Students of intuitive type-reading often notice that it is much more difficult to sense the type of someone who is especially integrated. Highly integrated people can often seem “slippery” because their outward personality does not offer the usual emotional “handles” relating to inner ego structures and object relations. The reason for this is simple: these people have fully understood and transcended all of the obvious ego defenses, leaving in place only the most subtle identifications (if any)...

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