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FROM : “POSITIVE INTELLIGENCE” Book & Stanford lectures, based on the research of Shirzad Chamine
5. The HYPER-RATIONALIST accomplice
⛓️ Description
Its exclusive & intense focus is on the rational /mental processing of everything, including relationships.
⚙︎ Can lose track of time because of intense concentration
⚙︎ Mostly show feelings through your passion about ideas
⚙︎ Prefer to just watch the craziness around you, analyzing PPT (people, places & things) at a distance
⚙︎ Too private, not letting many people into your deeper feelings
⚙︎ Very strong penchant for skepticism & debate (argumentative)
⚙︎ When in the grip of this Saboteur you can be experiences as cold, distant & intellectually arrogant &/or or secretive
⛓️ Beliefs
“The rational mind is where it’s at”
⚙︎ Emotions are distracting & irrelevant
⚙︎ I need to shut out all intrusions from people or ‘situations’
⚙︎ Most people are so irrational & sloppy in their thinking (cognitive distortions?)
⚙︎ Other people’s needs & emotions distract me from my projects
⚙︎ Self worth is attached to mastering info & competence
⚙︎ What I value most is knowledge, understanding & insight.
⛓️ Emotions
⚙︎ Anxious about preserving personal my time, energy & resources against intrusions
⚙︎ Feel different, alone & not understood
⚙︎ Frustrated with others being (too) emotional & not rational enough
⚙︎ Often distrust other’s motives, or & doubt their sincerity
⛓️ Justification Lies
✑ The rational mind is the most important thing
✑ It should be protected from the wasteful interruptions of others’ messy emotions & needs, so it can get its work done.
⛓️ Original Survival Function
⚙︎ This Saboteur is a useful survival strategy in early childhood, from emotional turmoil & in chaotic environments
⚙︎ Escaping into the neat & orderly internal world of the rational mind creates a (false) sense of security or of intellectual superiority
⚙︎ It can provide attention & praise for being the smartest person in the room. Sometimes it can cause envy & being marginalized.
⛓️ Impact on Self & Others
🪄Intimidates less analytically focused people, such as the highly intuitive & ‘sensitives’ (INFPs?)
🪄Limits the depth & flexibility of relationships at work & personal life by analyzing rather than experiencing feelings
⚙️ ACoAs posts
Enneagram Type 5s, Satir’s COMPUTER Role , perhaps having Alexithymia, MBTI – the ISTPs
⛓️ Description
It’s burdened by intense worry about all the dangers in life, & what could /will go wrong. The Vigilant can never rest.
⚙︎ Always anxious, with chronic doubts about self & others
⚙︎ Constantly expecting accidents or attacks
⚙︎ Extraordinary sensitivity to danger, real or not (paranoia?)
⚙︎ Suspicious of what others are up to, since they ‘always’ mess up
⚙︎ Seek reassurance & guidance from authorities & institutions about rules & procedures
⛓️Thoughts
⚙︎ “If I make a mistake, I’m sure everyone’s going to jump down my throat
⚙︎ I need to know the correct way to do things, although I might not always comply
⚙︎ I want to trust people, but don’t believe their motives are good (in my favor)
⚙︎ When is the other shoe going to drop?”
⛓️ Emotions
⚙︎ Mistrusting, skeptical, even cynical
⚙︎ Mostly anxious & highly vigilant. (See Article – scroll down)
⛓️ Justification Lies
✑ I’m always unsafe because life is full of dangers
✑ If I don’t keep a constant look out for them, who will?
⛓️ Original Survival Function
⚙︎ This Saboteur often comes from a childhood where the source of safety & security (parental figures) were unpredictable & neglectful
⚙︎ It could also develop from painful unexpected adult events which proved that life is threatening or unreliable.
⛓️Impact on Self & Others
This is a hard way to live.
🪄Constant anxiety burns a great deal of vital energy that could otherwise be put to beneficial uses
🪄Loses credibility due to the “Cry Wolf” phenomenon
🪄Most people end up avoiding the Hyper-Vigilant because the intensity of their anxiety drains others.
⚙️ ACoAs posts
Projecting negatives , Abandonment pain , also Part 3, Traits of Victims
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