By talking to the child in her womb, she gains a sense of herself as a mother. To put this in simpler terms, their sense of self comes from the emotion they feel when they sense their identification with another person, much as a pregnant woman introverts with thoughts of love for her unborn child. This is why the inner world of Nines is so obscure and difficult to describe (and why others have not understood this type's proper correlation to the Jungian category).Ī deeper understanding of the Nine's psyche comes from realizing that the Nine orients itself to the world by introverting on the "sensation" of possessing union with another–by introjecting another, and then idealizing that introjection. What is even more unclear is the nature of the sensation that they introvert on. While it is clear from even a superficial acquaintance with Sevens that they are highly extroverted and orient themselves to the world via sensation, what is unclear is that Nines are introverted. The points of similarity are reflected in their psychic structures–the fact that both are sensation types in the Jungian model, Sevens corresponding to the extroverted and Nines to the introverted sensation type (PT, 193 and 250). Furthermore, the defense mechanisms of both types are similar: both have repressed their inner worlds-Nines to maintain their identification with an idealized other, Sevens to avoid cutting themselves off from sources of external stimulation. The main reason they can sometimes be confused is that both types can be extremely busy and both are usually rather ebullient and happy. Sevens and Nines might seem difficult to confuse since average Sevens are the hyperactive extroverts of the Enneagram, while average Nines are obviously passive and complacent, and live at a much lower energy level than Sevens.
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