Enneagram Type 8s Explained - A Complete Guide 

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This video had 88 like and 8 comments before I gave it a like and a comment. It was painful, but this channel deserves more views.

8'hole!? 🤣🤣 not sure anyone would dare call me that. Great video. Now, get out of my head! This all hit too close to home.

I have sent your videos to 15 of my friends today. You explain it better than anyone I’ve heard. And I have listened to a ton of podcast and RU-vid videos.

I so appreciate how concise and to-the-point your presentation is. It also have great production value. Thanks so much.

I recently did the test and found out I was an 8 wing 7 after reading up on it more it’s scary how accurate it is and how well it gets your personality down. This video was by far the best most detailed video I’ve seen describing 8s. It’s interesting to see that certain numbers tend to get along better and it helps you understand why you hate/dislike certain people around you. Definitely very interesting and it can be used to understand yourself more and grow from it. I also see people take the test and in denial of the results and when you read up on those numbers they typically find themselves in denial as well which is interesting because there denial just proves the number they got . Overall super interesting video. Thanks

These are pure facts right here, says 8w9. Your content is golden, entertaining, not misleading (finally!), simply put, straight to the point… Keep it up! ❤

How am I just now finding these?! I know I commented on your Type 1 Reformer video but I just have to say again howTop-Notch your videos are. The presentation, your voice, your grasp / knowledge of the information, as well as the confidence in which you deliver it, makes these videos the best I've seen on the topic. I also thought your Personality Cocktails series was so unique and enjoyable as well. Very creative and severely under-appreciated by the RU-vid algorithm. I'm sending links to these videos to everyone I can think of.

AS A TYPE 1 WITH A TYPE 8 BOYFRIEND I NOW UNDERSTAND WHY ARGUING FOR HIM IS FUN BUT IT FEELS LIKE STAB WOUNDS / PUNISHMENT TO MEEEEEEEEEEeEeEEeEeeE

I've been a student of the Enneagram for seven years or so and this video was a great refresher. It brought me some clarity after a very "Eight" encounter I had with a loved one who is a type Eight. Thank you!

Wow, spot on about my childhood!

8 wing 7 here. I might add that the ‘endless energy’ is not endless! At some point, the intense control-freak ness has a cost on health and well-being. Predictably, this perpetuates the need for control and the longer we spend disintegrated in 5 anxiety, the harder it is to break the loop. Finding connection and being in the service of others on the other hand creates a flow that can replenish lost energy. Along with a good dose of discipline (in any form - art, martial arts, cooking, weeding the garden..) to temper the intensity. And a dog.

You're the best, it frustrates me that you have so few views but i'll do what i can. I'm gonna try to do a share a day on my facebook

Im a 8w9, a mix between ENFJ/INFJ-A 🥰 im still assertive but in a cautious way, and i see emotional intelligence as a perk and good quality to have.. that means being vulnerable is a challenge for me to grow as a person and get a positive reaction from the people around me, which makes me feel in control as well.

Great explanation, I like your delivery. Thank you. 8W7 here.

Just took the test last week and learned im an 8…. Wow does this explain a lot. These videos have been crucial.

Your opening tripped me right out! You read my mail! 😂

Every video, you added 'disclaimer' ; how you accentuated that aspect in every video was so helpful when trying to understand about each different individuals in my life! Thank you!!🙇‍♀

Bingeing on your videos! So good and so well done! You deserve all the likes and subscribes you will get in the coming years! Sharing this stuff with all my enneagram loving friends and engaging with your content so others can benefit. Please keep going. Please do more on how different types deal with one another!

This is so on point!! Excellent work!

This video is friggn perfect 💪

Very slick delivery. Great content.

Thank you for this video! As a type 8, I needed an analysis and then guidance. This video did both🙏

LOVE THIS! THANK YOU

Very helpful video ! Thanks a lot !

I’ve watched a ton of enneagram videos - and this is the best!

I am a type 8. And I totally agree with everything that you have said.

I've always thought about my legacy and how I might record videos of myself speaking to my future bloodline with a message of love and why I would leave behind whatever means I can to aide them in their journey of life. With that, I would want them to know who I was before their time. Hard to fig out what I would say, yet I feel like any of your enneagram videos would precisely give them an understanding of who I am. Seriously, you do a phenomenal job at this! Thank you for showing and helping people (including myself!) understand the sensitive sides of an 8 and paint a more complete picture about the traits/intentions that are often so easily misunderstood about us 8s. I thank you with an 8 style heart felt fist to chest pound, curled lips and a watery eyes masked as allergies.😭😊

Great job!

