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Enneagram Self-preservation (SP) Instinct
Keys words: Survival, comfort, stability, home, independence, practical foundation, resources, hoarding, well-being, domesticity, structure, sustainability, shelter, work, finances, safety, environment, self-care, balance
Summary of SP instinct:
The first instinct to have evolved. This is an orientation towards survival, health, and comfort. SP drive checks in with the body: “Is this not enough or too much?” and orients by what the body reports on its needs. Of the three instincts, this is the oldest one; it dictates: “I must survive.”
primary concerns:
physical safety, comfort, and well-being; securing an orderly and aesthetically pleasing way of life (food, clothing, money, housing, and physical health)
primary focus:
security, comfort, and well-being of the environment (lighting, temperature, comfortable furniture, aesthetics, food quality)
primary ambition:
using practicality and financial sense to create a secure environment in the home and workplace (paying bills, acquiring skills to ensure the orderly flow of life)
primary stresses:
money, sustenance (how they will get food, when it will come, if they will like it, if it fits their diet), scarcity of resources
coping methods (unhealthy/distorted):
over-stocking, overbuying, overeating, under-eating, over-purging, oversleeping, under-sleeping, overindulging in aesthetics or comfort foods, not exercising or over-exercising, constant concern about lack of resources and survival, lethargy and fear of stepping out of comfort zones, never feeling secure or struggling to relax
Topics SP types might bring up in conversation:
food, dining out, dieting, nutrition, health, fitness, appearance and looks, money, savings and sales, shopping, quality or durability of objects, clothing, design, home decoration, employment, benefits, insurance, comfort, strength, vitality, sickness, death, discomfort, noise, safety, security, environment, resource management, physical sciences, engineering, architecture.
Example thoughts SP subtypes might have:
Physical Well-Being:
Is this food healthy? Why do I feel so tired today? When can I get back to the gym so I can feel more energetic? Could I climb to the top of this mountain? Could I survive in the forest for one month?
Self-Regulation and Skills:
Can I take this apart/fix it? How does this work? What work needs to be done to get what I want? How can I autonomously create my own life? Did we do the laundry? Are my affairs in order? Will I be able to settle in a new place? How do I make this more convenient?
Foundations and Resources:
Is owning property better than renting? How much money do I have this month? Where’s the closest grocery store? Why am I stuck here when I really want to travel and see the rest of the world? Why isn’t there enough nature in this city? Do I have any savings?
References:
https://thepracticalenneagram.com/instincts/self-preservation-instinct/
https://re-fi-ne-ment.tumblr.com/post/161035338043/instinctual-variants-and-cruelty
https://www.reddit.com/r/Enneagram/comments/14bw32k/are_enneagrammers_instinct_example_thoughts/
#enneagram#typology#sp/sx#sp instinct#self-preservation instinct#enneagram9#instincts#instinctual variants#sp
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guys Sasha is not the responsible one in the archives. She saw a weird guy with fucked up hands and an uncanny laugh and immediately followed him to several secondary locations. I’m SO sorry to say this but the only og archives crew member with self-preservation instincts is Tim
#Of course he gave up on said self preservation sometime in s3. But he did have it#Sasha’s got that eye alignment knowledge-over-safety instinct#Martin’s like Tim cmon we HAVE to go into the evil tunnels to save our stalker boss 🥺#And then there’s mr remarkably-easy-to-buy-an-axe-in-central-london#the magnus archives#tma#sasha james#tim stoker
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I've never seen someone so happy to have a flaming sword in their chest. Never change, Tim.
#dc comics#batfamily#batfam#robin#tim drake#red robin#flaming homosexual meets flaming sword#he's got nothing to atone for and no self preservation instincts#frankly he's got nothing but a sharp mind and a deranged smile
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Being jurgen leitner the day that gerry almost killed him was probably really surreal. Imagine you’re minding your business, collecting fucked up books, and out of nowhere this goth guy covered in eye tattoos shows up and beats you half to death, then stops, goes, “no you’re too pathetic to be jurgen leitner” and leaves without further elaboration. And you dont correct him, you like being alive after all, and after that you just… continue with your life. And then several years later you tell this to some random guy in the tunnels you’ve been hiding in, and he not only knows who the goth was, but seems somewhat fond of the goth. And then you get brutal pipe murdered by the random guy’s boss. Oops
#the magnus archives#tma#jurgen leitner#gerry keay#jon sims#elias bouchard#on an unrelated note#i think leitner was probably of the eye if he was of any of the fears#the eye is kind of the perfect symbiote#plus i feel like going ‘oh hey cursed books. im gonna find more!’ is so eye coded#not that im saying eye avatars have poor self preservation instincts or anything#(this is exactly what im saying)#the motto of the eye should be ‘i fucked around and found out’#not that ‘audio opperior vigilo’ stuff
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thinking about Jonathan Sims and Samama Khalid.
