Jung 8D + MBTI | ENTP shadow function personality analysis, do you know the hidden personality of ENTP?

Have you ever experienced a moment of showing behaviors or thoughts that are contrary to your usual personality? For example, you who are usually outgoing and open-minded suddenly become introverted and conservative; you who are always rational and objective, unexpectedly become subjective. It’s likely that your shadow function personality is at play.

What exactly is the shadow function personality? How is it formed? What impact does it have on our personality and behavior? How should we recognize and use it to achieve self-growth and development? This article will use ENTP as an example to explore these issues in depth, hoping to inspire and help you.

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ENTP is a personality type in MBTI (Miles-Briggs Personality Type Indicator), representing a combination of four dimensions: extraversion, intuition, thinking and perception. MBTI is a personality test based on Jung’s psychology, which divides people’s psychological functions into four types: thinking, feeling, intuition and emotion. Each psychological function is divided into two directions: extrovert and introvert, with a total of eight psychological functions. Everyone has the dominant function, the auxiliary function, the third function and the fourth function. These four functions constitute the male functional personality, and are the most commonly used and proficient psychological functions in our daily lives, reflecting personality characteristics and advantages.

Reading Suggestions: This article is suitable for readers who have a basic understanding of the concept of Jung Eight Dimensions (MBTI cognitive function). If you have not yet understood the relevant concepts, you can read this article or search for information by yourself.

What is Shadow Function Personality?

Shadow function personality is the opposite of the positive functional personality, and is the least commonly used and unskilled psychological function in our daily lives. It reflects the potential, suppressed or ignored personality traits and potential. Usually when people encounter stress, conflict, crisis or challenge, shadow function personality will emerge, affecting emotions, cognition and behavior. It sometimes brings negative consequences, such as anxiety, fear, anger, etc.; sometimes it can also produce positive effects, such as innovation, insight, and the same.

Different personality types have different shadow functions. The specific transformation rule is: replace the first and fourth letters of a personality with opposite letters to obtain the shadow personality. For example, the shadow function personality of ENTP is INTJ, and the shadow function personality of ISFJ is ESFP, etc. This rule is determined based on the eight psychological function arrangement order and opposition relationships of Jung’s psychology, as well as the four dimension complementary relationships of MBTI.

This article focuses on ENTP’s shadow function personality, namely INTJ. The corresponding relationship between the male and shadow functions of ENTP and INTJ is as follows:

From the above table, we can see that the shadow function personality of ENTP is a new personality type obtained by reversing the direction and order of the ENTP male surface function.

What is the shadow function personality of ENTP?

The shadow function personality of ENTP is a personality type of introvert, intuition, thinking and judgment, and it is significantly different from the male function personality of ENTP.

ENTP OP OP functional personality characteristics

• Extravagant Intuition (Ne): As the dominant function, ENTP is keen on exploring new possibilities and creativity, pursuing changes and stimulation, being good at discovering problems and opportunities, and being good at innovation and improvement.
• Introverted thinking (Ti): auxiliary function, which makes ENTP like to analyze and understand the principles and logic of things, pursue truth and reason, be good at debate and criticism, and be good at solving problems and responding to challenges.
• Extravagant Emotion (Fe): The third function makes ENTP willing to communicate and cooperate with others, seek recognition and respect, be good at expressing and influencing others, and be good at socializing and leading.
• Introverted Feeling (Si): The fourth function, let ENTP pay attention to its own feelings and values, pursue beauty and enjoyment, be good at appreciation and creation, and be good at art and aesthetics.

ENTP Shadow Function Personality Characteristics

• Introverted Sensation (Si): The shadow dominant function makes ENTP sensitive and emotional during stress or crisis, and is susceptible to the feelings and values of oneself or others. It is difficult to deal with problems objectively and rationally, and it is difficult to appreciate and create beautiful things.
• Extravagant Thinking (Te): Shadow assistive function, when conflicts or challenges, makes ENTP become stubborn and critical, susceptible to external rules and standards, difficult to analyze and understand the principles and logic of things, and difficult to innovate and improve things.
• Extravagant Emotion (Fe): The third function of shadows makes ENTP become cold and alienated during communication or cooperation, and is susceptible to other people’s emotions and attitudes, difficult to express and influence others, and difficult to socialize and lead.
• Introverted Intuition (Ni): The fourth function of shadows makes ENTP conservative and suspicious when exploring or creating, and is susceptible to its own premonition and intuition. It is difficult to discover problems and opportunities, and it is difficult to seek changes and stimulation.

