On Anxiety Connection I wrote about anxious personality types and it got me to wondering if there are personality types which are more prone to depression. And indeed there are. Just remember that when it comes to personality traits everyone is on a continuum. It is rare that any individual will be on the extreme end of any personality scale. There are also no studies which conclusively prove that having a certain type of personality will cause depression. The best we can say is that there...
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