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  The Enneagram Four:  Core Fixations, Subtypes, and Examples Hey guys, so this is is going to be the first out of a series of Enneagram blogs for each of the 27 subtypes. I figured I would start with the Enneagram Four because, well, I reread the book recently, this is my core enneagram type, and this is probably one of the most butchered Enneagram types in internet discourse (besides maybe E8, E5, and E6).  In my opinion, this is one of the most misunderstood Enneagram types. Yeah yeah, I know I'm a 1-to-1 recreation of the stereotypes, but many write off the Enneagram Four as being this "whiny," "entitled," and "selfish" individual, and want to avoid being typed as one by any means possible (like myself at one point). Others intriniscally link this type to depression , and just because they are melancholic, type themselves as E4. This Enneagram type is probably one of the most commonly mistyped ones (alongside E5s and E8s) because of these misunders...

The Enneagram Self-Preservation 4: Psychosophy, Socionics, and Other Observations Hey guys, so it's been a while. Sorry for the delay, I have been dealing with some job issues on my end lol. However, now things are slightly more stable so I would like to get back to writing more consistently. I've been working on an "How to Type Yourself in Enneagram Subtypes" blog post, but it's been difficult. Mainly because while I'm comfortable speaking on SP4s, I feel largely inadequate to speak about other types.  In any case , I have come across a movement on PDB that types lots of characters as Self-Preservation E4s, when I don't think they fit the criteria very well. Now, I am glad people are moving away from the stereotype that SP4s are just similar to SX4s and SO4s (when they are all very different from one another), but there seems to be a perception that every stoic character that can handle pain is an SP4 subtype. Please don't get my wrong. This is not a ...