- I didn't have time for another identity crisis.
- Hello everyone.
So today we're talking about the Enneagram Personality Test
thing with my friend, Dodie.
- Hello, hello, I don't know,
I seem to preach about the Enneagram a lot,
I don't know a lot about it,
my friend, Tessa, Tessa Violet got me into it.
- She got us all into it.
- When I first heard of it, I was like,
I do not care about personality tests.
- And then she was like you're a number four
and you're like oh! - I know, I was like
I feel attacked, how dare you.
- 'Cause this is also one
that I don't really know much about,
again Tessa taught us everything that we know,
but essentially there are nine types.
- There are nine types, there are nine types of needs
that one person might have, your core needs.
- Oh yeah, 'cause it's like your need and then your fear?
- Yes, the thing is I talk about it as if it's like--
- It's all bullshit, we already know,
- I know.
- that all personality tests are bullshit,
but now we're going to talk very enthusiastically
about them. - 'Cause it's so fun,
and also if nothing else, it does get you and your friends
talking about what your core needs
and fears might possibly be, so in a way, it's kind of not.
- I feel like without some of these personality tests,
I wouldn't have ever,
like it wouldn't have come up in conversation,
stuff about my friends that I now know.
- Did you say you're a seven, did you say you're a seven?
- Hm, yeah. - We'll find out.
- Oh yeah, so this is the thing,
the way that you figured out what number you were
was that through those paragraphs.
- Yes. - Okay, yes, so same.
- So you can find, there's nine basically
short paragraphs about the types that just summarise it up
without saying exactly what it is
and you just read them and the one that hits you
or you might find two or three,
because you moved to different numbers
and health and stress, it's a whole thing
and yeah, I found I read the full one,
which was like, I can't remember what it was,
but it just hit me to my core.
- I feel like those paragraphs are in a book somewhere,
because a friend basically just sent me photos of them
- Yes. - and she's like read these,
and I read them all,
'cause each one is just describing a type of person
and then one of them asks like oh, my God, hit me,
and then the paragraphs all have a letter
and then I was like I'm this letter
and then was like, oh, it corresponds to this number,
- Seven. - which was seven.
- Would you say you have a wing, any wings?
- Okay, so this is the thing, I don't know which my wing is.
- Which my wing is. - What is a wing, Dodie?
- Okay, so if you're a number, you can have,
I don't actually know if you can have both at the same time,
I think if you have both, then you're wings and birds,
or you can have neither,
but you can have a wing of a number either side of it,
so for example I'm a four, I have a three wing,
which means that-- - So the three is like,
the ambitious one. - Yeah,
and so whenever I accidentally namedrop someone
or I brag about something, I'm like oh, I can do that,
I'm like sorry, guys, that's my three wing coming through.
- Yeah, so my wing could either be a six or an eight,
but I don't know, but I'm pretty sure
the six is the one that wants security.
- Security, loyalty. - Yeah,
and then the eight, power and control
and I'm like, oh, I don't know which one of those
is my secondary, I don't know.
I'm pretty sure my boyfriend, Dan is a six,
but he will not let me do any tests on him,
he's like, "It's all bollocks,"
and I'm like no, but you're such a six.
So what I've done is I've got us codes
for the official test,
'cause neither of us have actually done it
and we're gonna do that
and find out if we actually are a four and a seven.
Imagine if it comes out different.
- It just won't.
I mean, definitely not for me.
- I feel like the only other one
that I could potentially come out as is a three.
- Yeah. - That's the only one.
- I've been getting three vibes from you.
I have this weird thing, where I'll meet someone
and in my head I'll be like, hm, you seem like a nine
and then Tessa's like,
"You can't just tell people what they are,"
and I'm like sure, but-- - That's such a two.
- Actually Tessa now thinks she's a four.
- Oh! - She thinks
she's just been living in stress her whole life.
- Oh yeah, so that's the thing, like when you're healthy,
when you're happy and healthy and whatnot,
you have your better qualities.
