#reactive triad

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Similarities between Reactive types

4 and 6

Envy, Inadequacy. "The grass is always greener on the other side. That other person is always more competent and capable than me. That other person deserves attention more than me, fuck fuck fuck." 6s are the original Envy type, NOT 4. Read one of my many posts about this.

Conscious fear of abandonment.

Fear of not being good enough, fear of not being chosen as the first option (ties into envy and inadequacy). Both 4 and 6 disintegrate into Image types who are competitive for attention, over-comparing themselves to others, and concerned with being good enough to impress others (4 -> 2 and 6 -> 3).

Needing to be understood, feeling persecuted because everyone misunderstands their inner world of thoughts and feelings, and feeling fragile and anxious and betrayed when they share themselves but are not understood by others. This is true for 8s as well, but the interpersonal neediness is not as conscious with 8s. 4s and 6s are more conscious of their interpersonal neediness than 8s, because they both disintegrate into image types whilst 8 is disintegrating into a head type.

Seeking to understand other people's secret identities and motivations, and reveal these secret identities and motivations to them, as a way of deepening your connection.

Mutual neighbors of 5: will both have 5-ish traits. Namely: sense of observing rather than being truly involved, ability to be socially calculated, sense of helplessness and social isolation, social introversion, and social anxiety are common. This is more relevant for 4w5s and 6w5s than 4w3s and 6w7s.

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4 and 8

Hyper-Individualism, expressed in dramatic emotional displays (the mutual 2 line has lots to do with this).

Feeling like you need to make your unique mark -- 8s do it to express anger / control and take over rooms when they feel the drive. It is instinct-based. 4s do it to get their image recognized and validated, to get an audience for a strong idealistic vision they have invested in producing and sharing. This all ties in to the mutual 2 line.

Seeking Catharsis.

Trying to "help" people who they see as repressed to express themselves more. Sometimes it's really help. Sometimes not.

Sense of being "thrown out of heaven" and rejected by God. 8s feel they are in a war with God, 4s feel that they are trying to impress God through their image and earn their way back into heaven. Read Enneagram of Holy Ideas for this one. It's eerily similar.

Mutual line to 2: will both have 2-ish traits. Namely: Emotions > Logic, wanting an audience to sit on the throne before and entertain, dramatic over-expressiveness of the emotions with an unconscious motive to seduce. This is present regardless of the 4 or 8's wings.

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6 and 8

Truth-seeking, particularly regarding political events and views of external reality. Both types are likely to have unconventional political views, be activists, be part of niche ideological tribes, loudly and vocally seek to destroy the power / authority and make their anti-authority opinions heard.

"Wake up sheeple!"

Savior / hero complex. Both aspire to be heroes of the weak. Both will probably love guns or military in some way.

Sense of their own Incompetency. These types both disintegrate into Competency types (6 -> 3 and 8 -> 5) as they are overdosing on something the core type lacks -- a sense of valuing and nurturing its own Competency.

Seeking Competent people to enter into their lives so that they can outsource their Competency concerns to these people; again, this comes from 6 and 8 devaluing their own Competency.

Overt anger and reactivity towards people who don't act the way they want them to be acting.

Mutual neighbors of 7: will both have 7-ish traits. Namely: They are chaotic and expansive thinkers, fixated on freedom and the right to adventure, hard to follow in their expressions of thought, both lean towards being socially extroverted, the stuff about having very unconventional views about reality can be chalked up to the 7 wing. This is more relevant for 6w7s and 8w7s than 6w5s and 8w9s.

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All Reactives

Contrarianism, going against the norm to challenge the norm. If authority or "the mainstream" tells me to do it, I might just find a reason to do the opposite!

"Rebel without a cause."

...seeking to become rebels with a cause, so getting involved with a bunch of retarded causes, and occasionally getting involved with revolutionary causes that are good and not retarded.

Activism

Adaptability to circumstance, in their triad of focus (mental, interpersonal, or physical). That's part of what "reactive" means.

Argumentativeness

[headlesstypo]

Triadic Relations: Reactive

Triad: Harmonics

Types Included: 4, 6, 8

All types within the reactive triad are known for having strong, immediate reactions to the outside world, emotions, and stress, especially in the area involving their core fixations.  These types are often considered as key catalysts in bringing attention and working to resolve important issues and concerns which they believe are important.  These types are often highly opinionated and value both truth and honesty in the way that they express themselves.  In their minds, the quickest and most effective way to combat a problem is by bringing attention to the issue at hand in it’s rawest form and making sure that their voices are heard.  All these types tend to detest deceit, fakeness, and blind group-think by principle (regardless of whether or not they are deceitful or a follower themselves).  At their worst, these types often have difficulty separating themselves from their emotions centering around their core passions and beliefs, thus becoming rigid and unopen to alternatives.  They are often criticized for having an over the top response to an issue, though they tend to be (arguably) the least evasive of problems in their entirety.  People who are of reactive core or have multiple reactive types in their tritype tend to be very connected and attentive to their core fixation, idealize truthfulness and/or individuality, opinionated, expressive, untrusting, and responsive.  People lacking reactive influence tend to be disconnected from emotion or emotionally restrained, unoponionated or, tactful, evasive and contained

How They Embody Their Triad

4: Fours are intensely emotional, sensitive, and aware of their shame, mostly because they are most willing to dig into themselves and experience these emotions in their rawest form.  Due to this, their expression and behavior is often tailored to mirror this internal depth of experience. These emotions and defects that separate them from others compose their identity.  Feeling more honest than others, fours detest “sheeple” almost as much as they hate being defined by others, and are not afraid to voice or express this opinion. They romanticize the concept of individuality and their separation from the masses so much they often come across as moody, self absorbed, and unnecessarily contradictory.

6: Sixes are a walking contradiction, with a strong distrust and skepticism for just about everything and a strong connection to things that are consistent or deemed as truth or security inducing.  More than other types, they are troubleshooters and adept problem solvers, attentive to and almost seeking out problems, threats, and areas of weakness.  Sixes fear “blindness;” things that are uncertain, things that are unknown, things that will mislead and blind them , leading them to detest those who do not seem as though they can think for themselves or contradictory, despite often clinging to trusted sources themselves.  Attentive and often prepared, they are difficult to blindside and, due to their desire for control, great at creating structures of understanding and addressing threats.  Despite this, they are often reactionary, overly pessimistic, and often paranoid in their search for security, sometimes blinding themselves by the strength of their dedication to what they trust.

8: Eights are characterized by the intensity of their connection with their anger, impulses, and desires.  Raw in their presentation, they use their larger than life presence to plow through obstacles in search of obtaining what they desire without restrictions or, at their worst, concern for consequence.  In this pursuit, strategy, tact, and restraint are almost always ignored, as they are seen as indirect or even unnecessary in dismantling restrictions, as well as roadways to being manipulated or controlled.  Highly impulsive, challenging, and disagreeable, eight finds its strength in it’s refusal to ignore problems and dedication to addressing them truthfully and without censorship.  They detest all who run and cannot stand and fight for themselves or handle the truth despite running and ignoring that they too have their weaknesses and vulnerabilities.  Often come across overly aggressive, defiant, and ignorant to the needs of others.

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He speaks for all xSFPs

[subconsciousmysteries]

no ones ready for the red pill that 8 is also a Reactive type and it is just as whiny and as emo as the other two Reactive types

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