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Are there any correlations available of type tied together with incidence of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD), does anyone know?
Seems likely to me that some types would correlate more strongly than others for incidence and severity of OCD, but the real question would be whether or not in people with significant OCD their type in significant part develops out of or flows from the same organic gene/brain-based causal source as the OCD? [Yes, environmental stress factors--such as the trauma of war--can and commonly do greatly exacerbate the symptomatology of OCD, including bringing OCD into pathological expression when before it was undetectable or well within healthy adaptive bounds, yet the predisposition toward or roots of OCD seem to largely be found in brain structure & function arising from genetic influences.]
My guess is folks with INTJ type also tend to have a higher incidence of significant OCD (both as a healthy trait and in pathological excess) than do folks of other types. Many of the INTJ qualities (which can be distinct strengths in many contexts) have much in common with or overlap with aspects of OCD; maybe they are one and the same.
Another rather tangentially related --and much more idle-- question occurs to mind from the above: I have seen OCD behavior in other animal species (lab mice, parrots, cats, dogs) and indeed at least with the lab mice we definitely know it is gene-based; I wonder, has MBTI ever been applied or adapted over for any other species than humans? Surely, given the differences in personality we have all observed in the various cats and dogs in our lives whom we have known well, there must be a similar kind of sorting possible among such animals if only one knew what the relevant parameters were and how to measure them.
Seems likely to me that some types would correlate more strongly than others for incidence and severity of OCD, but the real question would be whether or not in people with significant OCD their type in significant part develops out of or flows from the same organic gene/brain-based causal source as the OCD? [Yes, environmental stress factors--such as the trauma of war--can and commonly do greatly exacerbate the symptomatology of OCD, including bringing OCD into pathological expression when before it was undetectable or well within healthy adaptive bounds, yet the predisposition toward or roots of OCD seem to largely be found in brain structure & function arising from genetic influences.]
My guess is folks with INTJ type also tend to have a higher incidence of significant OCD (both as a healthy trait and in pathological excess) than do folks of other types. Many of the INTJ qualities (which can be distinct strengths in many contexts) have much in common with or overlap with aspects of OCD; maybe they are one and the same.
Another rather tangentially related --and much more idle-- question occurs to mind from the above: I have seen OCD behavior in other animal species (lab mice, parrots, cats, dogs) and indeed at least with the lab mice we definitely know it is gene-based; I wonder, has MBTI ever been applied or adapted over for any other species than humans? Surely, given the differences in personality we have all observed in the various cats and dogs in our lives whom we have known well, there must be a similar kind of sorting possible among such animals if only one knew what the relevant parameters were and how to measure them.
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Re: INTJs and OCD; MBTI in other species
Wed, November 18, 2009 - 8:07 PMI'm INTJ and I have OCD. My personality is definitely strongly influenced by my OCD; I'm perfectionistic like you wouldn't believe. I'm disorganized, but only because I don't care about school. When I care about something, I do a thorough job; the trick is caring. I think my OCD is caused by me caring about things that don't get addressed. What my brain wants to do is solve the real problems, but life circumstances get in the way, and so my brain is full of ambiguity--conflicting ideas, resulting in a compulsive need for order and symmetry to try to balance my mind out.
also, good idea with your animal idea. I'm sure doing so, if it hasn't already been done, would bring out lots of new discoveries related to our personalities.