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Posted by Peb on November 24, 1997 at 14:24:40:

In Reply to: Help me understand!! posted by Mel on November 21, 1997 at 00:09:11:

Hi Mel - I hated the tests given on the enneagram pages. Here's what I'd do: go to your local good book store. Ask for help in finding books on the enneagram and then look them over. Some are simple and have informative cartoons, others offer more in depth explainations. I like Helen Palmer's books the best. Read the general explainations of each type to help exclude what you're pretty sure you are not and then read more in depth on what you think fits. Helen's explainations of what your early family life was probabley like can help you to find a fit.
After I took tests it was pretty sure that I was a four and I wasn't sure I liked that. I don't know how anyone else feels but I thought the descriptions made me (4's) seem so pathetic-I wanted to be somehow better than that. So the fit only really hit home when I later read that fours suffered from some sort of abandonment as children. My dad died when I was four and my mom emotionally withdrew for a while - bullseye! And if that was true maybe the rest of it was generally true too (it is). It's hard to come to terms with some of the negative images presented for each type but ultimately helpful. Good Luck.
: My scores are:
: 1 23
: 2 14
: 3 19
: 4 12
: 5 9
: 6 22
: 7 16
: 8 20
: 9 9

: How do I interpret them? What are wings? Where is the EASIEST
: place to learn?

: Thanks.

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: Hi Mel - I hated the tests given on the enneagram pages. Here's what I'd do: go to your local good book store. Ask for help in finding books on the enneagram and then look them over. Some are simple and have informative cartoons, others offer more in depth explainations. I like Helen Palmer's books the best. Read the general explainations of each type to help exclude what you're pretty sure you are not and then read more in depth on what you think fits. Helen's explainations of what your early family life was probabley like can help you to find a fit. : After I took tests it was pretty sure that I was a four and I wasn't sure I liked that. I don't know how anyone else feels but I thought the descriptions made me (4's) seem so pathetic-I wanted to be somehow better than that. So the fit only really hit home when I later read that fours suffered from some sort of abandonment as children. My dad died when I was four and my mom emotionally withdrew for a while - bullseye! And if that was true maybe the rest of it was generally true too (it is). It's hard to come to terms with some of the negative images presented for each type but ultimately helpful. Good Luck. : : My scores are: : : 1 23 : : 2 14 : : 3 19 : : 4 12 : : 5 9 : : 6 22 : : 7 16 : : 8 20 : : 9 9 : : How do I interpret them? What are wings? Where is the EASIEST : : place to learn? : : Thanks.

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