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Even my mom and aunt notice this about me everytime they try to lecture or tell me off. Apparently according to them, I can easily come up with a justification or a response to what they are saying that my aunt calls me an "over-reasoner" at one point. I don't do this a lot towards strangers, acquaintances and friends since... well, I find that embarrassing or something I'm not confident with, but it is a habit of mine it seems even if I don't intend on being argumentative or combative, and I just want to explain my own position and my pov.

I know 6s are known to be argumentative especially towards people they are close with, but can other head types also be this way too? Or at least the part where they can come up with multiple reasons and explanations to cope with something?

Also unrelated: ... did I just accidentally created a series with my previous ask? Cause ngl that's kinda funny to me :P.

That is specifically a 7 thing (wiggling out of being held responsible with verbal responses), so 7w6/6w7s do it the most.

It sounds like you are also a Ne-dom from this ask, so that would exacerbate the "you can't pin me down, I can justify anything with a zillion excuses" tendency.

Type 1: grudge-holding - I am above reproach, ergo my resentment, hatred, or anger at other people being lazy, stupid, not-dutiful, etc. is just and right; hypocrisy - it's wrong when you do it, but not when I do it; overly critical in a casual way - this movie is too long, I hate this, that is a sloppy job, I want to speak to the manager, these menus are crooked; simmering anger - I am doing this, but I don't want to do this, and you will get residual anger leaking out, because I'm actually mad about feeling like I HAVE to do it; too high of standards - things have to be better than they are right now, there is always something to fix, tweak, this needs an editor, this could be shorter, etc.

Type 2: intentionally creating codependencies - over-doing for others, assuming they can't do it for themselves, thus ensuring that they always need the 2 and are worthless to others; controlling behavior - while smiling and saying "I'm only thinking of you / I am just trying to help!"; being forceful about what is given instead of respecting their no; martyr-behavior - over-extending oneself, being resentful of it, and then whining about how they're under-appreciated; assuming everyone else is incompetent (thus, I have to do everything for them) and doing this all under the guise of "I am a good person with no wish to be thanked," while desperately wanting /needing to be thanked.

Type 3: Self-absorption and flexes - every conversation always subtly or otherwise comes back to me and how impressive I am, what I know, the important people I know or are similar to, etc; superficial charm - which may or may not reflect their true feelings; lack of self-awareness means chasing things that don't make them happy, because they got stuck in a rut and/or thought they should want that career, relationship, etc; over-selling themselves - sometimes beyond their skill level, or trying to pass something off as better than it is because they did it, by over-estimating their abilities and confidently touting them; caring too much what other people think or want from them; caring too much about impressing people; over-fixation on value symbols - if I own this, I am impressive; if I do this, I am impressive; if I act like this, I am impressive; if this person chooses me, I am impressive.

Type 4: elitism - I'm better than you because I'm so much deeper and less basic; suffering more / no one has gone through what I have gone through, and my situation is always so much worse than yours; alien - no one will ever understand me, and if they try, I will move the goal post to remain separate and misunderstood; melodrama - anguish is the thing I feel the most, so if there is nothing frustrating me, I will manufacture something or escalate it to remain emotionally intense; never satisfied - something is always wrong, less deep than it could be, aesthetically repugnant, shallow; scarcity mindset - there isn't enough of what I want to go around, and I resent you getting it instead of me.

Type 5: being too esoteric - assuming if you can't understand me, that's your problem and not that I'm hard to understand or need to "dumb down" an analysis for the audience; elitism - the assumption that I am the smartest person in the room and everyone else's analysis is subpar; intellectual arrogance - the inability to listen to others / tendency to dismiss them; self-absorption - can inconvenience others or put them at risk because you prioritize your own logic or needs (not sharing of time, resources, space, "nah, I can do this, I won't need rescued"); emotional detachment - compartmentalizing feelings and not going back to deal with them, looking down on other people for having them; neglecting things - letting relationships or your environment fall apart because that seems less important than their interests.

Type 6: reactive core - ruining things for other people, by focusing on what is negative about the situation and doubling down when others ask them to stop; pugnacious - arguing, correcting, nitpicking, not allowing anyone else to be right; “share my anxiety” - can’t let other people be happy or excited, they have to share their anxiety or outrage and get annoyed if other people don't follow along; polling everyone a lot - solicit everyone’s advice, then ignore it and do what they wanted to anyway, or endlessly wheel-spin with indecision and putting off deciding; can never be blamed - deflecting blame and refusing to take responsibility out of an unconscious fear of being punished; focusing on side issues over going straight to the point; entitlement - thinking experts and people who know things “owe” them their time which leads to bombarding them with messages rather than figuring out things for themselves.

