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The Enneagram

Personality Theory

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The Enneagram ~ Sakinorva Databank

The Enneagram


Personality Theory

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phsc

2024/03/08 (Fri) 09:20:38

#8928

I was thinking about it, and now that I am rather well versed in neuroscience I think one can generalize what personality actually is as neurotransmitter/hormones.

Enneagram one probably means someone has higher activity of the amigdala, higher levels of cortisol, probably higher levels of dopamine as in the mesocortical pathway.

Enneagram two probably means someone has high oxytocin, makes sense considering it is stereotypically more common in women and well, women have much higher oxytocin.

Enneagram three probably means someone has very high dopamine as in the mesocortical pathway, probably standard levels of oxytocin but tending towards higher numbers, most notably for males I would say, probably higher testosterone as well. I think both the dopamine and oxytocin working together in the nucleus accumbens and the anterior cingulate cortex, mostly what the envy studies show and etc.

Enneagram four is tricky and there are way too many variables.

Enneagram five probably means someone has low oxytocin, in general anything that boosts the usage of the prefrontal cortex.

Enneagram six probably also means someone has high activity of the amigdala, probably higher levels of cortisol and such, rather similar to enneagram one I'd say.

Enneagram seven probably means someone has high dopamine as in the mesolimbic pathway, probably having neuroplasticity make more connections to the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens.

Enneagram eight means someone has high testosterone.

And enneagram nine probably means someone has low dopamine? mostly in the mesocortical pathway, and considering that probably higher serotonin in general.


This is of course an over-simplification, but looking at neurotransmitters you get to understand things as the stereotypes of enneagrams and how often they seem to appear on specific groups (eg, men and women), the only enneagram that is way too vague is probably four because there are so many things going on in the brain that could generate a similar core motivation and similar behaviour and mentality it is hard to judge properly.

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20/05/30 21:22fleetingpetals1 INFJ
20/05/10 02:50strawberry crisis INFJ
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen INFP
19/10/07 13:54tch INF
19/08/17 00:19LadyX INFP
21/04/14 11:22Tman INFJ
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20/05/30 21:22fleetingpetals1 INTJ
20/05/10 02:50strawberry crisis INTJ
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen ISFP
19/11/07 15:02Phantom ISFP
20/05/31 01:10Tman INFJ
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20/06/29 09:45Diobono 1w9
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen 9w1
19/08/17 00:19LadyX 9w1
19/08/16 02:16Tman 9w1
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20/05/10 01:08Thyssen sx/sp
19/08/17 00:19LadyX sx/sp
19/08/16 02:16Tman sx/sp
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20/05/31 01:11Tman 946
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen 946
19/08/17 00:19LadyX 945
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20/05/30 21:22fleetingpetals1 EII
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen EII
19/08/16 02:20Tman EII
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20/05/30 21:22fleetingpetals1 EVLF
20/05/30 18:42Tman EVLF
20/05/10 01:08Thyssen EVLF