r/ENFP 8d ago

Question/Advice/Support Does anyone struggle to explain things logically?

It's not a question for the enfps necessarily but I don't feel like asking elsewhere. So people often say they can't understand what I am saying.

I myself don't sometimes. 💀 My answer is coming from 10 different ideas or experiences collectively and I can't point it out easily. It takes time for me to clarify things. Maybe it's being slow to process. And no matter how much I try, half the story is in my mind. The other person has no way to know.

I like to debate but it's hard because of it. Any similar experience or anyone who could overcome it?

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u/okabe700 INTJ 8d ago

The best way to deal with something like that is to write/type your ideas down. This forces your brain to articulate them and makes you see the gaps in logic and structure that your brain saw as too obvious to fill down making you actually have to fill them.

If you keep doing this (write down the ideas then fill out the gaps until it becomes understandable and relays the info you want to relay) it will essentially be exercise for your brain and it will naturally acquire that skill and make you better at doing it even in conversations or on the spot.

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u/Cold_Pomegranate7039 8d ago

I'd agree, it does help a lot. I do it constantly when texting but sometimes the idea doesn't properly come out. Sometimes I copy paste it to chat gpt and ask for a clearer way to articulate. Then it's sky and earth different.

I also can't separate logic and emotion that well. I mistake my subjective experience to sound reasoning. And when others say, it can be untrue, I'm convinced it can't be unless chat gpt explains it well.

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u/okabe700 INTJ 8d ago

You should look up logical fallacies. Learning to avoid them would help you make better logical arguments that can stand on their own without emotions.

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u/Cold_Pomegranate7039 8d ago

True. I have seen them but I forget to apply them. I'll restart from there!