Type 7: hedonism - I get what I want, you're going to give it to me; you're just a loser for not recognizing that I deserve all the best things in life; being a flake - failing to follow through, promising more than they can deliver, leaving earlier for something better, wanting to do it NOW or not at all; intolerance for negative feelings - you are such a bummer / party pooper / trying to raise the mood when it may not be appropriate to do so; over-selling their abilities beyond their skill level; endless unfinished projects / half-started business ventures.

Type 8: no option but top dog - turning everything into a power struggle in which they have to win; opportunism - taking advantage of others and that being a "them" problem because they were weak or stupid; self-harm - pushing through the pain to avoid showing weakness and hurting themselves; refusing to compromise - there is no middle ground, it's my way or no way at all; crushing their adversaries - going too far to destroy the opposition and leaving carnage behind. Their strength is an asset, but can also be a liability if they refuse to submit so much, it earns them punishment.

Yes, but that isn't what Te/Fe is about.

Te: facts, figures, logic easily explained and proven by objective reality, these things come before being offended or considering feelings. Society has boundaries and rules so that it is functional and fair.

A breakdown of why Vala Mal Doran from Stargate SG-1 is an ESTP 7w8, with detailed function and Enneagram analysis.

I'm too lazy to do it, but maybe co-mod Rosa will. ;)

Oh boy. *rubs hands together* Hang onto your hats.

2s: intentionally creating codependencies (over-doing for others, assuming they can't do it for themselves, thus ensuring that they always need the 2 and are worthless to others*); controlling behavior (while smiling and saying "I'm only thinking of you / I am just trying to help!" -> forcing people to take what is given instead of respecting their No); martyr-behavior (over-extending oneself, being resentful of it, and then whining about how they're under-appreciated); assuming everyone else is incompetent (thus, I have to do everything for them); and doing this all under the guise of "I am a good person with no wish to be thanked," while desperately wanting/needing to be thanked.

It gets rid of the carefree spontaneous ESFP trope, for sure. They go for more calculated spontaneity, and only jump in when they feel sure of themselves; they think before they act, but are still rooted in the moment and in the self, and poor at calculating for the long term (which probably ignites some anxiety or self-consciousness in them; why am I not better at this?! I really need an end goal in mind! I need to focus and plan out my life, but it feels like there’s nothing there? What do you think this means, what are your ideas for me to ponder?). They may be cautious about some things, but not others, and trust their Se in terms of bodily engagement; cautious trying out, then increasing confidence as they get the hang of it. Might have more trouble than other ESFPs in being purely in their bodies, since their mind wants to take over, but if they trust their body, it will take them the rest of the way.

Lots of people-reading, using Se signals to get a read on people and their intentions, less speculative and more grounded than an ENFP 6; will “ride or die” for their loved ones, and take risks for them that they might not do for themselves; they will act on their anxiety rather than withdraw or continually hesitate; it will feel more natural to get ‘into motion’ in some way (fix it, deal with it, stop it from happening, consult friends, etc).

ESFP 6w7 – may seem like a 7 at first, but caution and distrust are ruling them, and making them more reliable.

Too bad you can't just watch me for a couple of days; that would answer all your questions about ENFP 6s, lol. And I'm too tired to write a 12k word analysis on what it's like, not that I wouldn't like to, since I love nothing more than talking about myself at length.

In short? I doubt my assumptions but never my ethics; I am often right about other people but may ignore my own instincts in favor of being more 'fair' or there being 600 different reasons why they did something than I have thought of yet; I will ask myself if I have a 'right' to feel what I am feeling or if I should get over myself; I have spirals in which when something is out of my control, I will start thinking of endless ways it will go wrong and be bad, and trying to find solutions (Ne/Te) without being able to land on anything; people often tell me that I think too fast for them to keep up with me, that I change topics too rapidly, and that I change my mind and second-guess myself instantly (I do the latter a lot less than I used to, since finding out that's a 6 trait and deciding I hate it about myself and intended to stop). I am in a weird place between respect for tradition and total disrespect for it; my spiritual beliefs do not fit in anywhere and almost no one shares them, for example. I get weird looks for being such a walking contradiction and so inconsistent, for holding views that to other people, seemingly conflict, but make sense to me. I am extremely sensitive toward other people, aware of not wanting to offend them, but unable to read their feelings; I intensely monitor their face and try to read into it, to assume whether they are having fun, are bored, want me to do something else, etc.

Yes, there are endless typing spirals; I still regularly demand to know of ChatGPT what MBTI type it sees me as (ENFP 6w7, 9 times out of 10, lol) because I don't want to bother anyone else with my inability to land. Ne never stops reframing myself, and 6 never stops fearing I may be a fraud. In answer to your question, yes, my hesitancy to speak without thinking, my wanting to reflect before I act, etc., does make me seem more introverted. I find it exhausting to be out in the world, because I am hyper-attuned to my environment in a 6ish way -- watching people, being careful while driving, feeling over-stimulated in a busy store. A few people have typed me INFP based off typing videos, because I thought about things carefully and was not going off in 100 directions all at once. 6s are pretty linear, way more than 7s or 5s. It gives me some 'direction' and if something goes wrong, I can't think about anything else until it's resolved.

