So, how does each type handle depression and/or what is most likely to cause each type to become depressed? Also, what does each type look like when depressed, ie, apparently, INTJ's are prone to becoming violent drinkers; I suppose, a better way to say this would be: how does each type behave when they are depressed?
I'm not certain with my type, but I was hospitalized for depression and anxiety, and have spent months and months in recovery. Before hand, when I was at my worst and didn't realize it, I tested as INTx, and after I got out of hospitalization, I tested as INFP.
Most of my depression (and anxiety), was caused by unhealthy thinking patterns since I was a child. I felt like I had to be the best at everything, that failure was in no way an option. I was made fun of, didn't develop close friends, felt my parents were unattached and didn't care about my feelings. I bottled things up, which caused traumatic breakdowns. I had such low self-esteem and self-worth I would put on a narcisstic facade, that I was better than everyone else. I was hyper-critical of myself and others, and a control freak.
I ended up crying a lot, or just staring at the wall in depressed despair. I was always tired, I wouldn't eat. As I slowly started getting better, I would be trigged by the future, because I had no idea how I could be happy, how I would be happy, what I would be doing. I feared not having friends or family, being alone and unhappy for the rest of my life. My mind would spiral, causing panic attacks. I eventually just crashed, I couldn't stop crying and I was suicidal and I had to hospitalized. I acted very, very drastically - I fell, and I fell hard. The thing is, no one knew how bad I really was because I tried so hard to hide it from everyone, hide it from myself even because I didn't want to admit it.