Does your type change when you're stressed
or you start acting more like a different type,
when you're not stressed.
- You kind of take on those traits.
- The more negative qualities. - Yeah, exactly,
but your core principle remains the same.
Okay, so type one's need is to be right, to be good
and to have an entire set of principles,
that they have to stick to
and that can make them quite judgmental.
Two's need is to be needed
and they will deal with that in any way they can.
Type three's need is for recognition and praise.
Type four's need is to be special,
to have significance, they tend to be artists.
Type five's emotionally not needy,
they need to correct information and be observed,
they just want to know as much as possible.
Type six need is for security, for loyalty,
they want everything in their life to be okay.
Type seven's need is to have their needs fulfilled.
Type eight's need is for control
and finally type nine's need is for harmony and peace.
The best thing about the Enneagram
is once you find out your number.
- Everything is about that. - Yes,
everything makes sense and then you'll read about it
and you feel embarrassed, you feel like this shame
of someone's seeing into your core and you're like oh no.
- They know. - Oh, dear, they know.
Every single type thinks their number is the worst,
I think my number is the worst,
what is worse than wanting to be special?
- Everyone wants to be special.
- It's so selfish.
- We're taking the R-H-E-T-I test,
so the way that the test works is it says that it gives you,
it's like those two contradictory statements
and you pick which is most like you,
the example that they give and the page,
which is like this is how you do it,
I've been romantic and imaginative
and then I've been pragmatic and down to earth.
- Oh, right, I feel attacked.
- I already hate this, because I'm one of those people
that's like, but I've been both,
- Right. - and I feel like
every time I've been romantic and imaginative,
it's never worked out.
- Hm, well, maybe you've been pragmatic and--
- So I don't know, but it does say
that you shouldn't overthink it as well.
144 questions. - Uh, alright.
(high speed talking)
- I already hate it. - Is this recently?
- So in the instructions, it says which one do you think
you've been most of the time for your whole life?
- Oh, obviously this one.
(high speed talking)
- We're gonna finish this and be right back.
(high speed talking)
We did it. - It was tricky.
- How did we find it?
- Well, actually I realised halfway through,
there are questions that weren't the opposite of each other.
- Yeah, it was weird.
- They were trying to get you to pick one that you favoured,
but like your gut was oh, that one definitely,
but I'm not sure about that one.
- Yeah, there were some that were really obvious to me,
others, yeah, that weren't opposites, which confused me.
- Yeah.
- And then others where I disagreed with both of them,
- Yes. - So I just picked the one
that I disagreed with the least.
- Neither agree, yeah, same, ready?
- Submit test. - Submit test.
- What? - Yeah, oh, wait!
- What? - It gives you a score.
I am mostly a seven, it's coming out as mostly a seven.
- I'm mostly a two. - Two!
And then you're a seven and then you're a four.
Oh, this is cool. - Oh!
- Oh, my God, I'm a four the least.
- Oh, oh, that's.
- Okay. - Oh!
- And then I'm a, I told you, type three is my next one,
oh, but then type eight is equal to my three.
- Well, that makes sense because seven and eight,
so maybe you do have an eight wing.
- Yeah, but then six is, five. - Six, seven, eight are very--
- Wow, all of these are very, yeah.
- Okay, so this is saying I got 25 score for type two,
the helper, which is what four's moved to in stress.
- So maybe you're stressed right now.
- Well, well.
- But a type two goes to a four in growth.
- Yeah.
- So when you're good, you're a four
and then when you're stressed, you're an eight.
So a type seven goes to a one in stress,
which means I get really righteous when I'm stressed.
- Yes, yes.
- Like that is morally wrong, you're evil.
- Yeah, yeah. - I'm a five in growth,
which is like the investigator.
- Yes, you need information correct.
- Info. - Info.
