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person can be 10% OCPD, 30% OCPD, 50% OCPD, or 100% OCPD. The downside of the
dimensional approach is that just about everyone is considered a bit crazy. Normal INTJs are
known for being hardworking, meticulous, stubborn and strict about principles—thus they
"naturally" meet a number of the official DSM symptoms and are partially OCPD by default.
We've already discussed Mordecai the hitman and his love for symmetry. But I was interested to
find that OCPD is also a trait that appears in several well known INTJ detectives.
INTJ Detectives
It may come as a surprise that one of Isabel Myers' first literary efforts was a semi-type-based
murder mystery, Murder Yet to Come. It was a best selling hit, and a good read too.
Is there a "detective type"? I don't think so, but each type does produce its own unique brand of
detective. An SP detective does most of his detecting out on the street with a gun in hand. The bad
guys are often quickly discovered, and the real goal of the "mystery" is to catch them before kill the
SP. By contrast, an SJ detective sifts though gossip and rumors by making small talk with the
suspects. They will figure out a suspect's family tree and gather reams of evidence on the suspect's
personal life, neighborhood, job, marriage, etc. (I have a suspicion that SJ detectives tend to be the
type which owns mystery-solving cats.) NT detectives, of course, are most interested in the
intellectual challenge of solving the puzzle; for them, it is the intricacy of the problem that
fascinates and motivates. Since solving the mystery is paramount, most NT detectives tend not to
disclose suspects until late in the game. (I couldn't find any NF detectives, but I'm sure they exist.)
In this section we'll look at three INTJ detectives representing several popular mystery genres. Two
of the three sleuths exhibited traits of OCPD. We'll also look at Picard and Isaac Newton's detective
abilities.
Adrian Monk, Obsessive Compulsive Detective
Evidence for INTJ
• Shy in front of crowds; terrible stage fright (I)
• Soft spoken (I)
• Didn't leave his house for three years after his wife died (I)
• Imaginative detective style; pictured entire scenes in his head (N)
• Intuitive methods of detection. He would find one tiny clue and "just know" that a suspect
was the killer (N)
• Was infamous for seeing connections between seemingly unrelated events (N)
• Played chess with his assistant Sharona (NT favorite pastime)
• Nonreactive to shocking events; was able to watch a woman get her head squashed by an
elephant without reacting (NT)
• Sarcastic, ironic sense of humor (NT)
• Argumentative (NTs favored most)
• Stickler for exactitude; insisted that statements be phrased precisely (NT)
• Insensitive to the feelings and needs of his companion Sharona; not empathetic (T)
• Would be better described by the word "cool" than "warm" (T)