Lack of individuation vs Superior Development
Mar 19, 2018 11:40:33 GMT -5 by Xena
Alerith, ash, and 2 more like this
Post by Xena on Mar 19, 2018 11:40:33 GMT -5
Hi,
When I was reading about the developmental stages...it sounded like we will go to individuation as our first step, and then sometimes people progress to developing their polarity.
It almost makes it sound like that's the pinnacle of development....to reach the balance that polarity brings to our more conscious functions.
However, I feel like the polarization could be induced due to trauma, emotional, psychological, or perhaps longing to identify with a particular type of person.
Is it still really considered a good development thing then if you never really had much of an individuation happen? If somebody tries to be all things to all people from an early age?
Basically, I think we could be looking at people who outwardly may appear similar and hard to type because the development of the functions seem more balanced...but what if it's caused by other mechanisms....i.e. falsification of type vs. natural maturation/progression?
Just curious.
Thanks
When I was reading about the developmental stages...it sounded like we will go to individuation as our first step, and then sometimes people progress to developing their polarity.
It almost makes it sound like that's the pinnacle of development....to reach the balance that polarity brings to our more conscious functions.
However, I feel like the polarization could be induced due to trauma, emotional, psychological, or perhaps longing to identify with a particular type of person.
Is it still really considered a good development thing then if you never really had much of an individuation happen? If somebody tries to be all things to all people from an early age?
Basically, I think we could be looking at people who outwardly may appear similar and hard to type because the development of the functions seem more balanced...but what if it's caused by other mechanisms....i.e. falsification of type vs. natural maturation/progression?
Just curious.
Thanks
