Enneagram Type 4 - The Romantic

Enneagram Type 4 - The Romantic' Discussion with Janette Blakemore, Rosemarie Morgan-Watson and Phil Dickinson. Moderated by Iain McNay

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Education

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• Enneagram
• Type4

[09kaustubh]

:-) not as lonely and not as special as we tell ourselves all the time. My take away is to enjoy something, a piece of art or a piece of life and also to stop scratching myself for more emotions, more meaning. To think less and less and to be more and more. An on going process, a journey... very difficult and the only way out for us.

[stellarshore]

Type 4 - Not being grounded and unhappy cuz of it. Seeking to escape the mundane. Bored easily. Not knowing yourself. Unable to be spontaneous due to lack of clear identity. Unable to relate to contentment. Overtly cognitive. Extremely emotional. Disharmony. Hates small talk. Like stuff that others dont really. Strong sense of aesthetic. Pretension. Hateful of people. Shame. Catering for others behaviours. Misaligned. Seeking intimacy and meaning. I could go on...

[delacruzneili]

Wow, I did not know this kind of video here exists. I'm Type 4! Greetings from the Philippines. Can you recommend sites that have discussions about this type exclusively?

[twhitten828]

I would recommend to the four type, is to become very aware of their victim mentality. Victim mentality can always make the four, prove themselves "right" in their view that both the outside world and their inner world are against them or creating a lack in them or persecuting them, which justifies their behavior in an unending loop, as well as take away their responsibility to be objective and see that it is actually, their perspective that is the CAUSE of the pain

[twhitten828]

My mother was an unhealthy type 4. words to describe her would be CHAOS, DRAMA, self absorption, persecution complex, inconstant. Any kind of "order" made here extremely uncomfortable and she would sabotage any stable solutions, as if stability took away from her "uniqueness". She resented her children for "cramping her lifestyle". She changed moment to moment seeking "understanding" from others and then would rebel against it to ensure "uniqueness." I gave up. Misery = happiness for her.

[MagnaCartaTwo]

Has anybody ever tried synthesising the enneagram with, say, chemical elements and the way they react? I recall Carl Jung's comment about people meeting and having sort of chemical reactions and am interested enormously in how people with different enneagram types react when encountering each other.

[underradar]

woman next to the host seem to be 4. The other woman seem 1ish. Not sure about a man.

[cgill105]

Interesting Video. Glad to see how much I have evolved as a 4 and am no longer driven by the unhealthy needs of the 4, and let things just be as they are, and let me be as I am. Woo Hoo

[hopen4tune]

@stellarshore your mixing a number of types, and eveyone has parts of all types, but your not describing 4's as a type well

[HollingsworthMatthew]

I wish I could contribute a profound insight to this wonderful conversation, but find myself falling short. ;)

[stellarsky1]

@09kaustubh You hit the nail in the head. You are a healthy four being able to express something so true and profound.

[PersephoneSwimming]

@stellarshore thank you. very interesting. i've read a lot about type 4, i think your interpretation is uniquely insightful.....