The Start of my Enneagram Story

 My story is a bit interesting - I was a teen who used to go with my mum to this chain bookshop at the local mall, and there WISDOM OF THE ENNEAGRAM by Riso and Hudson caught my attention.

I was curious and began to read, there in the bookshop and reviewed all the enneatypes (like, I am pernickety like a One but too disordered/chaotic, I am ambitious like a Three but not a workaholic, etc) but when it came to Sevens, I was AMAZED that it described me to a T (daydreamer, womanchild, optimistic, impulsive, impatient, talkative, scattered, storyteller... and deep down afraid of boredom and pain, and therefore escapist). This was a full-body portrait of me, warts and all, naked as a worm (I felt like the emperor in the story when the little boy says that he's naked, like I was being told painful but convenient truths).

I returned home with the book under my arm, stopping at pit stops (the mall is across town from my home, it takes an hour to go on foot) to peruse Enneatype Seven (and discovering I am a Sexual 7W6 for more info). It was like finding a Holy Grail, discovering things that other personality types like the zodiac (Sun in Aquarius, Virgo rising) or Myers-Briggs (ENFP) don't understand and don't fully explain.

Ever since I have frequently gone down Enneagram rabbit holes and started collecting books (both printed and ebooks). I have quite a collection. Including the crown jewel of my collection "Golosos" (Gluttons), the Seven Bible by Claudio Naranjo (there are eight books more, one per enneatype). It goes into detail on childhood wounds, fixations, wings and subtypes. And it's Goblet-of-Fire or Les-Misérables-level thick, so I also use it to press flowers.