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Warflower
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I'm serious when I ask about his "style" of mania. Everyone doesn't experience mania the same way, and I seriously think Js are more likely to get edgy/controlling vs. becoming extremely careless, which I think might be more common in Ps. Also, if he's extremely careful about his meds, won't take any risks with his treatment, I think he's more likely a J.
Just my two cents. Of course I'm speaking from the four dichotomies because I've decided against function theory for the time being.
My natural manic state is to become careless, which being a P, and very P at that is the more common one for me, this is when i am typically like this....
there's that happy-go-lucky mania where people start stealing cars for joy rides or other extremely dangerous risk-taking behaviors.
I also agree that a concert will generally just bring out the happy side in someone, people can get excitable regardless.
However because i am prone to mania, i do not generally need anti-depressants, during the times i DO need them it's a very fine balance between the medication helping my depression or just inducing a manic episode, that's when i tend to be more like this...
There is "high-strung" mania which is the bossy, controlling, vindictive, angry, delusions of grandeur kind of mania (I am untouchable, I am in control, if I see one speck of dirt I'll freak out)
While i said that mania can make me an extrovert, at times even though i am extroverted i completely withdraw from those around me who might actually know what's going on with me, and shut down any connection where it is anything beyond superficial. So i guess i retain the introversion anyway.
And i don't think my "type" changes during highs or lows, I am and remain essentially an INFP, just either the healthy or unhealthy version of one.