Originally Posted by
KazeCraven
Interesting. I suspect I may have to take the mishmash part back after I read this.
And I will read it, but it's long, so in the mean time I must express my current doubt that this mechanism manifests as 9 distinct categories that persist throughout one's life. The way the Enneagram is discussed on Personality forums and by guys like Riso&Hudson, it's as if these fixations are the only neuroses that people develop, and that each person has only one fixation that persists throughout life.
Even within the realm of the Enneagram, I think people can get over some of their issues with one emotion, only to realize that now their primary problem is with another emotion. Though I will say this is the perspective I most agree with, where your Enneatype is not your personality or what you truly value.