Mental health issues?

**WyldFire777** · 10-02-2010 07:05 PM

What seem to be the most common mental health issues for INFPs, if any?

**Windswept Sky** · 10-02-2010 07:40 PM

I'd have to say depression and social anxiety are the most common, from what I've seen from INFPs talking about their problems.

Of course, I personally deal with both of these problems, so I might be missing something. ^^;

**Acey** · 10-02-2010 11:32 PM

depression, a.d.d, and general anxiety. though i'm starting to believe that what constitutes one to being labelled mentally unhealthy is bullshit
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**obz900** · 10-03-2010 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by Acey

depression, a.d.d, and general anxiety. though i'm starting to believe that what constitutes one to being labelled mentally unhealthy is bullshit
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How do you mean?

**sarek** · 10-03-2010 03:08 AM

Most common I believe are depression and attention deficit disorder.

**Ectoplasm** · 10-03-2010 12:33 PM

I agree with Acey. I heard elsewhere that psychology has in a way become its own religion, gradually walking a road towards an unchanging objective view of telling people what is right in a mind and what isn't as if it was dogma or scripture. There is wisdom in the belief I think that "sanity is socially accepted insanity" whilst the more traditional view of "insanity is socially unacceptable sanity" tends to look down on 'less conventional' modes of thought. In the end I think it comes down to a person's personality belief or personal verdict with the ability or inability for the mind to function, either personally or in the society as a whole (whichever the mind were to choose to be the case.) But its subjective, just like the belief from a third party that someone is crazy.

**faeriegal713** · 10-03-2010 12:45 PM

just in general depression and anxiety are the most common mental illnesses that you will find that aren't organic in nature like dementia/alzheimers. They're fairly natural reactions to life and stress. They're kind of our bodies and minds' way of saying, "hey! Hold up! We need to take some time to do something like process this, okay?" it's only when we don't start to recover that ther's a problem, and tha has as much to do with societal expectations as anything else.
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**rowingineden** · 10-03-2010 02:02 PM

Depression, anxiety, and ADHD would probably be most common. There is probably a statistically significant number of INFPs which also have Asperger's (certainly I have many Aspy traits).

I wouldn't be surprised (this is my intuition taking over) if there were a statistically significant number with narcissistic personality disorder and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. I could also imagine some being having manic-depression, bipolar disorder, and/or dissociative identity disorder.