Yeah, it's got nothing to do with mental illness whatsoever. In fact, it's all a huge conspiracy. The government created mental illness to weaken the people and then throw them in institutions!
Are INTP's more prone to schizophrenia than other types?
Are INTP's really more prone (even slightly) to schizophrenia than other personality types? Could this be due to the INT?
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Contradicted yourself.The INTP personality type doesn't imply mental sharpness. Granted, INTP's traits might fall into what is socially accepted as intelligence, but personality types denote preferences not skill.
"The INTP personality type doesn't imply mental sharpness"
"Granted, INTP's traits might fall into what is socially accepted as intelligence"
What your defining as mental sharpness, is what's socially accepted as intelligence, it's what we're referring to when we say intelligence, therefor INTPs are more likely to be intelligence, because that's what we're talking about when we say intelligent.
It's like saying:
having glasses doesn't imply you'll see better
granted, the benefits of having glasses may fit in to what we consider "seeing better"
but having glasses denotes seeing better, not "seeing better".
The very definition of the word intelligence is heavily related to the cognition in which generally I - N types function by, because that's what we're referring to when we say intelligence. The "societal view of intelligence", "mental sharpness". Just like when I say the word red, i'm usually referring to red, what society and our vocabulary considers the color red. The definition of intelligence used in that article, when referring to the relationship between intelligence and schizophrenia is the societal view of intelligence. So if INTP's cognition fit this societal view of intelligence, then they are in fact intelligent, because you know. That's what we were referring to, not whatever value of intelligence you seem to be referring to when we use the word "intelligent".
People like to say this every time intelligence is brought. It's like seeing someone who's a good painter, then saying, well sure, he's artistic by the societal standards of what artistic is, but he's not REALLY "artistic". No, the definition of the word artistic are made up by those societal standards, like the definitions of every other word. Just because you don't want to make someone feel bad, doesn't mean the definitions suddenly don't apply. And you most definitely can't reference the original definition, while referencing whatever definition you made up for intelligence in the first place. You cannot have a test that measures what society defines as "intelligent", then when someone is theorized to probably score higher on those tests, say: "well, that person is only intelligent by societies' definition of intelligence", not REAL intelligence, when the test is referring to societies' definition of intelligence.
And skill is not what this article is references when they say genius', they're referencing fluid intelligence. It seems people feel comfortable saying type isn't related to intelligence, then when a study proves them wrong, they declare that that intelligence isn't the REAL intelligence, as if they define what we were referring to as intelligence.
INTPs are certainly prone to paranoia. Renee Descartes was an INTP, and his philosophy was that there is no way of knowing what the world is like outside of your mind. Since I was deceived many times in my childhood by bullies pretending to be my friends, have a hard time understanding sarcasm, and have gotten myself in trouble many times by making wrong assumptions, I have become a very paranoid INTP because I don't know what to believe. Paranoia is often associated with schizophrenia, but I have not been diagnosed with schizophrenia. However, I have been diagnosed with Aspergers ever since I was three years old. One trait of having Aspergers is going (often rapidly) through many obsessions. Interestingly enough, one of my obsessions was schizophrenia.
Niacin (taper up by 250mg to to 3g/day, and take along with 1g Vitamin B5 and 3g Vitamin C) and brainwave entrainment (try the Gamma frequency using Neuro-Programmer 3). You can search online for more information.Guys, to be honest.... I turned 16 a couple of days ago..I've spent everyday reflecting, trying to piece my mind together... I think I might have schizophrenia.. but it seems to be chronic.. last a couple of months (usually triggered by something stressful) then disappear altogether...When I go through it I lose all my ability to rationalize. Google schizophrenia symptoms (paranoia, delusions, disorganized speech) and you will find a short summary of what I go through. Once I wake up again, I find myself a bit ashamed. I've been hospitalized before on accounts of severe depression. I had a therapist and everything but my parents are pretty easy to manage and I quickly got them to stop taking me. I held back every time I was asked about my mental state. I couldn't tell them that I was loosing touch with reality and only realized this every time I snapped back. I am afraid of being told I might be psychotic. I am afraid of how people would treat me. I am currently awake and rational. I just don't know what to do. Should I tell someone before I relapse?
I think INTJs are more prone to Schizophrenia than INTPs. INTPs would probably end up depressed.
Since your MBTI is based completely off how you answer the questions, I would say yes. And I think you misunderstand mental disorders. Most people who are "afflicted" are still capable of most things without being influenced by some strange *mental demon* or whatever you think it's like.Can you accurately type a person who is possessed of a serious mental disorder? If a person has such an affliction and it deeply affects their thoughts and actions then you wouldn't be measuring their true personality but their personality as filtered through their disease.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"From the perspective of personality disorders, two personalty disorders had significant correlations with all four dimensions: The schizotypal personality disorder produced INTP profile whereas the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder produced ISTJ profile."
http://www.uccs.edu/Documents/dsega...igation-Jungs-types-and-PD-features-JPT-2.pdf
Page 3 of PDF, 35 of document
...We're probably not a threat and are just weird.
"From the perspective of personality disorders, two personalty disorders had significant correlations with all four dimensions: The schizotypal personality disorder produced INTP profile whereas the obsessive-compulsive personality disorder produced ISTJ profile."
http://www.uccs.edu/Documents/dsega...igation-Jungs-types-and-PD-features-JPT-2.pdf
Page 3 of PDF, 35 of document
...We're probably not a threat and are just weird.
Eh I dunno. My own childhood was riddled with those same kinds of experiences. Which definitely produced both social anxiety and paranoia. And I'm an extravert. I don't really think having a difficult childhood leads to schizophrenia.INTPs are certainly prone to paranoia. Renee Descartes was an INTP, and his philosophy was that there is no way of knowing what the world is like outside of your mind. Since I was deceived many times in my childhood by bullies pretending to be my friends, have a hard time understanding sarcasm, and have gotten myself in trouble many times by making wrong assumptions, I have become a very paranoid INTP because I don't know what to believe. Paranoia is often associated with schizophrenia, but I have not been diagnosed with schizophrenia. However, I have been diagnosed with Aspergers ever since I was three years old. One trait of having Aspergers is going (often rapidly) through many obsessions. Interestingly enough, one of my obsessions was schizophrenia.
A traumatic childhood, now, that's a different story entirely. Possibly.
allahu akbar
I never said I actually had schizophrenia. I just said I was paranoid. Also, because I am so loud and desperate for attention, I get ENTP half of the time I take personality tests, but I consider myself an INTP because people always end up harassing me to the point of wanting nothing to do with them.
Hmm I thought so. *grins evilly*I never said I actually had schizophrenia. I just said I was paranoid. Also, because I am so loud and desperate for attention, I get ENTP half of the time I take personality tests, but I consider myself an INTP because people always end up harassing me to the point of wanting nothing to do with them.
Schizophrenia includes more than delusions it includes hallucinations that are not controllable, and disprganized speech and difficulty understading easily some simple stuffLOL Where have you heard that? What would an analytical personality have to do with a delusional mental disorder?
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