The Romantic
Not too long ago, I have taken the two-question Ennagram Test, – thanks to Ashley – and the result was frighteningly accurate. Not only is it accurate according to knowing myself, but the results are fairly explicit to my overall thinking as well.
Your Enneagram type is FOUR.
“I am unique”
Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.
How to Get Along with Me
- Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
- Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value myself.
- Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
- Though I don’t always want to be cheered up when I’m feeling melancholy, I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
- Don’t tell me I’m too sensitive or that I’m overreacting!
What I Like About Being a Four
- my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep level
- my ability to establish warm connections with people
- admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
- my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
- being unique and being seen as unique by others
- having aesthetic sensibilities
- being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me
What’s Hard About Being a Four
- experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
- feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don’t deserve to be loved
- feeling guilty when I disappoint people
- feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
- expecting too much from myself and life
- fearing being abandoned
- obsessing over resentments
- longing for what I don’t have
Fours as Children Often
- have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in original game s
- are very sensitive
- feel that they don’t fit in
- believe they are missing something that other people have
- attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
- become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
- feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents’ divorce)
Fours as Parents
- help their children become who they really are
- support their children’s creativity and originality
- are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
- are sometimes overly critical or overly protective
- are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
See the accuracy? If not, that’s probably because you don’t really know me. However, if you do, you may see how these results intertwine with how I act. It’s actually quite scary…
Hehe, I got loads of people doing this. It was scarily accurate with me too. Very interesting results.
Akiyama September 21, 2006 at 1:01 pmI think the fact it contains merely two questions is what amazes me the most. Although, the result was… well, it was almost predictable with what you could choose with. :p Thanks for sharing the link, though!
Franky September 21, 2006 at 1:48 pm