Spectre of the spam
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What mental illnesses are more likely to occure in types? I've no real reason for asking other than to simply know.
Austism is usually an INTJ/P thing.
It's a tough one to call, since mental illness can influence personality so it's difficult to tell which comes first, methinks. I've found INTJ's I've known very prone to depression - I think it's partly thinking about things deeply and often holding themselves to high standards, and perhaps being fairly insular people often anyway so not finding solace in others. Females are much more prone to get depressed, part of that is physiological but I think an element there is that you get a lot more female F's and I imagine F's are more prone to depression.
I read an article once which said INFP's are the most likely to get depressed. When I was studying psychology though I remember reading a study which suggested S's are more likely than N's to get clinical depression, which surprised me.[/QUOTE/]
As an ISTJ I can testify that S's and I's are probably more likely to get depressed. When I was younger I was nearly constantly depressed. The only thing that kept me from suicide was cowardice and no access to a painless means of death. That extreme depression has faded over time I think, although i'm still pretty pessimistic. Heck, sometimes I think about offing myself for fun (not seriously, just to imagine the reactions of others).
I could be wrong about the depression fading though. I might be so apathetic and calloused I just don't notice it.....But that's another topic.
MBTI isn't valid by any DSM-IV standard. I'm curious as to what "study" you're referring to? (Scare quotes intended to reflect that fact that it probably wasn't from an academic journal, not saying it wasn't a study.)I read an article once which said INFP's are the most likely to get depressed. When I was studying psychology though I remember reading a study which suggested S's are more likely than N's to get clinical depression, which surprised me.
As an ISTJ I can testify that S's and I's are probably more likely to get depressed. When I was younger I was nearly constantly depressed. The only thing that kept me from suicide was cowardice and no access to a painless means of death. That extreme depression has faded over time I think, although i'm still pretty pessimistic. Heck, sometimes I think about offing myself for fun (not seriously, just to imagine the reactions of others).
I could be wrong about the depression fading though. I might be so apathetic and calloused I just don't notice it.....But that's another topic.
Actually there is a website with this....
DELIVERY
INFP personality type
i have it on the INFP page but theres one for each type...interesting stuff though i don't pretend to understand half of it.
MBTI isn't valid by any DSM-IV standard. I'm curious as to what "study" you're referring to? (Scare quotes intended to reflect that fact that it probably wasn't from an academic journal, not saying it wasn't a study.)
It's likely your brain was still growing; it's unfortunately common to get really depressed teens/young adults until their brain settles into full adulthood.
It's a tough one to call, since mental illness can influence personality so it's difficult to tell which comes first, methinks. I've found INTJ's I've known very prone to depression - I think it's partly thinking about things deeply and often holding themselves to high standards, and perhaps being fairly insular people often anyway so not finding solace in others. Females are much more prone to get depressed, part of that is physiological but I think an element there is that you get a lot more female F's and I imagine F's are more prone to depression.
I read an article once which said INFP's are the most likely to get depressed. When I was studying psychology though I remember reading a study which suggested S's are more likely than N's to get clinical depression, which surprised me.
Strawberryfields that makes sense to me. I think anger has a lot to do with depression. From what I've read on the topic of depression I believe that too much internalised anger = depression. I think that women probably are more prone to depression because they traditionally have issues with expressing anger (myself not included lol). Like you say INTJ's are insular/typically keeping their feelings inside and I think anger is a pretty nasty emotion to internalise. Hence I think introverts would be more prone to depression.
Then again us INTJ's are a tough bunch, we must have a large emotional threshold. It would have to be something major to push our limits. At the end of the day if an INTJ's life was to blow up in their faces we would probably have the skills to take the necessary steps to get back on track. I'm not sure an F has the same amount of will power to quell their emotions, remove themselves from what they are feeling and take a more objective stance in order to find there way back onto their path.
Are S's not as likely to pick up the patterns of what leads to depression than N's are I wonder.
The ISTJ is the safety measure only.Actually the studies on autistic children show ISTJ, as do the patterns of behavior as they often fixate on physical objects...
It seems like any type can end up with about any mental illness. However, misdiagnosis is more likely in certain types. Like, is an EP child just being an EP or is it ADD? Is an IP withdrawn and depressed or happy as a clam alone all the time? etc.
Actually the studies on autistic children show ISTJ, as do the patterns of behavior as they often fixate on physical objects...
It seems like any type can end up with about any mental illness. However, misdiagnosis is more likely in certain types. Like, is an EP child just being an EP or is it ADD? Is an IP withdrawn and depressed or happy as a clam alone all the time? etc.