Hawthorne
corona
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2015
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- MBTI Type
- INTP
- Enneagram
- 5w4
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sp
Would anyone be willing to lend their eyes and help me figure out/verify my enneagram type?
I really don't like questionnaires. They make me very, very sad. I'd much rather share a little bit about myself, what I know about enneagram, and have you help me along because teamwork is beautiful.
Feeling through the motivations of the enneagram types, I have ruled out 2 as my heart/image/whatever center because to be loved and cherished isn't a chief concern of mine. I prefer positive attention but sometimes negative attention can be just as rewarding. I could actually see that being another side of 2... Anyway, I relate about equally to 3 and 4's needs for validation and personal significance respectively, though perhaps I'm more 3-like since I don't put much effort into defining and individuating myself anymore. Or so I think. I'm not the most introspective person.
The gut/body/whatever center is very interesting to me. I am fascinated by the underlying theme of anger which I may or may not relate to. Like 2, I have ruled out 1 because while I can be perfectionistic at times, I lack the compulsion for integrity, "goodness", and other synonyms for purity and justice that seem to be at the core of that type. Superficially, 8's distrust, resistance to being impressed upon, and proclivity for self-reliance resonates strongly with me. My understanding of 9 is more fickle. Actually, aside from fearing abandonment, I don't really understand it at all.
And lastly, the Head that I'm still trying to locate. The struggle is that I relate to all three types' motivations. Five's disconnect from the world and hunger for knowledge and mastery, Six's skepticism and struggle with trust and faith, and Seven's evasion of the darker corners of their psyche and compulsive pursuit of distractions. The funny thing about that Seven part is that while I'm not especially afraid of my metaphorical dark, I do have a tendency to runaway from my moments of vulnerability and weakness though that's start to sound more 8 like than 7.
This is getting long. Can someone respond and ask questions so I, I mean we, can talk more? Lack of responses would greatly hurt my feeling.
I really don't like questionnaires. They make me very, very sad. I'd much rather share a little bit about myself, what I know about enneagram, and have you help me along because teamwork is beautiful.
Feeling through the motivations of the enneagram types, I have ruled out 2 as my heart/image/whatever center because to be loved and cherished isn't a chief concern of mine. I prefer positive attention but sometimes negative attention can be just as rewarding. I could actually see that being another side of 2... Anyway, I relate about equally to 3 and 4's needs for validation and personal significance respectively, though perhaps I'm more 3-like since I don't put much effort into defining and individuating myself anymore. Or so I think. I'm not the most introspective person.
The gut/body/whatever center is very interesting to me. I am fascinated by the underlying theme of anger which I may or may not relate to. Like 2, I have ruled out 1 because while I can be perfectionistic at times, I lack the compulsion for integrity, "goodness", and other synonyms for purity and justice that seem to be at the core of that type. Superficially, 8's distrust, resistance to being impressed upon, and proclivity for self-reliance resonates strongly with me. My understanding of 9 is more fickle. Actually, aside from fearing abandonment, I don't really understand it at all.
And lastly, the Head that I'm still trying to locate. The struggle is that I relate to all three types' motivations. Five's disconnect from the world and hunger for knowledge and mastery, Six's skepticism and struggle with trust and faith, and Seven's evasion of the darker corners of their psyche and compulsive pursuit of distractions. The funny thing about that Seven part is that while I'm not especially afraid of my metaphorical dark, I do have a tendency to runaway from my moments of vulnerability and weakness though that's start to sound more 8 like than 7.
This is getting long. Can someone respond and ask questions so I, I mean we, can talk more? Lack of responses would greatly hurt my feeling.
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