Enneagram Type Six in Film and Television
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2021
- Taking a deeper look at the Enneagram Type Six by showing examples from film and television.
From the Enneagram Institute: "The committed, security-oriented type. Sixes are reliable, hard-working, responsible, and trustworthy. Excellent "troubleshooters," they foresee problems and foster cooperation, but can also become defensive, evasive, and anxious-running on stress while complaining about it. They can be cautious and indecisive, but also reactive, defiant and rebellious. They typically have problems with self-doubt and suspicion. At their Best: internally stable and self-reliant, courageously championing themselves and others."
Note: This video is not a statement that every character shown is 100% a Type Six. Most are fictional creations and might have characteristics of multiple Enneagram types that a real person would never have. Rather, it's a montage of characters acting in a specific way in a specific scene that demonstrates some attributes of an Enneagram Type Six.
Natasha saying "this family" and Lady Di's hug made me check who's cutting onions around here
All the feels.
12:20 My GF can be so fucking funny and she's so honest and transparent about her anxiety and neuroticism. I feel like 6s can be blunt about it easier than others.
Self-awareness is half the battle.
My wife tested as a 6 and I as a 5. Not sure how accurate the tests are though. Read a lot about being mistyped. Any reco on the best site to take a test at ?
@joe-mama6451 The test on the Enneagram Institute website is the best for my money. However, all “tests“ should be taken with a grain of salt. They are really more just a way to get you pointed in a general direction. What I’d recommend doing is reading the full type descriptions on the Enneagram Institute website and see what hits you. For most people, one type, maybe two, will jump out and punch you in the face. Then you can dig deeper from there.
Fun! One of my favorite 6w7s on television is Stiles from Teen Wolf. He hilariously captures how manic, anxious, and hilarious that combo can be. I'd say my favorite 6w5 is Benjamin Martin from The Patriot. As a 6 myself, it's easy for me to recognize them in fiction. They're all careful, as I would be.
“I’m a father, I haven’t the luxury of principles.” Also, “Dog is a fine meal!”
Different character but when he says, “They had green eyes”… gets me every time!
Omg stiles yes! Never thought of him that way (my enneagram phase was way after my teen wolf days) but it totally makes sense
yes plz
Another great video--however, I'm very disappointed that you did not mention Samwise Gamgee from the Lord of the Rings, who is a classic Six on the Enneagram. Can't wait for the rest of these videos!
I've got Sam in the Type 2 video, which is what he's generally Typed as. However, as I've been working on this series I've tried to recognize that because many of these characters are fictional (read: made up), it's entirely possible for them to have characteristics of several Types that a real person might not have. So it's entirely possible the Sam has some good Six traits as well as Two.
@@TypeCast he is a Six, no doubt!
I also miss Sarah Connor and Rambo as Counterphobic Sixes
I’ll check those out!
I think he's a 2w1, so helpful, addicted to Frodo, and full of righteous disapproval and anger.
Whenever I watch Seinfeld, I have always thought me and George Constanza literally have the same thought patterns?? & now I know why!
George Costanza = Larry David
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can't wait for type 7 and 4! great video :D
Thanks! Stay tuned, I’m working on getting the copyright clearances on those now.
19:35 in this stage sixes can look like nines
Yeah, that does sound Nine-ish!
Just discovered your channel. Great content and editing!
Thanks!
wonderful video! the scene of diana especially brought me to tears, because that's exactly the kind of good i want to be. which brings me to my inner conflict- am i a type one or type six?
i'm confused because both the authority figures in my life and the family that i desperately seek are religious figures. and my means of "winning" their approval and love is by being the morally best person i possibly can be, and i'm mistrusting of literally everyone else in my life because i'm hypeaware of their fallibility and inevitable betrayal.
but i know i still seek approval and validation from the people in almost everything i do, whether it's an interest or a good deed. ironically, the religious figured are still my moral compass, and so regularly my anxiety gets a bit too loud and tells me, "what if they're upset with you because of what you did? what if God hates you?" and i spiral into utter anguish for the few days it takes to come back to my senses.
when i first read the descriptions for type one, it immediately clicked into place, but now i'm not sure.
