09-19-2013, 02:49 PM
Having a little chicken and egg situation right now. I'm always curious what helps and what doesn't. So lately I've been feeling better. My mind doesn't feel as chaotic, my sense of impending doom has lessened, and I don't feel that constant fight or flight type feeling as much.
I've been taking vitamin d and b complex after blood tests showed I was low. So it could be that.
But I just finished with stage 4 and I'm on to stage 5 now. It could be that stage 5 is smoothing more things out.
And one more thing. I've been reading about Jung's cognitive functions. Basically it boils down to 2 dominant functions and 2 lesser functions. The two most dominant functions essentially influence how you process the world. The lesser ones are utilized but aren't as natural. I realized my dominant function is introverted feeling. Through the years I tried to get rid of that because I felt I was too sensitive. But I'm learning to embrace it now and use what naturally comes to me as a strength. Basically I feel like I've got a manual for how I process things and it's helping me understand myself more which puts me at ease.
The functions tend to link together in a sort of chain to give you your type as well. I realized I'm an INFP. Now I know a lot of people are opposed to boxing yourself in and it seems like having a type is like that. But the type isn't the personality, nothing is absolute, it's just a predisposition to interacting with the world in a certain way. Consequently when you do interact with the world in a certain manner it tends to breed similarities. Those Myers-Briggs tests online aren't as accurate and their horoscope like descriptions need to be taken with a grain of salt. But there are some truths to them. It's interesting how people definitely do follow patterns.
I've been taking vitamin d and b complex after blood tests showed I was low. So it could be that.
But I just finished with stage 4 and I'm on to stage 5 now. It could be that stage 5 is smoothing more things out.
And one more thing. I've been reading about Jung's cognitive functions. Basically it boils down to 2 dominant functions and 2 lesser functions. The two most dominant functions essentially influence how you process the world. The lesser ones are utilized but aren't as natural. I realized my dominant function is introverted feeling. Through the years I tried to get rid of that because I felt I was too sensitive. But I'm learning to embrace it now and use what naturally comes to me as a strength. Basically I feel like I've got a manual for how I process things and it's helping me understand myself more which puts me at ease.
The functions tend to link together in a sort of chain to give you your type as well. I realized I'm an INFP. Now I know a lot of people are opposed to boxing yourself in and it seems like having a type is like that. But the type isn't the personality, nothing is absolute, it's just a predisposition to interacting with the world in a certain way. Consequently when you do interact with the world in a certain manner it tends to breed similarities. Those Myers-Briggs tests online aren't as accurate and their horoscope like descriptions need to be taken with a grain of salt. But there are some truths to them. It's interesting how people definitely do follow patterns.
