mintleaf
Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2013
- Messages
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- MBTI Type
- infp
- Enneagram
- 9w1
- Instinctual Variant
- sp
I've considered every single instinctual stacking, and so/sp was actually the last one I considered. I'm pretty confident that it's my type, though. I've tested most often as social-first, and I'm definitely sx-last; and I definitely relate to self-pres in a more abstract than literal way, which is apparently typical for your second variant.
The main thing that makes me doubt 5: I don't know that I avoid emotional overwhelm. I am an emotional masochist, to some degree. As a kid, I'd intentionally make myself sad for the emotional release (...not much anymore, though). And I'm definitely a Jungian Feeler / Ethical type in Socionics.
What makes me doubt 4: I don't come across at all like a 4 irl. A couple family members recently discovered enneagram and asked if I was a 5. I don't relate very strongly to social-4 descriptions (I do to sp-4). I used to have severe social anxiety, but it's not that I feel essentially inferior -- I don't have low self-esteem -- it's that I've always felt insecure in my ability to connect with other people. While I've never related to the Thinker archetype, the Observer fits extremely well. Participation is really hard for me; nothing feels more unnatural than opening up.
What do you think?
The main thing that makes me doubt 5: I don't know that I avoid emotional overwhelm. I am an emotional masochist, to some degree. As a kid, I'd intentionally make myself sad for the emotional release (...not much anymore, though). And I'm definitely a Jungian Feeler / Ethical type in Socionics.
What makes me doubt 4: I don't come across at all like a 4 irl. A couple family members recently discovered enneagram and asked if I was a 5. I don't relate very strongly to social-4 descriptions (I do to sp-4). I used to have severe social anxiety, but it's not that I feel essentially inferior -- I don't have low self-esteem -- it's that I've always felt insecure in my ability to connect with other people. While I've never related to the Thinker archetype, the Observer fits extremely well. Participation is really hard for me; nothing feels more unnatural than opening up.
What do you think?