My Thoughts On Enneagram 

Hi Melody, I am also a INFJ 152! I am a 1 SO. Everything you’ve said about not completely relating to type 1 as an INFJ is something that I have experienced in a significant way. I have said over and over again that the 1 enneagram description is highly focused on physical and sensory perfection. Which is something that I do not strongly relate to. But I do have a very strong perfectionist streak in moral conduct and behavior. If you haven’t looked into the instinct aspects of the enneagram, I would check that out. A social 1 looks very different than a one to one 1 or a self preservation 1. I think there are quite a few INFJ 1s out there. My understanding is that it is one of the enneagram types INFJs tend to be. I have a lot of theories on why that might be.

Please don't judge the Enneagram until you've gotten to know it better. It doesn't cover the same ground as the MBTI, although they both have to do with personality. MBTI is about how you take in information from your internal and external environments, and how you reach conclusions and decisions. The Enneagram is about underlying emotions (Fe and Fi aren't about emotions, but about values and harmony) of anger, shame and fear, and their variations. The Enneagram is about finding your core passion (emotional Achilles heel) and fixation (mental Achilles heel that's stirred up by the passion). It's believed that personal growth, including spiritual growth, is found by resolving the passion and fixation that are the foundations of your Enneagram type. That is why finding your type is more important than finding your tritype, although your Enneagram type will be one of the three types in the tritype. In my experience, the tritype can give a fuller account of your personality (and it might mesh better with your MBTI type), but the piece that's most difficult about it (your core weaknesses) are found in your Enneagram type. It's where you're most vulnerable, deep down, and explains recurring problems. It's not a badge of honor, but it can be where you find your deepest shame.

Hi Melody, I'm an INFJ tested as 1w9 at the quick enneagram test, then i tried the long version and got 5w4. So I guess our results are quite similar:) I haven't tried the tritype test due to lack of interest in too much enneagram, but now I really relate to the 1w9 description

If you'd like to learn more, read Personality Types by Don Riso and Russ Hudson, and Wisdom of the Enneagram. There are many other teachers, each with slightly different approaches, which is why they give different names for the types. Listen to Claudio Naranjo's videos on the instinctual subtypes, starting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--5PstIv0MMw.html or if you prefer a less technical approach listen to Beatrice Chestnut or read her book. For tritypes, listen to Katherine Fauvre, starting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YWwaQC35UAE.html. Also Sandra Maitri's interviews are really helpful in learning about the passions and fixations, starting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I1KGTRf1wT8.html. Also look at her introduction to the Enneagram, starting here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RACLbkWkbrM.html. Also, Helen Palmer did an interview, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cd0EahEyWT0.html

INFJ here (professionally typed). In enneagram I think I am a type 9, tritype 954. I think the description for the tritype fits me better than the type 9 description for sure. 😂. I like the idea of motivations and fears for typing.

As an ENTP I always score with either 5 or 8 as my dominant type, with the other one as the second type, 5,8 or 8,5.

I have taken the test a bunch of times and on different sites and ALWAYS come out with a different number. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 are the ones that tend to be highest each time but it changes so often that the test feels kind of meaningless to me. Whereas with myers briggs, I come out as enfp EVERY time. I'll definitely check out the tritype stuff though as maybe it will make more sense to me. Always love your videos 😊 thanks for sharing 💜

Your back! Good to see you bringing some content back.

Though I relate to my enneagram, I definitely find the tritype and subtypes round things out and add to understanding. (INFJ-T, 497 sx/sp)

I'm 469. You remind me a lot of a girl that I used to know so it's interesting to see your self-typing. 125 seems plausible. How do you relate to the three instincts?

You should check out Sleeping at Last’s enneagram project! He is releasing a song for each of the enneagram types. So far the type one song is out, and you can also listen to a podcast on how he created the song.

I think because i'm an enneagram 146 I am odd INFP who can be mistaken as an IXTJ since my Te and Ti is quite developed.

I have a basic understanding of enneagram but don't know it really well. But I've heard that your type will be a little different depending on your MBTI type. I'm an INFJ too and I've had that problem figuring out my Enneagram type (I still don't know what I am exactly lol) because I relate a lot to 1,5,6, and 9 from what I've read about them but I haven't looked into tritypes which sounds a lot more accurate. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

Where did you learn about the tritypes? I've struggled with enneagram a bit, too. I connect a lot to type 6 but type 2 also hits close to home for me so I wonder if those are parts of my tritype. (I'm an INFP by the way)

You made some very interesting points! I've never been able to connect with my enneagram number either, (I honestly always forget which one I am), but you encouraged me to take the test and I am apparently a 4-5-9. Which is very interesting.