The Enneagram Instincts - Catherine Bell Interviews Russ Hudson on the Instincts and Zones

[@veenapointi4637]

12:35 Descrption of 3 instincts interms of when we get activated

[@emilywaters586]

It was so good hearing this explanation of the instincts as a collection of reactions we have that are in constant fluid motion in the body, mind and heart. I have been researching and hunting to find out what my dominant instincts are and racking my brain! It's relieved confusion and helped me to relax about it, and to see all these things in my life. Thank you

[@themoonymoon]

I'm a sx dominant , and your reply on Samar's q. reguarding the difficulty we find in satisfying the sx. instinct more than people who are sp.or so,cause somehow it seems always related to someone else, was so helpful and eye opening... Thank you Russ.

[@IngridHurwitz]

So brilliant. Thank you! Especially the point about being anti-social as SO.

[@niharika14]

The issue I have with this is what comes across to me as a very superficial description of the sexual instinct as the "enlivening energy" with examples like watching tv shows that hook us (okay, maybe that's part of it). Contrasted with a deeper or ostensively more meaningful definition of the social instinct (connection, social cognition; although i don't know if what psychology refers to as social interactiosn or dyads within the social cognitive contexts can all be subsumsed under this one enneagram instinct) and then SP as this very sort of human understandable instinct. That's my read on it anyway. The issue I personally have is I see sexual as being driven by a desire for wholeness, oneness. That's at the heart of it. Everything else just serves as the guide or means. I mean, at least, that's how I conceptualize it. And that it's not about heart type+SX per se but that it is a drive in ALL people driven strongly enough by SX often not even being able to verbalize it. It is a profound and deep human desire that might compel people their entire life, decades of their life towards the hunt for this. one. thing. It can be that strong. Towards becoming whole/one. And that has sadly been completely dropped from his description. And there can be a lot of emotion around it. I also think this is why people refer to it as seeking intimacy or "one-on-one" because SX energy, even in groups, can tend to unintentionally exclude and be singularly focused. "One on one." It is not literal dyad per se (altohugh it also can be) I read it more as a figurative thing. Edit: Okay apparently he mentions fusion at one point, but it seems like a tangentional point.