CYEAT: Chapter 7

I am not really sure what the point of this chapter is. It's supposed to be about personality types, but then only one personality typing system is discussed in-depth, and it's not clear why the author chose this particular one.

There are three basic personality types - the Carer, the Brooder, and the Dramatist. The chapter provides a detailed description of each type, and then there are exercises where you determine which type you are (primarily, because it says most people have aspects of all three), which type your best friend or significant other is, which type certain celebrities/characters are.

It felt like overkill, because the three personality types are easy to understand, and I had no problem choosing which one I most identify with (the Brooder, or the stoic worrying obsessive type). It seemed like choosing which one best describes your friend - or Steve Jobs - was just meant to help you drill all the characteristics into your head, so maybe that means the author will be coming back to them in future chapters and wants you to remember them clearly. Or maybe it was just pointless fun, like the Enneagram (I'm a 4).

Either way, I don't see what it has to do with emetophobia. The author's viewpoint seems to be that since these personality types are mainly sets of thinking styles and belief systems, it ties into the idea of changing your thinking, changing your beliefs, thus changing or influencing your personality for the better. If you know yourself well, then you will know what you need to change. Or something like that.