levels of maturing for type 4

inspired creator
1: liberation	profoundly creative, expressing personal and universal, able to transform experience into something meaningful let go of forced uniqueness and self-image let go of belief that there is something amiss about them.
self-aware intuitive
2: psychological capacity	sensitive, introspective, need for authenticity “i am an intuitive, sensitive person” emphasize sensitivity, uniqueness, self-awareness, and emotional honesty reject things in common with others (for instance, ordinariness) basic fear: having no personal identity or significance basic desire: to have significant and meaningful identity, based on inner experience.
self-revealing individual
3: social value	relate to others primarily through being inventive, exploratory, and creative feel that they are good if they remain authentic and true to self desire: to express their individuality to themselves and others strategy: reinforce self-image through creativity and self-expression.
wake-up call	holding onto and intensifying feelings through imagination
imaginative aesthete
4: imbalance (social role)	tend to withdraw into imagination to heighten and intensify feeling individualistic and dramatic want to cultivate and prolong selected feelings take on role of special one
self-absorbed romantic
5: interpersonal control	manipulate others by being temperamental and hyper-sensitive, forcing sensitivity envy (shadow) arises when the happiness or success of others is observed insist on being seen as sensitive and unique desire to have their identity nurtured and supported
self-indulgent "exception"
6: overcompensation	decadent and self-pitying believe their uniqueness or suffering entitles them to be exempt of rules desire freedom to be utterly themselves undermine others by treating them as if they had no value or personal significance
red flag fear	i'm ruining my life and wasting opportunities
alienated depressive
7: violation	self-pity turns to shame life is so disappointing that it needs to be defended against fatigued and apathetic, they become bitter and resentful desire to reject anyone who does not support their emotional demands violate self-image of the special one through hatred

adapted from Riso & Hudson: Wisdom of the Enneagram