Re: Am I a 5 or a 9?

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: : After taking the test, I scored equally on 4, 5 and 9. I thought I was : : pretty sure I was a 5w6. Now I am a little confused. Anyone know the : : how to tell the difference between a 5 and 9? I'm quite sure I'm not a 4. : Are you still reading this message board? : I am a 9. For quite a while, many years ago as I was struggling to understand my position on the enneagram, I suspected I was either a 4 or a 5, with a distant possibility of 9. I think I really identified with the artistic emotionality of 4's and the intellectual image of 5's - that's how I liked to see myself at the time as many of my friends were artistic and/or intellectual, as I still consider myself, but those aspects are not central to my most deeply engrained habits. : It was as I was after reading a detailed description of all the points when it suddenly hit me, the 9 being the last point described. I think that was Helen Palmer's book -- I'm not sure, I don't have it now (very thick w/black border on cover). 9's struggle with their self identification because they experience such a range of orientations to life empathetically from contact with different people. I have an easy time understanding others' opinions, and can go along with all my friends plans. They usually provide my social and sometimes even proffesional opportunities for me (when I am least healthy), and seem to do so gladly. I believe this is because the sense of non-judgementality that I project wins their loyalty. In the past, I often have found my friends promoting me when I felt I did not deserve it. I also found myself doing things simply because friends and family told me that I should or ought to, but I didn't realize this because there opinions often quickly became my own. : Does that sound anything like yourself? I would say that describes the core of a 9 dependancy syndrome, and it is not easy to transcend. I would say my continual life struggle is to take charge of my own path -- to be Self-possesed. The greatest decision I ever made in my life was to join the Peace Corps. I felt the most satisfaction from that decision because 1) no one else suggested it to me and 2) it took me away from so many influential people in my life. : : As others have said, it really helps to read about all the types. I don't think these tests mean very much, although they are interesting. I recomend the site "Enneagram Personality Dynamics": : http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~becca/enneagram//chat_ennea.html : which is probably how you got to this message board. Read through the items on each type, that will take quite a while, but it may be worth it if you really are trying to understand yourself -- the enneagram is a powerful tool to that end. Good luck.

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