Enneagram Centers of Intelligence Flashcards

How does Type 9, the center type of the Body triad, typically relate to anger?

Answer: Goes to sleep to anger by numbing out and merging with others

Type 9 is the center type of the Body triad and is most disconnected from anger, tending to suppress it and 'fall asleep' to their own needs and drives.

Which Head Center type is sometimes described as 'looking outward' for certainty and support to manage anxiety?

Answer: Type 6

Type 6 looks outward for authority, guidance, and certainty, forming alliances and testing trustworthiness to manage its core anxiety and doubt.

Type 7's strategy for managing anxiety in the Head Center is best described as:

Answer: Looking forward to positive possibilities and planning exciting futures

Type 7 manages anxiety by moving toward exciting future plans and positive possibilities, using the mind to generate options that promise happiness and escape from pain.

Type 2 is in the Heart Center. How does it typically relate to shame?

Answer: Denies its own needs and focuses on meeting others' needs to feel valued

Type 2 manages shame by focusing attention on others' needs and being indispensable, avoiding awareness of its own shame about having needs.

Which Heart Center type most overtly feels and expresses its emotional pain and shame?

Answer: Type 4

Type 4 is most identified with its emotions and shame, expressing feelings of deficiency and longing, making it the type in the Heart Center that most openly experiences its core emotion.

The Body Center is sometimes called which triad due to its focus on instinctual response?

Answer: Instinctive Triad

The Body/Gut Center is often called the Instinctive Triad because types 8, 9, and 1 rely on gut reactions and physical instincts as their primary mode of knowing.