Snow Turtle
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This is why I think MBTI and Enneagram don't mix well - they overlap far too much, and people end up getting a fuzzy understanding of both systems.
Hmm.... I guess theoretically there's nothing wrong with misanthropic and Fe being combined together... I suppose it'd just mean that the individual has slightly contrasting attitudes that would combine together to form something else. This happens all the time if we were to look at the ideas of astrology. In fact, when I think about it now... it'd just mean that the 6w5 IFJ would more likely to be balanced in their expressiveness etc.
the 6w7 turns outward for a sense of security, thus they tend to be friendlier and more loose. by contrast, the 6w5 does not view the world as a source of security and instead retreats to their mind and to impersonal systems for security. they tend to want to build a "fortress" so to speak and only let in those they trust. think Jason Bateman vs Ebeneezer Scrooge)
Thanks. That's a better description of the difference that don't really involve F nor T looking behaviours. Think you might have just confirmed 6w7 for me, even though I identify more with 5 stand alone than I do with 7.
One question regarding the difference between the two:
Would 6w7 be more interested in creating a security system in the outside world in order to create a secure and peaceful mindset within.
While 6w5 perhaps is more likely not to bother with the external world as much. By focusing inwards security first, they'll create a secure external environment? Just how would this work with functions like Fe for example.
Guess ultimately the goal of most 6 is to create a good environment internally and externally. So I wouldn't be surprised if there were people who believed in both approaches... since they affect each other anyway.