Type 4. Essentially.
Also known as the Romantic, or the Individualist.
The basic fear of the Romantic matches my own.
4s are afraid that in a world where everything seems to have its place, that one either does not have an identity, or cannot be distinguished from others.
The most fundamental desire of a four is to find themselves and their significance.
If it's sounding all airy and vague, let's compare that to the others.
Type
1
Desire. To be right and good.
Fear. To be corrupt and defective.
2
Desire. To feel loved, worthy of love.
Fear. To be unloved. To be unworthy of love.
3
Desire. To feel valuable.
Fear. To be unworthy.
...
The enneagram system is based on the assumption that people are only driven by a limited number of identifiable desires, and that a fear is the opposite of what they want. The system implies that to grow, one needs to see the deficiencies of sticking to one type and learn to understand the strengths of other types and see the connection.
I find that whatever I do, I have a need to be different. I feel that I cannot just fulfill the requirements. When I'm not being different, I feel unfulfilled.
So now, a 4 has a choice. He can pursue uniqueness through creativity, going where others have never gone before, self-expression. Or he can accept his existence as part of the world and learn to feel and enjoy the connectedness, accepting the external structures.
4s are really complex and have incredible desire for identity and self-understanding.
There's much more than what I can write here.
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/how-the-enneagram-system-works/#levels
The basic fear of the Romantic matches my own.
4s are afraid that in a world where everything seems to have its place, that one either does not have an identity, or cannot be distinguished from others.
The most fundamental desire of a four is to find themselves and their significance.
If it's sounding all airy and vague, let's compare that to the others.
Type
1
Desire. To be right and good.
Fear. To be corrupt and defective.
2
Desire. To feel loved, worthy of love.
Fear. To be unloved. To be unworthy of love.
3
Desire. To feel valuable.
Fear. To be unworthy.
...
The enneagram system is based on the assumption that people are only driven by a limited number of identifiable desires, and that a fear is the opposite of what they want. The system implies that to grow, one needs to see the deficiencies of sticking to one type and learn to understand the strengths of other types and see the connection.
I find that whatever I do, I have a need to be different. I feel that I cannot just fulfill the requirements. When I'm not being different, I feel unfulfilled.
So now, a 4 has a choice. He can pursue uniqueness through creativity, going where others have never gone before, self-expression. Or he can accept his existence as part of the world and learn to feel and enjoy the connectedness, accepting the external structures.
4s are really complex and have incredible desire for identity and self-understanding.
There's much more than what I can write here.
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/how-the-enneagram-system-works/#levels
How to create a personality test
1
Find a characteristic, preferably something compelling/useful.
2
Identify the possible (or common, when it's impossible) values that characteristic can take.
3
Find effects that characteristic may lead to.
Eg. if someone is shy, they may find it hard to make friends and hence have fewer friends.
4
Create test for it. Then help people interpret the meaning of the results.
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