Making sense of a belief -- True person at bad times

This is contemplation of the belief that we see the true person when times are tough. Is this true? I've thought this all of my life and it certainly seems true. But I've never questioned it. So, I decided to go into it and see if it is true.

00:00 Introduction
01:22 Do we see the true person when times are tough?
02:26 Questioning the belief
03:08 People who are acting hypocritically
04:11 People who say the same thing in good and bad times
04:35 Heroes
05:07 People who act differently
05:43 Making sense of the different parts of the belief
07:16 Not the true self, just a trait
08:04 Clarifying and seeing the belief clearly