#enneagram type 8

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Negative Enneagram Test

Enneagram Tests are often criticized for focusing too much on the positive aspects of a person’s character. Are you ready to face your Enneagram dark side?

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This was an interesting one. So, apparently Harvey's Enneagram is Type 8, "The Challenger/Protector". I'd say it's fairly accurate for the most part. Because the trait list is so long, I'm putting it under a read more.]

Enneagram Type 8, often referred to as "The Challenger" or "The Protector," is characterized by a strong desire for control, independence, and a fear of vulnerability. While this personality type possesses many strengths such as leadership qualities, assertiveness, and a protective nature, the negative aspects of their nature can create challenges in both their personal lives and relationships. Their negative aspects tend to take the following forms:

Dominance: Tendency to dominate situations and people, seeking control.

Anger and Aggression: Struggling with anger management and expressing anger assertively.

Resistance to Vulnerability: Reluctance to show vulnerability or admit weaknesses.

Intimidation Tactics: Using forceful language and behavior to assert dominance.

Fear of Weakness: Deep fear of being perceived as weak or vulnerable.

Desire for Control: Craving control over situations and people to prevent being manipulated.

Impulsiveness: Reacting quickly and aggressively in challenging situations.

Avoiding Dependence: Aversion to depending on others or showing emotional need.

Difficulty Receiving Help: Struggle to accept help or support from others.

Confrontational Behavior: Tendency to confront conflicts head-on, sometimes causing tension.

Boundaries Can Be Overbearing: Strong boundaries can sometimes come off as domineering.

Fearing Betrayal: Worrying about being taken advantage of or betrayed.

Stubbornness: Refusing to back down, even when presented with evidence.

Neglecting Others' Feelings: Prioritizing their own needs and views over others'.

Repressing Vulnerable Emotions: Suppressing feelings of fear or hurt to maintain strength.

Pushing Others Away: Using intimidation to keep distance from emotional involvement.

Impatience: Difficulty tolerating delays or obstacles to their goals.

Risk of Isolation: Fear of being controlled can lead to isolation and strained relationships.

Difficulty Admitting Mistakes: Reluctance to acknowledge errors due to fear of losing control.

Overwhelming Presence: Intense presence can be overwhelming for more sensitive individuals.

Overemphasis on Independence: Valuing independence to the point of neglecting collaboration.

Resistance to Authority: Challenging authority figures to assert their own power.

Masking Vulnerability with Anger: Using anger as a defense mechanism to hide vulnerability.

Conflict-Seeking: Sometimes engaging in conflict to establish dominance or prove strength.

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Enneagram Types (Part 2)

Here’s a description of each Enneagram type, including their core motivations, fears, desires, and typical behaviors, along with information about their wings:

Type 6 - The Loyalist: Core Motivation: Sixes seek security, guidance, and support. They strive to find safety and stability in their environment and relationships.

Core Fear: Sixes fear being abandoned, unsupported, or without guidance. They may worry about potential dangers and uncertainties.

Core Desire: Sixes desire to have security, certainty, and trust. They long for reassurance and reliable relationships.

Typical Behaviors: Sixes are loyal, responsible, and often seek guidance from authority figures or trusted individuals. They may be cautious, vigilant, and prepared for potential risks.

Wing 5 (6w5): The Defender

Fives bring an intellectual and independent dimension to Sixes. They may have a more withdrawn and observant approach to their loyalty and may seek knowledge to feel more secure.

Wing 7 (6w7): The Buddy

Sevens add an adventurous and optimistic element to Sixes. They may seek distraction from anxieties and look for exciting experiences to balance their need for security.

Type 7 - The Enthusiast: Core Motivation: Sevens seek pleasure, excitement, and new experiences. They strive to avoid pain and discomfort and seek fulfillment in the present moment.

Core Fear: Sevens fear being trapped, limited, or missing out on opportunities. They may avoid facing difficult emotions or situations.

Core Desire: Sevens desire to be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled. They long for freedom and a sense of abundance.

Typical Behaviors: Sevens are enthusiastic, spontaneous, and often have a wide range of interests. They enjoy seeking new experiences, possibilities, and tend to be optimistic.

Wing 6 (7w6): The Entertainer

Sixes bring a practical and security-oriented dimension to Sevens. They may have a more cautious approach to their enthusiasm and may seek support and guidance in their pursuits.

