I Must Be Strong

I am not usually one for doing those silly memes that you frequently see scattered across the likes of LiveJournal, but I couldn’t resist taking “The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test” after seeing others’ results. It was scarily accurate. These are my results:

“You chose AY – your Enneagram type is EIGHT. ”

How to Get Along with Me

  • Stand up for yourself… and me.
  • Be confident, strong, and direct.
  • Don’t gossip about me or betray my trust.
  • Be vulnerable and share your feelings. See and acknowledge my tender, vulnerable side.
  • Give me space to be alone.
  • Acknowledge the contributions I make, but don’t flatter me.
  • I often speak in an assertive way. Don’t automatically assume it’s a personal attack.
  • When I scream, curse, and stomp around, try to remember that’s just the way I am.

What I Like About Being an Eight

  • being independent and self-reliant
  • being able to take charge and meet challenges head on
  • being courageous, straightforward, and honest
  • getting all the enjoyment I can out of life
  • supporting, empowering, and protecting those close to me
  • upholding just causes

What’s Hard About Being an Eight

  • overwhelming people with my bluntness; scaring them away when I don’t intend to
  • being restless and impatient with others’ incompetence
  • sticking my neck out for people and receiving no appreciation for it
  • never forgetting injuries or injustices
  • putting too much pressure on myself
  • getting high blood pressure when people don’t obey the rules or when things don’t go right

Eights as Children Often

  • are independent; have an inner strength and a fighting spirit
  • are sometimes loners
  • seize control so they won’t be controlled
  • figure out others’ weaknesses
  • attack verbally or physically when provoked
  • take charge in the family because they perceive themselves as the strongest

Eights as Parents

  • are often loyal, caring, involved, and devoted
  • are sometimes overprotective
  • can be demanding, controlling, and rigid

I have posted it here not only to help others that perhaps don’t know me to understand my personality, but because it describes me better than any of my “About Me” pages ever have. I’ve bolded parts that I feel are particularly relevant. Weird, huh?

38 comments so far

  1. Carina said:
    On 27 Aug at 2:46 pm

    I’ve taken that test befpre :). I got the same results as you and yeah, it’s scarily accurate!

  2. Rosemarie said:
    On 27 Aug at 3:05 pm

    oo, I got 9 :) very accurate, as you said *surprised*

  3. Jenny said:
    On 27 Aug at 3:30 pm

    I got a four. “I am unique.”

  4. Alys said:
    On 27 Aug at 3:42 pm

    Eek! I’m an 8 also. I don’t agree with all of it, but it is mostly me.

  5. Xeronia said:
    On 27 Aug at 3:47 pm

    Wow. I’m a type three, an “Achiever”. But that is very, very accurate.

  6. Tracy said:
    On 27 Aug at 3:57 pm

    Ah, I’m an eight as well. “When I scream, curse, and stomp around, try to remember that’s just the way I am.” … I’ll tell that to my boyfriend. “being restless and impatient with others’ incompetence” … My boyfriend and family definatelly already know that :)

  7. Li said:
    On 27 Aug at 4:26 pm

    I’m a six and some of the results made me smile as they described me better than most of my “about me” pages have managed to do {and I wrote those myself!}. I think I’ll be putting this on my website. :)

  8. Chans said:
    On 27 Aug at 5:58 pm

    I’m a seven, most of what is said is pretty much true although I don’t agree with everything. I don’t really know you, only from your posts on the QBBS and your entries here but from what I can tell the above is pretty accurate, it describes you as I ‘see’ you, most of it anyway.

  9. nelchee said:
    On 27 Aug at 7:33 pm

    I turned out to be 8 as well :) To me it seems pretty accurate.

  10. Adastra said:
    On 27 Aug at 7:40 pm

    Hmm. I attempted to take that test, but all three option descriptions of the first question fit my personality perfectly. Crap :P

  11. Tish said:
    On 27 Aug at 8:02 pm

    I’m a 4. You’re right, it’s actually scarily accurate.

