this is what happens when none of my friends are around...

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the Romantic
Test finished! you chose BY - your Enneagram type is FOUR.
"I am unique"

Romantics have sensitive feelings and are warm and perceptive.

How to Get Along with Me

• Give me plenty of compliments. They mean a lot to me.
• Be a supportive friend or partner. Help me to learn to love and value
  myself.
  Respect me for my special gifts of intuition and vision.
  Though I don't always want to be cheered up when I'm feeling melancholy,
  I sometimes like to have someone lighten me up a little.
  Don't tell me I'm too sensitive or that I'm overreacting!
  
  What I Like About Being a Four
  
  • my ability to find meaning in life and to experience feeling at a deep
    level
    my ability to establish warm connections with people
    admiring what is noble, truthful, and beautiful in life
    my creativity, intuition, and sense of humor
    
  • being unique and being seen as unique by others
    
  • having aesthetic sensibilities
    
  • being able to easily pick up the feelings of people around me
    
    What's Hard About Being a Four
    
    experiencing dark moods of emptiness and despair
    feelings of self-hatred and shame; believing I don't deserve to be loved
    feeling guilty when I disappoint people
    feeling hurt or attacked when someone misundertands me
    expecting too much from myself and life
    fearing being abandoned
    obsessing over resentments
    longing for what I don't have
    
    Fours as Children Often
    
    have active imaginations: play creatively alone or organize playmates in
    original games
    are very sensitive
    feel that they don't fit in
    believe they are missing something that other people have
    attach themselves to idealized teachers, heroes, artists, etc.
    become antiauthoritarian or rebellious when criticized or not understood
    feel lonely or abandoned (perhaps as a result of a death or their parents'
    divorce)
    
    
    Fours as Parents
    
    help their children become who they really are
    support their children's creativity and originality
    are good at helping their children get in touch with their feelings
    are sometimes overly critical or overly protective are usually very good with children if not too self-absorbed
    
    
    Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele
    
    The Enneagram Made Easy
    
    Discover the 9 Types of People
    
    Harper SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages