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I think it’s interesting that ADD people would be interested in personality profiles when they have a disorder that distorts personality. To pick up a Jungian thread, many of us have “shadows” that are often so dense that our true personalities (i.e., the personalities we would have were it not for our neurological issues) can be locked away, even from those who know us well. We know that medications have the potential to change personalities radically. But sometimes those changes are distortions, too. The question many of us struggle with is, “Who am I really?” Or , “Who would I be, what could I achieve, if I didn’t have to contend with ADD/ADHD?” If one is happy to live with ADD and the resulting personality it produces, Myers-Briggs might be instructive. But for those of us who struggle with our ADD (not to mention the psychological baggage that rides along) and want desperately to mitigate it, Myers-Briggs falls short. It has no algorithm that enables it to penetrate beneath the disorder to reveal a hidden, uncorrupted personality. Only effective treatment over time—if you can find and afford it— can shed some light on that.
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