- Generally sevens are excitable, spontaneous, curious,
optimistic, eager, outgoing, future-orientated, adventurous,
variety-seeking, quick and talkative
and sevens get into conflicts by being scattered,
distracted, restless, impatient, thrill-seeking, escapist,
overextended, irresponsible, demanding and excessive.
- Whoa, do you relate?
- I relate to some of them. - Okay.
- Because I'm not really a scattered person,
but I am quite restless and demanding
and then at their best sevens are appreciative,
bountiful, thoughtful, accomplished, versatile, receptive,
grateful, content, quiet and passionate,
at my best I'm quiet.
- No, I would not say that.
- I feel like when I'm quiet, it means I'm content.
- Really?
- 'Cause I spend so much time alone here,
like working alone. - Oh!
This is telling me I'm a two, I'll just read it out.
Generally twos are caring, empathetic, warm, thoughtful,
appreciative, generous, other-oriented, tactile,
affectionate, well-intentioned and demonstrative.
Twos get into conflict by being people pleasing, okay,
alright, okay, flattering, yes, integrating, clingy, yes,
worried, possessive, okay, insincere, seductive,
self-important and self-deceptive.
I mean, all of those mean my worst, so.
- And what's you at your best?
- At the best, twos are, well, if I am a two, which I'm not,
twos are encouraging, loving, self-nurturing, constant,
joyous, humble, forgiving, gracious and compassionate.
- Ah, I mean, these are all, what's it called, Barnum,
Barnum phrases, the Barnum effect,
that thing where it's like literally anyone
can pronounce two reasons. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- And as we've seen, you don't have to be a two,
you can decide you're a four.
- Yeah, right, although, like I decided I'm a Ravenclaw.
- Oh yeah, even though you came out as a Hufflepuff.
- Yes. - You were like, nah.
- Oh, this is so confusing now, maybe I am a two,
maybe I've just been, I relate to the four so much.
- Identity crisis! - Oh, no!
- It's kind of annoying going into it
already knowing about the types,
- Yes. - and already knowing
about the tests. - Yes.
- Because you know, we're seeing questions
and going oh, this is a two question.
- I know, exactly, type four, the individualist.
Generally fours are intuitive, sensitive, impressionable,
quiet, no, introspective, passionate, romantic, elegant,
witty, no, imaginative and self-expressive.
They get into conflict by being moody,
emotionally demanding, self-absorbed, withholding,
temperamental, dramatic, pretentious and self-indulgent.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I think we know which one it is.
Oh no! - I think we know
which one you want to be. - Yeah, you're right
and in wanting to be an individualist,
surely that makes me the biggest fool.
- Well, it depends,
like are fours the majority of the population?
'Cause then you wouldn't imagine.
- (gasping) How dare you, I'm a type.
At their best, fours are creative, inspired,
honest with themselves, emotionally strong, humane,
self aware, discreet and self-renewing.
I just relate to that. - You can be a four,
it's fine. - Thanks, Hannah.
- We all know that it's bollocks.
I'm annoyed it hasn't given me what my wing is,
eight came highest, but only by one point.
- Huh. - From the six.
Maybe that's why I'm having a crisis over it,
because it's so close, yeah.
- Do you feel like you need more control in your life?
Or more security? - It's tricky,
because with the circumstances I'm in right now,
I have the security and the comfort like with my life,
the situation, my work is going well,
my relationship, I have this flat.
- There's a guy called Sleeping At Last,
whose written songs around each of the Enneagram types
and he asked people with those specific types
to play on the song, so I was in the song four,
I played clarinet, awkward if I wasn't a four, oops.
- It's just proof that that's a waste of $12.
- You're right, and that's the real lesson
to come from this, ladies and gentlemen, capitalism.
- Obviously leave in the comments
what your Enneagram type is, we wanna know.
- Yes, who are you? - Who are you?
- What are you, do you know?
- What are your deepest desires, needs?
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- Ah, thank you.
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Bye! - Bye!
Can't believe I got a damn two, my life!