Schizophrenia

John Nash: INTJ

Arvid Walton

A Beautiful Mind

John Nash A Beautiful Mind INTJ MBTI

Ni: John Nash was a bit of a workaholic. He was so focused on his vision of what he wanted to accomplish that he had difficulty refraining from that focus to attend lectures, socialise, or date (until compelled). He had an incredibly big picture view of things, to the point that he saw little value in attending classes while in college. He saw fitting into the system as a waste of time, and valued innovation and original thinking instead. Nash’s hallucinations presented themselves in such a way that he believed himself to be a code-breaker, a man paid to Continue reading →

Billy Pilgrim: INTP

Arvid Walton

Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim INTP | Literary MBTI

Dominant Ti: Although Billy is not the brightest bub on the street, he’s clearly a thinker who suppresses his emotions. He likes to analyse ideas and many of his beliefs stem from abstract realities in his head, rather than from physical evidence and facts in his reality. For instance, he firmly believes that he has been abducted by the Tralfamadoreans and refuses to give up this belief just because other people tell him it’s impossible. Despite his otherwise ignorant mindset, Billy has a philosophical mind. Billy’s ideas about death sound wild and absurd to his daughter, Continue reading →