tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post2687076043221408617..comments2023-04-01T16:25:50.899-07:00Comments on BLOGORRHEA: Johnny, ye hardly knew yeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-83056391986594449722009-08-10T11:38:22.981-07:002009-08-10T11:38:22.981-07:00I scored about evenly as a 4, a 9, and a 1. Then ...I scored about evenly as a 4, a 9, and a 1. Then I didn't have time to read what all that meant. My husband was studying the Enneagram when I met him, and it seemed like a pretty good descriptive grid to me. It's clear but complex enough to mean something. <br /><br />I'm most interested in this, though: "what presumed values might I be tediously espousing, when it’s clear to various and sundry that I perform the opposite of what I profess" So scary. I know the people I loathe in this life share certain keynotes in their personalities, and sometimes I'm sure that means I'm just like them and don't realize it!Ellennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-65602410350263232382009-08-07T17:10:41.845-07:002009-08-07T17:10:41.845-07:00I'm pretty much off the charts as type 4, The ...I'm pretty much off the charts as type 4, The Individualist. If I had taken this quiz 2 years ago, I would have very likely been a 2. <br />Somehow, even though 4 is a lonelier number than 2, I can't help but feel I am making a step in the right direction.Holly Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610077263690125535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-86457148645895550672009-08-06T11:37:12.099-07:002009-08-06T11:37:12.099-07:00Yikes I am an 8 "The Ball Buster." I gu...Yikes I am an 8 "The Ball Buster." I guess that is bad...for Nick.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902525958904837363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-9553433626220004472009-08-06T10:23:58.985-07:002009-08-06T10:23:58.985-07:00So I tied at 3 & 7 and thinking maybe like a &...So I tied at 3 & 7 and thinking maybe like a "satisfied" and "self-accepting" 3/7 I'm don't need to go any further and pay no 10 bucks to find out exactly which one I am.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531597799334491682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-43565589817743772512009-08-06T08:55:10.531-07:002009-08-06T08:55:10.531-07:00For me: Type Six, The Loyalist.
The committed, sec...For me: Type Six, The Loyalist.<br />The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious—running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion. At their Best: internally stable and self-reliant, courageously championing themselves and others. <br /><br />I also scored highly on Type Two, The Helper, and Type Seven, The Enthusiast. I found that, when faced with a question where I couldn't choose one answer or the other, I had to ask myself, "How am I right now, as opposed to over the course of my life?" Usually I could pick one answer then. It makes me think that this test reflects where a person is right now in their lives, as opposed to a rigid, permanent identity.<br /><br />Anatta, people. All things are in flux, including what we think of as ourselves.Patrick Wohlmuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09002870999743366437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-57983906692653119662009-08-06T08:08:31.571-07:002009-08-06T08:08:31.571-07:00Though this looks like fun, I think I prefer to re...Though this looks like fun, I think I prefer to remain as much a mystery to myself as I am to others. (Then he disappeared, leaving a curl of smoke and faint scent of brimstone.)Steve Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14588201067230147903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-22737567855642282302009-08-05T22:14:59.987-07:002009-08-05T22:14:59.987-07:00Oh lord, I took this and tied on not one...not two...Oh lord, I took this and tied on not one...not two...no, not even three, but 5 different personality types (2, 4, 6, 7, & 9). So maybe I don't know myself very well, maybe I'm schitzophrenic, maybe this abridged version of the test is just too limited to cover the full nature of human complexity, or maybe I just need to take it one more time.Wrennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-33699624800703901102009-08-05T22:07:25.699-07:002009-08-05T22:07:25.699-07:00Oh dear -- I tied at 3, 4, 6, and 9. Does this mea...Oh dear -- I tied at 3, 4, 6, and 9. Does this mean my personality is even more split than I feared?greg netzernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-23525365350096943542009-08-05T12:57:01.221-07:002009-08-05T12:57:01.221-07:00How funny, Mead--I was just thinking about the Enn...How funny, Mead--I was just thinking about the Enneagram last week! I believe that I am also a 4--I have been responding to certain stresses in my life the way that a 4 would. But then I also found some information online about how you can be influenced by the types on either side of your primary enneagram number, so I think I might be a "4 with 5 influence", or "Artist with a splash of Nerd"--which sums me up pretty well, I think! Maybe you have something like that going on, too... could explain why you've gotten different results different times.Marissa Skudlarekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864377900420377361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-371560851891523642009-08-05T09:38:44.265-07:002009-08-05T09:38:44.265-07:00You know, Isaac.....Barbara always speaks very hig...You know, Isaac.....Barbara always speaks very highly of YOU.