Alan Stokes experiences his inner life as a process of growth and maturation, nurtured by his involvement with others and the positive and negative encounters this generates.

Alan Stokes tries to free himself from outside influence and succeeds in accomplishing his goals and ambitions on his own. He is often reluctant to team up with others, but he eventually succumbs to their help when he realizes how necessary it is for him to succeed.

Alan Stokes, while contributing to important social causes or collective ideals, tends to keep his individual identity intact. For this reason, although he may become personally involved in social affairs, he is likely to resist any project he will be unable to lead himself, according to his own individual direction. He tends to identify himself with an activity with social implications and attempt to know himself through this activity.

Alan Stokes:

Two fundamentally opposed psychological tendencies rule the functioning of my psyche. In my case, dynamic functions and a capacity to adapt to reality predominate over mental and emotional principles. Endowed with the idealism and energy of one element, and the practical resources and sensuality of the other, my personality is deeply rooted in reality while retaining a remarkable ability to set high goals and accomplish them. A deficit in the other psychological functions (thought and emotion) tends to blunt my approach to life, however; I may appear to lack subtlety and tact. If I struggle to get in touch with my deepest emotions, I might have a somewhat cold, crude vision of the world.

Although you may not necessarily notice the fact about yourself because you are so strongly engaged in actions, feelings, or material concerns, there is a weakness in your judgment that arises from difficulty in obtaining perspective. You may be puzzled by your troubled relationships with others. You must make an effort to detach yourself from your personal reaction and observe it from an objective, more distant standpoint. If not, you are likely to find yourself under stress or pressure because you did not give enough prior thought to tactics and strategy. You may also experience dissatisfaction in your intimate relationships because you might struggle to get in sync with others. You give little time or respect to anyone you see as too “intellectual,” because you resist adapting to new ideas and viewpoints. In fact, an idea that rubs you the wrong way mentally and/or emotionally may elicit an explosive reaction. Self-analysis can be challenging for you and you tend to refuse to develop a solid, permanent idea of yourself – and this plays a lot of tricks on you.

Alan Stokes struggles to understand the feelings of others. He finds it difficult to empathize with others, and seems to lack compassion for them. He sees the emotional world as a foreign territory, and might be baffled by its complexities. If he were able to accept and understand his own emotions, he would have a easier time relating to the feelings of others. He has a strong desire for emotional independence, and might be difficult to persuade to see the emotional needs of others. This can lead to dependency on others being unconsciously repressed. Despite his resistance, he is constantly making tentative forays into the emotional world. This is because his loneliness and fear are too overwhelming to bear on his own.