I am a 6w7, so I do reach a point where despite my self-doubt, I go "screw it, let's do this and learn as we go." I will get tired of questioning and thinking in multiple or opposite directions and just pick something to have a direction, then revise on the fly. 6w5s would be even more withdrawn, hesitant to act, and never feeling like they are ready. I literally started this blog knowing almost nothing about MBTI, but I thought "doesn't seem hard, I can learn as I go," and along the way I became an expert because I never stopped learning and applying, but I know other 6w5s who go "I want to feel ready before I do something like that." Not sure if it stalls out an ENFP forever, though, the way it does introverts.

I don't believe any type has a counter-type, and that includes 6s. I think people lean more phobic or counter-phobic, but that they can still move between the two on a daily basis, depending on their comfort levels. I've had moments where I was totally intimidated and kept my head down, and other moments when I totally challenged authority, and realized in hindsight that was a bloody stupid thing to do. I contradicted a cop over a traffic ticket :P but I shy away from most online arguments.

Same goes for other 6s I know. Some of them confront what they are afraid of one minute, and avoid it the next. 6s aren't great at calculating when it's the best time to put up or shut up sometimes, lol. I am semi-aggressive in a work environment (low Te has a "is everyone stupid today, why the hell can't you just answer me?" when stressed bluntness) but fairly accommodating and passive with my friends.

Do you want security and to remain connected to your loved ones more than you want nobody relying on you and total autonomy?

6s are super-ego types, defined by an inner 'should' voice that tells them how they 'ought' to be (I should be a good wife/husband; I should get my work done before messing around; I ought to have been nicer, or spoken up, or been loyal instead of hesitant). Because 6s are attachment cores, they compromise and meet others halfway.

5s are core competency types, who only care about mining that piece of gold nobody else has found and exposing it in a way to the self (and maybe the world, if they find their intellectual equals) that no one has ever done before; they do not appease, compromise, or meet others halfway, because if others can't understand them, it's not their fault.

The fact that you consulted me leans 6w5, tbh. 5s rarely ask me things, since they trust their logic more than mine and don't think I can enlighten them about themselves. But 6s often want me to contrast types, give definitions, pose arguments, prove what I mean, etc.

6-3: wants to be doing things and self-promoting and accomplishing and getting what others do, while feeling a little envious of their brash self confidence, but they also judge people for being pretentious and full of themselves and are afraid of coming across that way.

3-6: is out doing things and self-promoting and accomplishing and getting what they want, with a nagging insecurity in the back of their mind that maybe they aren't as great as they pretend to be, and are not "good enough" to be a 3, and who don't want to seem too arrogant.

Lieutenant Columbo may look absent-minded, but beneath the rumpled coat lies a razor-sharp mind. As an INTP 9w1, Columbo blends quiet logic, relentless curiosity, and disarming humility to outthink even the most polished criminals. This breakdown explores how his personality type fuels his unconventional detective style.

Katherine Johnson in Hidden Figures is a focused, principled thinker whose quiet determination reshapes NASA history. This deep dive explores why her behavior aligns with an INTJ personality and Enneagram 1w9, highlighting her restraint, precision, and powerful sense of justice.

Why is everyone else so emotional all the time? Don't they know that wearing your heart on your sleeve gets you bruised? Can't they tell that I care about them by showing up, being with them, and providing for them? Why do they demand I share my feelings in a way that I am not comfortable with? Why can't we just focus on getting things done in a timely and efficient manner?

What if I share a piece of myself and it's rejected? Seems risky. I think I will guard myself a bit longer.

I like / care about this, so I will focus on it and make something of it.

Sorry, I don't do specific subtype examples.

Plenty of ISFP 6 characters to look at for inspiration in the tags:

For a Ni-dom fictional character, an over-arching "vision" for their life / personal symbolism or their ability to anticipate others' movements and get there first leads their entire plot.

For an ISFP fictional character, their militant Fi-dom ethics (I am me, and this is what I want) drive them into action (Se) and override their lower Ni "hunches."

INJ character - sometimes delusional but often accurate in insights, detached and rational, seems heartless at times if too driven; ISP character - locks into a negative doom worldview and/or rigid "there is only one way, and I have to force it to happen" low Te.

Also look at their reasoning. TJ = always logical arguments, solid reasons for doing things. FP = motivated by pure personal feelings, irrational (from other characters' POV) decisions.

Very good at seeing impending problems and taking steps to solve them before they begin (Te and Ni); confident of their own logic and reasoning, but usually self-doubting when it comes to relationships or emotional connections because of insecurity tied to lower functions; may impulsively leap to an action in the present to solve something that needs solved, and come to regret being impulsive (Te/Se loop).