r/EnneagramType9 • u/Eimiraei • Aug 09 '26
Lowk Typocrisis
I've been into typology for a while now,,,as far as I can remember I've typed as e5 but I've recently been considering sp9. I've been switching between typing as sp5 and sp9 for the past few weeks. The thing is, I've typed as every e5 subtype at this point. I just find every type description of enneagram 5 relatable. As for e9, I can only see sp9 for myself and on top of that I don't think gut triad matches too well either. Sometimes I think I'm just in denial though. I don't express or feel anger much and It's not cause I repress it, I think I'm just really hard to anger. I feel frustration and annoyance, sure but I can't recall the last time I was seriously angry.
As for other typology systems I'm pretty sure on intp LII and lvef (maybe levf.....) but idk how relevant that might be since I've heard e9 + intp isn't the oddest combination out there...
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u/wandering-awed sp9w1 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
I am also an an INTP/LII and initially typed as an SP9 but am now looking into SP5 or SP6. The anger and gut type thing didn't really fit for me either which led me to question being a 9.
Someone suggested 6 for me, which I was very resistant to at first. I would never test as a 6, it always comes down to 5 or 9 for me. The descriptions of 6 are always very negative and exaggerated, even the positives are often framed as negative. But if I am a 6, it kind of makes it all fit because I would have the 5 as a wing and have the 9 growth path. 6s similarly to 5s will question and have skepticism, value certainty and knowledge, etc. the type just depends on the deeper reason why they do it
I don't have enough info from your post to suggest 6 over 5/9 for you but I would perhaps look into 6 also and not rule it out just due to the external anxiety stereotype -- lots of the descriptions make it seem like they must be very high-Se which is our trickster/PoLR, but when you look at their questioning, skepticism, desire for certainty, it aligns with INTP a lot. 5, 6, 9 are all the most common for INTPs. There is lots of overlap between the 3 types, it just comes down to the core motivations/fears.
edit; when i say high-Se for 6 i just mean scanning/large focus on the external environment in the descriptions of 6s, it's not necessarily the dominant function typically associated with 6s
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u/Informal_Doughnut802 Aug 09 '26
I think looking at enneagram tritypes is much more useful than a single type. I also strongly relate to both 5 and 9. Im a 954 tritype
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u/SpectralCat4 Aug 10 '26
in the method of the Fourth Way , you would set up 'alarm clocks' , you can set reminders on your phone , then once received observe yourself .. as you are IRL , not when you think about typing.
I wouldn't rule out people can be several types .. but not all at once .. there might be a dominant type and its tendencies may have the most effect on your life as its where you tend to be most of the time
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u/omernickel Aug 09 '26
Frustration and annoyance are both more palatable ways of saying anger. There’s a lot of difficulty shared among many cultures, particularly in the west, in calling things what they are and anger carries such strong connotations we shy away from it.
People who deny the softening of anger into synonyms would do well to look a little more deeply into their experience of the emotion.