Riso - Understanding the Enneagram
 

Personality Type Six: The Loyalist
The Likable, Loyal, Dpendent, Masochistic Person

Childhood Origin: Connected to father-figure.
Basic Fear: Of being abandoned.
Basic Desire: To have security.
Healthy Sense of Self: I am likable.
Characteristic Temptation: To be too dependent.
Characteristic Vice: Sloth in self-reliance.
Characteristic Virtue: Courage.
Hidden Complaint: I am dependable and I follow orders, although other people don't.
Key Defense Mechanisms: Identification, displacement, projection.

Don Richard Riso

Understanding the Enneagram:
The Practical Guide to Personality Types
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990, 288 pages