I finally understand my mom. Can't tell you how thankful i am!!

GREAT COMMUNICATOR & DEMEANOR for your delivery objectives. I'll be back!

I thought I had 8 in my tritype as the least likely one, now this is making me re-think things, especially what was said about 8s disintegrating into 5s. When I'm stressed or annoyed at people, I do tend to hoard things, and I don't like people getting in my personal space, or taking up my time. When I'm not stressed out, I actually like helping people, like it was mentioned, type 8s will integrate into 2s. I was on the fence with 8, 5, and 3, which can all be part of a tritype, but I wasn't sure which one was my dominant one. After watching this video and the one about type 5s, type 8 seems way more likely.

Amazing explanation. You make it so easy to understand.

I feel that as a 8 I don’t have one wing, some days I’m a 8w7 and others I’m a 8w9. It can even just depend on my mood or what’s going on around me.

Thank you sooo much!🙏🏾

Thank you mate. I hung on every word. I'm on my journey to the healthy 8.

As a type 8, i say thank you for this video, and even as an 8w7, we'll really aren't just a bunch of 8holes 😭 We're just very selctive when it comes to showing emotions and "goodness" because of the constant fear of being taken advantage of :)

Why you gotta call us out like that lol! Seriously, great description!

Thank you for all the information sir

I watched this to try to better understand my church choir director. I've been convinced for a while that he is a healthy 8, and I feel even more confident in that after watching this, especially your description of the greatest sign of a healthy 8. That kind of empowerment and support truly is a profound experience as you said, and I only hope one day I can adequately express to him how much of a blessing he has been to me. It's a powerful thing when a type 8 can help a type 1 fight their inner critic in a way I never thought was possible. Been anxiously awaiting the 8 & 1 relationship video btw, because I'm curious how accurately that will describe the dynamic between us! My growth in this space has not come without conflict, unfortunately.

The early childhood characterization was spot on. And as a VERY intense 8 wing 7, I cracked up. As I've matured, I've more balanced.

Thank you! I'm currently writing a character at both their younger and much older self. This video helped me see better. Thank you for your work. 8 holes😂

It's actually scary how accurate this is. It's absolutely mindblowing. I've had tons of my friends take the tests and watch the video on their Enneagram Type, and it hasnt been wrong about a single point on any of the videos. Every single thing he said was spot on. It just shows how predictable human beings are. Never thought about it before. This is some 3rd eye level stuff. 🤯 🤯

8w7 here- this was great :)

I am an 8w7 and a lot of what you said here was spot on. What does need more discussing is how gender roles, stereotypes, and fucking stupid descriptions discourage women from identifying with this type.

LOG 3: Type 8 START[5 4 HERE] The above is just me listing out what order I've watched these guides. I might update the former logs to make them more uniform and easier to reference between. Not much I can say on this one in terms of relatability, in fact, I'd say I'm very opposite to the assertiveness, control and intensity of group interactions. I found myself heavily relating to 5, but not 100% thus why I decided to explore all of these different types (as well as being able to write characters for a cartoon I'm making). It was interesting to listen to a Type I didn't relate to for once, though I did recently know a few people I've met who had that very dominant characteristic and the most recent of them was someone I imagined throughout some of these explanations. The closest characteristic I can sort of relate to is 8Dis5 in the part about 'strategizing to get power back in a situation', but that strategy is usually a spontaneous sense of being frozen in my logic and emotions and overcome with uncertainty that I'm almost desperate to resolve if I don't have an instant solution or if my previous common lines of thought had not worked as I hoped. That instinct is likely closer to a 3 for being motivated by achieving a win rather than having power over others, but as I said in LOG 2, Type 3 is in my schedule to clarify my need to win and achieve, which might go deeper than achievement, but I'm not sure.

I'm a INFJ 2w1. I believe both my parents are ESTJ type 8s. With both of them it can really like talking to a brick wall at times. They always have this need to win, and it is exhausting. What you described, I do think they're an 8w7. Just recently have come across your videos. Love how informative and straight forward they are.

