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Enneagram Main Board Archive This is not about me! (#2 and the real version)Posted by Gigi on May 31, 2000 at 00:24:38: In Reply to: To Gigi, your type posted by Mikko on May 30, 2000 at 12:11:11: It does not really matter if I am a 3 or 8 or anything else. I am me, myself, and I. I have posted all along not pretending to be anyone else. Or if I have ever put on airs it was again me. So the question here is for everyone on this board: How do we do on-line typing? How safe is it? I am a 3 despite anything anyone on this board imagines about me. Because I know my inner drive, what I give importance to in life, how I approach people and events. I know about my self-doubt, my self-confidence, my desire to attract and to leave impressions. I know how important it is for me to find a significant niche in life and to be successful there. I am aware of where my power lies- in motivating and in addressing people. I can detect when I become superficial and when I am deep. I like to be in control of my life. I know a great deal about myself and I am still learning through various interactions. Just like everybody else on these boards. There is one difference though: I am no kid (Wish I were!) So when I say I am a 3 it means I am a 3. Besides why would I choose to be a narcist, a hustler, a pathological liar, and a psychopath when I could very well be a paranoid, a masochist or a megalomaniac, a murderer or a neurotic avenger, a depressed obsessive/compulsive on the verge of suicide. Really, it does not matter. I am me, myself, and I. Let me give the link to a weird post of mine which was written again in reply to someone who said I was not a 3. So please do not be fooled by on-line appearances. Get to know me in person. I gave you all a chance by staying in US for 3,5 months and you were all so shy! But then I am a screaming extravert who can sometimes intimidate people, especially 5s and 9s whom I deeply love.
> 1- How would a 3 behave *on the boards,* (not in real life) according to you? > The answers to these will make my reply more to the point." > > 1. It would depend on what that Three wants to be and what s/he would find like a desirable image. So, in that respect it's more about having a certain style, maintaining it and getting positive feedback for having it. > 2. I'm not saying that you necessarily are of some other type, just that the feeling I get from you is not that I'd expect from talking to a three. > But some things that make me think: Your reaction when I started moderating the board. I wouldn't have expected something like that, and the power issue is the only possible way I can explain it. You reacted to someone having control over you. > That thread where you talked about privacy and the nightmarish situation of a Four blabbering everything said in a private conversation to everone else. Now, why would a Three tell anything s/he wouldn't want to spread in *any* kind of conversation, private or otherwise? I'd assume that a Three's wish to maintain an image would be constantly present, that there wouldn't be an "image on, image off" switch. > You have mentioned that you have gotten very angry in certain situations, in traffic, for example. Now, it could be you're just saying that, but I don't think so. I also know it is possible for a Three to be very hostile (in fact, that's one of the traits of a Three under stress) but the situation sound like something where it would be unlikely. > I haven't really seen anything that I would label as self-image validation but I've seen some strong opinions that necessarily won't cause any positive response. > That's what I'm thinking at the moment. Next I want to see your reply before saying anything else. >
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