Wing 8 (7w8): The Realist

Eights add a bold and assertive element to Sevens. They may be more focused on power and assertiveness in their pursuit of pleasure and may have a stronger desire for control.

Type 8 - The Challenger: Core Motivation: Eights seek control, independence, and protection. They strive to avoid vulnerability and stand up for themselves and others.

Core Fear: Eights fear being controlled, manipulated, or vulnerable. They may worry about being taken advantage of or appearing weak.

Core Desire: Eights desire to be strong, self-reliant, and in control. They long for justice, fairness, and protection for themselves and those they care about.

Typical Behaviors: Eights are assertive, confident, and often take on leadership roles. They have a strong presence and tend to be direct and confrontational.

Wing 7 (8w7): The Maverick

Sevens bring an adventurous and pleasure-seeking dimension to Eights. They may have a more lighthearted and optimistic approach to their assertiveness and desire for control.

Wing 9 (8w9): The Bear

Nines add a calming and harmonizing element to Eights. They may have a more grounded and receptive approach to their assertiveness and desire for control.

Type 9 - The Peacemaker: Core Motivation: Nines seek inner and outer peace, harmony, and avoidance of conflict. They strive for comfort and a sense of unity with others.

Core Fear: Nines fear conflict, disconnection, or loss of peace. They may avoid asserting themselves or facing difficult emotions.

Core Desire: Nines desire to have inner stability, peace, and to maintain their relationships. They long for a sense of wholeness and unity.

Typical Behaviors: Nines are easygoing, agreeable, and often go along with others' preferences. They seek to maintain harmony and may merge with others' opinions.

Wing 8 (9w8): The Referee

Eights bring a stronger assertiveness and a desire for power to Nines. They may be more willing to stand up for themselves and others and may have a stronger sense of individuality.

Wing 1 (9w1): The Dreamer

Ones bring a sense of responsibility and a desire for order to Nines. They may strive for personal improvement and may have higher standards for themselves and their relationships.

Remember that individuals may vary within each type, and the wings offer additional dimensions to their core motivations. The Enneagram system is a tool for self-awareness and personal growth, helping individuals understand their patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Stay tune for Enneagram posts.

xoxo J.

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it’s so weird to me that 8 and 9 can be wings of each other they’re literally opposite types like hello???

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Enneagram Type 8 - The Challenger

Eights are self-confident, strong, and assertive. Protective, resourceful, straight-talking, and decisive, but can also be ego-centric and domineering. Eights feel they must control their environment, especially people, sometimes becoming confrontational and intimidating. Eights typically have problems with their tempers and with allowing themselves to be vulnerable. At their Best: self- mastering, they use their strength to improve others' lives, becoming heroic, magnanimous, and inspiring.

- The Enneagram Institute

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A Love Letter to Type 8

To the Hesitant,

           You, as the utmost of utmost badasses, house within you an entire encyclopedia of Dungeons and Dragons classes.

           You are a Fighter—strong enough to be armored, even from a young age—you come at problems headfirst, and you know how to lead.

           You are a Barbarian—a battle cry fit to ward off even the worst of predators. You are a Monk—to save yourself, so that you can save the world.

           Wait, no, a Bard because you have the wherewithal to inspire others to pick up a blade and save themselves. But if they cannot save themselves, you transmute into a Paladin to do the saving for them.

           Serving as a Ranger, you remove yourself from immediate danger, and your inner Rogue lets you slip into the shadows so that you may breathe—even if only for a moment.

           A Druid—blending in with your surroundings and becoming one with them. A Wizard, here to alter the structures of reality so that others may see what it is that you could not always see. A Cleric—healing both yourself and those around you.

           You—classes aside—stand before me bare, battered, and what some may deem as broken.

           But you—classes aside—are enough of a powerhouse to push through any turmoil or long-form disaster that gets thrown your way.

           But that doesn’t mean you should have to. You should never have had to. Especially not as such a small child.

           Here, now, I am giving you permission to rest—to fold yourself into my arms and find comfort in someone other than yourself. You’ve earned that, even though it should never have been an “earnable” prize to begin with.

Forever on your team,

r.h.

P.S. Don’t waffle. You’ll get better results if you just do it, instead of being afraid of the judgement or the outcome.

Song: Eight by Sleeping At Last

Song: Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears

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"We're good man find out your Enneagram."

"At least it's not a Sea Enneagram."

