[Kamishi]

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Thanks.

[TreeBob]

The test you took says you MAY be an Enneagram 5 with a 4 wing; see description here:

Five with Four Wing (5w4)

General Description

Average 5/4 is the prototype personality for research scientists. Analytical and detached from their emotions, but passionate about beauty and truth, they want to find the ultimate, simple explanation for everything. Their intellectual fiveness makes them likely to engage in long, professorial monologues, while their four-wing gives them a shy self-consciousness. Unlike the more depressive 4/5, they are likely to have a generally optimistic view, although they can get depressed if they become overwhelmed by the world's demands. 5/4s are usually less interested in social interactions than the more other-dependent 5/6.

Balanced and Transcendent States

Balanced 5/4 is more able to participate in life. When the fiveish desire to withdraw and sort things out is no longer compulsive, then the consciously chosen time alone becomes a tool for understanding the world, rather than an entrapping habit. The fourish passion for beauty emerges as the conscious result of harnessing the emotions rather than being their slave. Healthy 5/4s begin to deeply understand the simple, elegant way that the awesome complexity of the world emerges from fundamental principles. They find great joy in watching and learning.

When the perception of five and the passion of four are augmented by eight's power and leadership, plus one's intuitive wisdom, clear comprehensions can be transmitted to others. Very balanced 5/4s can be tremendously creative teachers of How The World Works, who explain things with clean, elegant sentences. Yet for all its simple clarity, their teaching carries with it a profound appreciation for the subtle beauty of Creation. Come with me on a journey of discovery. Let's look together at the awsome profundity of Nature and Consciousness.

Unbalanced and Unhealthy States

Unbalanced 5/4 gets lost in the details. The compulsive analysis of five can lead to elaborate pseudo-logical constructions designed to explain everything. The four-wing's emotionality adds a flavor of dramatic hopelessness. Others Simply Do Not Understand. No one could understand. So 5/4 retreats to a place of safety, hoping to escape from view, continuing to uncover the truth. There is little to no social involvement.

In the extreme, the panic and scattered mania of seven combine with twoish self-congratulatory hysteria. In a seeming reversal, 5/4 can come back into the world, awkward and excitable, ready to bolt but equally ready to passionately defend a bizarre, baroque fantasy world. As inner tension builds, schizoid withdrawal becomes more and more likely. The end result is a kind of terrified fugue, completely cut off from reality. The only escape from the constant overwhelming chaos is inward.

Physical Appearance

5/4 is generally not much into appearance. Reasonable, ordinary clothing, not too bold. Comfort is quite important. Glasses are common Ñ maybe a result of a great deal of careful examination of tiny objects during childhood? There is often a rumpled, dissheveled quality. The exceptions are those well-dressed 5/4's whose four-wings impel them towards an aesthetically appealing appearance. Also, note that sometimes unhealthy 5/4s can dress and act in sevenishly colorful ways.

Callings

Some 5/4s find work that combines intellect and aesthetics. Cosmologists, futurists, science fiction authors. Others dive deeply into some highly specialized discipline, becoming computer programmers, nuclear physicists, theoretical scientists, molecular biologists, surface scientists, or any of a thousand other highly technical jobs. There are 5/4 science reporters, poets, painters, and photographers. Of course, 5/4s can also be found doing many other kinds of work.

It also says you are part of the Self Preservation group and Social group; description is here:

Self-pres/Social

In the average health range, this instinctual stacking is warm, friendly, and loyal. They need their down time and have no problem spending time alone. They actually value it very much. They feel an energy drain from people’s demands on them. This instinctual stacking is what is described in most Enneagram books. The most notable and potentially frustrating thing about people of this type is the difficulty involved in getting really close to them. While they can usually handle themselves socially, they always hold back when it comes to intensity or intimacy in a relationship which can frustrate a sexual variant type. Others are aware that there is more going on beneath the surface, but it can’t really be accessed. These Fives are masters at minimizing their needs. Even though they shy away from intense personal relationships they often have a lot of intuition about others. Their detached level of personal involvement somehow brings objectivity to their insights. They can be the most practical of the instinctual stackings.

Their issues usually revolve around demands made on their time. This can become problematic in personal relationships. This subtype has an ideal vision of what a close or romantic relationship should be, but given their concerns for protecting their space and time and lacking the instinctual drive of a strong sexual instinct, energy just doesn’t flow in that direction. Because this subtype is good at minimizing their needs they can get along fine with few relationships or without a romantic partner. With the social instinct second in the stacking, they generally do find friends or colleagues and they may even be married, but the need to maintain their own time to pursue their interests is always a point of contention.

You need to take these results with a grain of salt though. Most of the tests give you a result of how you act on the outside. This doesn't always translate into your core motivations. Basically, you should do a little research on the side and figure out your fears and motivations. Enneagram is about what is going on inside, while MBTI is more about the processing of information and how we look to the world.

[zalthefreespirit]

@LeaT, either you are a very withdrawn and perhaps also anxious type or then just feeling shy and perhaps a bit down at the moment... Well, I don't know a thing about you but I by myself could have gotten the same results when I was not feeling too well but I am not at all like that when I'm actually myself :) Just focus on what really motivates you, it's the only way to know yourself and your Enneagram type.

[Kamishi]

I'm an INTP if that helps.

I'm also curious what the diagram means. Sp is apparently very strong, but could it also be sp/sx instead of so for example?

Honestly, I haven't read much about enneagrams at all but I suspect that it seems to be somewhat accurate in the sense that for an INTP I got a pretty developed Fi.

[TreeBob]

I'm an INTP if that helps.

I'm also curious what the diagram means. Sp is apparently very strong, but could it also be sp/sx instead of so for example?

Honestly, I haven't read much about enneagrams at all but I suspect that it seems to be somewhat accurate in the sense that for an INTP I got a pretty developed Fi.

You would need to read the descriptions of Type 5 and it's variances to be sure of which one you are. There is a common misconception about types 5, that trigger a lot of results. It is widely thought that if you like to research, or are smart, that you must be a 5. A type 5 researches because of their fear of being unprepared for what life throws at them. So when feeling anxious about an issue that is in front of them, they will try and get as much knowledge as possible on the issue in order to deal with it.

As I mentioned in my last post, there is no real correlation between Enneagram and MBTI, as they cover two different aspects of your personality.

If you are really interested in exploring your enneagram then I suggest you fill out the questionnaire and post a thread in the type me forum.
Enneagram Questionnaire