Thinking about how, by all laws of Horror Story Trope, Jon should not be the protagonist. If I'd never heard of tma and you showed me a lineup of the archives crew and asked me to guess who died first I would have pointed to Jon. He's the paranoid professor archetype. The one who dies discovering some crucial bit of information at the beginning to push the plot forward. He's unfriendly, cowardly, insecure, and makes other people do his investigation for him for all of season 1. He doesn't do anything even remotely heroic until the second half of the show. He has no interest in romance for the first half of the show. The audience wasn't even aware Jon had a dark past until he starts telling us about A Guest for Mr. Spider. But he is *Chosen.* Despite the fact that he has no actual qualities of a hero, he's chosen as the eyes special boy. Over the course of the show he starts to become more and more like an actual protagonist. He starts trying to save the world, resist the eye, all that jazz. For one reason or another, being the Archivist turns Jonathan "definition of a side character" Sims into the main character.
Then we have Sam. Sam starts acting like a horror/mystery protagonist almost immediately. He is young, charming, has a mysterious past (that we are made aware of pretty much right away) and a curiosity that causes him to frequently put himself personally in the path of The Horrors. He pokes around where he doesn't belong and looks for clues. He's the center of an office love triangle for goodness sake. He has a strong sense of duty to others and will put himself in harms way to protect those he loves. He exudes main character energy. He has everything a horror protagonist needs to push the plot along. But Sam wasn't *Chosen.* Despite being exactly the person you'd expect the plot to follow. And I can't help but wonder if, in the same way that the narrative made Jon important, it's going to make Sam unimportant. Irrelevant. If, with his rejection from The Magnus Institute, Sam is going to disappear completely. Become a mystery.
Because at the end of the day, so much of your life, your impact on the world, your relevance, has absolutely nothing to do with you. So much of it has everything to do with those in power, and whether they decide you're important.
It all comes down to your own rotten luck.
#the magnus archives#the magnus protocol pod#tma#Tmagp#The Magnus protocol#tma podcast#jonathan sims#samama khalid#the magnus archives podcast#Their only similarities is their general lack of self preservation instincts#And their guaranteed uselessness in a fight
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I think Duke Thomas should get to give off eldritch horror vibes to all JL-associated magic users. As a treat.
#no one can explain it#no one knows why#except the bats#all the bats go hmm and then don’t elaborate#John Constantine at some point: what do you MEAN HE’S THE SO-#he doesn’t get to finish the sentence and no one else asks the bats any questions#they can mind their own business they’re not batman#lies they’re all curious but also possess mildly functional self preservation instincts and the bats are glaring#Billy Batson thinks Duke is cool#despite or possibly because of the vibes#duke thomas#the signal#batman#batfam#batkids#the justice league
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Jason: Truth or dare? Leo: Truth. Jason: How many hours have you slept this week? Leo: Leo: Dare. Jason: Go to sleep. Leo: Leo: Leo: Never have I ever- Jason: tHaT's NoT tHe GaMe
#percy jackson and the olympians#heroes of olympus#pjo incorrect quotes#incorrect pjo quotes#hoo incorrect quotes#incorrect hoo quotes#pjo hoo toa#jason grace x leo valdez#valgrace#jason grace#leo valdez#somebody needs to look after leo valdez#that boy has no self preservation instinct
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Right back at ya, Meryl.
She roped him to capture.
He roped her to save.
- and being like "Meryl, I love you and your chaotic gremling energy, but NO."
#blink it and you miss it reference#circling back to the very beginning#she roped him to capture he roped her to save#good boi vash#go cowboy go#your driendly neighbour vash the stampede#vash#vash the stampede#meryl stryfe#maryel do you even have self preservation instinct? apparently not#but Vash loves you either way#maybe even more#trigun stampede#trigun#tristamp#references#chaotic gremlin energy#chaotic gremlyn meryl#vashmeryl
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Enid: Celebratory glitter!! (Throws some glitter) Stranger: Wow, must be hard to keep that wild girlfriend of yours out of trouble. Wednesday: (Stares) Enid has on numerous occasions had to place me in "Air Jail" in order to stop me from flinging myself into the maws of monsters and murderous men armed with nothing but a tooth pick and an overwhelming conviction that I can never die.
