Te/Fi or Ti/Fe?

As far as I know, Fe gestures are usually warm and elongated, while my gestures seem to be quite blunt and choppy. 

Also, at 1:07 you can notice the Fi tension rising up toward my nose. 

I can see both TeNi and FeNi signals though, so I wouldn't exclude the latter yet. The problem is that I don't really identify with the personality traits associated with Fe users.

Fe is shortly described as: Connecting; considering others and the group-organizing to meet their needs and honor their values and feelings; maintaining societal, organizational, or group values; adjusting to and accommodating others; deciding if something is appropriate or acceptable to others. Considering what would be appropriate for the situation: "One should or shouldn't wear…" or "People will think…".

So I wonder, how could I be FeNi if none of that applies to me, lol.

I see you tagged me in this thread so I felt obliged to reply, although I still do not claim to be an expert in this theory by any means.



That being said, I still see Fe/Ti and no signs of Fi/Te.



Your gesticulation does not actually appear choppy to me in this or any of your videos (that I can remember – the previous ones have been taken down I believe). I think the jumpiness of the video gives that illusion in this thread.



What I see is what peppergirl mentioned: somewhat lose at the wrists and I can also see some meticulousness to the fingers (indicating Ti).  Keep in mind, too, that hand gestures are considered to have a “low” reliability anyway, as they are some of the easiest visual signals to manipulate on the owner’s part (see list of advanced cues).



Reference the attached breakdown of your smile.  Within five seconds, you go from Ti neutralization/flat cheeks to a Fe smile and back to flat cheeks.  According to the advanced cues link:
Ultimately, I still see a Fe smile, Fe aggression and Ti neutralization, rather than any Fi smile, Fi tension/high emotional "baseline" or Te’s snippy/cold headshakes, etc.  The presence of those particular Fe/Ti signals are enough to “trump” any presumed Fi/Te signals: “When conflicting cues arise, the cues with the highest level of reliability should take priority.” (again, see the list of advanced cues).



What I am still unclear about is what cognitive type you truly are. From your previous videos, it was between NiFe and SeTi for me, and I still believe it’s one of those two.
 In fact, I'm leaning toward SeTi, as these types can come across as somewhat "no bullsh!t", as you do here.

I realize it can be difficult to arrange, but what would help most in this situation is getting a 5-10 minute video of you being interviewed by someone else and you being completely unaware of the questions or topics beforehand.

I was about to put my muay thai gloves on, but the "don't hit me!" part gave me a good laugh, so you're safe.

Anyway, I thought SeTi types are usually more aggressive than FeNi types, but I'm still new to this CT theory, so my assumption might have been inaccurate.

Calin, after thinking about it, what you posted previously from the Advanced Signals makes a lot of sense and I can definitely see it in your video in this thread:

"If when the user talks, the dynamic of the area around the mouth is largely isolated to that region, while the steady gaze remains the highlight of their face, then that indicates P-­lead. But if the dynamics of the mouth extends into the eyes (i.e. mouth accentuation is combined with brow accentuation, so the muscles of the eyes generally mirror the muscles of the mouth) then the person is a J­-lead.


Pe-­leads with strong Je articulation can sometimes coordinate their facial muscles in a way resembling Je­-leads. When this occurs, it is important to look for the signal of exciting energy in Pe-­leads. The Je articulation signals should be drawing their energy from the sheer momentum of the Pe-­lead and appear fast and have less impact or solidity within each accentuation.


Inversely Je-­leads will lack the exciting energy, and instead their Je articulation will arise directly from their Je’s force. Additionally due to polar­ Ji, Je-­leads will generally remain still/rigid/steady until their Je makes a push, and the push itself will be solid/coordinated and come again to a still halt when it finishes. Je leads’ accentuation will not be born out of the overflow of excited energy."

I think all the statements above totally describe your video in this thread, thus, I'm sticking with SeTi based on this thread.

What still bothers me is that I remember one of your other videos where you had a little bit more elongated hand gestures and your eyes frequently looked to the sides in what appeared to me to be you accessing your Ni worldview (your eyes also led your face in that video as well, making me believe you were P-Lead/Ni-dominant).  Ultimately, you appeared very NiFe to me in that thread.  But you didn't do much of that in this thread's short video.

Overall, I personally do not get a Fe-lead vibe from you, but perhaps being interviewed by someone else where you can forget about the camera and being typed will provide enough fodder to make a definitive call.

Oops, sorry I meant Bruce Campbell lol. I don't know about Charlie Sheen, not much time to watch anyway.

 Based on what I posted from the Advanced Signals article, I'm not 100% certain of being a J-lead anymore. But yeah, FeNi and SeTi seem to be the main options.