Answer by Crystal & the 7's
How can it not? If you're extremley over reactive, and someone tells you that you're ugly, well you'd over react and probably do something them, or feel really bad about yourself. If you have a explosive personality, your mental stability would probably be in shambles because you get pissed all the time. If you're have a fragile personality, and you listen to everything, and take everything into consideration, you'd believe alot, alot that isn't true which could lead to paranoia. And paranoia is not a good mental health.
Aging, because when you get older you're not as healthy, and your brain could get cloudy, I dunno. But how could personality and aging, NOT be associated with good mental health? Seriously.
Answer by Brandi H
I think with any age it's always attitude that decides how well you handle things and how well you fare mentally as you age.
Answer by industengr
If you mean personality as in the scientific sense, like Keirsey Bates or MB, I don't think which personality type you are makes you any more or less prone to mental health issues. It DOES determine what your stress factors are, though. Aging only relates to mental health in the physical body. For example, Alzheimer's is a mental health issue that largely only affects older people, but it is caused by physical problems, not psychological ones.
Anyway, some examples of things that might cause each of the four main personality types to crack:
SJ - they value a sense of belonging, of feeling needed, of feeling like they are following the rules. An SJ would be most likely to lose it if constantly put in a situation where those needs could not be met.
SP - A need for freedom, for independence, and to feel admired. A lack of those things could cause one to snap.
NF - a need to be genuine, to be themselves, and to help other people or things. I find it hard to think of a situation where you could deprive someone of all of these things...
NT - a need to learn both information and skills, to constantly improve their knowledge.
I think the outside situation is much more likely to cause mental health issues than the personality and age of the person. Look at war vets - I think they all come away equally scarred, regardless of their age or personality - it is the severity of what they witness that determines their health.
Answer by motherless
I definitely see a connection with the example I have with my Mom and Grandma. They are both in assisted living facilities now.
My Mom, 76, has always had a very caustic personality. She was abusive to me and my sister growing up. My Dad provided her with a very good life, yet she was/and stilll is never happy. She never worked outside the home for the 50 years she was married. She has health problems and mentally is not very sharp. She has very few people in her life that care about her because she is so difficult to deal with and she never went out of her way to make friendships.
My Grandma will be 98 this year. She is a pleasure to be around and does not have too many health problems. Her memory is really good. She has a positive outlook on life. She has a group of friends at the assisted living facility. She looks so much younger than my Mom although in her younger days she worked very hard to raise her children.
Besides having a positive attitude, keeping active definitely helps with good mental health. My Grandma stil sews and tries to keep busy while my Mom does absolutely nothing to keep her mind or body active.
Thanks for posting a really good question!
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