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Supernatural Rewatch 03x06

Red Sky At Morning

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I am trying to keep track of Sam and Dean’s relationship to the truth. In this episode, Sam actively tries to hide what he’d done from Dean, but, when Dean calls him out for it, he doesn’t bother trying to lie to cover it up

DEAN So, I've been waiting since Maple Springs. You got something to tell me?

SAM It's not your birthday.

DEAN No.

SAM ... Happy Purim? Dude, I don't know. I have no idea what you're talking about—

DEAN There's a bullet missing from the Colt. You want to tell me how that happened? I know it wasn't me. So unless you were shooting at some incredibly evil cans… You went after her, didn’t you? The Crossroads Demon. After I told you not to.

SAM Yeah, well...

So, as I have noticed in the past, Sam has a tendency to omit truth when he feels it will benefit him in some way, but he still doesn’t often lie to Dean (although he did tell him that Azazel didn’t say anything else, when in fact Sam did find out he had demon blood, and he still hasn’t told Dean the truth about that).

Later in the episode, when they fail at saving the man who was targeted, they have this conversation in the car.

DEAN Do you wanna say it or should I?

SAM What?

DEAN You can't save everybody, Sam.

SAM Yeah, right, so – so what, you feel better now or what?

DEAN No, not really.

SAM Me neither.

DEAN You gotta understa—

SAM It’s just lately, I feel like I can't save anybody.

I thought it was interesting how Dean introduced it, like this phrase is something they regularly say after failing to save someone.  When watching this scene I immediately thought of 2x11, which also features the brothers dealing with the fact that they can’t save everyone, but this time it has the added personal layer of Dean’s deal. In that episode, Sam felt like the more people he saved, the more he could avoid becoming something evil, and now when he fails he is just reminded of how much he’s failing to save Dean.

At the end of the episode, Dean tries apologizing to Sam for everything he’s putting him through

DEAN I see what you're going through with this whole deal, me going away and all that. But you're gonna be okay.

SAM You think so.

DEAN Yeah, you'll keep hunting, y'know, you live your life. You’re stronger than me. You are. you are... you'll get over it. But I want you to know I'm sorry, I’m sorry for... putting you through all this, I am.

Dean says “going away,” as if him dying is comparable to going away to college or moving out of state for a new job. Like they’re a normal pair of brothers separating for some normal reason. He also has a lot of faith in Sam’s emotional resilience. I was also really caught by Dean saying that Sam is stronger than him, because that’s going to be a recurring idea later in the show.

Sam rejects Dean’s attempt at reconciliation.

SAM I don't want an apology from you! And by the way, I'm a big boy now, I can take care of myself.

DEAN Oh, well, excuse me.

SAM So would you please quit worrying about me? I mean that's the whole problem in the first place. I don't want you to worry about me, Dean, I want you to worry about you! I want you to give a crap that you’re dying!

Now this is really a type 2 and a type 8 clashing. Both of them intrinsically want to take care of the other, disregarding their personal needs, and that creates conflict, because they are caught in this situation where nobody can win. We also see Sam’s frustration with Dean’s protectiveness again, except in season 1 when he got fed up with it, he made a selfish choice to leave on his own, but now he has focused all his attention on saving his brother, and he’s angry that Dean won’t care about himself.

This is another one of those conversations they have multiple times, each brother switching off between the two roles.

And interesting literary moment of this episode was when they discover what the ghost’s motive is and Sam says “Very Cain and Abel.”

It’s like … foreshadowing??

Even if they had no intention of actually brining in the story of Cain and Abel at this point, we already know that the concept of having to kill your brother is one that we revisit very often on this show. Dean might have to kill Sam if he can’t save him, they’re supposed to be Michael and Lucifer’s vessels so one brother can kill the other, all the filler episode characters who kill their siblings in a clearly paralleled way… although the brothers aren’t currently struggling with that kind of arc, the theme is still there. Family killing family.

Ok, I said before that we’d talk about Bela’s take on hunters and what they do, so here we go

DEAN Hey, Bela, how'd you get like this, huh? What, did Daddy not give you enough hugs or something?

BELA I don't know. Your daddy give you enough? Don't you dare look down your nose at me. You're not better than I am.

DEAN We help people.

BELA Come on. You do this out of vengeance and obsession. You're a stone's throw from being a serial killer. Whereas I, on the other hand, I get paid to do a job and I do it. So, you tell me – which is healthier?

