I don't think some people realise how easy it is for personality-type frameworks to become tools of abuse. lol. here I am talking about astrology, but also mbti and the enneagram
my parents were always really into the enneagram. here's the thing about it: once you're told from a young age that you're the "emotional, melodramatic type", it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy in the worst way. every time you have an outburst (because your parents are abusing you) it's "oh sweetie this is just you being a classic type 4". any kind of complaint, no matter how reasonable it is, is framed back to you as a consequence of an innate set of personality traits, rather than a response to your environment. this is possible no matter what personality type system you use. including 'personality disorders' as described in the dsm
ESPECIALLY including the dsm












