Was That Really Me?: How Everyday Stress Brings Out Our Hidden Personality by Quenk Naomi

Author:Quenk, Naomi [Quenk, Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 2002-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

Triggers and Stressors at Work

Not surprisingly, Extraverted Sensing types find structure, routine, rigid time frames, and inhibiting rules to be stressful at work. Operating within a set structure that requires conformity to someone else’s schedule may therefore prove debilitating to ESTPs and ESFPs. Lengthy periods in such an environment may lead to the inertia and despondence that often presage an inferior function experience.

Deadlines also raise the stress level of ESTPs and ESFPs, as does having to deal with interpersonal conflict and uncooperative people. “Structure and inflexible people” are stressful for one ESTP. Another cited as stressful “time—too many things to do in too little time; interpersonal conflict; deadlines; having to have everything (work, reports) organized and structured.” An overwhelming workload and conflict in the workplace are especially stressful for female ESTPs and ESFPs. ESTP women in particular report trying to solve the stressful work problem. One said she typically reacts to work stress by “working through it. I blame myself for not being organized. I can become slightly paranoid; under high stress I talk my way out of it or pretend the work isn’t there.” The most prevalent way of dealing with work stress for ESFP women is to talk to others about it.

In a work situation in which the particular stressors for Extraverted Thinking types continue over long periods, ESTPs and ESFPs may respond quickly and intensely to the triggers described here. This increases the likelihood that their subsequent demonstrations of “grip” behavior will be frequent and pervasive. When persistent stress causes them to be chronically in the grip of inferior Introverted Intuition, they are likely to lose touch with their natural enjoyment of sensory data “in the moment” and become habitually worried, negative, indecisive, and deeply unhappy.

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