#enneagram fears

[funkymbtifiction]

Enneagram Fears

Information overload can sometimes cloud our judgment. What if we streamline Enneagram back to its basic fears? They are, after all, what determines type.

If someone said the following to you, which one from each center would hurt or scare you the most? (Once you choose your basic fears, arrange them according to what you fear most to least and... voila, you have your tritype order.)

Gut:

1. “You only pretend to be good. You are actually evil and irredeemable.”

8. “I’m going to use and abuse you and there’s not a thing you can do about it.”

9. “After I leave you, you will never feel whole or peaceful again.”

Heart:

2: “No one will ever love you. And you know why? You’re not worth loving.”

3. “Deep down, under all the fakery, you’re no one and have nothing to offer.”

4. “You’re a poser, pretending to be exceptional. You’re actually ordinary.”

Head:

5. “I knew you were incompetent. Useless. I was just waiting for you to prove it.”

6. “From here on out, you’re on your own. No one will help you.”

7. “You’ll never have what you want. You’ll never go anywhere or do anything.”

- ENFP Mod

[estj-destroyer-of-misinformation]

I relate to a lot of the 1 descriptions, but not to the fear of being imperfect. Nobody can be exactly perfect. Plus it seems too religious

Religion has nothing inherently to do with core 1. 1 implements a system of morality to keep itself and others in check, and often religion provides a system of morality ready made.

On your not relating to the core fear of imperfection, you could be an sp 3, a 6, or a 5. They could all easily be mistaken for 1.

However, I don’t actually think that the word “imperfect” is a good descriptor for the 1s fear. They see themselves as imperfect to be sure, but they fear “unworthiness” and “corruption”

Think of the 3 fear of worthlessness. The distinction between that and the 1 fear is that 3s fear that they are worthless at their core, and 1s fear that they have failed or will fail to be worth something, despite an assurance that they have inner value