[anticlimatic]

I've always been fascinated with dreams-- and more recently with MBTI functions-- which has lead me to the inevitable curiosity; how, exactly, do our functions contribute to our dreams? It took a nightmare following an evening of studying up in Si to provide me with some speculation, but here is what I've sorted out about my own functions and dreams. I wondered what people with differing functions (almost everyone on this forum) could say about their own; and how their functions influenced them:


Internal sensing (Si) is the most obvious one I can nail down; almost all of my memorable dreams have razor sharp aesthetics; as visually convincing (and often moreso) than real life. The last nightmare I had featured a low flying stealth bomber that was struggling to stay in the air, and everything from the tree tops, to the clouds behind it, to just the right amount of distance-haze, I can recall as sharp as if it were a photograph. My dreams are almost always grounded in a solid, and detailed realism, and I speculate Si is to blame for this.

Internal thinking (Ti) seems to be most obvious in the manor in which I engage my dreams. Regardless of whether it is a good dream, or a bad dream, my primary focus always seems to be some kind of mission to organize, or understand; to plot, and prepare to execute. Always I begin a dream half-unaware, and hatching a plot to deal with whatever situation I happen to be in, is one of the first things that almost always occurs (even if it's unusual, small-scaled, or just ridiculous).

Extroverted intuition (Ne) seems to be prevalent in the execution of whatever plan I employ-- as almost always, without fail, something continually foils whatever plan I have, and I am constantly forced to adapt and branch off in a different direction. It appears in the unexpected twists and turns the dream takes along a particular narrative (not to be confused with sudden shifts in world-- another dream phenomenon I can't quite link to any particular function).

Extroverted feeling (Fe) is another big and obvious one for me; always my dreams seem to possess some kind of atmosphere, that reflects, at least initially, however I happen to feel within it. When I am depressed and listless, I dream of trashed, post apocalyptic landscapes-- when I am giddy and boyish, I dream of really green springish places, with lots of lush overgrown plants and shallow flowing waters.


Can anyone else do the same with their functions, for their dreams?

[wolfyx]

Since a few years ago I stopped having dreams or at least remembering any. I used to dream when I was younger but not anymore…