“The connection between genius and madness has long been debated. The genius is someone who fuses knowledge with insight into the nature of reality, someone who has the ability to see things with utter clarity and awe-inspiring comprehension. What separates the genius from the madman is that the genius, in addition to extraordinary insights, has the ability to see them correctly, within their context. The genius perceives patterns which are actually present, whereas the madman imposes patterns, projecting erroneous perceptions onto every circumstance. The genius may sometimes seem to be out of touch with reality, but only because he or she operates at a more profound level. The madman, however, is truly out of touch with reality, having nothing but delusions to substitute for it.” (Personality Types. Riso & Hudson, p. 174). What makes this theory interesting is that brilliance can be seen as insanity. People with these personalities are most likely ambivalent to both parents. They believe that nothing they can do will be wanted or needed by their family. Therefore, they feel helpless and incapable, causing them to look for areas of expertise and try to develop mastery at these skills to make them capable and competent. This personality fears being overpowered, and detaches itself from the environment, only identifying with their own thoughts. They often have great phobias of almost everything, although the genius will find solutions to these problems while the madman fears things that do not actually exist. These are my problems.