Jung's Eight Psychological Types

THE FULL DEPTH

Jung's original typology: two attitudes (introversion/extraversion) × four functions (thinking/feeling/sensation/intuition) = eight types. This is NOT the MBTI. Jung's system is simpler, deeper, and more concerned with the relationship between the dominant function and its inferior opposite than with a personality label.

IN PRACTICE

You discover your type not by reading descriptions but by noticing which function you REACH FOR first. When something goes wrong, do you analyze it (thinking), feel into it (feeling), check the facts (sensation), or sense the possibilities (intuition)? And do you process it internally (introversion) or externally (extraversion)? Your dominant function is the one that's so natural you barely notice it, like your dominant hand.

HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT

• · Recognizing your dominant function: it's the lens you see through so naturally you forget it's a lens
• · Recognizing your inferior function: it's what trips you up, what erupts awkwardly, what you admire in others and can't seem to do yourself
• · Stress revealing type: under pressure, the inferior function takes over clumsily

IN DREAMS, LOOK FOR

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CONNECTED CONCEPTS

• Introversion: Two attitudes × four functions = eight types.
• Thinking (Function): One of the four functions.
• The Shadow: The inferior function is the primary doorway to the Shadow.
• Individuation: Type development (integrating the inferior function) is a core individuation task.