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Joel and Antonia explore how our cognitive "lenses" shape what we perceive and how those lenses can become distorted. Using the metaphor of smudged glasses, they dive into each of the four Jungian perceiving functions, examining how past trauma, addiction, projection, and overstimulation can cloud perception and disconnect us from reality.

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Joel and Antonia explore how our cognitive "lenses" shape what we perceive and how those lenses can become distorted. Using the metaphor of smudged glasses, they dive into each of the four Jungian perceiving functions, examining how past trauma, addiction, projection, and overstimulation can cloud perception and disconnect us from reality.

2 comments

  • Cassie
    • Cassie
    • April 26, 2026 at 8:58 am

    I’m an ENFP, and also find it very difficult to see how Ne gets smudged on its own terms. But I can see how it happens in relationship with my other functions.

    For instance, in a loop with my tertiary Te, I can get obsessed with making one particular thing happen – narrowing Ne’s focus so that I don’t see or give time/value to other possibilities.

  • Jessica
    • Jessica
    • December 23, 2025 at 9:42 am

    Intp here. The past is a place, and my past selves are people I still know.

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