Mental Disorders - Only Maladaptive Qualities of Intense Myers Briggs Personality Types?

Mental Disorders - Only Maladaptive Qualities of Intense Myers Briggs Personality Types?

Before we begin, let's make an exaggerated analogy to our world. In a warrior society, a friendly Buddhist (with good serotonin/dopamine production in his brain) would be diagnosed by warrior psychologists as having "cowardice syndrome" and possibly treated with alcohol. Similarly, in a friendly harmonious Buddhist society, an aggressive warrior would be diagnosed with some sort of antisocial disorder and treated with whatever the monk psychiatrists see fit.

In the descriptions of Myers Briggs' personality typology, one can filter the most adaptive and maladaptive characteristics of each type. Assuming the type we are looking at is an acute one (say an ESTP with a letter of 60 or more), the so-called “positives” and “negatives” can be quickly extracted. It then becomes very intuitively logical to think that some MBTI types are more likely to suffer from psychological “disorders” than others due to their default lifestyle. All one has to do is match the descriptions of mental disorders with descriptions of MBTI types when they are not at their best and can't handle it (say a stressed-out, low-income, low-education INFP in a country where ESTJs are culturally dominant and expect everyone to be like them).

The reason I put psychological "disorders" in quotes is that, as suggested above, these maladaptive "conditions" appear to be (largely) physiological characteristics of various races of Homo Sapien when expressed through . social circumstances push us to the neurotic limit. Negative psychology still dominates, classifying only the conditions when they become most obvious and severe. Typically, these are a specific race of people at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale who are forced to seek help in order to continue to function. The counterproductive nature of negative psychology (compared to the emerging field of positive psychology) has been causing harm for over a century.

In other words,

1) A country's dominant culture/socioeconomic system is often closely tied to a few dominant Myers Briggs types (usually extroverted Ts)

2) Races that are physiologically different from the dominant races of the herd are forced to participate in a socio-economic system (led by the rulers) that is incompatible with them

3) When people who are system incompatible are wealthy and connected, they have more coping mechanisms to deal with stressors and avoid/reduce activation of the “negative” neurotic traits of their MBTI type

4) In these breeds, who are likely to seek help (and have their condition scientifically classified and codified), the positive characteristics of their MBTI type have been suppressed and the negative ones have been exaggerated by the neurosis that causes social stressors. They probably come from the poorer, less educated end of the proletarian class and therefore have more on their plate every day while being unable to even say what ails them. Even if they come from the arrogant proletariat faction that fancies itself the “middle class,” they are still likely to be misinformed about the fundamental structural nature of their neurosis and defer to the so-called experts within the corporate-dominated field of negative psychology.

5) All of this is exacerbated when the economic pie shrinks instead of expanding (that is, a reversal of industrialization rather than constant material renewal of an industrialized country)

Let's begin the journey toward conformity with the Myers-Briggs breeds, which are more likely to receive a specific "disorder classification" for one of their more extreme members. As a baseline, the MBTI types to be matched are acute (60 or more per letter). Some disorders may only require a function that is abnormally (statistically) high, such as 100 F. Therefore, not all acute MBTI types would have to match the disorder descriptions, but rather those acute MBTI types within the already acute pool of their brethren. This is a partial and incomplete list that will be updated over time. It is intended to serve as a starting point for discussions.

Autism spectrum

More likely in ISTPs -The high perceptual function of almost 100 seems to be crucial because the nerves leading to the eyeballs are thicker than in most people. Temple Grandin, an autistic woman, beautifully explained in her TED talk that she “thinks” in images rather than symbols. She humorously mentions that some of the introverted scientists/inventors/technicians in the audience are probably bordering on autism and that helps them in their detailed work. The high introversion explains the extremely poor interpersonal communication skills and the avoidance of social situations, which drain energy for the autistic person.

The high T and lack of emotion explain the lack of close attachment to objects in the world on the rare occasions when the autistic person decides to engage with the world (a touch of extroversion). The high P contributes to the paralysis of the action and the overstimulation of the senses. The brain is likely overloaded with video/audio inputs with no biological way to make pleasant use of the data. The overall result is a person who behaves very much like someone on dissociative drugs (able to come closest to perfect robotic objective perception of the world without emotions clouding it).

