It was instantaneous but also took years at the same time. What I mean by this, is that I immediately felt a strange connection to type 7 right off the bat, even when I was severely depressed at my time of discovering enneagram and looked nothing like the standard 7 should. But I read up on a few of the other types more and overthinked it like I normally do. I am still aware of the possibility that I might not actually be a 7 after all so I try not to put too much emphasis on it. Other types I have tried on were 5w6 (yes lol), 4w5, 4w3, 3w4, 9w8, 6w7, 2w3... that probably covers it. Some of those I clung on to more than others and as you can see there was a lot of heart triad identification in particular, which you would not expect from a 7. If I look back at my childhood, though, my biggest nuisance in life was the feeling of boredom that I often fell victim to. And it wasn’t just your everyday boredom, it was sheer emptiness and pain at its worst and it always controlled me. I was a sociable kid who was utterly hooked on anything that would take away that feeling, and I was always looking to have fun. I’m clearly a more complex person at this stage in my life, but none of those things about me ever changed.
What I AM 100% confident in is my Sx/So stacking: there is no doubt lurking there.
I have reached the conclusion that enneagram really starts to work its magic when you stop taking it so seriously.