The Complete Guide to the Enneagram by Sierra Mackenzie

Author:Sierra Mackenzie [Mackenzie, Sierra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Page Street Publishing
Published: 2022-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

Life with a Type Five: Thoughtful and Perceptive

Type Five Investigators are the Enneagram’s experts. Cerebral, innovative, alert, and curious, they are the rarest type, making up approximately 4.8 percent of the population, at 7 percent men and 3 percent women.

As a head type, their inquisitiveness is their driving point; their exploratory and analytical approach to life keep their interest piqued and their isolation consistent. They have a hunger for mastery, and their explorative nature is evidenced in their desire to learn new skills.

Fives care deeply about people, but they are not the most likely to verbalize how they feel or why. Instead, they can get sucked into an endless void of analysis, letting the real world drift beyond their recognition. When communicating with a Type Five, it’s important to be as straight and to the point as you can be. Repeating things excessively discredits them as they feel you didn’t think they understand (they did); asking too much about their personal lives makes them feel (a) that you either haven’t listened actively, or (b) purely uncomfortable. Interrupting them is like interrupting their sacred time and space with trivial things. Alone time is extremely important to the Type Five because this is where they can process their thoughts in an otherwise busy world. Because they take time to process, sometimes they may not have an immediate solution or answer to a question.

Similar to a Type Four Individualist, Fives can often feel misunderstood. Many Fives grew up with unpredictable people, and their coping mechanism was to gather information to gain mastery over what they could control, thus gaining their sense of self back little by little, and feel safe and secure. Fives crave immersion in what they would consider a “real” experience, but their mind insists on detaching from what is present, to attach instead to what is decipherable and understandable (think back to Sherlock Holmes’s mind palace). If it’s not logical and present, it’s a lot more difficult to attach. Fives can become lonely without people around them, and yet, they are not often very fond of people being around them as it feels intrusive on their space. Being asked questions like, “What are you thinking?” makes them feel like a deer in the headlights; questions like, “What do you think about X?” are much more manageable. But sometimes, the Five doesn’t want to be pressured to participate in any conversations. They’re still processing and haven’t made a decision, they’re enjoying their well-cultivated art of observation, or they’re listening to gather all the facts. But a Type Five’s silence does not by any means imply that they agree. You’ve been forewarned.

For their own security and sense of self, Fives need at least one area of expertise that allows them to connect with others. Their identity is often based around ideas and concepts, and they are more inclined to connect with someone who has something unique and insightful to share. They want to think about things that no one has spent enough time on before.

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