I took Scientology’s personality test, and the results weren’t good

I took Scientology’s personality test, and the results weren’t good.

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I took Scientology’s personality test, and the results weren’t good

SEPTEMBER 3, 20166:33AM

Emma Reynolds news.com.au @emmareyn

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The results, I’m afraid, weren’t good.

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I score highly in the depressed, irresponsible and withdrawn categories. I am given 100 out of 100 for “unstable”. My levels of nervousness, uncertainty and unappreciativeness are also “unacceptable”, with only my active and aggressive qualities falling within a normal or “desirable” state.

A man in glasses called Pete* takes me through my results, asking me probing questions about whether I’d had a troubled childhood or difficult past relationships. His usual suggestion for someone like me, he said, would depend on which of my many issues I wanted to work on.

If it was my apparent depression, it would be a course or Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s book Dianetics, a set of theories concerning the metaphysical relationship between mind and body.

The courses are $55 and the books $25, or more with an accompanying DVD.

As someone who has never suffered from depression but knows many people who have, I wonder about the ethics of such recommendations. Another staff member, Tim*, explains that Scientologists don’t believe in “mind-altering drugs” such as antidepressants.

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I took Scientology’s personality test, and the results weren’t good