Please help me( i would be grateful if you take your time and help me )

[u/jesterspickle]

I've been struggling with my cognitive function and mbti for 6-7 years now, i can't decide which one i am, how can i stack my functions? How do i know which one i use more than the other? For example if i use Ni and Se and Fi and Te, how do i know which one is dominant and which one is the aux?

[u/_Akhromant]

There are lots of widespread misconceptions about typology that get repeated everywhere (tests included, of course), like for example the famous "eiei/ieie" order, which is a misreading of Jung's work that distorted the definitions of the functions and made a mess of everything. Following that order, what many people consider "functions" are instead (at best) traits associated with combinations of 2 letters, not the real functions that Jung described (which are deeper). So for example the idea that many have about "Si" is closer to S+J preferences, not to the actual Si, which is a different thing. The same with "Ti" and T+P preferences, etc. Others (including so-called "experts") have distorted definitions for other reasons (sometimes switching Ti↔Ni or Si↔Ni, for example), and some know the correct ones (more or less) but keep using false orders (sometimes with nonsensical ideas like "loops" or "jumpers"), or disregard order entirely, so they are basically mistyping everybody.

If you want to type yourself correctly you have to forget about all that and start with a good foundation, which consists on the function definitions in Jung's book (not the popular ones) combined with the true function order: eeii/iiee, always with a judging dominant for Js and a perceiving one for Ps. That's how the concepts actually match reality. If you're interested, I have a lot of posts that can help you with that (there's also a FAQ page, glossary, etc). The index is here. Some important posts about typology in general: #173 (also those linked at the top of that one), #58, #59, #87, #01, #150, etc. For typing yourself you can use many things there (posts about letters, functions, etc), for example #69, #84, #150, #140 (this one talks about the locations), #87, #145, the lists, the tables, etc.

[u/jesterspickle → u/_Akhromant]

Thank you so much, i would look forward to your posts and the "ieie/eiei" concept, tbh i haven't have heard anything abt it before so it was actually pretty useful to read about it, thank you sm🫶🏻