Sunday, November 16, 2008

Enneagram

I have recently been learning about this thing called the Enneagram. It is a personality based test, kind of like the Myers Briggs one.
But this one is based on spirituality. It is an amazing discover for me and it is used widely in the work that my company does. So we talk about it pretty much everyday.
There are 9 personality types. Each type then has wings that reveal another part of your personality. It describes healthy, average and unhealthy levels of each personality type as well. This is the part that I am finding the most interesting and helpful. It is adding to what I am going through with my depression. By using the Enneagram alongside CBT is making a real difference. My personality type is listed as the individualist. Pretty scary how accurate it is, especially when I look at the unhealthy levels and know that I have been. The Enneagram also talks about ways of moving out of the unhealthy levels back to the healthy ones.
For anyone who loves learning about personalities or getting a better insight into yourself (or those closest to you) I highly recommend the Enneagram. The Enneagram Institute based in America also runs a numerous amount of courses on the Enneagram to different degrees. I am thinking about undertaking some training there myself.
One day I would love to be able to run workshops myself and all the healing and learning I am undertaking takes me that little bit closer to the place I want to be in.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Update

It has been a couple of weeks since my last entry (duly noted).
Things are going really well. I am at a place where I am really open to learning these new techniques which has really helped. I am using a website called Living Life to the Full. It has been created by the NHS in Scotland and is completely free.
I have learnt some techniques for sleeping better and changing my thinking patterns. The biggest thing for me is sleeping better. Although I have been taking sleeping tablets, I have come off them now using natural techniques to help me sleep and the last three nights have been good nights sleep.
I highly recommend this site and these techniques. But remember you need to be open to this process to really want to get better.
I am hoping to start some one to one sessions as well. I have to wait until an NHS psychologist is available. This is for me to work through stuff that is always in my head and I need to get out and deal with in order to really get better and stop using the medication.
I am feeling really excited about the process that I am going through. Will definitely keep you posted.
I also want to thank everyone and their support, it is really appreciated.