Practicing balance is key to managing your tendency to oscillate. You become more accepting of life’s ups and downs. You are able to resolve your emotional insecurities in a world where change is constant. Your internal stability is no longer dependent on external environment. Finding inner guidance helps you in your ability to cope with change, hold your ground rather than sink into confusion as well as to overcome the problem of indecisiveness. Learn to trust and find your own inner guidance. One great way of taking your mind off too much thinking is to exercise regularly. No longer living in the head, you are able to let go. ![]() It is when you feel supported by the universe. However, where you learn to relax (like a Type 9), you attain a level of peace and serenity. You become rather competitive and image conscious or when you become anxious, you become overly attached to belief systems. Under stress and according to the grid of the Enneagram, you adopt the unhealthy traits of a Type 3. By virtue of the law of attraction, you attract what you think. While you seek to allay fear, you realize that you tend to attract it. The spiritual path for an Enneagram Type 6 lies in letting go of fear. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind.” – Dale Carnegie “You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. On the extreme, you become highly suspicious of everyone around and develop paranoia about your environment. Others find your behavior erratic and confusing, and face difficulty understanding you. Feeling persecuted, you lash out easily at others. You can sway from end-to-end – trusting and distrusting, defensive and offensive, cooperative and stubborn, passive and aggressive, wary and courageous etc. You can become rather obstinate.Īt unconscious levels, you are one of contradictions. You fight for causes or community more fervently than defending yourself. If others start to raise doubts, you become defensive. Neither do you like others to question your convictions. Once you have established something as trustworthy, you no longer question it. You may be anti-authoritarian but what’s important to you is being fiercely loyal to a group or system. It does not mean that you are loyal to authorities. ![]() You also cling on to ideas or belief systems even though they may already be outdated or no longer serve you. While loyalty is a great trait, you can hang on to relationships that have expired for far longer than necessary. “Fear is faith that it won’t work out.” – Proverbs Often struggling to find firm ground, you end up in excessive worry and find it hard to make a decision. You have the tendency to second guess yourself. Even though you belong to the Thinking Triad and make decisions from the head, you have little confidence in your own judgement. Anxiety is something that you grapple with. Your fixation is fundamentally existential. However, even after finding them, your self-doubt does not go away. ![]() The external search for security leads you to trying to find them in structures, beliefs and allies. Your constant search for security is really to cover your personal insecurities. “Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.” – Edmund Burke The Shadow Side of Enneagram Type 6: Paranoid, The Doubter, Skeptic You also like others to see you as someone who is dedicated, reliable and supportive.įamous personalities include Krishnamurti, Mark Twain, JRR Tolkien, Robert F Kennedy, Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Huffman, Oliver Stone, Ben Affleck, Ellen Degeneres and Robert De Niro. Consequently, you play a vital role in an organization or group setting. You can be loyal to the same organization for more than 10 years. Out of all the 9 personality types, you are the most loyal. Loyalty is also a quality that stands out. “Better encounter a danger than live in continual fear.”- William H Browne ![]() You strive to put systems in place that keep people safe. Your core belief is that the world is a dangerous place. You are a protector, keeping yourself and your loved ones safe from harm.Īs an excellent troubleshooter, you place attention on worst-case scenarios. If you are an Enneagram Type 6, you are faithful, friendly and conservative. Overview of the Enneagram Type 6: The Loyalist, The Guardian, Security-Seeker
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