Posted by Lisza on March 31, 2001 at 19:39:54:
In Reply to: Re: A survey for Fours and a clarification for Mikko posted by Cory on March 31, 2001 at 18:58:35:
: I'm primarily Avoidant/Negativistic with a bit of Borderline to back it up.
: Strange that there are not more Depressives here. Most descriptions of Fours are a mix of Depressive/Avoidant/Borderline. For a person to be "very Four" they would've probably strongly related to all three. Since many of you just replied with Avoidant, I guess it kinda makes you "Four-like" and that is your enneagram type by default.
: By the way, I think Avoidant is more phobic Sixish than Four itself. I mean, all the themes of Four are captured in the Depressive/Borderline types while the main emotion for Avoidants is anxiety. Then again, I would also argue that it's a waste of time since these types should be expanded and we can forget that silly enneagram all together. :)
: Of course, the reason why people didn't relate to these fully are a) they're simple outlines b) they're personality disorders. Oldham makes an attempt to make a typology for "personality Orders" in his book, and it's not perfect, but a good effort.
: Thanks for all your help.
: -Cory