#wenclair#wednesday addams#Enid Sinclair#wednesday x enid#wednesday netflix#wednesday 2022#I love that in contrast to the usual energetic one stupid restrained one smart dynamic#The one who hold the common the sense between Enid & Wednesday is objectively Enid#This isn't to say Wednesday isn't smart but she has zero self preservation instincts & an ego the size of the moon#Bumbleby also sort of had this though once Blake dealt with her trauma they evened out#Incorrect quotes#Text Post#Wednesday will die on any hill & has the self preservation instincts of a Chihuahua trying to take on a wolf
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I only fully accept Azula as the short one when it's the "normal sized person x so tiny you're concerned that they weren't fed enough as a child" kind of height difference.
#otherwise: she comes back from her redemption arc with a found family a whole head taller than Zuko#azutara#atla azula#tyzula#maizula#'cause yes she's the taller in all these#it's funnier with Mai because it's the Ragshi type of height difference#tall af girl and her even taller gf who's also a mf that has no self-preservation instincts
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Galahad is hands down the best character in any of the mechanisms albums because Brian went “hey king i think you should go sit in that chair that makes people scream until they die ��️” & with absolutely ZERO hesitation Galahad is just like “fucking fiNALLY. SOMEBODY WHO GETS IT! ill go right now, dont bother clarifying, see ya 🕺🏻✨”
#his ego? enormous. his self preservation instincts? non existent…#his brain is smooth like a marble & i am in love with him#the mechanisms#galahad hnoc#high noon over camelot#hnoc
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Minazuki, who was just born, learns his first emotion: murderous intent!
#minazuki came pre-installed with self-preservation & protection instincts and immediately decided ikutsuki had to go#didnt really work out for him but hey. ikutsuki still ended up dead! minazuki had no hand in that but still!#AND he got himself & sho out of the lab so!! yay!!!!(?)#sho minazuki#shuji ikutsuki#persona#persona 4#persona 4 arena#persona 4 arena ultimax#p4#p4a#p4au#art#my art#xanders art#digital art#fan art
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Thinking about de-aged Bruce via magical shenanigans being a bit of a menace. He will bite you if given the chance, and will draw blood. Slippery as an eel to catch. Don't even think you can corner him in his own home, he knows every single secret room and deep tunnel in the manor. Your eyes are scratch-able to him. Try telling he's the future and he's demanding you tell him who killed his parents. Can't tell him? Alright then, you're lying. He would've found out by now if this really the future.
#bruce wayne#bruce wayne fanart#young bruce wayne#fanart#dc fanart#the brainrotsreal's art tag ✧˖°:*♡#procreate art#digital art#mf doesn't cut his bangs!!! (his father used to do that for him)#i like to think martha encouraged him to be doubtful and suspicious BUT always have evidence before he draws any conclusions#sneaking around galas and parroting back to his mom and she's like oh? how interesting and what does this imply bruce?#he's around 12-13 in this art :3#bruce being de-aged in such a fascinating concept to me because they way bruce is mortal and untouchable at the same time#but young him is a different beast entirely and so painfully human because of it#he's just as feral as the robins except alfred is way more lenient just not as trained#but then it's like because he's not trained you don't WHAT he'll do he's got like 0 self preservation instincts and is a 100 or nothing
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Usopp and Alphonse would get along very well
#one piece#usopp#god usopp#my art#alphonse elric#Usopp would thrive in a story where common sense and self preservation instincts aren’t treated like bad things#that’s a direct quote from Al btw
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guy who acts so resigned to his fate but cannot physically stop himself from desperately grasping onto every opportunity, searching for any possibility of escape, who will claw and bite and punch just for the slimmest chance of survival. guy willing to sell out anyone if it protects himself (and who will never stop carrying that guilt. and who will never stop making that choice)
#pure instinct. pure self preservation. no ill NEVER be normal about it#if this applies to any of UR blorbos tag them#i need more of these types of guys...#talking tag#character tropes#character inspiration#guy (gender neutral)
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𝒫𝓇𝑒𝑒𝓂 𝒱𝒾𝑒𝓌 🌇
#cyberpunk 2077#cyberpunk v#cyberpunk photomode#oc: vice de'angelo#my screenshots#dogtown#the chaps the chaps the chaaaaaaaapssssss oooouuuuuuhhhhhhh#Vice wasn't born with that essential self-preservation instinct to avoid heights like this but dw he'll be fine#it's always worth it for the view 🥰
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