The Enneagram Instrument

Now for the Enneagram questions. 

ENNEAGRAM INSTRUMENT

Please cllick on the left ("Yes") button if the following statements are like you. Please click on the right ("No") button if the following statements are not like you.

1. I may look and act busy, but inside I'm spaced out on details of the room, old memories, or unfinished business.
Yes No
2. In a confrontation I want the other person to oppose me strongly.
Yes No
3. I avoid putting time and money into extravagance. I prefer to reduce my needs to a few simple objects.
Yes No
4. People have accused me of being overly dramatic, but they really don't understand my intensity.
Yes No
5. I feel that sadness and pain are the wellspring from which come great art and love.
Yes No
6. I have multiple projects and interests. I'm not after a big success. I don't want to miss out on an experience.
Yes No
7. I procrastinate in decisions because I'm afraid of making mistakes.
Yes No
8. I'm sensing other people's needs so that I can help them and get their affection.
Yes No
9. I resonate with the 'tragic clown' figure, smiling through the tragedy.
Yes No
10. I have a special attraction to the mood of melancholy.
Yes No
11. I have a long-standing fear of the dark. Unseen threats might harm me.
Yes No
12. I get confused about how to act when friends from different parts of my life are together in the same room.
Yes No
13. I appear to go along with what people want because it's so hard to say no. That doesn't mean that I necessarily agree.
Yes No
14. I'm an aggressive, self-assertive person, and I can handle anger directed at me. I'm not afraid to confront other people, and I've done it.
Yes No
15. Hanging around with friends is a waste of my time.
Yes No
16. Being able to organize, set priorities, and make deadlines comes naturally to me.
Yes No
17. I conserve my time, money and self. I really hate it when I don't get my money's worth.
Yes No
18. I fight with people to see their strengths; if they are strong, I can trust them.
Yes No
19. I experience most people as intrusive; they do not respect my space.
Yes No
20. I sense others' weak points quickly, and I will push them there if I am provoked.
Yes No
21. I feel I deserve to be first in someone's life because of all the help I've given them.
Yes No
22. I get so caught up with my worker role that I forget who I am. When I recall my past, I tend to remember what I did well and right.
Yes No
23. I'm eaten by regret for past relationships than can never be regained.
Yes No
24. I get frightened in successful situations (or when I am doing well), I doubt my successes.
Yes No
25. My mind constantly judges how I stand in comparison to others.
Yes No
26. I control myself and feel that expression of strong emotions is self-indulgent.
Yes No
27. People give me feedback that I'm angry though I don't think I am.
Yes No
28. When it's time to follow through or take action on my good ideas, I doubt them.
Yes No
29. I often criticize myself for not doing better. Critical voices chatter in my head.
Yes No
30. The worse feeling I have is being criticized by other people.
Yes No
31. Old memories keep surfacing not because I'm nostalgic but because I haven't finished with them yet.
Yes No
32. I get the feeling that others set me up to fight their battles for them.
Yes No
33. I get so overwhelmed with sidetracks that life seems like a great effort to me.
Yes No
34. I like to have several things to do in the same time slot, so that I can go with the one that draws me at the time.
Yes No
35. I don't remember my successes. Each time that I have to act it's like I haven't done it before.
Yes No
36. I like the theater and dramatic people; I often feel like I'm playing the part of an actor in my own life.
Yes No
37. When something painful comes up I can put it on a mental 'back burner' where it doesn't bother me.
Yes No
38. I can intuit and meet everybody's needs, but very few people meet mine.
Yes No
39. In working on a project or job I'm concerned that every step of every procedure must be correct. I can't work at a job that compromises my integrity.
Yes No
40. I often space out or feel sleepy when I'm not really tired.
Yes No
41. My idea of leisure time is strategizing for the next job to be done. I don't like to face a Sunday with nothing to do but hang out.
Yes No
42. I'm good at standing up and fighting for what I want. I find it easy to express my dissatisfaction with things.
Yes No
43. I experience intimacy and strong feelings for others most when I'm alone; when I'm with them I seek intimacy but withdraw.
Yes No
44. I can relate to everyone else's position, but I'm unclear about my own.
Yes No
45. I'm like a chameleon in my job; I can present myself differently, as the job requires to get it done.
Yes No
46. Privacy and time alone are essential to me. When I am alone I often wish to share myself with others.
Yes No
47. I'm fearful when I'm exposed as successful in the eyes of others.
Yes No
48. When I give to others I'm keeping score about what I hope to get back.
Yes No
49. There are many fascinating things to do. I avoid getting dragged down by life.
Yes No
50. I am proud to be recognized as a giver; the recognition is essential to me.
Yes No
51. I'm aware of how I come across to people and will change my presentation to do a more effective job.
Yes No
52. I want my activities to make life an adventure; if they don't, I adapt to backup possibilities.
Yes No
53. I tend to move from one interest to another rather than go into depth in anything.
Yes No
54. I instinctively look for what is threatening in any situation.