I can definitely relate to seeking the approval of religious authority figures (I grew up in American Evangelical Christianity). However, I'm sure you're aware that those figures are just as likely, if not *more* so, to be fallible and inevitably betray you. The higher we place people on pedestals, the harder they will "fall from grace."
Is the approval/validation that you seek more about Security ("If they approve of me then my place within the system is secure; I can trust that I'll be taken care of."), or is it more about having your own personal Righteousness affirmed ("If they approve of me then it means I really am a good person, I'm on the right path, and my morality is validated.")?
I'm a Type One and... the struggle is real! Ones and Sixes very often have overlapping traits. But Ones are ultimately more concerned about being Right and Good. Sixes are ultimately more concerned about Security and their place within the group/system/hierarchy.
Check out the "Misidentifying Ones and Sixes" page on the Enneagram Institute site. It might help bring you some clarity.
www.enneagraminstitute.com/misidentifying-1-and-6
@@TypeCast i'm glad you can relate! religious loyalty is like walking on a tightrope. it's really difficult to find the just mean in between. i struggle with it everyday.
i do believe that it's more about security to me. i understand that comes from wounding in childhood, which is definitely something i'll be trying to focus on now. i hope to become someone in tune with their superego and someone who wants to be good for the sake of it, not from a place of insecurity.
thank you for your insight!
Hashtag Growth!
This video made me realize I completely understand Malcolm X. Don't agree with him, but I acknowledge his motives. It's very hard to trust someone, especially a leader, that has done us harm in the past, regardless of them telling us and trying to prove us they changed. A type 6 could easily go as far as provoking that figure they're suspicious about, just to get a reaction that confirms their suspicion. There's a desperate need for safety and acceptance, both for themselves and for the people around them.
That’s very interesting! I’m not *that* familiar with Malcolm X but it does seem to make sense.
“I will never say that progress is being made. If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound that's below, that the blow made. They won't even admit the knife is there.” This quote really gets to the Six motivations behind his political work and advocacy.
i feel attacked....... HAHAHAHHAHA
If a person watches these videos and doesn’t feel attacked then either I’ve done something wrong or they are confused! At least we’re all in it together.
It's so cool how this video has 0 dislikes currently 👀
Never seen a video with zero dislikes until now.
We’ll see how long that lasts…
And... we're up to 2 dislikes! We did it!
It’s also important to remember that inferior introverted sensing grip can resemble type 6 because inferior Si is so out of touch with their own body so when Si flares up they feel like every little physical discomfort is a sign of serious illness.
I’m not as familiar with the Myers Briggs/Jungian side of things, although it is interesting that Riso and Hudson correspond Type six with “introverted feeling” and not sensing. But is that where the “inferior” comes in? Similar to Enneagram “stress and security”, do MBTI types have “superior and inferior” leanings?
@@TypeCastyes. There is a dominant function and inferior. An individual only expressing their inferior function in an unhealthy manner when the function has been ignored in the psychy.
I think that in general Sixes tend to be more aware of their inferior function. Phobic sixes resemble individuals at Ni, Si, Fi and Fe grips. While counterphobic sixes resemble individuals at Ne, Se, Te and Ti grips. I'm a INFJ 6 and most of my insecurities are related to my inferior Se.
I know those concepts are part of Jung/MBTI, but I’m not at all familiar with them. I’m an ISTJ and that’s about as much as I know about it. I’ve found the Enneagram to be much more useful for my own personal growth, but I know others prefer MBTI. They’re all great tools!
@@TypeCast that’s true but certain enneagram numbers can mimic certain MBTI cognitive function. I truly believe knowing both systems can help to type someone more accurately.
Sixes are the only ones I can't pinpoint or understand.
I've also struggled sometimes to get a handle on Sixes.
I can’t get the 6 too 🥲
That's normal lol.
