Why are you your enneagram type?

[Nexus]

Same here.

Cool

[FDG]

My type was rather obvious from the start, both from reading descriptions and from identifying with other people of the given type.

[UDP]

what is a trifix

[Gilly]

Well, the types that exemplify my weaknesses the most are definitely these types:

3: Tendency to project an image in order to be liked and admired to the detriment of deeper friendships; problems with vulnerability

4: Issues surrounding identity and desire to be "genuine," but ending up being self-centered/overly occupied by self

6: Tendency to get emotionally attached to ideas after they become part of the "scope" of how I view the world; paranoia, self-doubt, general anxiety

7: Tendency to over-indulge, take everything to excess; flighty, occasionally materialistic, somewhat unreliable

I dunno, I can be reactive when other people APPROACH me about my weaknesses, especially if I feel as though I'm being judged or made fun of (duh), but in general I think I'm pretty accepting of them.

[aestrivex]

gilly is 1w9

[strrrng]

7's are detached from experience. A lot of times their experiences are tantamount to a gun shooting blanks. Why? Because they are looking for a distraction from the internal pain that seems to be inexorably catching up to them. "Pain" does not refer to depression or sadness, but rather, the feeling of anxiety which stems from the belief that the world is unstable and dangerous, and that they cannot cope in it. Thus, they flee outward (as opposed to 5, which detaches; and 6, which attaches on to external things to walk the line between external and internal).

7 is probably the most misunderstood type, and this causes many extroverts to identify with it because it seems favorable or generally accurate.

I just finished the 6 description in the wisdom of the enneagram (after reading 4, 5, 7, 8 and 3 - not bragging, this is for credibility in this argument), and Gilly, I am very certain that you are a 6.

oh great, now I'm gonna have to buttress my argument with silly, overly-concrete anecdotes and cherry-picked evidence!

[dbmmama]

What's the difference between detaching and going inward? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but what I actually mean is, what's the definition of detaching and where does it fundementally differ from going inward? Like, say you were trying to identify if someone was a 4 or a 5. Is there some enneagram description I can read about it?

yes, me curious too. i know the difference in myself, what's the difference in enneagram lingo?

[strrrng]

What's the difference between detaching and going inward? I know it sounds like a stupid question, but what I actually mean is, what's the definition of detaching and where does it fundementally differ from going inward? Like, say you were trying to identify if someone was a 4 or a 5. Is there some enneagram description I can read about it?

7's are detached from the experience in the sense that they don't feel it; they're not truly engaged because they're looking more for distraction from internal pain rather than substantial experience (in the unhealthy state). 5's detach in the literal sense. They remove themselves from the external world and retreat into their minds, because they feel incapable of surviving in the external world.

[normal]

gilly is 1w9

I don't know if you are actually joking or what, but 1w9 it is a good ooption.