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I've studied something called the enneagram for years, and you are a classic type 4.
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Others see you as over emotional, they don't understand your strong feelings.
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When others gloss over life and talk in a shallow way you get antsy and feel the urge to say....
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They may get offended, but it was worth it. You made them aware of how...
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You know you are different from others, and this feels like a strength, but also a weakness.
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Did you ever see Edward Scissorhands? That's what it is to be a 4.
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You know you are special, but it's your pain that makes you special.
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Others can't understand you until they understand your pain.
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And when they are close enough to know how much you suffer, only then can they know...
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... the strength you have gained through dealing with this suffering.
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Above all, you want to be recognized and loved for being...
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Instead you feel the world demonizes you for being different.
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It can seem at times like everyone is against you, but then, you find your people...
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The ones who know, who are as creative as you, and different, but proud.
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And that's what gives you hope. To know that somewhere out there are a small elite of...
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... equally superior beings, who will understand, love, and support you, and accept you as...
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And allow you to express yourself and show the world how amazing you are when you are free
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Anyway 4s usually deal with depression. I kind of go in and out of it.