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"The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying:
'Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.'"
(Jeremiah 31:3)
It had been many years since I last took the Enneagram Personality Test, so I recently decided to take it again. I heard that over the years, your results can change, and mine did. If I recall, my test results 15-20 years ago revealed I was a 3 wing 4. But when I took the test recently, it revealed I am a 2 wing 6.
You may be asking, "What in the world are you talking about?" The Enneagram Test is like other personality tests, such as Myers and Briggs, DISC, and Big Five. These tests, at least in my experience in taking them, are scary accurate. They reveal your true core values and fears. The reason they are so insightful is because the results are based on your answers to the questions that have been designed to pinpoint your personality.
The 2 w 6 individual, like every other person in the world, has both strengths and weaknesses. I enjoy reading about my strengths; the weaknesses, not so much! But the results are helpful, and I benefit from understanding myself a little better.
Some of the strengths of people like me with a 2 w 6 are loyal, vigilant, and reliable, whereas the weaknesses lie in the areas of anxiety, over-committing, and people-pleasing, which can lead to burnout. As for the Type 2s and 6s, which is what I am, here are the core fears, desires, weaknesses, and longings.
Type 2:
- Core Fear: Being rejected and unwanted, being thought worthless, needy, inconsequential, dispensable, or unworthy of love.
- Core Desire: Being appreciated, loved, and wanted.
- Core Weakness: Pride—Denying your own needs and emotions while using your strong intuition to discover and focus on the emotions and needs of others, confidently inserting your helpful support in hopes that others will say how grateful they are for your thoughtful care.
- Core Longing: "You are wanted and loved."
Type 6:
- Core Fear: Feeling fear itself, being without support, security, or guidance; being blamed, targeted, alone, or physically abandoned.
- Core Desire: Having security, guidance, and support.
- Core Weakness: Anxiety—Scanning the horizon of life and trying to predict and prevent negative outcomes (especially worst-case scenarios); remaining in a constant state of apprehension and worry.
- Core Longing: "You are safe and secure."
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