The discussion about what these triads really are left us with some insights that we wanted to share.
Read MoreThe overlaps of so/sp and Type 1, and so/sx with Type 7 — the two “social-dominant”enneagram types —indicates that they consider themselves to have innate social ascendance
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One of the tri-patterns we’ve noticed (introduced by David) is that fixes can either be Snobby, Peopley, or Neutral.
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Introduction video to Overlay
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I just wanted to give a quick description of two terms we’ve been using: “areas” and “adjacents.”
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Here is a list of some of the original terms and concepts created by Enneagrammer.
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Read MoreI think there is some vagueness with the term "attachment" in object relations which leads to confusion about how it plays out, because technically, "frustration" types are attached to frustration and "rejection" types are attached to rejection.
As an addendum to my post on Trifix Overlay theory, I wanted to write a list of my favourite trifix nicknames. Some of these are from BHE’s trifix roast, some of them I’ve created, and some are derived from Katherine Fauvre’s original Tritype work.
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What is Trifix overlay? Essentially this is just a synergistic way of looking at the fixes on each wing. Up to now, in terms of trifix synergy, we didn’t look at wings together.
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Determining your full Trifix can often take years of study and introspection. However, once you do, the richness of information revealed is revelatory. Enneagrammer coach, Emeka Okorafor, put together a cheat sheet as a starting point to considering what your trifix might be.
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6 is the most confusing type because of its pendulous nature. Here is an summary of how it appears within a tritype with each gut fix.
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Type 6 is notoriously difficult for people to catch as an energy in themselves. The main reason is because the structure of the type is built around contradictions, or opposite poles. If one is only ego-conscious of one side of this pole, they might conceptualize their type based on that one extreme.
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The problem that 9s have in typing themselves is itself a confusion generator for the collective -- 9s are incidentally redefining certain enneagram types (to fit themselves), but are completely unaware (unseeing) that they're doing this.
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There is a lot of mistyping at 4 in the enneagram community, mostly due to misinterpretation of texts. This large-scale mistyping has even caused a feedback loop where the texts about 4 are describing mistyped people. Here are some of the most common misconceptions about type 4
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It's often said that it's the motivation, not the behavior, that gives a view into someone's type, but motivations are mainly unconscious.
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The process of discovering your type is usually jarring and requires someone to help you break through those ego boundaries. We don’t WANT to break those boundaries because we feel they’re there for a reason.
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In my years studying the enneagram, I have noticed that there is extreme resistance to questioning the ideas of other teachers. It’s somehow considered blasphemous to say, “I don’t think that idea written in Wisdom of the Enneagram is fully correct,” for example.
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I see people sometimes using the “core fears” as their primary way of self-typing. “I relate to the core fear of 4,” for example. They have learned that enneagram is about “motivation rather than behaviour” and this is not wrong. However, the core fears, passions, and fixations are not necessarily conscious processes. They are automatic.
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The online zeitgeist sense of Type 4 ('written' mainly by 6s and 9) refers significantly to a very universal human need/desire to be directly acknowledged for being a distinct and specially-regarded individual.
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The energy of SO/SX can be described as "7ish" in the sense that it is sparkly. This doesn’t necessarily mean happy sparkly, but could also mean lightening shooting out in different directions, the energy of a "spray."
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