<br /><br />Interesting we all had questions where choosing between qualities would be a misrepresentation. Longer psychological tests are designed to catch you in apparent contradictions.<br /><br />Guru Loopy would be the first to point out that the quickie test on the website is cursory at best; the site itself maintains that its brevity makes it open to internal inaccuracies as well as user misidentifications. <br /><br />("Misidentification" is an intriguing concept all on its own. In this test-spoiling gambit, I might select all the responses that cast me in a saintly light [for instance] because I think I'm the next messiah, when in fact it's apparent to one and all that Im really more avaricious than Jabba the Hut -- see?)<br /><br />There's a lengthier and presumably more thorough evaluation you can take, but it costs money, so I haven't.<br /><br />Still, the whole premise fascinates me: that people tend to operate out of one of nine basic personality stellia. What does it say about our capacity for change, I wonder. Or is it just that the more conscious we are, the empowered we are to change, at least potentially? Or maybe it's the reverse, simply putting oneself on the road to self-acceptance, at long, long last.Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157076523366054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-37406192979737906852009-08-05T08:53:06.802-07:002009-08-05T08:53:06.802-07:00Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9.
[Or played ba...Number 9 ... Number 9 ... Number 9.<br /><br />[Or played backwards: "Turn Me On Dead Man"].<br /><br />Turns out I'm a Peacemaker, with a side of Helper and Enthusiast. Excuse me now, I have to go be self-effacing while healing conflicts.MightyToyCannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523823158706838012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-53465565710925306902009-08-05T08:09:26.331-07:002009-08-05T08:09:26.331-07:00Hey Mister Mead,
I am a #1.
The Reformer: The ...Hey Mister Mead,<br /><br />I am a #1. <br /><br />The Reformer: The principled, idealistic type. Ones are conscientious and ethical, with a strong sense of right and wrong. They are teachers, crusaders, and advocates for change: always striving to improve things, but afraid of making a mistake. Well-organized, orderly, and fastidious, they try to maintain high standards, but can slip into being critical and perfectionistic. They typically have problems with resentment and impatience. At their Best: wise, discerning, realistic, and noble. Can be morally heroic.<br /><br />I also have a lot or #3 and #8 in me. But I must say, on about half of these questions, I could have answered "both" - which is interesting, because on a different personality test I had to take for a school counselor back in 11th grade - I scored something highly unusual, where I was told I literally had two personalities competing within myself. She told me this split would cause me great anguish if I did not shift fully over to one or the other...which was a shitty thing for a counselor to say! But...she was sort of right...it has been a struggle.<br /><br />Ahhhh...identity. What is the story was try to play out and the one we are actually in?MattyZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227187383176184366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-24500744425230185772009-08-05T06:39:18.038-07:002009-08-05T06:39:18.038-07:00I'm #2, apparently... the helper:
http://www.e...I'm #2, apparently... the helper:<br />http://www.enneagraminstitute.com/typeTwo.asp<br /><br />some things about this are accurate, others not. ther are several questions where both answers were true, thus making the forced binariness of the test a recipe for inaccuracy.<br /><br />Also, the idea that a selfish, manipulative, controlling, ill-tempered and domineering shitbag like Barbara Bush qualifies as a "helper" is insane.isaac butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815094790605298884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166420489614987889.post-28904495073745304632009-08-05T01:48:03.038-07:002009-08-05T01:48:03.038-07:00I tied - both a 4 and a 7. And they both describe ...I tied - both a 4 and a 7. And they both describe certain aspects of me. When I took the test, there were questions where both answers were right so I just on those I just split the difference. Was it that way for you?E. Hunter Spreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354105059591132546noreply@blogger.com