Although the shadow function personality of ENTP is different from the positive surface function personality, it also has its own characteristics and advantages, which can help ENTP:

• Introverted Feeling (Si): Enhance emotional IQ, better understand your own and others’ feelings and values, pay more attention to physical and mental health and quality of life, and be better at appreciating and creating beautiful things.
• Extraordinary Thinking (Te): Enhance execution ability, better abide by external rules and standards, pay more attention to reality and effect, and be better at solving problems and responding to challenges.
• Extravagant Emotion (Fe): Enhance interpersonal relationships, better communicate and cooperate with others, more respect and understand other people’s emotions and attitudes, and better be good at expressing and affecting others.
• Introverted Intuition (Ni): Enhance insight, better follow one’s own premonition and intuition, think more deeply and comprehensively about problems and opportunities, and maintain the pursuit of change and stimulation.

If you want to have a deeper understanding of ENTP’s positive functional personality and more related content, you can read ‘ENTP Advanced Personality File’ .

How to give full play to the advantages of shadow function personality?

To give full play to the advantages of the shadow function personality, ENTP needs to recognize and accept its own shadow, understand its characteristics and advantages, observe its emergence and reasons, adjust its expression and application, and make it coordinate with the positive functional personality rather than conflict, so as to achieve self-growth and development. The specific methods and techniques are as follows:

Know and accept your own shadow

ENTP can understand the concepts and theories of shadow functional personality, as well as the characteristics and advantages of ENTP’s shadow functional personality by reading related books, articles, websites, etc. You can also confirm your positive functional personality and shadow functional personality, their intensity and development level through personality tests. It is necessary to realize that shadow function personality is not a defect or enemy, but a potential resource and strength, which is part of the character and an opportunity to grow.

Understand its characteristics and advantages

ENTP should be clear about the characteristics and advantages of your shadow functional personality, as well as its correspondence and complementarity with the positive functional personality. Understand that every psychological function has applicable occasions and purposes, no absolute good or bad, only suitable or not. Learn to appreciate and utilize the advantages of shadow function personality rather than deny resistance.

Observe its emergence and reasons

ENTP should pay attention to the situation under which your shadow function personality emerges and why it is caused. Pay attention to changes in one’s own emotions, cognitive and behavior, and their consistency and differences with the personality of the positive surface. Analysis: Does the emergence of shadow function personality originate from internal stress, conflict, crisis or challenge, or external environment, interpersonal, event or stimulus, or the interaction between the two.

Regulates its expression and application

ENTP should regulate the expression and application of shadow functional personality so that it can be coordinated with the positive functional personality. Learn to control emotions, avoid being overly sensitive, stubborn, indifferent or conservative, and maintain appropriate sensitivity, flexibility, affectionate or openness. Adjust cognition to avoid excessive emotional, standardized, alienated or skeptical, and achieve appropriate rationalization, innovative, cooperative or insightful. Change behaviors, avoid excessive impulsiveness, criticism, isolation or rejection, and achieve proper balance, resolution, communication or acceptance.

Summarize

This article introduces the concept and formation principle of shadow function of ENTP, analyzes its characteristics and advantages, and provides methods and techniques to help ENTP understand and utilize shadows, and achieve self-growth and development. Shadow Function Personality is not a defect or enemy, but a potential resource and strength, a part of the character and an opportunity to grow. ENTP should learn to appreciate the advantages of using the shadow functional personality, so that it can be coordinated with the positive functional personality, and achieve completeness and balance. In this way, ENTP can better realize its potential, cope with various situations in life, and achieve goals and ideals.

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