Are You A Type Five?
Type Fives are known as the observer, or the investigator. They have a need to understand the world, and as a result, are usually very perceptive and analytical people. Type Fives are often regarded as the thinker of the Enneagram, the ones who engage their minds the most.
This is why they belong to the thinking triad, and have over expressed thinking. What it means is that Type Fives have a tendency to think too much, or retreat into their minds to think through things.
They have withdrawn energies and are perfectly comfortable away from people and into their own private space, where they can withdraw into their thoughts. They are also very rational and logical people, able to analyse things with ease and provide logical answers.
Type Fives also tend to read a lot, be it books, or newspapers, or even the internet. This is because they think that knowledge is power, and acquiring as much knowledge as possible will keep them safe. As a result of all those thinking and self talk, Type Fives are usually private and solitary by nature.
Do you think you are a Type Five? Or do you already know that you are a Type Five? What do you think about the accuracy of this short description?
As a short description it’s pretty accurate, but if your aim is to inform, I recommend you go into more detail. A condensed explanation is open to interpretation, which (speaking from long experience trying to explain how we fives work) leads to confusion.
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I’ll be slowly adding more stuff about the Enneagram types and further descriptions, so stay tuned =)