'I think this is a really good way to put it. After a few years of both self exploration and therapeutic work with others, I realize how valuable deeper observation of other types is. Personal...
Initially I don't think any resonated with me. I found the descriptions vague and they sounded like pseudo-psych and I didn't like the spiritual talk that often came with them. Over the years...
I should have clarified my re-statements. I sometimes find your posts difficult to follow so it's helpful for me to re-word things so I can make sure I haven't misunderstood your post - I don't...
I agree that counter-phobic 6's can approach the world in a similar way to 8's, seeing the world as unjust and hard. The difference being the 8 sees it from the fixation of Lust, in the tone of ...
This is essentially what you described: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmG3UFZGNU Mindfulness meditation focusing on the body. You might enjoy trying to do the same kind of thing with sound -...
I've been practicing mindfulness meditation fairly regularly for just over 3 years. It's made a huge difference in my stress levels and anxiety. And in just enjoying my life more. I was introduced...
You probably want to check out the Enneagram Typing sub-forum:What's my Enneagram type?
No, not sx first. I'm 5w4 sx/sp. Don't know my JCF. Mom: 9w1 sp/sx (fairly certain) Dad: 6w5 sp/sx (fairly certain) My relationship with both parents is healthy. I get along with both...
None. There are things in my life that have been hard and experiences that I wouldn't necessarily want to relive, but they've all brought me to who and where I am today, so I can't really say I...
I try to cultivate a quiet mind but my default setting is usually to be lost in thought. I don't usually feel as though my thoughts are running away with me, but rather that I'm always very...
Put in your Enneatype 5w4 sx/sp Put in your MBTI INFP
To be fair, he didn't study this - all he did was determine that when asked the question, When do you expect to die/How long do you think you'll live, that type 4's were likely to have a very short...
Yes and no. While the Enneagram did illuminate a number of blind spots, I was already aware of many of my issues and was trying to find ways to manage them when I found out about it. I wanted to...
My interpretation of the writing in Enneagram texts is a little different than yours. I don't see it so much as a journey of reunification with the world, but rather a recognition that you are...
I think #1, which sounds like self awareness to me, would depend more on a type's health levels than type itself. I used to think it would be more type related, but I feel like I've seen such a wide...
How do you react to being abandoned? I haven't ever really had the experience of being truly abandoned. I remember feeling left out sometimes when I was a teenager, but I've never really had to...
I also had no difficulties accepting it, and I was glad to find another avenue to address my neuroses. Avarice shows up everywhere for me and its hard not to see it. I've always been fairly aware...
I more or less automatically type most people I meet now. I tend to automatically type characters on TV too. Some are extremely obvious, and some it takes a few weeks or months. I've always...
I agree with what a lot of folks have said - you get out of it, what you put into it and the way you use it doesn't have to be spiritual. I originally started using it for personal growth, as my...
Personal criticism can be a bit hurtful, but I always try to listen to the other person and adjust myself if I feel it's necessary. I can be a bit defensive, but I usually catch myself internally...
It's called My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientists Personal Journey. On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist,...
I think it's important to find a way to use the Enneagram that makes sense to you. It's changed drastically for me from when I first started using it and learning about it and I've definitely taken...
I think the easiest way to understand this perspective would probably be to read The Enneagram of Passions and Virtues or The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram. It ties in a number of child...
My perspective is that everyone deals with the fixations of all the ennea-types but in varying intensities - our type is the fixation that's most prominent in us. In many ways, I think we do all...
From what I understand, Type 2's have a particular image in their mind of what they aspire to be like - and they can end up putting people they know personally or images of people they admire on a...
I think you're likely referring to the section that states Type 5's have a High Super-Ego but I don't think he meant that 5's are a super-ego type. In that section he states that Type 1's identify...
I always noticed it growing up, but I didn't really become aware of it until my early 20's when I realized not everyone just naturally does it. I think how 5's take themselves out of the present...
The narration for me is literally like a voice reading a story - it's me telling myself what I'm doing and what I'm seeing. It's like an echo of reality without entirely participating in reality. ...
The funny thing is that the narration/monologue is always focused on observing whats happening outside of my head, so I see details and connections that others miss, but I also think I'm...
Haha, I think that was me who said that. I have an inner narrator that describes what I'm watching/what I'm doing while I'm doing it. When I am actually present and not detached I'm not constantly...
Unfortunately that doesn't make it any clearer for me. My own interpretation of separate monologues doesn't look like yours. I'm really curious if this is what Figure meant.
I've never really thought about this. I have no idea if there's anything to it, but I know for myself I've always been sort of aware of my super-ego, but I don't take it very seriously. I don't...
Can you explain what you mean by this?
sx/sp 1) How do you typically interact in a group? A little awkward, off to the side. If I have close friends with me, I can be a little more outgoing, but if I don't know anyone I'll hang back...
5w4. The longest amount of time - around 9-12 months in my early twenties. I experienced a trauma when I was 18 but I didn't start to process it until I was 20-21 and started experiencing...
Truly pathological? No, I don't think I've ever felt that way about myself. My type traits do create issues in my life (issues I was aware of before I discovered the Enneagram), but I think...
I think that holds true for any type - to be true to who you are at the core seems to me that it would logically lead to being happier with yourself. Thinking on it now, I do feel like a large part...
I don't think there's ever been a time when I didn't like who I am. I might have some regrets over actions or reactions I've had in the past, but those things have shaped me as well, so even those...
I had to do a training at work and started collecting books after that. I initially was pretty suspect about any kind of personality typing system, but finding my type answered a lot of questions I...
I think it can be problematic, in that in a way it can leave you blind to other issues that aren't necessarily associated with your core type. I think Maitri in particular does a fairly good job...
Another user shared an article with me and I think it's something everyone who's heavily into Enneagram theory should read: http://www.thechangeworks.com/dynennbook/dyenn2browse2.html I think...
This is true in so much as I hold my anxious tension in my gut, however, I also hold a lot of tension in my shoulder blades, shoulders, neck, and jaw. My shoulders are often held up much higher than...
a) 5w4 b) What kind of person is this? Are they self reflective, self aware? Are they seeing me or are they seeing what they imagine me to be? If I feel like they're not seeing me, I may...
The 6 description of paying attention in this book really helped me have a better understanding of how my partner tends to pay attention (6w7). When I first asked him to read it he disagreed with...
I agree with this. I try not to let ego be attached to my type, but I know it is sometimes. I think it's very easy to over-identify with your type, especially when finding it gives you some answers...
Friendly, compassionate, wallflower, homebody, silly and love to laugh, ambitious, lover of nature and the outdoors, cat-lover, impatient, self conscious/anxious, inquisitive, and intuitive.
For the first time I actually sat down and listened to some of these. I liked having a different perspective on some of the 5 instincts. I've never felt like I had the greatest grasp on Social 5's...
Lying in bed the past few nights I've had this thread in my mind. I meditate in bed before going to sleep and this thread has been helpful for making me a bit more aware of where my thoughts wander...
This is a pretty perfect description of my thought processes, right down to backtracking in the sequence.
Honestly, I think that's what a lot of 6's say. I think it can be hard to see some of those aspects in ourselves, and I think sometimes we expect them to be more obvious. My partner isn't as...'