I wanted to include this just because I think it’s interesting that Dean tries to taunt Bela by implying that she has daddy issues, and she just throws it right back at him and it hits the audience because … we know he does.

Dean, and hunters in general, look down on Bela because trades in magical artifacts with no thought to what hands they end up in or the consequences, and it seems rather selfish. But Bela makes an interesting point, most hunters are driven by a sense of revenge. Most of them lost a loved one to some kind of monster and now feel like it’s their duty to eradicate the world of those monsters. They operate outside of society, and honestly Bela’s not too far off when she compares them to serial killers. I mean, look at Gordon, isn’t that exactly what he is? I’m not saying Bela is objectively good, but I think she has a point that just because Hunters are trying to “save” people doesn’t automatically make them good people. She, on the other hand, provides goods and services in exchange for money, and usually doesn’t end up needing to personally hurt anyone to get her job done. Again, it’s not like she’s lawful good, but she may be in a healthier state of mind than most hunters.

And I can’t finish off my thoughts about this episode without complaining that Dean gets the humorous “don’t objectify me,” moment while Sam is the one actually being objectified and touched inappropriately all night… I hate this episode for that reason. It wouldn’t be funny if Sam was a girl on a “date” with an old man, and it’s not funny this way either. It’s just uncomfortable.

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Just because you said that I am going to disagree.

Type 8

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Killjoys ENNEAGRAM TYPES:

Dutch – Type 8w7: The Challenger (The Nonconformist)

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Feanor from "the silmarillion" is such an 8 tho

Like he has never heard of "a time and a place", always did whatever he wants and never once trusted as many people as he had fingers

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Enneagram Wing Boards: Type 8 Wing 7 - The Maverick

Energetic, turbulent, autonomous, idealistic, extroverted.

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It’s My Life - Bon Jovi

Survivor - Destiny’s Child

You Don’t Own Me - Grace ft G-Eazy

Don’t Play - Halsey

Fighter - Christina Aguilera

Mount Everest - Labrinth

Remember The Name - Fort Minor ft Styles Of Beyond

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

This Is Me - Kesha

Love It If We Made It - The 1975

Do It Like A Dude - Jessie J

Born Ready - Zayde Wølf

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type 8: the fallen divine

Hi, this is my reflection on enneagram type 8. This is all my personal thoughts and ideas about this personality type. Add your thoughts to the discussion if you feel like it.

Thing I admire about type 8′s is the way they stand tall. And I mean it quite literally too, their posture speaks value, their walk screams courage, their eyes radiate strength. The respect they treat their own selves with is very well deserved - they’re human, after all. They’re flawless at responding to the primary and most honorable duty we all really have: the duty of caring for our own selves.

For a type 8, the king and queen of their own life, self care means putting themselves first. They have this natural ability to find their way through, whatever the circumstances, whatever tools and materials life provides them with, they’re gonna use it and make the best out of it. They know that life sometimes just “happens” to us, but at the same time they’re living as if they were also happening to life. The world does something to them, and they do something back. And they have this feeling at the very core of themselves that what they do truly matters. And it does, they’re not mistaken at all. 

They keep on living following the intuitive knowing of what to do. They take life as a show in theatre that their starring in and also directing it. The script may be written, but they’re the ones performing it. And so, somehow deep inside it is obvious for them that to be truly responsible of themselves and of their own story, they need to take into account the lives of others too. The calling they hear inside when making every step and every decision expands further into the external world. Suddenly, they see that their powerful ability to influence life and its direction can be applied not only to their own pathway but can also be of use to others that seem to be in need of it.

To type 8, the urge of taking matters into their own hands is hardly resistable. The guidence they take from their core makes them look around and just see what’s the right thing to do. Not only for themselves but also for others. That’s how they become protective, guiding or leading figures, straightforward and effortless, because they do what they need to do; what the calling inside is leading them to. And this call; this voice is probably one of the few they’re not gonna argue with. 

Despite of the inner drive and strong judgement, they seem to be able to treat the decisions and choices of others with the same amount of respect as they pay to their own decisions too. Their inner knowing always advices them on how to judge the situation and even if after all the persuasion of others they’re still sticking to their own opinion, they’re gonna let you do what you will nevertheless. That’s because, a type 8, more than anyone else, will be aware that we all have the very right to listen to our own inner voice. And this right is well respected by every 8. It is also demanded that their inner calling is respected as well. 

For that though, they’re not gonna ask or apologize for. They’re just gonna do the right thing.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

the painting: Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel