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My Fiveness serves as an antidote to my typical Fours' problems [text]

My Fiveness serves as an antidote to my typical Fours' problems [text]

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Posted by Diarmuid on August 01, 2000 at 11:57:02:

In Reply to: Fives and Fours posted by Tiggy on July 31, 2000 at 17:46:17:

Depression and dissatisfaction rarely have a real objective cause, in my case. It's really just emotions gone sour.

Morphing into an evaluating, unemotional five is a very effective method. I simply erase all feeling-based thoughts.

True, it doesn't solve any problems, but it prevents one from becoming immobile from self-pity. And no pills involved.

As to interpersonal relations, I reckon fives and fours rarely get along very well outside of romantic set-ups. I know I have fewer five friends than any other type, and with those five who are close, we connect mostly through fourish, creative things.

The potential for friction is very high. 4's are often demanding of others, which is anathema to 5's. They just get confused at the non-logical nature of fours' preoccupations.

Of my four friends, most of the time that I hear their problems, I can feel the Fiveish impatience welling up. (Even if I've experienced the same!)

A lot of the time, I am a five foremost. At first, I had myself pegged for a Five, before later realising my fourness (ay caramba that sounds pretentious), so I have a pretty good idea how pure Fives view fours in day-to-day living, non-soulmate situations.

All my 5ness recedes in romantic situations, though. When I'm with somebody, I'm a four all the way.
: I think these can go together well if they are both into self-improvement. They have a lot to learn from each other. As long as the Four has enough of their own life and interests to not be too dependent on the Five, and the Five has learned to expand themselves a bit more, then these two can sit very comfortably together and are likely to have lots of shared interests. I am a 4 and my soulmate is a 5 and we are like twins but also compliment each other.

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Re: My Fiveness serves as an antidote to my typical Fours' problems [text] Heidi 03:29:18 08/05/00 (0)
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: Depression and dissatisfaction rarely have a real objective cause, in my case. It's really just emotions gone sour. : Morphing into an evaluating, unemotional five is a very effective method. I simply erase all feeling-based thoughts. : True, it doesn't solve any problems, but it prevents one from becoming immobile from self-pity. And no pills involved. : As to interpersonal relations, I reckon fives and fours rarely get along very well outside of romantic set-ups. I know I have fewer five friends than any other type, and with those five who are close, we connect mostly through fourish, creative things. : The potential for friction is very high. 4's are often demanding of others, which is anathema to 5's. They just get confused at the non-logical nature of fours' preoccupations. : Of my four friends, most of the time that I hear their problems, I can feel the Fiveish impatience welling up. (Even if I've experienced the same!) : A lot of the time, I am a five foremost. At first, I had myself pegged for a Five, before later realising my fourness (ay caramba that sounds pretentious), so I have a pretty good idea how pure Fives view fours in day-to-day living, non-soulmate situations. : All my 5ness recedes in romantic situations, though. When I'm with somebody, I'm a four all the way. : : I think these can go together well if they are both into self-improvement. They have a lot to learn from each other. As long as the Four has enough of their own life and interests to not be too dependent on the Five, and the Five has learned to expand themselves a bit more, then these two can sit very comfortably together and are likely to have lots of shared interests. I am a 4 and my soulmate is a 5 and we are like twins but also compliment each other.

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