Chocobo Breeder
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So I've just started looking at enneagrams and I relate to all of them, as I think most people would, but I'm not sure how exactly you're supposed to find your dominant type and wing so I thought I'd ask you knowledgeable folks. I've received close, yet consistent results through quizzes, but I think my relation to the other types should be explained through my dominant type, right? Which makes me think I'm missing something. Or maybe it is explained and I just didn't get enough information on it. Or are personal experiences enough to make you differ from the typical enneagram types? And if it helps at all I'm an INTP that has some INFP traits (or maybe I'm an INFP if that's not allowed). I fit all of the typical descriptions of INTP and have never recieved an INFP result through any online quiz, but I am aware of my emotional sensitivity, able to see good in all things, have high standards for myself, and would like to impact the world, as small as the impact may be (I'd like to teach and share knowledge with future generations). I'm hoping my enneagram type can explain my behavior, or my overlap with my MBTI type. This is how I relate to the types:
My basic drives: to learn, to have enough time away from others, to be safe and live comfortably, to not have to rely on others, to contribute to humanity in some way.
My basic hurdles: fear of the unknown, worrying too much, finding enough alone time, having to ask others for help, controlling my anger (I don't get angry often but when I do it's like the NES game Rampage).
The Reformer because Ones have a “sense of mission†that leads them to want to improve the world in various ways, using whatever degree of influence they have... they try to maintain high standards.
The Helper because people of this type are either the most genuinely helpful to other people... they have unconditional love for others.
Threes... enjoy motivating others to greater personal achievements than others thought they were capable of.
Fours... Withholding themselves from others due to feeling vulnerable and defective, they can also feel disdainful and exempt from ordinary ways of living.
Fives... Want to possess knowledge, to understand the environment, to have everything figured out as a way of defending the self from threats from the environment...Excited by knowledge...relentless pursuit of knowledge... deep insecurities about their ability to function successfully in the world (my insecurities are lessening though as I'm focusing on my abilities and seeking mastery rather than general and sparse data).
Sixes... Want to have security, to feel supported by others, to have certitude and reassurance, to test the attitudes of others toward them, to fight against anxiety and insecurity... foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion.
Sevens...optimistic, versatile, playful, high-spirited...enthusiastic about almost everything that catches their attention... they approach life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, like “kids in a candy store†who look at the world in wide-eyed.
Eights typically have problems with their tempers...Eights enjoy taking on challenges themselves as well as giving others opportunities that challenge them to exceed themselves in some way...eights do not want to be controlled or to allow others to have power over them.
Nines... work to maintain their peace of mind just as they work to establish peace and harmony in their world.
My basic drives: to learn, to have enough time away from others, to be safe and live comfortably, to not have to rely on others, to contribute to humanity in some way.
My basic hurdles: fear of the unknown, worrying too much, finding enough alone time, having to ask others for help, controlling my anger (I don't get angry often but when I do it's like the NES game Rampage).