dominant). The INFJ offers what they wish to accomplish, and then asks the ESTJ what else they might want to do (Fe auxiliary). The ESTJ will synthesize what’s been discussed so far into a plan and present it (Te dominant). The INFJ will agree that the plan meets their needs and move forward (Ti tertiary). This interaction likely took less than two minutes. J and P Planning Together If this same interaction was happening between an INFJ and an INFP, it’s likely the INFJ will take the lead (J) and ask the INFP about what they want (Fe auxiliary), and the INFP will likely be flexible (P), down to explore n...

We all judge and perceive – all the time! That pesky last letter of your type – J or P – is one of the most mysterious of the behaviors. Are judging types the people who pass judgment, and perceiving types the ones who perceive? Not really. In truth, we must perceive in order to judge, and we must judge in order to perceive. Let me explain. We are all perceiving – and judging – at all times. Perception is the act of experiencing our senses – hearing, proprioception, emotions, etc. So-called “judgment” – a term that made more sense when Carl Jung first popularized it 1921 – is the act of having an internal response to the data our senses provide. We can’t help but perceive, and we can’t help but have a response. There is always input flowing toward us, and we use our response to that input to file a memory of what we experienced.  Hypothetically, you could perceive without judgment, but you would have no memory of what you’d experienced because you would have no way to categorize...