Type 6 (Disintegration to Type 3 and Integration to Type 9) Face what you must and get down to dealing with it – no more buts. Dismiss all the unnecessary and simplify issues. There you go, using any distraction available as an excuse to procrastinate and run away from your problems and/or projects. Type 5 (Disintegration to Type 7 and Integration to Type 8) Have some strict principles to base your values on so that you can gain the importance that you crave. There you go, allowing to be treated as a doormat and/or trying too hard to be depended on because you want so bad to be special. Type 4 (Disintegration to Type 2 and Integration to Type 1) Focus on worthwhile goals and accomplish them, then you can benefit groups and communities with your progress and successes and find it rewarding. There you go, attempting to be on good terms with and be seen in a positive light by everyone – which ultimately gets you nowhere. Type 3 (Disintegration to Type 9 and Integration to Type 6) Remember: Everyone has something unique to offer – it’s a matter of seeing those that return what you can appreciate. You cannot always demand to receive from others the exact same you give to them. There you go, raging when people don’t reciprocate as you expect them to. Type 2 (Disintegration to Type 8 and Integration to Type 4) Get back to making good deeds and teaching by example – and loosen up a little so stress won’t consume you. There you go, getting all indignant and acting as though you’re the most virtuous around and nobody else can compare. Type 1 (Disintegration to Type 4 and Integration to Type 7) Nevertheless, we can at least prompt and promote more constructive characteristics. It’ll still take time and effort, depending, and integration (or behaviors resembling it) shouldn’t be forced in many cases for it must happen organically. You can make it as gentle or as harsh as you need it to be if the issue described applies to you and catch yourself before you’re too deep into a mess you’d rather not be into. So, for each type, here’s a ‘voice’ to aid in keeping from falling apart as each type often (not in all occasions) does.

Not so long ago I ended up thinking about this, about how easily we can be tempted and pulled into our disintegration points and how we may not halt this unless we indeed call ourselves out on it and do something about it.

Enneagram 4 disintegration