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People with a Type C personality suppress emotions, particularly negative ones and are unassertive, likeable people who rarely get into arguments and are generally helpful to others. It has been suggested that Type C individual’s cope with stress in a way that ignores their own needs, even physical ones, in order to please others. This eventually has negative effects as all stresses are suppressed but still take their toll. It is thought that emotional suppression is associated with increased stress and lowered effectiveness of the immune system and illness.