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The Clinical Significance of Extraversion and Introversion 107may destroy, spiritual life.There are also formal manifestations of the inferiority ofthe introvert's extraversion, for instance, in perception. Hemay intuit, fascinated by the outer world, but the intuition isof poor quality. Thus he does not perceive possibilities as theypresent themselves to a differentiated intuition, but only "impossiblepossibilities". From this to paranoia is only a shortstep. If perception takes place through sensation, the outerworld is not understood in an organized manner, but in a disorderedway. Here too the condition is often pathological.The inferior introversion of the extravert manifests itself inthe fact that although he is compelled to consideration of, andreflection on, the subject, this often turns into a helpless stateof anxiety, largely owing to the lack of discrimination. In reflectingupon himself he takes pars pro toto, 125 and rejectshimself completely for a single shortcoming. A sense of guiltand sin amounting to mania may then arise. Further, althoughperfectly aware of the autonomy of personal development, helooks upon it as a catastrophe. The overall picture is one ofdepression. Sometimes the fascination of the subject givesway again to the original extraversion, which now, however,has become inferior and manifests itself as mania.It therefore becomes clear that the inferior attitude in theintrovert tends to the development of schizophrenic states,whereas in the extravert they may induce manic-depressiveones.If psychotic symptoms are manifest, then the constellationof the inferior attitude becomes particularly impressive. Oneneed only listen to what they say. When an introvert directs125 [= the part for the whole. Here it refers to what Jung called negativeinflation, where one identifies with one's worst characteristics. See Aion,CW 9ii, par. 114, and "The Psychology of the Child Archetype," The Archetypesand the Collective Unconscious, CW 9i, par. 304.—D.S.]
108 The Clinical Significance of Extraversion and Introversionhis attention outwards, he may show paranoid reactions. Hismorbid fascination by the object shows itself in such ruminationsas: "He did it, he may, he must not, he should, he will."In this way the inferiority of the extraversion is projected ontothe object: the other side is therefore bad, stupid, or contemptible.On the other hand, if the extravert, who ought tointrovert, becomes depressed, we find his thoughts revolvinginterminably around the subject. He says: "I did it, I should, Iam." And the inferiority of the introversion is thrust onto thesubject. So the depressive patient considers himself guilty,unworthy, miserable and impoverished.Psychiatric experience also sheds a useful light on the twotypes. It is well known that in schizophrenic cases the psychiatristorders the earliest possible discharge from the clinic,the so-called "early release", whereas with manic-depressivecases a retardation of the discharge is indicated. Relating thisto the problem of the inferior attitude, we could say: theschizophrenic, who is primarily introverted and is displayingan inferior extraversion in his illness, should be sent out intothe world to exercise his extraversion. But the manicdepressive,of extraverted disposition, should stay longenough in the clinic to have an opportunity of practising hisstill undeveloped introversion.However clearly the psychopathological case may demonstratecertain problems, it is, of course, abnormal. In normalcases the problem of the inferior attitude becomes constellatedwith the second half of life. But in pathological cases it oftenpresents itself very much earlier. One of the reasons for thismay be that family or environmental influences may have ledto an early distortion of the original character.It may be that a constitutional extravert has had an introvertedattitude that is quite alien to him forced on him, and theopposite tendency of development aims at restoring the genuineattitude as soon as possible. This clash between a healthy,
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PERSONALITY TYPESJung’s Model of
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