Enneagrams

I'm a Enneagram Type 2

I tried this after reading about it in this thread

I was quite amazed at the accuracy...pleasant and unpleasant as it was.

I was reading that as a woman that we are sometimes taught to be Type 2's if that's the way we score... and again that was accurate. My scores in 3 different types were nearly identical, with Type 2 being the highest. Type 4 and Type 9 combined felt more right, but I tend to act like a type 2.

Very very very interesting!

Um someone else could take the test and post their results so this thread doesn't contribute even more to my type two neurosis!

Type 5



wow, a test that actually got pretty close

Nice test

oh and my next highest score was Type 9

Yay I'm not alone in the world!

Yeah it was pretty eerie how close that one got to me.

Cool beans, I will have to check it out.

Type 2 for me too Nisa

We can be scared together *hugs*

Hmmm, odd. Most of those questions seemed equally correct for me. I got predominantly a type 7, with equal values of types 3, 5, and 6. Lowest score was type 9 -- "Peacemaker".

This is creepily correct... It's even better than a horoscope!

http://similarminds.com/embj.html

Jung Test Results

Introverted (I) 83.33% Extroverted 16.67%
Intuitive (N) 60.98% Sensing (S) 39.02%
Thinking (T) 68.75% Feeling (F) 31.25%
Perceiving (P) 55% Judging (J) 45%

INTP - "Architect". Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population

Enneagram Test Results

Type 1 Perfectionism |||||||||||| 46%
Type 2 Helpfulness |||||| 23%
Type 3 Image Awareness |||||||||||| 43%
Type 4 Sensitivity |||||||||||||||||| 80%
Type 5 Detachment |||||||||||||||||| 80%
Type 6 Anxiety |||||||||||||||| 63%
Type 7 Adventurousness |||||||||||||| 53%
Type 8 Aggressiveness |||||||||||||| 60%
Type 9 Calmness |||||||||||| 46%

type score type behavior motivation
4 24 I must avoid painful feelings to be happy.
5 24 I must be knowledgable and independent to be happy.
6 19 I must be secure and safe to be happy.
8 18 I must be strong and in control to be happy.

TYPE 5
"Fives feel ambivalent about the world, consequently their mind is usually their best friend. Gifted in analysis and making sense of things, perception and invention come naturally. Their inner world can become a hideaway from the real one."

My variant is self pres
sp/sx/so
"Overall you score highest on withdrawn traits (sp), follwed by assertive traits (sx), and lowest on compliant traits (so)."

--If I scored 80% on 4 and 5, how did they choose 5?

I suspect that's because you score higher in 5's wing types (4 and 6) than you do with 4's wing types (3 and 5). If you want to dig deeper, check out the book I mentioned to Nisa. It's pretty amazing stuff.

hugs back at you..

I highly suspect being Type 2 when I really should be a Type 9 is the source of my unhappiness in the world.

I really have my Mom and my social peers at the time I was forming cognizant opinions of myself (those formative years being birth to around 1983) to blame.

I guess I am the only one who cant figure out where on the site the test is?
(this site totally fails the three click rule)
Oh well, old thread now anyway.

http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/dis_sample_36.asp?discover

was a pain to find the link - i think they are more interested in selling a test you can put on your webbsite for $10

*hugs for Di*

Indeed.

Thanks for the link Colette but I dont think I can take this test.

Except for literally one or two questions I would answer all of them with both answers!

The very first question says "I have been: 1) romantic and imaginative 2) pragmatic and down to earth."
Maybe it's my high schitzoid score from the other test, but I spend enormous amounts of time in both of those states.

The same is true of lets see... 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, ....

and then I stopped.

Am I missing somethign? I haven't done personality tests much.

Hehe just admit your crazy - I did , its extremely liberating!

Maybe just throw out that test and label yourself Indecisive.

Better yet - Dont bother labeling yourself. Your friends dont need it and your enemies wont believe you anyway.

*more hugs for DI* ^^

That phenomenon is somewhat by design. These assessments force you to choose one option over the other. The key is not to dwell on any one question for more than 30 seconds. Go with your gut or your first reaction, no matter how trivial or minor the preference may seem.

BTW, these tests are never meant to "pigeon-hole" people, nor are they to be used to predict actual behavior. We are all all types to some degree, but what these assessments determine are our preferences and our worldviews.

Well I *am* crazy, just ask anyone in Nburg where I am a paraiah now.
Besides I took those tests yesterday so my inner workings are there for all to see.

I only realised today that this might not have been a good idea in terms of exposing oneself in that way (not that I have ever avoided exposing myself), and I notice that few of the seriously crazy folks on the forum posted on that thread.
(they are probably writing little notes about us in tiny crazy little notebooks).

On the other hand, you had a higher paranoia score than me!

*hugs back,* craazee Grl!

Hmmm. good advice.
And I tried it again, but I still cant do it properly so I dont think its fair to fake it.

I find myself thinking about each question (and what the heck they mean by it), for much longer than 30 seconds, then if I pick one, it's too "thought about" to be valid.

I know from the other tests that I am a schitzoid loner with a soft heart and a hard head.
Good enough for me.

Just cuase im paranoid dont mean people arent out to get me!!

Look at some of the women Ive dated.

I have only ever seen the women you have dated from a drunken haze on the other side of the dance floor, so they looked pretty cute to me.

I think there are a couple of enneagram tests at similarminds.com that you might have luck with. The Jung/Enneagram one I took lets you do degrees of agreeance rather than assaulting you with nasty binary choices.

Dianne- actually in terms of personality tests that look to measure traits, not disorder or pathology, most Jungians would say your response is a good thing. Jung, the basis for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator and the thinking of many of the modern personality tests we see, believed that all of life is the union of opposites. This idea is also reflected in many world religious beliefs. So, Jung would say that a balanced person would do both/and, and that scores on a test such as this or the MBTI merely reflect your dominant style, not the entirety of your personality. I'm with you, I didn't take it- when I looked at the questions I thought, well, what was the situation? What mood was I in at the time? This isn't schizoid thinking, lol....it's a sign you have a balanced approach to the world. I think that's the danger of these types of tests, it tends to cause people to overcategorize themselves.

Either that or you just can't make up your minds. But if you start arguing with yourself and responding back Dianne, please let us know