Posted by pork on October 27, 2001 at 12:10:55:
In Reply to: I know we view the enneagram very differently... posted by Elizabeth on October 27, 2001 at 06:47:36:
: To a 5, the world (the mother) is not threating, it is indifferent, cold, stone-like, unloving, numb (schizoid personality is an echo of this).
That be Two, Eight, and Five - the Rejection Group. Like the other aspects of type, the severity of its pronouncement will depend on the individual's level of entrancement. Unless you're giving us the ol' hyperbole, it looks like you have it bad.
Rejection-Group issues, that is. NOT Schizoid Personality. Forgive me for assuming, but I've always felt that when you described yourself as "schizoid," you were just fooling yourself on account of your wretched and distorted self image.
Also, I like Diarmuid's definition of fear. I might generally describe it as a compulsive need to think (i.e., plan) in order to avoid some foreboding consequence. We all have it. 'Cept types in your triad have it more.
Later,
^(oo)^