Re: Jan, Sensitive is E6!

Posted by Perciever on March 19, 2000 at 17:57:24:

In Reply to: Jan, Sensitive is E6! posted by Cory on March 17, 2000 at 22:15:14:

You mean to tell me you are in INFP and a 6?

How come you and ronnie have such a hard time
deciding your types? Unless you guys are retards
you should know by now.

: Today I got Character and Neurosis by Naranjo, as you mentioned him down below. I must say I was very impressed by the book, and has restored my faith in the Enneagram.

: "I wonder if the E-types can be seen as basic 'colors'; and real people are best represented by Oldham types
: which have the most common combination of E-types incorporated. So the E-colors are the bricks, but the
: Oldham-types are the forms/archetypes....However I think the Oldham types are very similar to the E-types as
: defined by Narango; which proves him to be the first and best 'ennea-master' (in the psychological tradition of
: the E-gram.). Do you know Narango's work?"

: I agree. That's probably why I like Naranjo because his system fits well with Oldham. Anyways, Naranjo lists Sensitive (Avoidant) as E6, unlike Riso who wrongly assigns that to E4. I thought I was an E4 all this time because Riso screwed me up! I'm definitely a phobic 6w5 after reading Naranjo.

: The issues of Sensitive style are all directly related to fear - that the self is inadequate and of the environment. Actually, the inadequacy feeling comes after. The person fears the environment, and thus withdraws from it. After a while they don't develop social skills or can't relate to anybody and as a result may think something is wrong with them.

: Interesting though, that Naranjo lists Self-Sacrificing (Self-Defeating/Masochistic) disorder to E4, which everyone else thought was E2 and E9. And Naranjo's E2 and E9 are much different from Riso's.

: E6 Disorders: Sensitive (Avoidant), Vigilant (Paranoid), Devoted (Dependent), Non-Oldham Type (Paranoid-Compulsive)
: E4 Disorders: Mercurial (Borderline), Self-Sacrificing (Self-Defeating), Serious (Depressive)

: I think for the Enneagram to work, it needs to be like this. Riso mixed too much stuff around and misinterpreted everything. The Enneagram doesn't seem so bad after reading Naranjo.

: -Cory

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• What's wrong? Can't accept the fact I might be your type? Cory 14:21:47 03/20/00 (3)
  • Re: I really would love to Perciever 17:13:31 03/20/00 (2)
    • And I would like to... Cory 00:26:47 03/21/00 (1)
      • Re: Perciever 09:14:35 03/21/00 (0)

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