The 10 Year Old Defensive Position of the ISFJ

For an ISFJ, the thing they're defending against is just like you mentioned Joel, it's they want to be above reproach. They want to be in a situation where nobody could blame them if something bad happens. But when you put plastic on the couch, that's not really an optimized experience for the people who are sitting on the couch. It ends up losing the original intent, which was to make sure that everybody had a good experience,. A good memory to go away with. That lived in fill is actually closer to how we naturally want to be as people.