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Tag: Self Preservation

Instincts and Subtypes Understanding the Enneagram

Variants with a retracted self-pres instinct

When the instinct of Self-preservation receives scarse attention, we have behaviors that make us feel socially adequate or inadequate, according to the fundamental existential...

by Antonio Barbato February 1, 2024February 7, 2024
Instincts and Subtypes

General Considerations about Subtypes

A lot of material about subtypes and instincts has appeared in these pages and, as is frequently the case in matters psychological or philosophical,...

by Antonio Barbato June 1, 2012October 27, 2023
Instincts and Subtypes Type 9

Nine Subtypes

As body types who seek to create harmony and balance, Nines have a natural affinity for the daily rhythms of instinctual life - working,...

by Peter O’Hanrahan February 17, 2012April 29, 2025
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