When you’re a type four on the enneagram, melancholy will visit your one day at a time recovery more often than it will visit other recovering people. One of the reasons for this is because we fours struggle with belonging and also we know the reality of our own weaknesses as well as the weaknesses of other people. We see people struggle with adversities and we see ourselves struggling with adversities. When people come to us with their difficulties we might tell them that such difficulties are just life as if we were paraphrasing the Buddha when the Buddha said life is suffering. We hear others when they voice the naturalities of life but we know we are not counsellors. We suggest they find professional help. Our strengths are listening, navigating the hard feelings, and empathy but we know that at times we all need competent professional help. Peace.
