Secretive Emotions of the Intuitives
From the world of the S’s practical emotions, we move to the world of the N’s intuitive and secretive emotions. Theirs is the inside world, where inside information receives dominant
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To Compare Emotions, Take “Love” in the “S” and “N” as Examples
All temperaments experience the same emotions — but differently. To compare emotions of the different temperaments, we are breaking things down to compare emotions in each of the pairs of
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Emotions From the Great Divide
Sensing and intuiting (S or N) are two different ways for gathering information from the world around us. Both have emotions that drive them. These two ways of being informed
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Do You Live In An Extrovert Emotional World?
The letter “E” or “I” in a temperament profile describes our extrovert/introvert energy source and how it is replenished. Extroverts energized chiefly from people and things outside of themselves, whereas
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The Mind’s Power Source
Could emotions be the power source of the mind? Is that why they drive us and our actions so easily? They get the first shot at all incoming messages. And
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Can I Think Clearly with Emotion?
For some, to think clearly when they are emotionally stirred is a major concern, so we need to try to understand the issue better. They (the NT in particular) have become
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Emotional “Static”
When emotions overwhelm us, we can’t think straight. The presence of feelings fog the mind like emotional static and push our thoughts around in our heads. NTs know this all
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A Form of Manipulation: Changing Our Minds
We recently discussed manipulation of emotion and manipulating with emotion. Today let’s discuss a specific type of manipulation, one that is potent help in achieving intelligent emotions: manipulating our emotions
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Manipulating With Emotion and Manipulating Emotion
Let’s take a look at “manipulating with emotion” and “manipulating emotion”. The distinction is important, as is the purpose for each. It seems to follow that if our thoughts alone
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Emotions from the Inner Sanctum of Our Mind
We’re emotionally set on edge when we confront a life or death situation like a gun pressed to our head. But can our thoughts alone create the same emotional anxiety?
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The Associative Function of Emotions
Is it a good thing or a bad thing that emotions function associatively in the mind? Whatever we face in the present moment, our emotional system wants to know whether
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What Is the Emotional Mind’s Language?
Next we must learn that the emotional mind reads symbols, impressions, and overall patterns more than it reads reason and logic. This is why symbolic and metaphorical language, images, poetry,
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