What type wise explains why I often can be upbeat one moment and broody the next?
The normative/attachment types (3, 6, and 9) get done so dirty in Enneagram descriptions. This is obvious, but still perplexing to me. You have to consciously select answers that make you seem inauthentic to test as a 3, needy and anxious to test as a 6, and a pushover to test as a 9 on most online tests. By contrast, "Have you ever read a book or had a deep thought? You must be an oh-so-smart 5." Fuck that shit.
It's the same silliness that gives me Es in MBTI tests that ask you how long you take to answer a phone call.
Also the same silliness that breeds the "Oh you're not a party animal? You can't be a 7," kind of nonsense.
I didn't think enneagram was as bad as MBTI for this sort of thing. It's bad enough that so many people are sloppy and simplistic in their application of either theory. Worse to start off with a simplistic or flawed description of the theory. Much of this comes from an overreliance on observable behavior in determining or describing type. We need to dig deeper, whether to motivations (enneagram) or how people think and make decisions (MBTI). That's the difference between using these systems to improve our understanding of ourselves and others, and turning them into a parlor game.The normative/attachment types (3, 6, and 9) get done so dirty in Enneagram descriptions. This is obvious, but still perplexing to me. You have to consciously select answers that make you seem inauthentic to test as a 3, needy and anxious to test as a 6, and a pushover to test as a 9 on most online tests. By contrast, "Have you ever read a book or had a deep thought? You must be an oh-so-smart 5." Fuck that shit.
The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso and HudsonI realize my knowledge of actual theory is a little weak. I need to start delving deep into some Enneagram literature. Any place I can get free PDFs?