Hey Em, so recently my family got into Enneagram and I haven't ever been super sure about my type, I've never felt like I fully fit one type, so of course I wanted their opinion on which type I am; so some of them took the test for me with my input too and I came out as 1, I didn't think that could be right at first because I've always typed as ISFP and even on your chart you have that pair as most likely a mistype, and so I think I never really looked into being a 1 because it seemed so...(1/?)
unlikely for an ISFP. BUT Iām really pretty sure Iām an ISFP (if you want me to go into that more I can). And reading the 1 descriptions it really does fit me really well, especially the unhealthy 1 in the 4 disintegration unfortunately (Iāve typed myself as 4 a few times in the past and have always felt a little bit like one), I just seem to be a super lazy 1, and I always thought I was a fairly open minded person, and not super sure of myself, which doesnāt seem to fit the 1 (I can ā¦(2/?)
also go into those more if you want). I know that the Enneagram is all about motivations/fears but Iāve always felt like I saw myself in all of the core motivations/fears and could never pin down just one, I do relate to the 1ās a lot but Iāve always brushed it off because Iām religious and Iāve always thought if I wasnāt religious I would definitely be a hedonist hahaā¦. which now that I think about it thatās probably very 1-ish. So my question is, is it really unlikely that Iām an ā¦(3/?)Ā
And if I am a 1, is it unlikely that Iāll ever be a healthy 1 because of my inferior Te? Or will being a 1 force me to develop my Te and make a super well developed ISFP? And does having 7 in your tritype as a 1 help you be a more balanced healthy 1? And are the types ever kind of obsessed with their integration point? Iāve always really wanted to be a 7 and Iāve always felt like it was somewhere in my type but Iām also worried that Iām just seeing what I want to see since Iāve ā¦(4/?)
always liked 7s and wanted to be more like them. And does having 7 in your tritype make you an optimistic person? All of the descriptions say something about that but I havenāt ever really thought of myself as much of an optimist. There is more I could say but this got super long haha, sorry for so many questions. (5/5)
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Short answer: I donāt think youāre a 1.
There are several things that Iād change in your typing process.
First: tests as a rule are absolutely terrible for enneagram. They focus primarily on action and tend to oversimplify, and in particular a lot of 1 stuff in tests overemphasizes religious belief. Since you mention you are religious Iād see that as a strong argument against 1, in that I think that makes the test result almost guaranteed to be falsely skewed towards 1. You also mentioned believing that if you werenāt religious youād be a hedonist and that really doesnāt sound like 1 - a secular 1 would still have pretty strong moral hang-ups and a desire for restraint and self-control.
Second, until you are confident in your core type I donāt trust assessments of disintegration. I have a feeling based on the questions I see that a lot of people tend to read every unhealthy thing they do as a loop or grip or disintegration when really, people are just flawed beings, and no one is perfect or healthy all the time. If you see healthy 4 behaviors, not just unhealthy ones, then that would be worth looking into more.
Third, 1 and lazy donāt go together. If you relate to some aspects of 1 beyond the mere religious ones and donāt entirely think 4 fits, Iād seriously look into a 9 core with a 1 wing as a lot of 9s see themselves (accurately) as laid-back and (sometimes accurately) as lazy.
When it comes to tritypes, the fixes are relatively minor influences on your behavior as a whole. I donāt really know if having your disintegration or integration points in your tritype would do anything; I have neither of mine in my tritype and truth to be told I donāt tritype most people in my life because I rarely find it useful to go beyond the core when it comes to interacting with other people. I also donāt think itās necessarily true that people are interested in their integration point; I admire certain aspects of 7 but I really would not want to be a 7 (and ultimately integration is really just the adoption of the best aspects of 7; an ISTJ 1 who integrated would really not look like a 7, theyād just have the optimism and capacity for spontaneity and lower neuroticism that a 7 has vs the more uptight, cynical 1 traits. Theyād still be a 1).
With that said itās entirely possible you have 7 as a fix. My guesses would be either youāre a 9 core with 4 and 7 fixes, or a 4 core with a 7 fix and either 9 or 1 as your gut fix.
