Dyslexia & N types?

entpr · 08-12-2008, 04:04 PM

Wondering if dyslexia is related to being high in N type. I'm a strong N type & used to have severe dyslexia since birth. I still have difficulties reading long sentences. My theory is that N factor & may be P factor contributes to visual thinking which may cause dyslexia. Anybody, any thoughts?

PinkPiranha · 08-12-2008, 04:10 PM

I have a form of it myself, only with processing numbers. Both my sisters have to greater or lesser extent. I'm eNFJ, and my sisters are ISTJ and ENFP.

runvardh · 08-12-2008, 05:06 PM

I hates it! I hates it! Good bookses all hurts my head, I HATES IT!

PinkPiranha · 08-12-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by runvardh

I hates it! I hates it! Good bookses all hurts my head, I HATES IT!

*catnipses from the heavenses* Ahhh. Calm now...

Maabus1999 · 08-12-2008, 07:22 PM

I won't say I have dyslexia but I think way way way faster then I can write/type, and that causes oddities similar to dyslexia.

celesul · 08-12-2008, 09:37 PM

I have extremely mild dyslexia, that really doesn't affect me much anymore, but it made it very difficult when I was learning to read, and still affects writing and learning foreign languages. My friend, however, is severely dyslexic, and I think that she is an ISTP (very very introverted).

Cality · 08-12-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by entpr

Wondering if dyslexia is related to being high in N type. I'm a strong N type & used to have severe dyslexia since birth. I still have difficulties reading long sentences. My theory is that N factor & may be P factor contributes to visual thinking which may cause dyslexia. Anybody, any thoughts?

Not especially in my own experience with dyslexic patients, being a speech pathologist myself. Not type related, at all. I see dyslexic kids and adults every day 50% of the day, 4 days a week and I spend my time when I am with them to analyse their cognitive processes and their psychology. I think, I would have seen. Maybe a little more "SJ" than anything in visual dyslexia for example (mostly perfectionnist kids, drawn to details and who not see the big picture).
I correct dyslexic kids, being N and P my self! I always loved linguistic, words, spelling, reading, writing, as far as I can remember.

Please, don't think every thing is type related. There's not just one type of glasses to see the whole world...

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Originally Posted by entpr

My theory is that N factor & may be P factor contributes to visual thinking which may cause dyslexia.

Beside, this is totally anti-logical! If it contributes to visual thinking, this also means, you are able to imagine visually the words, to find out creative ways to learn spelling with your own visual inner processes and to think visually over the words, notice their differences and how to write them down. So, why would it bring dyslexia? If you are strong visually, it's one of your core processes. And dyslexia is not only a visual issue. They are many type of different dyslexia!
I even think, NFP, NFJ, ENT are especially good verbally to formulate their thoughts and even write them down.

Falcarius · 08-12-2008, 10:17 PM

Falcarius tends to agree with Cality that there is most probably no link between dyslexia and MBTI types.

For what it's worth, Falcarius most probably has dysgraphia or some sort of learning disability as he explained here.

Jeffster · 08-12-2008, 10:22 PM

I'm dyslexic and an S type, so yeah. Ner.

Little Linguist · 08-12-2008, 10:31 PM

I could be just talking crap here, but you may be onto something.

A while ago, I read studies that show that we do not read ALL the letters of a word. We read maybe two or three and the mind fills the rest in. So it could be that a strong N might see multiple possibilities or something (does that sound like crap?!)

For example, I always have a problem with quiet, quite, quit. Weird, huh?

Also have problems with numbers.

Or words like discreet, discrete...

But I would not call that dyslexia. So I am not entirely sure.

On the other hand, this ability allows me to play a wicked game of scrabble.

tbu i tnod owkn fi uoy owkn tahw i nema.

08-12-2008, 04:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
entpr Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: ENTP Posts: 2	Dyslexia & N types? Wondering if dyslexia is related to being high in N type. I'm a strong N type & used to have severe dyslexia since birth. I still have difficulties reading long sentences. My theory is that N factor & may be P factor contributes to visual thinking which may cause dyslexia. Anybody, any thoughts?

08-12-2008, 04:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
PinkPiranha Fe Lightning Waltz Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: eNFJ Location: shooting at the walls of heartache, bang bang! Posts: 8,793	I have a form of it myself, only with processing numbers. Both my sisters have to greater or lesser extent. I'm eNFJ, and my sisters are ISTJ and ENFP. __________________ They shall know the difference now that I am back. - Achilles, returning to battle the Trojans (Iliad)

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runvardh Rebel Kitty Join Date: Jun 2007 Type: INFP Location: Alberta Posts: 5,665	I hates it! I hates it! Good bookses all hurts my head, I HATES IT! __________________ Dreams are best served manifest and tangible. F does not mean socialy adept, just emotionaly unstable. INFP, 4w5 sx/sp, IEI

08-12-2008, 09:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
celesul Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Type: ENTP Posts: 126	I have extremely mild dyslexia, that really doesn't affect me much anymore, but it made it very difficult when I was learning to read, and still affects writing and learning foreign languages. My friend, however, is severely dyslexic, and I think that she is an ISTP (very very introverted). __________________ "'You scoundrel, you have wronged me,' hissed the philosopher. 'May you live forever!'" - Ambrose Bierce

08-12-2008, 10:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Falcarius The Unwieldy Clawed One Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: COOL Location: Eustreptospondylus, Liopleurodon, Megalosaurus, and Cetiosaurus all lived here. Posts: 1,380	Falcarius tends to agree with Cality that there is most probably no link between dyslexia and MBTI types. For what it's worth, Falcarius most probably has dysgraphia or some sort of learning disability as he explained here. __________________ *"No, no, me make they no eat you; me make them much love you."* - Friday, Robinson Crusoe's illiterate Caribbean ex-cannibal slave convert to Protestantism. Rate Falcarius' goodness on his johari/Rate Falcarius' badness on his nohari.

08-12-2008, 07:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Maabus1999 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Type: INTJ Location: NC Posts: 529	I won't say I have dyslexia but I think way way way faster then I can write/type, and that causes oddities similar to dyslexia.

08-12-2008, 10:22 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jeffster RIP Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: isFp Location: College Station, Texas Posts: 4,523	I'm dyslexic and an S type, so yeah. Ner. __________________ Jeffster Illustrates the Artisan Temperament <---- click here "You are a wise man, O Jeffster of the Innerwebz." -- Pink Piranha

08-12-2008, 10:31 PM	#10 (permalink)
Little Linguist On the Quest of Self Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: XXXX Location: Germany Posts: 2,898	I could be just talking crap here, but you may be onto something. A while ago, I read studies that show that we do not read ALL the letters of a word. We read maybe two or three and the mind fills the rest in. So it could be that a strong N might see multiple possibilities or something (does that sound like crap?!) For example, I always have a problem with quiet, quite, quit. Weird, huh? Also have problems with numbers. Or words like discreet, discrete... But I would not call that dyslexia. So I am not entirely sure. On the other hand, this ability allows me to play a wicked game of scrabble. tbu i tnod owkn fi uoy owkn tahw i nema. __________________ Extroverted (E) 53.57% Introverted (I) 46.43% Intuitive (N) 54.55% Sensing (S) 45.45% Thinking (T) 50% Feeling (F) 50% Perceiving (P) 50% Judging (J) 50% Your type is: ENFP (?) Ne (44) > Fi (31.8) > Te (30.7) > Si (28.8) > Fe (28.7) >Ti (26.8) > Se (26.6) > Ni (22.6)

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