enneagram: instinctual variants, triads and more

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The instinctual variants are a more advanced topic to explore once you are clear on which type you are.  

These are based on which of our three basic instincts have been most distorted in childhood, and explain how we have evolved to cope with that distortion over time.

These are called the Self-Preservation variant, the Social variant, and the Sexual va…