It's because we are walking contradictions I imagine so we can be somewhat unpredictable maybe?😊
"to simply put it: i have problems"
i felt seen
“What if… I’m looking for a bathroom, I can’t find it… and my bladder explodes?”
Ye, I describe myself as a paradox. But that is why I am mega interesting, fun and frustrating ^^
Sounds like the complete package!
Another great video! I need an entire video of Larry David being the ultimate six lol 😂
There is such a library... it's called "Curb Your Enthusiasm" lol
@@TypeCast haha, you’re completely right 😂
I happened to be scrolling back through these comments just now... while I'm watching Curb in the background. So meta.
And I here I go again, questioning my type 😅
I thought that I was an 5w6(INFJ, if that matters), but this doesn't sound much like me, even in my unhealthy states... Time to hit the books again 😂
I really appreciate this video though! It might be the most in-depth Enneagram video I have seen yet. I can't even imagine how much time it must have taken. Thank you! 😌🥂😌
Thanks, that’s a great compliment! They take quite a bit of time to put together, but I love doing it.
You said you thought you were a 5w6, but this is the Six video. Did you watch the Type Five video on my channel?
@@TypeCast Yeah! I definitely related to it a lot more! After doing some more research, I think that I'm definitely a five. My wing is still up in the air though lol. :')
I can relate. I’m a One and feel pretty evenly split between my Nine and Two wings.
Made me proud to be a 6. Thanks, friend. Subscribed
Thanks so much!
I have wing 6 so I'll prefer sticking to paranoia instead of being an open book to everyone, this will send a draconian message for energy draining folks.
Well... whatever you gotta do.
I have a question. I got Type 3; achieving success in life is important to me, and I am a perfectionist, but I do not see myself as the charismatic, charming person that Type 3 tends to be.
I do seek affection, but I actually avoid being the center of attention. I want my achievements to be noticed and praised on their own, but I feel uncomfortable showing those achievements to others. I seek to be loved, but I don’t want to stand out.
I do struggle with the fear of losing acceptance in the eyes of others like Type 3’s do, but I am also afraid of panicking and losing control like Type 6’s do.
Am I a subtype of Type 3 or something, or am I more of a Type 6?
(I got a 98 for Type 3 and a 93 for Type 6.)
Enneagram “tests” are a good way to get you pointed in the right direction and narrow things down, but you should not rely on just those results. I recommend that you read through the full Type description for Three and Six and see if one or the other really jumps out at you.
www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-3
www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-6
Another way to identify your Type would be to narrow it down to the lowest common denominator. If it came down to it and you could only pick one, which of these would you pick…
1. You have high esteem in the eyes of others, “success“ in whatever ways that is important to you, and you are also seen as successful by others. But you don’t have much life security. There’s instability in your life. You have a hard time finding your place within the organization, the group, etc…
2. Your life is secure. You know your place, and you are both trusted by others and you have trust in others. You have stability. But you are not viewed as successful or held in high esteem by others. You are “average”, not standing out in any particular way.
Does one of those scenarios stand out to you more than the other?
You could also check out the 3-6 "Misidentifications" page on the RHETI site.
www.enneagraminstitute.com/misidentifying-3-and-6
Love how you ended it with princess diana. She is the epitome of a 6 w 7 ❤
Thanks!
Malcolm X was the prototypical six. And that’s the best movie of all time.
At three hours and 20 minutes you certainly get your moneys worth. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the full film. Worth revisiting.
@@TypeCast Damn. I never realized it was that long. The book was much better
Well if the movie was the best of all time then the book must be pretty damn good, too!
@@TypeCast I loved the book. It was heavy and long reading, but it gave you a full insight into Malcolm X’s life, and his feelings regarding social issues. It also shows how hurt he was when the NOI betrayed him, with Alex Haley writing about the final months of his life.
I’m an 8 who loves memories and autobiographies. My 9 kid read the book, and she said it bored her to tears…She likes “realistic fiction”
Can you fix the text in your videos? for some of us who have apple iPads the text is totally unreadable - FYI 🙏
Meaning the text is blurry? If so try changing the CZcams player quality to a higher setting.
