This has nothing to do with integration or health. This is more a matter of not being physically, mentally or emotionally active.
Find some fun things to do.
Fun has no purpose to me. You have fun, go home, and then what? The feeling doesn't last, and you're still in the same place you were before. Directionless and empty.
I certainly get your point, but as an 18 year old in the prime of his life, I'd much rather have e7 problems than e6. I see the value in being an e6 troubleshooter when you're in your 30s or 40s, but being an e6 is a teenager or young adult is an absolute waste of youth. You should be happy go-lucky, whimsical, euphoric and impulsive at 18 years old, that's the point of youth. You have lots of fun, f-ck up a bunch of times, and move forward. As a young 6, you're basically behaving like an old woman and depriving yourself of any worthwhile experiences.
I'm almost ten yrs older than you...and I still feel this way
I am finding that the more everyday goes by...the more I deprive myself. (WTF self?)
I hate it
And so now I've made it my goal to feel like I've lived the life I wanna live by 30 lol.
It is a terrible feeling though, I do agree it's difficult being a six
Everything is relative I guess...
But if you were to make a 6 a rich person....
and a 3 a starving homeless person....
I can see the comparison...the 3 probably will move up in the world...at least the physically and money-wise...(maybe not metaphysical or emotional)
But the 6 will be paraniod...and still not be happy...They would prolly think people are gonna try to kill them for thier money or something of that 6ish paranoia nature lol ( I know I would...sad...cause I know that it's a RE-fucking-DICULOUS paranoia lmao) damn being a 6!! gah
So I see where you're coming from...
I'm almost ten yrs older than you...and I still feel this way
I am finding that the more everyday goes by...the more I deprive myself. (WTF self?)
I hate it
And so now I've made it my goal to feel like I've lived the life I wanna live by 30 lol.
It is a terrible feeling though, I do agree it's difficult being a six
Everything is relative I guess...
But if you were to make a 6 a rich person....
and a 3 a starving homeless person....
I can see the comparison...the 3 probably will move up in the world...at least the physically and money-wise...(maybe not metaphysical or emotional)
But the 6 will be paraniod...and still not be happy...They would prolly think people are gonna try to kill them for thier money or something of that 6ish paranoia nature lol ( I know I would...sad...cause I know that it's a RE-fucking-DICULOUS paranoia lmao) damn being a 6!! gah
So I see where you're coming from...
While I don't agree that removing the anxiety is the best course of action, I think that in this instance integrating to nine is what would allow us to finally focus, not remove, the anxiety; I would even postulate that it would seem poorly reasoned to assume that integrating to nine would erase worry. Nines themselves deny it, but as the six is hardly capable of repressing it, the correct integration is to focus on a singular issue, to determine whether the problem is actually intrinsic or extrinsic, and then gain the determination and skill to uproot the origin. The integration to nine isn't a shield or sword, sixes have plenty of those, it is the dart that hits precisely the point necessary to incapacitate the argument of the antagonizations.
E8 is by no means easy.
That would be your addiction to the anxiety speaking.
When you're integrating, the anxiety will just fall away for the most part.
The anxiety comes from lack of faith/cowardice, and goes away with faith/courage.
It will always be there, ready to come back, but the more you integrate, the more it will go away.
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Always having to be the top dog, unable to be vulnerable in relationships or to admit to having insecurities/demons?
Always having to be the top dog, unable to be vulnerable in relationships or to admit to having insecurities/demons?
E8 is by no means easy. Try living a life where everyone hates you, and when you're nice, everyone bullies you. When you're successful, everyone is jealous of you. Your bosses think you're a threat to their position, you get fired for being yourself, etc. Jealous co-workers form groups behind your back in order to trash your reputation and take you down when you're successful. Niceness is interpreted as weakness, and people get frustrated because they can't change you, and decide to make your life hell instead. Those who you decide to help, turn against you and try to make your life miserable when you stop helping them. Everyone is dependant upon you, 90% of women you meet are broken and need someone like you to solve all of their problems. Life often feels like you're a mortal journeying through hell, where the rest of the world complains of misery and wallows in their excrement and petty anxieties, and there's nothing you can do to help because it would turn you into one of them.
Largely because of this thread, this morning I was thinking about the effect of positive thinking on one's ability to accurately assess a situation and form objective judgements about things. I used to think about this a lot, years ago, and sided with being objective over being positive... I think, ultimately, what you gotta realize is: when is it time/what are the things about which I must put on the serious face and be all objective-like, and when are the times/what are the things about which it's better to just put on a smile and be a positive force.
Fuck everything else, having a positive attitude just makes life more enjoyable.
As for your description, Starry, that's how I've always felt about e7s (and e3s, in a similar, albeit somewhat different way): under the positivity on the surface lies what likely either is or has a very good chance of turning into a train wreck, due to unwillingness to realistically/objectively assess what is going on in their lives. "Oh, yeah, snorting this line and having sex with this stranger who I'm pretending is my super close friend but who I really don't know jackshit about is EXACTLY what will make my life PERFECT right now *brushes under the rug the fact that if he/she had to spend the next hour alone in a room they would probably drive themselves up the fucking walls trying to not think about everything that's going wrong in their life that they're actually CONSTANTLY trying to not think about/avoid, and thus never actually effectively dealing with/resolving* *snnnnnnnnnort* *awwww* *where were we?*"
The distraction thing is true... Constantly filling up your head with things... Over analyzing things to death, researching shit online... Often just random what if or this would be cool interesting shit that has no basis on your actual immediate reality... Cuz yeah that stuff is often too stressful to deal with.
And the messed up part is that we don't even know we're doing it most of the time. It just is the way we naturally conduct ourselves.
I hate it.
You realize this is all your own fault, right?
It's cuz you're an [excellent basketball player].
Exactly. Maintaining a positive outlook/attitude... which would include behaviors and actions such as... letting things 'roll off you', ignoring/looking past mistakes, annoyances and flaws in order to give people the benefit of the doubt when working with co-workers & clients... <--that's just smart (it's actually good business sense). That's definitely going work in your favor.
Maintaining a positive outlook/attitude when there's a gigantic hole in the bottom of the boat you're in...and it's rapidly taking in water <--now, I've learned through first-hand experience that *positivity* still 'has its place' in these type of scenarios...and can still aid in bringing about a positive outcome... But that this tends to work best when there are others in the boat with you. And you sure the fuck better hope those others are like e1s or e5s or e8s...
Yes. And being alive also makes life more enjoyable.
Sure. The only thing that I find troubling whenever this topic comes up... And you get someone saying precisely what you said above...followed by all the subsequent..."omg, totally! my hedonistic 7w6 friend did a room full of guys all while high on meth, red-bull, cold-medicine, paint-thinner, vodka, laundry-softener & heroin... in order to forget about the fight she had earlier with her sister!" <--is because I was at the party. I was at the party and I assure you... there were people from all types including e6...many of them outdoing any damage I could ever have done. I just like to (always) take this opportunity to point out that not every male or female whore-junkie is an e7. There are many ways to escape negative thoughts...and it is most often the case that an e7 will employ alternative strategies than what is outlined above. But will they then be recognized as actually being e7? Perhaps not.
Totally. e7 sx...actually uses introspection to escape.
E8 is by no means easy. Try living a life where everyone hates you, and when you're nice, everyone bullies you. When you're successful, everyone is jealous of you. Your bosses think you're a threat to their position, you get fired for being yourself, etc. Jealous co-workers form groups behind your back in order to trash your reputation and take you down when you're successful. Niceness is interpreted as weakness, and people get frustrated because they can't change you, and decide to make your life hell instead. Those who you decide to help, turn against you and try to make your life miserable when you stop helping them. Everyone is dependant upon you, 90% of women you meet are broken and need someone like you to solve all of their problems. Life often feels like you're a mortal journeying through hell, where the rest of the world complains of misery and wallows in their excrement and petty anxieties, and there's nothing you can do to help because it would turn you into one of them.
Only people I see doing that are 6s, 3s, and other 8s
Objectively yes. But you fail to understand why its a necessity.
Who I am, when I'm in a good healthy mood, is grounds enough to still rile others up enough to cause me pain, either out of jealousy or other reasons.