What is my enneagram type
I'd like to make this thread so that people can give and discuss their opinions on my enneagram type. I can't figure it out myself.
This was inspired by @Xaiviay's thread.
I'll write a comment for each type and how I do or don't relate to it.
Type 1
It's true I can be idealistic, but I'm not sure how deep seated this is. I'm not perfectionistic and tend to cut corners to get things done faster.
Type 2
I don't relate to this type much at all. I've never valued altruism, even as I child it seemed like one person sacrificing themselves for another was nonsensical...why is one more entitled to live than the other? I can help others but I'm not sure how deep seated my need to be liked for this reason is.
Type 3
Honestly, I can relate to how sx 3w4 is described, as having an on and off quality, going between business like and withdrawn and moody. While I can"t relate to the 2 wing of this type, I could relate to the 4 four wing. I'm fairly image conscious, aware of the image I project.
Type 4
I relate to this type alot. It seems incompatible with my socionics type though, as I don't know any Te dominant fours. The things I don't relate to about this type are the ease with which they reveal themselves (not me at all - look how little detail there is in these self-descriptions lol) and expressing vulnerbality easily (not easy for me at all). I do relate to how they are described as feeling different from others and wanting to rebel when being told how they should feel. It's not like throwing a tantrum kind of rebellion, just kind of secretly mocking people who try to make me feel guilted, if and when that happens which is kind of rare.
Type 5
Another that hits close to home in some ways and totally misses the mark in others. I can be overly lost in my thought process, but I also don't relate to being an expert or specialist in one area, nor am I scared of expressing emotions. It's true I tend to feel deeper when I am alone and do need some time alone to process things, though.
Type 6
This type is described as needing security and being anxious, hesitating, etc. I don't know how I relate to this type. It's a type I don't feel comfortable seeing myself as, as I don't like the idea of being everything and nothing at once. All that ambivalnce is annoying. But maybe I am this type, the fact I find it unnatractive is maybe a sign.
Type 7
I also find this type has something unnattractive about it, maybe it's because they are all over the place in terms of focus or attention. I relate to being jack of all trades, master of none. But I am not that optimistic, and don't tend to plan ahead that much.
Type 8
Another one that I feel somewhat uncomfortable with...mainly because of the connection to two. I feel this often makes eights authoritarian big government people, be generous at gunpoint. I don't try to act tough or invlunerable in a traditonal or stereotypical way, even though as I said I have trouble expressing vulernability. It's true I want to direct my own destiny, and this has caused me alot of trouble in the past. For example: not going to college when younger because I was afraid of being controlled and "formatted" by the system (for lack of a better term). Another thing that makes me uncomfortable is the way eights are described as ignoring and neglecting their inner child...do I really do that to myself? Seems scary, lol.
Type 9
This one seems unlikely, as I see myself more as a reactive type, and this type is anti-reactive.
Anyways, that's I've got.
Any ideas?
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Originally Posted by NorthernRose
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is an extraverted function, it has nothing to do with personal identity.