I'm an 8w7 and I must say.. that energy ends. It is so exhausting to feel like I need to be on top of everything all of the time just out of pure fear factor. Losing control of a situation is terrible for me. Self improvement is something I stride for but I feel like I have so many things pushing against me, and with this explanation paired with a fun little BPD dx, it honestly makes a lot of sense. enneagrams are terrifyingly accurate at times-

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You described the 8 wing 7 as if it is inherently unhealthy and bad, and as if you have had intense negative experiences with them and that is shaping your entire view. This isn’t my type, and I feel that this is a disservice and sort of shaming to individuals with that type and subtype. Even when you said one positive thing about them, you joked after and said “or just sell some shit on Shark Tank.” I have really been enjoying and learning from your videos. So thank you. I hope you will take a moment to rewatch and reflect on why you felt this was all you could share about this subtype.

Wonderful video! Hope this helps me write Lumin substantially better. She's a workaholic exile desperate to regain her lost status. Despite being gruff and abrasive, she's an extremely competent doctor.

I feel like most of this didn't apply to me because I'm an eight whose greatest fear is losing control of myself. I do not care to control my environment or those around me unless they are trying to manipulate or force me into something, at which point I become the world's best immovable object. I have nearly lost control over myself on 2 separate occasions, and once it nearly ended in murder and the other in torture. The near murder happened when I was around the age of 8. Terrified me, that's the exact moment I became an eight, and I've been one ever since; the second was at 24 when there was an attempt to rape me. I was so close to destroying everything that made him what he was, and yet, even in the rage and the intense desire to peel his skin from his face and force his head into boiling water, I was screaming internally at myself and barely managed to restrain my anger. I basically told him that I couldn't stop him (he was ex-military) but that if he went through with his plan, he had better kill me when he was done and double-check because I knew if he didn't, I would hunt him done and have him begging for death for decades to come. That's why I fear losing control. I would rather die a hundred times over than give in to that evil in me. I don't challenge life, I don't challenge people except to help them achieve the goals they have laid for themselves. I challenge myself. I am the only person on this planet that I fear and the only one I worry that I will lose to. My interactions are vastly different then most 8s for it I think.

So interesting, I initially thought I was a two and then figured out it’s actually eight!

I didn't know a thing about Enneagram and kind of randomly took the test. Your video was great, fun and I learned a lot. And I promise to try and not be an 8-hole. ;)

I’m an 8. I just found out but it makes sense. Not important. You have excellent translations from subject to subject. Keep it up

I think Eminem is the perfect 8w7 example and Maverick is a perfect description. As a huge fan I can see him integrate to the 2 in the way he loves his daughters but disintegrate to the 5 because he has mentioned not taking full advantage of wealth and not being extravagant. Plus being a 5w4 myself noticing patterns like this come naturally for me especially considering I integrate to a type 8.

I don’t know if I believe in this stuff, but I certainly find it interesting

Nailed it on the inadequate boss. If I can't mentor a boss that is doing a poor job, I have to leave.

Dunno about other 8s, but as I see it, in the scenario of being afraid to show vulnerability, the fear is the weak part, not the vulnerability. True strength acts in spite of fear 😤

Wow, accurate.

Wow I literally just discovered your channel, I love it keep it up I'm sure it's gonna grow really fast, especially because of the structure that is going on here. Thank you for helping me gain more knowledge. So I wanted to ask you a question: I took a test and it came out that I was an 8. (My MBTI is ENTJ btw just fyi) but one of my major problems is that I constantly feel the need to help others and put them infront of my needs, for example my classmates. I am realizing that I am doing this way too much, like I feel that it is probably beyond average, so is it still possible for me to be an 8 or does it have something to do with me still being a child? It's really confusing since I also have traits of an 8. (Hope you see this lol)

Type 8/7w here and I approve of this message 😎😁

Thank you so much for your work and dedication ..great to listen to easy comprehensive complete love it ..Mi partner its 8w9 helpful to understand her better. (i am 1 w9 :)

Really interesting! My husband is an 8, I call him the conductor. When he gets stressed he starts conducting everyone around him. I say conducting and not controlling, because it feels more like he is trying to organize and harmonize things by conducting an orchestra of people in his life, and it doesn’t feel manipulative. (He’s also a musician and when playing in an orchestra, he will literally stand up and interrupt the conductor- a big no no!- and put his opinion on why a certain thing isn’t working, and he’ll turn to other musicians and start conducting them! He cannot just sit back and keep things to himself 🤦‍♀️. Very annoying, and too intense with everything, but he has a good heart and good intentions! His perceptions are usually always correct.)

