Enneagram Misidentifications - Type 6

[highlander]

Interesting article on 6s and mistyping

 

[Stansmith]

Hmm..

Six

Avoid the spotlight
Security
Dependable
Nervous
Endearingly awkward
Visible insecurity
Emotionally intense
Reactive
Pessimistic

Three

Want the spotlight
Success
Impressive
Composed
Admirably smooth
Confident appearance
Emotionally reserved
Cool
Optimistic

Six
Ambiverted
Affiliative
Performers
Relate to tradition
Politically inclined
Common values
Bonding
Seek security
Loyal & reliable
Anxiety-prone


Four
Introverted
Loners
Creators
Ignore tradition
Politically neutral
Personal truth
Reclusive
Seek ideal love
Different & sensitive
Fantasy-prone

Six

Suspicious
Agitated
Worrying
Magnify problems
Vent feelings
React
Intolerant
Negative
Engaged
Complicated
Irritable


Nine

Trusting
Easy-going
Unperturbed
Ignore problems
Hide feelings
Withdraw
Accepting
Positive
Disengaged
Uncomplicated
Serene

 

[rav3n]

CP sixes challenge authority because they're looking for authority to rely on. Eights challenge authority when authority appears incompetent. Authority is also transparent to eights, from the perspective that authority has power over eights because they're authority where the eight doesn't care if they're authority, perceiving others as individuals worthy of or not, of respect.

 

[ndovjtjcaqidthi]

How much do those comparisons take into account cp sixes?

 

[Evo]

Yea I would type as a 1 if I went by this.

That's just how I act on the outside though.

Maybe it's in my tritype

 

[thoughtlost]

Yeah, I am noticing that I have more nine qualities than six... people tell me that I am too trusting/chill and don't react to the bad in people very readily, even when I should. I think it's just because I am very oblivious and I don't really care. And when people point out negatives about me ...it's very nine-ish. So maybe I am wrong about my core type, but I am still sure that 6 is in my tritype somehow. Ah well, 6-9-blank for now.

 

[highlander]

How much do those comparisons take into account cp sixes?

That's the reference to 6s vs. 8s. I thought I was an 8 for a while (because it's what the test told me and I didn't know much about enneagram at the time).

 

[ndovjtjcaqidthi]

That's the reference to 6s vs. 8s. I thought I was an 8 for a while (because it's what the test told me and I didn't know much about enneagram at the time).

You're more counter phobic? I never would have guessed.

Cool.

 

[Chad of the OttomanEmpire]

It's OK, I guess, but it's more behavior-oriented and tends to make people hash through their varying contradictory behaviors. What you really need is to understand the core psychology behind each type and how that applies to your own mind.

I'm saying this only because I had to get away from one-word comparisons to figure out that I was definitively NOT a 6.

 

[skylights]

For myself I find this article pretty good... it illuminates a few dichotomies that are really key to me:

6 seek support vs. 2 seek love
6 look to authority vs. 2 become authority

6 seek security vs. 4 seek ideal love

6 aware of authority vs. 7 ignore authority

Sanj is right though. Core intention is everything. One-word lists can be illuminating or vague, depending on their accuracy to the core.

 

[Southern Kross]

Great article! I found it very insightful and interesting. There's some very useful comparisons there. I have a few quibbles but they're minor compared with the overall accuracy.

It really helps me to better define 6s for myself.

That's the reference to 6s vs. 8s. I thought I was an 8 for a while (because it's what the test told me and I didn't know much about enneagram at the time).

That's an interesting thought. So do you think there's different flavours of 6s and that 6-ness can only be revealed in opposition to a similar type (ie. the type you misidentify with)? Like you with 6 vs. 8 and [MENTION=10496]skylights[/MENTION] with 6 vs. 4. Is it something to do with the sheer breadth of the 6 type?