Analysis of complex type

[praisetehsun]

The type is not complex as such but rather the person. She is close to me and has recently been abusing sleeping pills.
This is just an attempt at typing her in the hope of identifying the cause of stress through type functions.

She is somewhat scattered brained but most of the time it comes off as an eccentricity that most people like. She is stuck in the past, so to speak, a lot of the time. She finds it hard to concentrate for long periods of time(probably from the pills though) .

So far I reckon an isfj but maybe an ISFP or esfj.
I do not know the stress signals of all the types as well as I know the "normal" types themselves, so any input is appreciated. I will answer all questions.

 

[Cherry Cola]

You need to provide a lot more information than that, and you need to put it forth in more precise terms :O

 

[Brontosaurie]

how did you exclude ENFP?

 

[Vrecknidj]

She is close to me and has recently been abusing sleeping pills.

How old is she?

 

[Pyropyro]

It's probably the best to simply ask what's stressing her. As for type, you can ask her to take an online MBTI personality test.

The material that you provided here are too little to work with. Age, school, job, family history etc. can assist us in how to help you with this issue.

 

[praisetehsun]

Apologies for the lack of info,
She is 68. She is not somebody who will just say why she is stressed, she avoids the question or just says she doesn't know. The reason I struggle to type her is that I think that from ages 60 onwards (and accounting for the pills) the personality of the person is hard to nail down confidently.

I will go to a free mbti test and type her from what I know, I think she is a feeler but all the other letters could go either way. I/E - can be friendly to random new people, although she usually likes some quiet time.
N/S- I think a sensor rather than an intuitive, she seems to like outdoor work and more active things than most. Appreciates ideas but not "real" enough for her.
J/P- she used to be more organised, according to others, but now she is scatter brained and unorganised constantly.

To branch out from mbti to psychology I think she might be addicted to the feeling of being "out of it" or absentminded to make up for the lack of sensory stimulation she wants.
She was involved in a drama group at one point and enjoyed it. All of a sudden she stopped going. She gave no reason for this, but I suspect she couldn't focus properly due to the long term affect of medication.
So she started to take this medication as a solution for her lack of sleep, which could have been caused by "living in the past" for too long. She needs something to do, although the effects of this medication stop her from focusing intensely and for any long period of time, stunting her ability to do the things she wants to. Solutions?

 

[Pyropyro]

I'm not familiar with medications and their effects on one's personality so I won't advise you there. However, that might explain some of the odd behaviors that she's exhibiting which makes typing more difficult.

Hmm... perhaps she needs time and companionship. It will take a while but she might open up to you. People of that age tend to be nostalgic and melancholic if they don't have something to be busy with. If she's open, perhaps you might want to tease more details about the drama group. Maybe she feels a bit ill and can no longer work with her friends there.

 

[praisetehsun]

She is married, so companionship in that manner is satisfied so to speak.
External companionship is lacking recently (drama group, has started to go to pitch and put or golf much less frequently than she usually does).
I, and others, have tried to get her to talk about the situation but she will say anything to change the subject. To worsen the case she takes more and more of these pills, I mean it's unreal, "if 1 doesn't work 7 will!" kind of attitude. I think she understands that that isn't healthy or safe but then she says (and this really confuses and pisses me off) " my organs aren't the same as everyone else's" like she can just eat bottles of concentrated chemicals with specific purposes and dosages like candy.

 

[praisetehsun]

Basically she is probably an addict with a coping mechanism rooted very firmly in place.
And apparently she has always been nostalgic in some manner, could make accurate typing easier, so far it's still challenging.

 

[Pyropyro]

Perhaps you need to get medical or psychological help, drug abuse is a serious issue.

 

[Base groove]

how did you exclude ENFP?

Good question.