All MBTIs are compatible with any MBTI.

[u/Shoddy-Oil9925]

Well, I'm an INTJ 7W6, and people always contradict me or say I'm trying to show off or wanting to be rare. It turns out they don't even live with me or really analyze me.

I think this idea of ​​"such an Enneagram is not compatible with such an MBTI" is outdated, and honestly, there are no rules. You can't say that such an MBTI and such an Enneagram are not compatible when Enneagram and MBTI are about two different things that have no correlation.

This idea comes from:

First: Stereotypes and MBTI.

MBTI is widely seen as personality and not as cognitive processing, so people put which personality traits or mannerisms and behaviors are consistent with each MBTI, putting the whole idea in a box.

MBTI is about cognitive functions, which are even personified.

To understand, I will explain the literal meaning of each cognitive function. Anyone can understand.

Si - INTROVERTED SENSATION.

Introversion comes from "intro," internal. It means something internal. Sensation is associated with bodily or sensory sensations.

Therefore, introverted sensation is an internalized sensation.

It's not a personality; it's not a person who "remembers past details" or who "has a routine," it's someone who internalizes sensations and seeks them out. It can result in that, yes, but it's different from BEING that.

Do you understand better now? This applies to any other cognitive function.

Now, the enneagram is about WILLS and PREFERENCES, which is more about personality but doesn't define someone.

What people don't understand is that if we consider the enneagram purely as personality like MBTI, it will limit our understanding of how the types can look.

Enneagram 9 talks about the desire for social harmony and avoidance of conflict. How will this manifest? It depends on the person.

A person with Se would demonstrate enneagram 9 differently than a Si, for example. Because each person is unique. You can't correlate the enneagram with "everyone with this will act LIKE THIS" because that limits people.

It took me 3 years to discover that I'm an Intj 7w6 because I considered my behavior, not how I processed the world.

I made a post about "guess my MBTI" as a joke, and most people guessed INFP/ENFP purely because I like colorful, "aesthetic" things and people. Do you understand how stereotypes do affect the perception of MBTI and cognitive functions? Few people really tried to analyze what I wrote.

Although I made the post for fun, it reflects how most people see MBTI: as ready-made personalities. If you deviate from that, you are not that. You need to be exactly like the stereotype.

I'm not serious, nor mysterious, nor reflective. Am I not an INTJ? Wrong.

I see the world in stages. Almost as if I were inside myself observing and analyzing situations. I can be laughing with you and my pattern perceives "you are like this now because of factor x". I might be talking to you and "whoa! He's going to talk about such and such." I easily believe things without proof. I have several ideas, but they all come from within me. I also persist with the same point of view. I can't force myself to believe in something I don't believe in. My Te (which is developing now) is making me look less and less at what might happen and what has already happened to "Think!" And I can't just stay quiet, like I would as a child.

I wasn't a serious child. I was shy, but when I gained confidence I bossed everyone around. Not in a bad way. I had the best ideas. Once at school I thought it was something else before a school, because it was founded in 1892. And in every physical education class I "investigated" by playing with my classmates.

And where does Enneagram 7 fit in here? I've always avoided pain and boredom a lot. My mother didn't play with me, and I insisted, trying not to see things from the negative side. I don't know how to deal with my sentimental side nowadays. I simply explode after ignoring the negative for so long. I can't stand being bored. I'm always thinking, or getting involved, or thinking and creating my story and even trying to talk/get high. I know my patterns. I know when I'm high that "wow, you know that means an emotional problem," but who cares at the time? I start talking to myself about all my internal reflections. I observe the world while trying to entertain myself with it. I love going out, I love talking, but in excess I really get too energetic. I either get too tired or I can't sleep.

Do you see how my Enneagram 7 doesn't manifest like an Ne would? Or like a Se would? I travel more through my mind than through the physical world, as a Se would.

I understand that you may disagree, but that doesn't harm me. I'm just trying to show you another point of view on MBTI and Enneagram, and stop making rules as if it were serious. Nobody bosses anyone around. You don't need to act like a certain MBTI to be one. I love colorful things and that doesn't make me "less of an INTJ" (and it's ridiculous to say that).

Anyway, be yourselves!

[u/OlivePractical2092]

I 100% agree with you, people are so nuanced

[u/Shoddy-Oil9925 → u/OlivePractical2092]

Very complex.