Psychological Function (Ni)

T

Temporal Intuiting

The Unseen Current.

Intuiting of the Future and the Past / Tempus

Temporal Intuiting (meaning: noun)(T)

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

Psyche Function: Forming expectant, pensive, and detached behavior.

A withdrawn, anticipatory state absorbed in perceiving temporal dynamics, hidden motives, and unfolding potentials - with pronounced attunement to entropy, threat, and negative outcomes. Detaches from immediate engagement into elaborate inner processing and dark fantasy, sustaining consciousness oriented toward endings, danger, and dissolution as primary interpretive frameworks for existential meaning. Discerning beneath-surface currents and navigating through predictive insight.

The function responsible for foresight or anticipation, as well as the ability to wait for something inevitable to happen. It 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 intuit where everything is going - you know it will happen, you just need to slowly and calmly prepare. 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 perceiving impending danger (and getting reaction 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.

Extreme Manifestations: detachment, being absorbed in one's own world, existential fears, masochism.

Lyricist (+T): Explores temporal possibilities through rich imagination, moving freely between past, future, and fantasy scenarios. Contemplates transformations from a detached, philosophical perspective with deep empathetic understanding of others' inner worlds. Prioritizes beauty, meaning, and inner imagery over practical engagement with immediate reality.

Critic (-T): Exercises cautious foresight by remembering similar patterns and mistakes from the past. Waits patiently for the right moment to act, anticipating inevitable outcomes. Warns others based on recalled precedents, preferring to avoid danger through advance detection rather than confrontation.

Introverted T: 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 T: 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.

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

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

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

T + Perceiving = Indifference to what is happening around, letting everything take its course.

T + Mutable Values = Submissively yielding to strong people, posing as a victim of circumstances.

T + Sensing = Selfishness, unwillingness to do anything for free.

T + Prosociality = Relaxation, difficulty in mobilizing even when directly necessary.

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

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

T + Immutable Values = Unwillingness to deal with everyday life, indifference to pleasant sensations.

T + I = Dreaminess, living in an imaginary reality.

T + F = Provocativeness, testing others and situations for resistance; unpredictability for others, a tendency to 'cover tracks'.

T + S = Passivity, contemplativeness.

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

T + R = Communication in hints and ambiguities, the ability to anticipate the consequences of one's actions.

T + P = The ability to controllably change the future through one's actions.

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

T - I = Concealing one's thoughts due to distrust in people, expecting to be exploited.

T - F = Lethargy, drowsiness, immersion in one's fantasies.

T - S = Likes to keep themselves in shape by inducing feelings of fear and pain, masochism.

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

T - R = Shamelessness, immorality, willing to steal from their own.

T - P = Loves to 'burn through' life, squandering what was earned and created by others .

T - E = Indifference, unwillingness to participate in public life.

Analysis based on correlation patterns and empirical data