I get where you’re coming from on this because I remember this ask coming in after I’d moved a bunch of people to ISTP and it seemed like suddenly every person with a cult following who’d OD’d was suddenly an ISTP.

I’d hesitate to say that there’s a correlation, though, because I have no illusions that this blog accurately reflects reality.

I haven’t, for example, found all the celebrities who’ve died of drug related deaths and typed them, so I have no idea if most of them are ISTPs.

From my very far away perspective, the people I’ve typed (not just ISTPs) who’ve died from drugs or suicide generally just seem really isolated.  Pushing away people who try to help, or not knowing who to trust in the first place, self-medicating, getting stuck in their heads.  Fame can be lonely and drugs are readily available in the entertainment industry.