Myers Briggs & anxiety?

[JustMe]

I was wondering if there is any type of correlation between certain meyers briggs personality types and anxiety...
I'm an INTP I tend in general to analyze and overthink everything. My mind is always running at 1000 miles per hour. I'm very introverted and stuck alone with my mind all the time. I love to see patterns and connect to dots ( all my symptoms lead 'logically' to xyz disease) although anxiety thoughts aren't very logical to begin with so I can't really go off logic here. I think all of these traits play a BIG role with my anxiety.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

 

[bin_tenn]

No idea what that test said I am, but I have taken it in the past. Just never thought about it. However, I have many of those same traits, overanalyzing, love patterns, connecting the dots, etc. It's possible that's a common connection.

 

[Worriedmama]

I was wondering if there is any type of correlation between certain meyers briggs personality types and anxiety...
I'm an INTP I tend in general to analyze and overthink everything. My mind is always running at 1000 miles per hour. I'm very introverted and stuck alone with my mind all the time. I love to see patterns and connect to dots ( all my symptoms lead 'logically' to xyz disease) although anxiety thoughts aren't very logical to begin with so I can't really go off logic here. I think all of these traits play a BIG role with my anxiety.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

I never took the test but I have the exact same traits you describe. My husband is the complete opposite and I envy his ability to “disconnect”. I wish I could turn off my brain and stop thinking worst case scenario with everything.

 

[Bobnnat]

Yup. That type of personality (I have it also) is an analyzer/over-thinker. We make great employees at jobs where you need to do research and write excellent detailed reports, but in our personal life, it can make us subject to anxiety and the problems we face in HA. Our analytic mind goes into overdrive on many things, beneficial and destructive.

 

[bin_tenn]

Yup. That type of personality (I have it also) is an analyzer/over-thinker. We make great employees at jobs where you need to do research and write excellent detailed reports, but in our personal life, it can make us subject to anxiety and the problems we face in HA. Our analytic mind goes into overdrive on many things, beneficial and destructive.

I think it definitely plays a role in career success. I'm a software engineer, and attention to detail is extremely important. I also need to be able to "change gears" as priorities can and often do change on the fly. Switching between multiple projects at any given time. I excel at it, and I feel like my anxious tendencies contribute a good bit to my success. I actually told my therapist that I sometimes fear that treating my anxiety may reduce my ability to work so well, because my anxious tendencies allow me to work as well as I do. She wasn't really sure what to make of that, because it does make sense to her. Haha.

 

[TenLettersRap]

i am this type of personality also, with the added lifelong depersonalization/derealization disorder

 

[JustMe]

i am this type of personality also, with the added lifelong depersonalization/derealization disorder

I also have/had that!

 

[gehlien]

I'm also an INTP! I pay a lot of attention to detail, it's something even my psychiatrist noticed. I guess that's why I notice every little sensation and then overthink it to the point of a catastrophe

 

[JustMe]

I was thinking that our personality type has to be a big factor when it come to our anxiety! How could someone like us not be prone to anxiety? We see everything all possibilites we live in our mind.

I think it definitely plays a role in career success. I'm a software engineer, and attention to detail is extremely important. I also need to be able to "change gears" as priorities can and often do change on the fly. Switching between multiple projects at any given time. I excel at it, and I feel like my anxious tendencies contribute a good bit to my success. I actually told my therapist that I sometimes fear that treating my anxiety may reduce my ability to work so well, because my anxious tendencies allow me to work as well as I do. She wasn't really sure what to make of that, because it does make sense to her. Haha.

I went to school to be a software engineer too but ended up being a stay at home mom...