REZA - Self-Awarness, Love and Paranoia | Enneagram 8 Interview - PART 2

In Part 2 of my interview with an SP8 in Claudio Naranjo’s Enneagram framework, we dive deeper into Reza’s inner world. This conversation touches on the tensions between strength and vulnerability, the journey toward self-awareness, the complexities of love, and the struggles with paranoia that shape his lived experience.

If you’re curious about the Enneagram, the SP8 perspective, or simply what it looks like to face life with honesty and courage, this dialogue offers insights you won’t want to miss.


0:00 Introduction
0:18 Preserving vulnerable emotions and general attitude to feelings
3:15 Do you directly suppress emotions?
8:40 What trait in SP8 manifests counter-intuitively?
13:58 How do you experience death of a loved one? How does it affect you?
17:00 What are the limits of your scheming or Machiavellianism?
21:08 Are you hypocritical?
22:50 What signals do you get that you're getting into unhealthy E8 territory?
24:19 What is the easiest way to express tenderness?
27:55 How to disarm SP8s vengeance?
30:15 Were you ever defeated? How did that make you feel?
34:28 How do you keep your paranoia in check?
37:50 Differences between REZA and Rust