If it’s too small… nothing I can do for you there. I review my videos on my phone and the text is plenty readable. If I made it any bigger it would overlap too much with the clips.
Thanks _ I’ll try to change settings.
DAE have to be careful always about not joining cults?
As a One I’d be more likely to start a cult… “Follow me to the Truth!”
These videos are great but I feel that the text from references added help and hurt the initial presentation of watching this as I think I should pause to read then re-engage in the scene that's already started which dilutes the teaching of the scene with the text placed there.
It's quite jarring actually, maybe it would make more sense to place the text so we can pause and read then move to the scene with the text there as a slight reference and it not interfere then the scene ends and the next text block appears and cue the next scene.
Of course what works against me personally is I haven't watched most of these films so I'm seeing them for the first time so I have to keep that in mind.
It is still great work despite my long critique!
Yeah it's not necessarily ideal. I've experimented with different formats and this seems to work the best overall. One problem with having the quotes before the scene is it nearly doubles the length of the videos, which are already long to begin with. Most people just aren't going to sit through a 45-minute video that's half just text they have to read. The other issue is that some of the quotes match specifically with certain parts of the clips. So if a scene has two different quotes over it, the second quote might be something that is specifically referencing a behavior that's happening at that point. If the quote was placed before the scene that connection could be lost or missed. So my best advice... watch them multiple times and run up my view counts!
@@TypeCast I have to agree unfortunately and I will! Thank you for your fast response, it communicates a lot.
Why Chandler from Friends is missing?
I was never really into Friends. Seinfeld was more my show.
I identify as a 6w7 and though i am not at my full potentional as still let fear rule my life there have been instances whee my liberties and rights were defamated on and surpised my own self as i rose from the shadows into the light and became a lion instead of a mouse. I suppose for a 6 to overcome something we simply have to know when to draw the line. 😊
Lion FTW!
Hi hope you having a good day i don't know if you remember but i once leave a comment saying i'm type 8 social... found out i'm not.. i'm 6w5 and i get extremely protective and angry when it's about the weak and! my wing is so strong make me look like i don't care about others but i am type 6 just wanted to let you know.. always love all of your video thx
oh and i have a question i think din djarin from the Mandalorian is 'unhealthy' 6w5 but Personalitydatabase says he's 1w9 what do you think?
@@rei7484 That's great that you figured out your Type!
It's been a while since I've watched The Mandalorian, but if I had to pick between those two I'd lean more towards him being a One. He has a strict adherence to "The Way", which could be true for a One or Social Six. But when you boil Mando down, I don't think "fear" is his primary driver. He seems more concerned with "doing the right thing". But I'd have to watch it again to form a better opinion.
Also keep in mind that he's a fictional character, so he could also be a weird hybrid of characteristics that a real person wouldn't have. He might have just as many One traits as Six... or any other Type.
Type Cast maybe you're right.. fictional characters are sometimes don't make sense.. thx for replying have a nice day! or night.. if you're living in a opposite part of earth
I’m in the middle of the US.
im so glad to find another 6 who mistyped as so8 for the same reasons! i remember reading about how 8s are much less aware of fear and danger and i definitely had a rethink about it. what other ways did you find you fit 6>8?
Woody Allen, George Constanza the archetypicsl 6s.
Jason Alexander did a blatant woody Allen impression in his audition for George Costanza. Later he switched to imitating Larry David when he realized the character was based on him. But Larry David and Woody Allen are pretty similar, lol.
I think Tom Holland’s Spider Man is a Social 6w7.
I used a clip of him in my Two video, but it's possible you might be right. There could be a Marvel-themed video at some point down the road.
yeap
Indeed
LAMAO Ican see similarities as type 4 but not that much
What similarities do you see in yourself?
Is there anything positive about the 6? This was all very negative….
