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Enneagram Type 5 Board Archive Re: 4s' dilemmasPosted by RoTtEn ApPlE (204.30.126.6) on August 12, 2002 at 19:53:35: In Reply to: 4s' dilemmas posted by Ryan (65.141.165.231) on August 11, 2002 at 19:47:31: > I like that distinction, Diarm. Personally, I've argued anyone who has ever pulled the whole "am I a 4 or am I a 5" drama on here is most likely a 4 (for instance, somebody with the initials CC), but other 5s always seem to enjoy convincing others in this dilemma that they are 5s also. I think someone who scored in the middle between 4 and 5 who was actually a 5 would more likely just look at the two profiles and logically conclude they are more likely a "5 with a strong 4 wing" than sit at their computer and post about their identification problem to a message board. > Ryan Yeah but a lot of 5s spend a lot of energy thinking about their emotions and, in a strange skewing of perspective, mistake that for BEING emotional. 5s can also be emotional dramatists, having learned to behave as if they were expressing genuine emotion in order to maintain the expectations of others. I think some even tend to 'try on' emotional states to test them for a fit to a situation... and to test their wake in the reactions of others. -Liz
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