I bought a personality type book awhile ago. I started reading it recently, and found my personality type. As I was reading the chapter about me, I felt chills. It was as if they were writing about me personally. I actually felt exposed. When I got to the part about how my type handles stress, it felt like I had been slapped in the face. It made me realize a lot about some past events. Things I thought happened one way, but were actually the opposite. I was seeing myself as if I were outside myself. A very profound experience. It's actually been bothering me. It's like finding out your best friend isn't at all who they say they are. I relived pieces of my past through someone else's eyes, and it's been nagging at me. My thought process is now at the front of my attention. Someone says something, and I watch my immediate thoughts to the comment. I'm watching for my own degradation. The downward spiral of my personality type is very disturbing to me. I turn inward, and stop living my life. I become the walking dead. Of course, that's why it bothers me, it's my personality, it's what happens to me when I get upset. Even though I can't stop thinking about this, I'm actually very grateful for having read it. I now know the signs. I also know what happens to those around me when I'm under stress or when I enter a depressive state. I know what to watch for to halt that downward spiral, and become healthy again. Reading about your own personality type can help explain why you do certain things, why you have certain likes, and how you interact with those around you. It also shows you at your unhealthy state, shows you how others see you. Then you learn how to protect your psyche from tearing itself apart.