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 game s -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
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 game s -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
the Enneagram test
