SX/SO

👋 Welcome to the SX/SO Stacking

What is Instinctual Stacking?

Humans are mammals. Just like horses, pigs, and kangaroos, we have instinctual drives. There are three basic “umbrellas” of instinctual drives:

  • The Self-Preservation Drive
  • The Sexual Drive
  • The Social Drive

Like other mammals, we require physiological regulation. Our instinctual drives are what compel us to pursue and attend to the resources that will regulate us.

The Self-Preservation Instinctual Drive makes us pursue and attend to what we need to survive and thrive as a physical organism, e.g. food, shelter, creature comforts such as lighting, sound, physical materials, and that which allows us to secure those things, which in our world means money.

Our Sexual Instinctual Drive makes us pursue and attend to what we need to elicit the choice of a sexual partner. For instance, we enhance aspects about us that “hook” others — our vibe, talents, interests, and behaviors that make us attractive to the people we would like to choose us.

Our Social Instinctual Drive makes us pursue and attend to what we need to bond socially with others. For instance, we dilate our attention to the group or person we are paying attention to, we notice others' inner worlds and what kinds of behavior are appropriate in a given social context, and implicit social signals indicating the state of relationships. We "read the room" and calibrate to the social context.

All instincts operate in each of us, but they tend to drive us in different proportions. That is, we typically over-prioritize one instinct and under-prioritize another, resulting in an "instinctual stack."

For instance, your stack might be...

Self-Preservation Social Sexual

…in which case, you over-prioritize the self-preservation instinct and under-prioritize the sexual instinct. The common parlance for this is "self-pres dominant" and "sexual blind,” and we would abbreviate this to SP/SO. There are 6 different possible “Instinctual Stackings,” which you can think of as a typology unto itself.

  • SP/SO (self-pres / social)
  • SP/SX (self-pres / sexual)
  • SX/SP (sexual / self-pres)
  • SX/SO (sexual / social)
  • SO/SP (social / self-pres)
  • SO/SX (social / sexual)
Instinctual Variants of Enneagram Types

A Type 6 that is self-preservation dominant and social blind will be very different from a Type 6 that is social dominant and self-preservation blind. Fixated 6s who are self-pres dominant will tend to get most angsty about their self-preservation needs (e.g. “Will we make the train on time?”) and their healthy superpowers will tend to be in the self-preservation realm. But Fixated 6s who are social dominant will tend to get most angsty about their social needs (e.g. “What did my friend really mean by that text?”), and their healthy superpowers will tend to be in the social realm.

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SX/SO’s

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Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović
1w9
DAA Typing Class
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
1w2
DAA Typing Class
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
Yul Brynner
1w2
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
1w2
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2
Sheila Kelley
Sheila Kelley
Sheila Kelley
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
2w3
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3
Madonna
Madonna
Madonna
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Christian Cowan
Christian Cowan
Christian Cowan
Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Spears
3w2
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
3w2
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
3w2
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
Rutger Hauer
3w4
Joe Namath
Joe Namath
Joe Namath
3w2
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4
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
4w5
DAA Typing Class
River Phoenix
River Phoenix
River Phoenix
4w5
DAA Typing Class
5️⃣
5
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton
Cameron Carpenter
Cameron Carpenter
Cameron Carpenter
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag
5w6
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
5w4
Matt Bellamy
Matt Bellamy
Matt Bellamy
5w6
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6
Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
Mitski
Mitski
Mitski
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson
6w5
DAA Typing Class
Amber Heard
Amber Heard
Amber Heard
6w7
DAA Typing Class
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
Rue McClanahan
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
6w7
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
6w5
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence
6w7
DAA Typing Class
Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
6w7
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
6w7
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
6w7
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7
Esther Perel
Esther Perel
Esther Perel
7w8
DAA Typing Class
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux
Marianne Faithful
Marianne Faithful
Marianne Faithful
Doja Cat
Doja Cat
Doja Cat
Freddy Mercury
Freddy Mercury
Freddy Mercury
Russel Brand
Russel Brand
Russel Brand
Adele
Adele
Adele
7w6
Cherrie Blue (Lords of Acid)
Cherrie Blue (Lords of Acid)
Cherrie Blue (Lords of Acid)
7w8
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
Robin Williams
7w6
Sabina Sciubba
Sabina Sciubba
Sabina Sciubba
7w8
Ville Valo
Ville Valo
Ville Valo
7w6
Joan Collins
Joan Collins
Joan Collins
7w8
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ross
7w8
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart
7w6
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8
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Laura Biagi
Laura Biagi
Laura Biagi
James Brown
James Brown
James Brown
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich
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9
Jaden Smith
Jaden Smith
Jaden Smith
Juliet Landau
Juliet Landau
Juliet Landau
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie
9w1
DAA Typing Class
Alexandre Scriabin
Alexandre Scriabin
Alexandre Scriabin
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple
Ezra Miller
Ezra Miller
Ezra Miller
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Jason Momoa
Robyn
Robyn
Robyn
Sofi Tukker
Sofi Tukker
Sofi Tukker
David Peyote
David Peyote
David Peyote
Miss Kittin
Miss Kittin
Miss Kittin
9w8
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino
Luca Guadagnino
9w1
Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
9w1
Adriana Lima
Adriana Lima
Adriana Lima
9w8
Seal
Seal
Seal
9w1
Le1f
Le1f
Le1f
9w8