The next chapter is not yet completed and I have been trying to research on this. What does the understanding about yourself help you in your friendship?
It helps you to know why you react to a situation or an event.
It helps you to know why you are attracted to some people and not to others.
It makes you understand more of your own behaviour.
If intimacy with a friend increases through understanding of that certain someone, then how can we say that we understand others but not ourselves? First, we need to understand ourselves so that we are able to understand others.
If you want to be one step ahead of this one, I would recommend you to start doing personality test based on Carl Jung.
A good one would give you something like you are an
ESFP
ESFJ
ENFP
ENFJ
ISFP
ISFJ
INFP
INFJ
ENTP
ESTP
ESTJ
ENTJ
INTP
ISTP
ISTJ
INTJ