Socionics Ni Function Description

Ni Function Description

Intuition of the Future and the Past / Tempus

Intuition, Central, Introversion, Irrational, Dynamic

Crisis, trends, changes, metamorphoses, deformations, damage, destruction, rebirth, foresight, risk, luck, adventures, speculations, provocations.

Psyche Function: Forming expectant and pensive behavior.

Emotions: Fear.

Group Role: Reflector (echelon: 2)

Behavior: Waiting for the right time to act; escape from reality.

Time orientation: Future Continous in the Past.

Meditativeness.

The act of introducing oneself and the environment into an unbalanced, crisis state, blurring the certainty of the future.

The function responsible for foresight or anticipation, as well as the ability to wait for something inevitable to happen. This function involves not running, not fussing, not doing anything, but simply waiting for it to occur. In this state, there is no need to do anything; you just need to feel where everything is going and prepare. You know it will happen, you just need to slowly and calmly prepare for it. It is associated with the formation of complex, detailed internal images.

Why do people anticipate, and how did it arise? Suppose a person in the ancient world had to survive, and they lacked physical strength, claws, fangs, etc. How could they survive? By sensing impending danger (and feeling fear from it), they would either be paralyzed by fear, freezing and pretending they are not there so the predator passes by without noticing, or they would sense the predator approaching and run away. To prevent impending danger that they cannot overcome, they either need to make themselves invisible or leave entirely.

IEI: Evaluates current events with a view of a positive outcome. For them, the future should always be good. They calm people by painting a beautiful picture of the future. Believes and hopes, programs themselves for success. Despite anxiety, the positive prevails.

ILI: Has a good memory, recalls many similar mistakes made in such situations, and projects these situations from the past into the future, warning people not to repeat the mistakes of others. Is cautious. Careful, calculates everything. Critically expresses opinions. Sees flaws, points out shortcomings.

Introverted Ni: The best vision of forks (bifurcation points) in the flow of events, playing to maintain uncertainty and unpredictability of the past and future, with the goal of avoiding personal activity.

Extraverted Ni: The best vision of long-term trends, playing ahead of the curve, where the subject strives to accelerate and lead changes, breaking the current equilibrium and transforming the system into a fundamentally new state.

Ni + Intuition = Loss of contact with reality, tendency toward illusions of perception and self-perception (derealization and depersonalization).

Ni + Central = Dislike of people, enjoys mocking people, torturing both themselves and others, sadomasochistic tendencies.

Ni + Introversion = Unwillingness to spend time and energy on other people.

Ni + Irrational = Indifference to what is happening around, letting everything take its course.

Ni + Dynamic = Submissively yielding to strong people, posing as a victim of circumstances.

Ni + Sensory = Selfishness, unwillingness to do anything for free.

Ni + Peripheral = Relaxation, difficulty in mobilizing even when directly necessary.

Ni + Extraversion = Loves to take big risks for great rewards.

Ni + Rational = Inclined to doubt and worry a lot - whether to do something now or later.

Ni + Static = Unwillingness to deal with everyday life, indifference to pleasant sensations.

Ni + Ne = Dreaminess, living in an imaginary reality (IEI + ILI + ILE + IEE).

Ni + Se = Provocativeness - testing others and situations for resistance; unpredictability for others - a tendency to "cover tracks" (IEI + ILI + SLE + SEE).

Ni + Si = Passivity, contemplativeness (IEI + ILI + SEI + SLI).

Ni + Ti = Mental distancing into infinity from the current situation, the ability to observe and draw conclusions abstractly.

Ni + Fi = Communication in hints and ambiguities, the ability to anticipate the consequences of one's actions.

Ni + Te = The ability to controllably change the future through one's actions.

Ni + Fe = The ability to instill in oneself and others an alternative image of the past or future.

Ni + Qi = A sense of existential loneliness in a hostile world, freezing, playing hide and seek with people.

Ni + Di = Attraction to death and non-existence, perceiving the world in gloomy, gray colors.

Ni + Qe = A tendency towards mystification and misleading others.

Ni + De = Acceptance of others' vices and mistakes without condemnation and their subsequent use.

Ni + Ti + Qi = Love of solitude, striving towards the infinity of the future, fantasies about catastrophic events in the future, philosopher type.

Ni + Ti + Di = Dislike of social contacts and "strokes," preference for inanimate interlocutors (authors and heroes of the past), "gray cardinal" type.

Ni + Fi + Qi = Melancholic character, always looking for problems, the ability to read subtext and decode hidden meanings in others' speech and behavior, a type of personal advisor on delicate issues.

Ni + Fi + Di = The ability to be emotionally flexible, hide thoughts, and mimic socially desirable reactions, a tendency towards duplicity, "undercover" diplomat type.

Ni + Fe + Qe = A tendency to manipulate people by creating a victim image around oneself and thereby shifting blame onto others, provocateur type.

Ni + Fe + De = The ability to create attractive images of the future, "castles in the air," seduce and make promises to live at the expense of admirers, courtesan type.

Ni + Te + Qe = A tendency to take on big risks and involve others in high-risk projects, enticing with the possibility of personal gain, swindler type.

Ni + Te + De = The ability to feel market trends, willingness to use others' economic mistakes for personal enrichment, market speculator type.

Ni - Ne = Concealing one's thoughts due to distrust in people, expecting to be exploited (IEI + ILI + LSI + ESI).

Ni - Se = Lethargy, drowsiness, immersion in one's fantasies (IEI + ILI + LII + EII).

Ni - Si = Likes to keep themselves in shape by inducing feelings of fear and pain - masochism (IEI + ILI + EIE + LIE).

Ni - Ti = Inconsistency and dependency of opinions and worldview, easily "lays down" under strong ones, changing according to their demands, doesn't keep promises.

Ni - Fi = Shamelessness, immorality, willing to steal from their own.

Ni - Te = Loves to "burn through" life, squandering what was earned and created by others (IEI-LSE).

Ni - Fe = Indifference, unwillingness to participate in public life (ILI-ESE).

Ni - Qi = Lack of self-respect, prone to self-deprecation, finds pleasure in their humiliated position (moral auto-aggression as a component of masochism).

Ni - Di = Unwillingness to care for or take responsibility for anyone.

Ni - Qe = Indifference to what is happening around, even if it personally does not suit them (ILI-LSE).

Ni - De = Detachment from the world and society, love of self-reflection (IEI-ESE).