I'm from South Africa, and I thought we had a good shot at making the spirit country 😂 It's a wild west out here! This country seems to have a lot of 8s, and people with 8 in their tritypes; as we all grew up with a looming sense of danger. It's normal here 😂 More seriously, I can see how the childhood experience comes in. I have control issues. I know why now. My mom developed a serious problem with alcohol and drugs after the divorce, and I had to look after her, and try to shelter my younger sister from the worst of it. I was rubbish at that, of course. I alienated my sister by becoming too bossy with her. She was right. I'm not her mom. I'm only 3 years older than her, and was very much still a child at the time. I just really didn't want her to fuck up her life. I was so worried about how all the drama with mom was making her act out.

I appreciate you and this video so much, but recognizing myself is ridiculously hard

I’m a 9w1, and I look up to 8s like crazy hehe..

When I took the anagram test, it came back that I was a four and an eight. Is that even possible? The strong matter-of-fact imposing my will side of me definitely resonates with the humanitarian eight that I think I am but I’m definitely definitely more so a four when it comes to my ability to feel my emotions so much so that they take over me. Kind of an interesting combination. I have an eighth that can feel emotions lol.

Please explain me what means the worst traits of 5s. You said only a few about it, I need more information to get it correctly

Let's imagine the intensity of a 8w7 SX8. Also, I think the lion well represents Type 8, especially SP8

I literally yelled F*CK when you said who the famous 8s are.

Curious if there are any other 8s who had a loving childhood with 2 supportive parents? I’m 48 and still super close with both my parents, who are still married. I can’t really figure out my 8 origin story.

The "8" Hole.... Yep! Recovering "8" Hole here!

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What type of camera is this? I love it😅 and I'm for real, please send the details ❤

Omg that’s scary 😅 like you know me for a long time lol

I’m an 8 and my therapist constantly refers back to Brene Brown. I’ve read all of her books. 😂 Applies to ladies to. We’ve done a lot of work on shame and reacting with anger.

I’m a single mother 4w5 to an 8 year old 8 and a 15 year old 9. My 9 daughter wants nothing to do with my 8 daughter. My 8 daughter has been diagnosed with adhd and odd. I guess it’s really just extreme 8 behavior. These videos are helpful because as a 4 OF COURSE I want to understand her but my ability to help her sit with her emotions is wasted because she wants nothing to do with that. 😩 Shakespeare has written lesser tragedies. lol I really love scrolling the comment section to hear how adult 8’s are doing and how I might yet help her. She tries to boss the whole house and it’s a constant power struggle for me. Of course she wants a dog and loves them more than anything! And she manhandles our car who HATES IT. Lol help

spent most of my twenties thinking i was a 2, but retyped myself an 8 a few years back. how is that possible?

I am an 8 and a lot of my worst nightmares are about being forced to do things or being controlled

The ultimate anime type 8s for me are Asuka from Evangelion and Kyoko from Madoka Magica.

My reaction to the list of famous 8's- euuuuuuuuuuuuugh. lool

yep you are right on I'm an 8 and sometimes an 8hole.

How did, what the, how is it that accurate?

female 8 here :)

I love your videos, thanks for what you do! I'm an 8! And I only disagreed with the "spirit" country because I hate that country for doing that to those innocent animals 😑just for fun? 😠 aaand I like Lions 😎 they are great and powerful but also cute 😇 that's an 8 🤗

I'm type 8

In the marvel universe I'm pretty sure bucky barnes is an 8

Which types do you think make the best mentors for 8s?

Tony Stark is my favorite 8’s mentor. I’ve been calling him a bull in a China shop his entire life❤️❤️

8 here 🙋🏻‍♂️😂😭

I'm an 8 with a 7 wing... uh oh. lol

Turbulent Creative Subtype ENTJ - Ew7 here.

I knew Tony Stark would be an 8 😂

I Am Iron Man!

Type 8’s dont give a frik what some dude on youtube thinks… 🤣😂🤣

Tony Stark is more of a 7 in my eyes

I feel like this personality type is the most likely one I want to stay away from. Lol

Ugh. The enneagram has nothing to do with personality. It points to character fixation which is sooooo different! Not too many qualified teachers out there …

Ya know, I think it is lazy thinking to say 45 is an 8. I'd put forth that he is a very unhealthy 7.