Blogger Widgets Ender-Chan's Thoughts: It's Not Just Temperament: ADHD and the "Extreme Sanguine" (#INJTChallenge)

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

It's Not Just Temperament: ADHD and the "Extreme Sanguine" (#INJTChallenge)

For those of you who don't know, October is ADHD awareness month. Thus, I find that it is fitting to dispel one of the most common myths surrounding the disorder. The image of stereotypical ADHD represents the sanguine temperament in many ways; however, I am not predominantly sanguine.

The "extreme sanguine" stereotype promotes false positives and false negatives. The sanguines, usually ESFPs, falsely test positive for ADHD if given faulty and misleading diagnostic criteria while melancholics, cholerics, supines, and phlegmatics who have the condition, but don't know it, fall through the cracks. ADHD is a neurobiological disorder that can affect anyone no matter what their temperament is; it is not "just temperament" as the naysayers say it is.

Many sanguines' experiences with ADHD are discounted because they are "just sanguine". A neurotypical sanguine would display inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity to greater extents than what is typical for a melancholic, choleric, phlegmatic, or supine; the "clinical line" when what looks like temperament characteristics indicate ADHD is ambiguous and blurry. Parents may deny that their child has ADHD because they say to themselves "My child can't have a disorder. It's over-diagnosed. They are just sanguine."

On the other hand, ADHD goes unnoticed in people of other temperaments, especially the melancholics and phlegmatics. The melancholic tends to hide their symptoms under their talents while the phlegmatics seem especially lazy and disinterested. A choleric would show more outright belligerence and have little regard for tasks that do not interest them; the supines would perform all tasks to the best of their abilities, but cry and retreat within themselves, wondering why they can't be good enough.

A defect in one's dopamine receptors and differences in neurological pathways are not temperament. They can mask someone's temperament and change the way their temperament manifests itself, but do not change temperament. To the untrained eye, I look like a sanguine when I am indeed a melancholic-choleric with ADHD.

Thus, I challenge you to write a post for ADHD awareness month regarding temperament classifications and ADHD and tag it with #INJTFroma/n(Your MBTI) and/or #INJTChallenge. Alternatively, you can reblog this image with the hashtag redone in AI or Photoshop. The font used for the hashtag is Myanmar MN size 36. The image is below and up for alteration.



Type the tag #INJTChallenge into your search engine to see who else is doing it. The first contributor will get to guest post on my blog.

How That Would Work:

  • E-mail me (flutistpride@gmail.com) with the subject as the title of your post, the post text and corresponding images and tell me where you want the images placed. Include a short biography (1-4 sentences) and a link to your blog/other Internet content if you have any.
  • I may or may not edit or pare down your submission for conciseness, grammatical correctness, or to censor profanities. I will never add onto your post.
  • When I deem your submission edited sufficiently, I will run it by you.
  • After we come to an agreement, I will post it and credit you with the first to complete the INJT challenge. 




(A/N: This post is deliberately brief and ill thought-out because I want you to outdo me.)

Participants and Promoters So Far:
Meredith.S
Sylvia Phillips 





9 comments:

  1. Thanks for trying to raise awareness of ADHD, and engaging as part of ADHD Awareness month. It's an important thing to do, and I appreciate it. Some of my family have been diagnosed with ADHD, and it can be really tough to be so bright, alive, and yet unable to focus.

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    1. Are you going to participate in the challenge and/or convince others to do it? I have no one so far.

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  2. I'd be glad to spread the word about your challenge! I was also wondering if you'd like to write a guest post about it for my blog?

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    1. I'd be honored. What do you want the guest post to be about?

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    2. I can be about what ever you like and of course feel free to spread the word about your blog and challenge! Send your post to email when you're done! scphillips59@gmail.com

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  3. Thanks for sharing this! I had no idea it was ADHD awareness month. It seems to be a lot of awarenesses out there for the month of October. My youngest has ADHD and I plan to write a post on it. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thank you for considering participation. It seems that October is some kind of ubiquitous "awareness month."

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  4. Hey There! I just wanted to let you know that my post on ADHD was published. Apparently, it was published on Oct. 10, but I didn't realize it!!! If you're still interested it's at http://community.fireflyfriends.com/blog/article/the-controversy-of-adhd Thanks!!

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    1. I just read it. I found it informative. ADHD is not just being a Keirsey Artisan as Dr. David Keirsey said in his ADD hoax essay; it is entirely different from temperament. I don't think ADHD is over-diagnosed; it is most likely wrongly diagnosed due to the sanguine stereotypes.

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