Welcome to 10 Minute Type Advice by Personality Hacker.

I'm Joel Mark Whit and I'm Antonia Dodge.

This show features questions from the Personality Hacker community that we answer in about

10 minutes.

We've been using personality types in our coaching for years and we'd love to answer your questions

about personal growth through the lens of type.

You can find out more about us at personalityhacker.com.

Okay, now let's hear today's question.

Hi Joel and Antonia, I have a question about the inferior function or the three-year-old

in the car model.

The inferior function is often described as being our least sophisticated cognitive function

and somewhat of a blind spot.

I agree that it's our least sophisticated function.

But my question is, is it really a blind spot or is it just that we can't interact

with it?

For example, INTPs are generally stereotyped as being emotionalist robots.

But the INTPs I've known in experience actually experience very strong emotions and I think

they can see those emotions quite clearly.

It's just that they have difficulty acting upon them or validating them or not being scared

of them or incorporating them into the choices and decisions they make.

And as an INFJ, I feel the same way about my inferior extroverted sensing granted there

are times I'm blind to it in terms of fashion or makeup or seeing details.

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