  12. kachii said:
    On 27 Aug at 9:40 pm

    I got 8 too. I think you’ll know why it applies to be pretty accurately ;)

  13. Nick said:
    On 27 Aug at 9:49 pm

    I got a 4. It was really accurate…

  14. Belinda said:
    On 28 Aug at 12:13 am

    2! :D Meh, as a psychology student I’m skeptical about these short tests that give such generalised statements… hello Barnum effect. :P

  15. Shannon said:
    On 28 Aug at 12:41 am

    I was a One. Don’t really think it’s as accurate as it could be. Okay, though.

  16. Amanda said:
    On 28 Aug at 1:38 am

    You chose AZ – your Enneagram type is THREE. “I need to succeed” I’m scared. Much too true.

  17. Jordie said:
    On 28 Aug at 3:20 am

    Ha ha! Welcome to the dark side. Fyda from SNOG recommended me to an astrology site the other day and I was scared at how accurate it was. Everything it said was right on the money, but for the life of me I can’t remember what the site was called.

  18. Chrissy said:
    On 28 Aug at 3:41 am

    I don’t trust anything that comes from OKCupid to be realistic or accurate, but I’m apparently a four. Whatever that means.

  19. Mumblies said:
    On 28 Aug at 6:29 am

    How uncanny Jem, it does seem to sum you up in many ways :o) (i dont mean that in a derogatory way) and of course, as I am sure you knew I would I also did the test. Seems I am a 3/The Achiever.

  20. Scholastica said:
    On 28 Aug at 9:45 am

    Nice quiz, with just only two questions :) -Jem, I use your smilies for my blog^^

  21. Melle said:
    On 28 Aug at 2:15 pm

    I took that quiz too, and it was uncanningly accurate. I’m a 6 though, whatever that means.

  22. Joni said:
    On 28 Aug at 4:11 pm

    I am 9 (The Peacemaker), “I am at peace” and yeah, it was fairly accurate. I had a hard time with the second question though, none of them really fit me all that well. Still, I like stuff like this for fun, I may post in it my blog as well!

  23. Rosemarie said:
    On 28 Aug at 5:48 pm

    I was looking over the results again, and actually… I don’t know. A few notes were accurate, but not 100% at ALL. Meh. :P

  24. Frosty said:
    On 28 Aug at 10:10 pm

    Shibby quiz– I’m also an Eight here, and it is scarily accurate, surprisingly. :P

  25. Mallory said:
    On 28 Aug at 11:01 pm

    Umm.. Your style sheet isn’t working for me atm. Is this on purpose?

  26. Julie said:
    On 28 Aug at 11:29 pm

    My results were quite accurate, but I checked a few other possibilities and they fitted me too. ;)

  27. Samantha said:
    On 28 Aug at 11:32 pm

    Thanks, that was interesting. I love personality tests!

  28. Dave said:
    On 29 Aug at 12:00 am

    Sounds scarily like me :-/

  29. dandyna said:
    On 29 Aug at 9:03 am

    I got a FOUR. I don’t want to be a FOUR! argh :)

  30. Carly said:
    On 29 Aug at 1:11 pm

    Hey jem, just to let you know that you should maybe check your site in 800 x 600 firefox. Everything looks squished up in the main area, whilst the left looks quite bleak. Hope you fix it because the screenshots look lovely.

  31. Amber said:
    On 29 Aug at 6:19 pm

    I was a three. AZ, that’s me. Apparently I am an “achiever”. Very close to the truth and realistic test though in some ways.

  32. Hazel said:
    On 31 Aug at 11:18 pm

    CZ – I’m a ONE That thing is scarily accurate. Very interesting.

  33. khlodia said:
    On 01 Sep at 2:09 pm

    I’m an 8 too!

  34. Nicole said:
    On 26 Oct at 7:04 pm

    I’m a NINE. “I am at peace” kinda scarily accurate.

  35. Sarah said:
    On 04 Jan at 10:00 am

    I just took this test, it’s amazing. I was a four, heh. It’s true what you said about this being better than “about me” page descriptions. I think I will post my results on the ol’ webbie.

  36. Dannie said:
    On 25 Feb at 8:36 am

    I’m a four. Interesting… xD

  37. Francoise said:
    On 01 Mar at 3:14 pm

    Woah, that really does work! I’m a 6.

  38. Sarah said:
    On 10 Apr at 5:11 pm

    I got the exact same results as you too.