What is Introverted Sensing?
Introverted Sensing focuses on and prioritizes:
- What are my experiences in the past?
- Is it familiar?
- What is certain, tested, and confirmed, and thus safe?
- What have I done in the past that I now trust because I already did it?
- How can I sustain continuation?
Introverted Sensing is an info-gathering action.
This type of sensing focuses on personal memories. Memories of one’s own encouters. As a result, current and past encounters then become compared.
What they have been through is what they trust.
The individual perceives stored memories of previous sensory experiences.
For example, a person will encounter something in real time and compare it to stored memories from the past.
Introverted Sensing notes patterns.
They have a great ability to recall a past experience. For instance, memories are usually in vivid detail. Entailed together with any stored emotions. One can re-experience a past memory as if it was happening live. Filled with memories of how they were feeling at the time.
To clarify, they are fast to see changes around them.
They’re focused on maintaining their belief. Demeanor is in in line with previous standards. In various ways, they’re reliant on the proof. Above all, their formation of thinking gives them a feel of consistence and security.
The focus of “Introverted Sensing” is internal.
In conclusion, it is in motion inside one’s mind. Therfore it may be difficult to observe from the outside.
Cons of Dominant Introvert Sensing Type
- They focus a lot on negative affects and effects from reviewing past events.
- They tend to be selective at recalling dreadful experiences.
- Further, their fond memories are therefore, gloomy.
- They rarley reflect happiness of past events without remembering something negative.
- Often live with regrets more than most . But, the healthier ones do overcome this.
- They tend to lack ties with public and have few friends. At one point in their lives, they had severe trust issues to the point of being anti-social.
- They enjoy being alone a lot. However, not all introverts enjoy to be alone. Some prefer following others or being with a choose few.
- They have a hard time disregarding contradictions.
- They have a hard time repling to social cues. Consequently, it’s usually never handled well unless taught.
- They don’t reply to the sympathies of others. Similarly, they don’t gather much of their thoughts and emotions from others.
Pros of Dominant Introvert Sensing Type
- On the other hand, they are intense listeners. Trying to find out if a story is contradicting.
- Excellent recall of memory and details for the most part.
- Wonderful at spotting things out of place.
- They tend to be very fast thinkers and are usually many steps ahead of most.
- Easily learn fast from their mistakes.
- They learn fast how to avoid trauma to keep it from happening. This reaction becomes instinctive.
- Likewise, They have a high alert system for red flags and danger.
- They tend to be very in tune with their deepest emotions. As a result, often having a big heart.
- They are individualistic as people.
- They tend to be great gift givers.
Introverted sensing is one of the 4 ways to gather information.
The 4 ways include both extraversion and introversion:
- Introverted Sensing
- Extraverted Sensing
- Extraverted Intuiting
- Introverted Intuiting