Each of the videos in the series has a spectrum of healthy to unhealthy examples. For the Six, I think the clips of Ben Wyatt (Parks and Rec), Malcolm X, Natasha Romanoff (Avengers), Woody's 2nd clip (Toy Story), and Princess Diana all demonstrate healthy traits. Then there's some that have "neutral" traits (could be positive or negative depending on how the traits are expressed), like The Good Shepherd, Larry David, and Cast Away.
I've already got a running list going for "Round 2" of this series, so if you've got any healthy Six examples in mind that you'd like to see... I'm all ears!
@@TypeCast Thank you for your response... Maybe you can help me understand this... I fall almost exactly between a 7 and a 6. Neither really feels right. Do you have any characters in mind or any traits or anywhere I can look into to understand this better? I feel like i oscillate between the two, but they are so different...??
@@kathrynwittmeier3035 For starters, keep in mind that not everyone has an explicitly "dominant" primary Type. For myself, I'm 110% a One, absolutely no question about it. I'm the One-est One you'll ever meet. But someone I know is almost perfectly split between a Two and a Three... very strong characteristics of both. So you don't necessarily have to "pick" a single Type. Your spectrum might be broader than that.
Have you watched the Seven video yet? Do you feel split between the characters in both videos, or does one resonate more than the other?
The next thing I'd recommend (if you haven't already) is to read through the Six/Seven Type Descriptions on the RHETI website...
www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions
Reading those might help something "jump out" at you.
@@TypeCast Thank you and I will do more research on that website!
Dude...how is Ben Wyatt not a positive. You can't be like Andy and April all your life lmao
the first men is more 1w9 sp istj
You mean Woody Allen?
I think Will Hunting is actually a sexual 4.
Why do you think that is?
@@TypeCast He is constantly debasing others in a competitive way. Their name is "hate/competition', which it is precisely what you see, being it in romantic relationship or with anybody else.
Hmm… I think whatever “hate/competition” he’s displaying is more about his insecurities and fears than some desire to be special or unique (as a Four would). In fact he deliberately downplays his unique abilities, wanting to work construction with Chucky for the rest of his life instead of using his math genius to stand out.
That’s what makes the Enneagram so powerful. It looks beyond the surface traits to examine *why* someone is behaving a certain way. You could have several people all acting the exact same way on the surface, but they’re all doing it for very different reasons.
I haven't watched all the video but where is Jesse Pinkman
Unfortunately I haven’t watched Breaking Bad, but it’s on my list.
I'm thinking my mother might be a 6 and my father might be an 8.
What about you?
I'm an 4w5 sx/sp. Thanks for asking.
Did the video give you any insights into your mother? My Types Six Subtypes video is currently under CZcams copyright review, but I’m hoping it will be released soon.
I can't really tell if she's a 6 or a 9. She usually acts more of a teenager but she can be real paranoid over what seems to me like something small and even though she acts like a teenager, she really cares about her authority and respect. She has a habit of bottling up her emotions so occasionally she'll just out of nowhere explode over something small. She can be pretty unpredictable though usually she does try to be nice.
6 and 9 are connected, so either could make sense. I would check out the Type descriptions for each on the Enneagram Institute website and see if one clicks more than the other.
www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-6
www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-9
but Dwight is type 1?
No, pretty sure he’s a counter-phobic Six. Although for the purposes of this series it doesn’t really matter what his actual Type is. The clips are more to give a general overview of each Type. Angela Kinsey is a One though, and I’ve got her in the One video. Check it out!
@@TypeCast I understand why he would be 6 but type 1 is more reasonable ain't it?😭 perfectionist, tries to be morally correct also with work ethics??
With this series I’ve learned that many characters act as a Rorschach test… people see what they “want” to see, myself included. Plus with fictional characters they might have traits in combinations that a real person would never have.
Having said that… Dwight is no One. His main drive/focus is not being perfect/right/good. He sees threats everywhere. He’s totally loyal to Michael (except for the Crentist incident). He’s the office “guardian”. He’s an almost perfect Counter-phobic 6w5… but that’s just what I see.
Ben Wyatt is an Sp5. These are so terribly wrong.
Lol, agree to disagree. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