Mood Disorders - Depressed and Bipolar (For emotional rollercoasters you need a super strong F function (90-100 range again) to feel the extreme highs as well as the extreme lows. Other functions determine the particular mood functions. Disorder in the workplace.)

depression

More likely among ISFJs and ESFJs – Our current ENTJ/ENTP dominated society is very unfriendly to self-sacrificing SFJs. Rapid technological and cultural change, the atomization of society and the family through the free market, and dog-dog interpersonal interactions are most likely to have the greatest negative impact on SFJs. Their helpfulness isn't rewarded, but ridiculed and dutiful SFJs are less likely to relax and party like their FP counterparts. A strong S makes them focus on their constant lack of validation from others in the here and now, while the J contributes to an inflexible and emotionally charged moral system that is constantly seen as violated by Ss. A strong J also anchors the person in a depressive, ruminative mood into a happier, more upscale mode with fewer interruptions (see below).

Bipolar

More likely in the ENFPs and ESFPs - Considering the manic-extroverted phase of a bipolar person, the high E, in addition to the very high F, seems to contribute a decisive emotional level through a strong J). The extroverted FP goes out into the world full of energy and inspiration, but is shot down by the cynical social environment. Acute sensitivity to criticism and a strong P to observe how such criticism is justified from many angles leads to a severe emotional breakdown and a retreat into the depressive phase. The constant emotional change contributes to mental confusion and a feeling of loss of control. These are the people who love to party and travel everywhere, but suffer serious accidents when they encounter an environmental obstacle. Extroversion must be maintained and not bottled up in an unhealthy way.

ADHD

More likely in ENFPs, ESFPs, ENTPs and ESTPs - The key seems to be a constant change in angles of perception around a P over 60 and a strong extroversion that causes the person to go out into the world and feel jaded when that desire is frustrated. Also appears to be just a common childhood exploration phase for toddlers and children of most MBTI types.

Schizoid personality

More likely in ISTJs, INTJs, and possibly INTPs – schizoids are characterized by social isolation, emotional coldness, and indifference toward others. Severely impaired social functioning, extreme loneliness and grandiose visions of extroversion. The above characteristics are obviously caused by the same strong I and T as in the autistic, but the schizoids are not completely overwhelmed by sensory overload. This allows them to be creative at times. Political ponerology makes an interesting case that schizoids (since they spend much time alone contemplating the fast-moving world with often vindictive fantasies) write the literature and constructs that inspire subclinical and clinical psychopaths.

Psychopathy

More likely among ENTJs, ENTPs – These are the natural enemies of the human herd and will eat them when they gain power rather than improve them. The essential elements are a maximum high T of 100 for clinical psychopaths and a T above 60 for subclinical ones (the milder ones, who gain a foothold in both the human and predatory worlds and make natural politicians). This ensures that there is no emotional empathy for other homo sapiens. They literally cannot feel how others feel and this makes most people seem irrational and weak. The closest they have to emotions (which they confuse the concept with) are sexual arousal and aggression. Strong E lets them go out into the world and socialize intensively with their prey, while strong N intuition allows them to quickly learn how to imitate their prey (smile, know what words with emotional meaning to say, etc.).

There is debate in the literature as to whether psychopaths cluster on the J side (left brain) or on the P side (right brain), or whether it is just a continuum of psychopathy. Most likely it is a continuum with different specialization of work among predators. They all share the same characteristics, except that the ENTJ is mindlessly goal-oriented regardless of the human cost (the bully), while the ENTP is disorganized but is better able to imitate/get along with different people and exploit that ability creatively (the cheater). Their lack of emotional intelligence and desire for exploitative shortcuts makes them poor technocrats, manual laborers, and high-tech specialists. The subclinical ones could be steered in the right direction and made into productive members of the community. They have additional “disorder” characterizations of hypomania and narcissism.

Schizotypal personality disorder

More likely in INTPs and INFPs – The key element appears to be a super high P, which can create an overabundance of perceptual data that creates a pseudo-hallucination effect. An N of 100 and a P of 100 can easily create conspiracy theories that don't exist.

Borderline personality disorder

More likely in ESTPs - These very bored emotionless people (high P and T) live on the margins and therefore make good soldiers or criminals. They don't have the intuition to be psychopaths and don't interact with many different people as often because they don't understand each other. A super high E is key and has them searching for entertainment in the here and now (S) that would be overwhelming for most.

This completes the brainstorming secession. Again, the article does not imply that each Myers Briggs type matches a group of descriptions referred to as a particular disorder. It implies that among the intense MBTI types there are even more intense minorities whose behavior (when sufficiently stressed/guided by society) conforms to certain disorder descriptions more often than others. There is certainly overlap that I didn't mention, along with some types that have been ruled out (for now) like ESTJ, INFJ, ISFP, and ENFJ. You can take a Myers Briggs test online (try to choose a well-detailed one) and see for yourself where you fall.

Inspired by Pavel Podolyak