Yes No
55. Once I get used to something, I don't want to rock the boat by changing it.
Yes No
56. Most people don't know it, but they create their own problems.
Yes No
57. I like to place myself on the outskirts of the crowd and watch other people interact.
Yes No
58. The arts and artistic expression are very important for me as a means of channeling my emotions.
Yes No
59. When I'm in misery and pain I don't want people to 'fix it' and make me happy. There's a special richness in the quality of sadness.
Yes No
60. It's important to experience a lot of things a little bit so you really have a taste of everything in life.
Yes No
61. I find my mind flooded with critical Judging thoughts.
Yes No
62. I often feel that my friends don't know the real me. Really I've fooled them because I've shown them only the aspects of myself that they like.
Yes No
63. I use antiquity, elegance, and unique surroundings to raise my sense of myself.
Yes No
64. I'm attracted to what is authentic in other people because it makes me feel real myself.
Yes No
65. Even when I know a project will work, my mind says, 'I can't,' and 'it won't work'.
Yes No
66. I feel inspired when merging with powerful, important people.
Yes No
67. I find myself merging into all sides of a conversation. I think that my opinion is all of the conversation.
Yes No
68. I enjoy the exercise of power. My worst fear is to be controlled by incompetents.
Yes No
69. I identify myself by the job that I do. I compete well and especially enjoy winning.
Yes No
70. I like high-energy, high-status positions. I keep emotions from getting in the way.
Yes No
71. When people want things from me I often wish to withdraw from them.
Yes No
72. I think that most therapy and tests like this are for weak people who can't get it together.
Yes No
73. Self-controlled people can shut down their feelings.
Yes No
74. If I get a little of something I want, I won't stop until I'm over-satisfied.
Yes No
75. When I sense someone withdrawing from me I alter myself to become more desirable to them.
Yes No
76. I tend to be an assertive, go-getter kind of person. I would do very well in the promotional aspect of a project.
Yes No
77. I have intense mood swings, I live higher and lower than other people.
Yes No
78. I present myself badly to test out which people will like me and which people won't accept me.
Yes No
79. I am preoccupied with other people's character and the moral systems they live by. I feel compelled to keep trying to better myself and other people.
Yes No
80. People who show their anger appear out of control to me.
Yes No
81. I am annoyed by the awareness or how perfect any situation could be. At the same time I, notice what's wrong with it.
Yes No
82. If someone doesn't like me I'm afraid of them.
Yes No
83. I feel almost compelled to be honest. I sometimes sense a Puritanical streak in myself.
Yes No
84. I'm often irritated because things aren't the way they should be.
Yes No
85. I have to motivate myself to keep going, because if I come to a halt, I know that I can't start up again.
Yes No
86. It makes me angry when people that I think are strong fall apart emotionally.
Yes No
87. I lose track of the priorities in my life by getting lost in details and irrelevancies. I space out on activities like inessential projects, shopping, TV, and collecting things that interest me.
Yes No
88. Making a commitment to a single course is hard for me. It limits other possibilities. I like to keep my options open.
Yes No
89. I'm so busy scanning faces for hidden meanings that I often forget people's names.
Yes No
90. I have a sense of longing for what is missing in my life. The present holds the hope that the future will bring me love.
Yes No
91. I have many interests. I can pursue my interests endlessly. If someone wants to join me that's fine, but I won't change my interests for them.
Yes No
92. I often feel unappreciated for what I've done for others.
Yes No
93. I have a sharp eye for details that are out of order. Often the least flaw can ruin the whole thing for me.
Yes No
94. If someone makes me do something, I get stubborn inside. I will agree. I think about it over and over again. I intend to do it, but it doesn't get done.
Yes No
95. I drive myself in order to win. People who don't push themselves are ineffective.
Yes No
96. If someone is holding out I'll push them so we get to the truth of the matter.
Yes No
97. I can withdraw my presence so that I feel that I'm not seen by others.
Yes No
98. My attention gets diverted in conversations. I wake up in the middle and realize that I'm thinking about details in the environment, old memories, or unfinished projects.
Yes No
99. I lead because it's so important to me to get the job done efficiently.
Yes No
100. Detachment feels natural to me, and I prefer it to heavy involvement in relationships.
Yes No
101. When I want something, I'm afraid that someone stronger than me will often prevent me from getting it. So I don't act.
Yes No
102. Many different people think I'm their best friend, but they are not mine.
Yes No
103. I avoid getting into heavy issues.
Yes No
104. Each of my close friends causes me to alter so as to make them feel comfortable.
Yes No
105. I like relationships based on activity; I get uncomfortable when relationships get too emotional.
Yes No
106. I make plans about how much better my present activities will be in the future.
Yes No
107. I really don't like to work unless It feels like an adventure.
Yes No
108. I'm afraid of people when I have more than they do.
Yes No