Type Five: A Study in Enneagram Subtypes

This video explores the three subtypes of the Enneagram Type Five using three main characters from Contact, Mr. Holland's Opus, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. From "The Complete Enneagram" by Beatrice Chestnut... "The passion of Type Five is Avarice. All three Fives express a different sense of what they focus on to sustain themselves given the passion of avarice and the corresponding tendency to minimize needs and connections with others. The Self-Preservation Five acts out avarice by building and maintaining boundaries. The Social Five acs it out by adhering to specific ideals related to groups and ideas. The Sexual Five acts it out by seeking an experience of trust with a worthy partner and expressing romantic ideals" Terminology differs between Enneagram teachers. Historically and today, most people refer to the Instinctual Variants/Biases as Social, Sexual, and Self-Preservation. Some substitute "One to One" for Sexual, although I personally think this mis-represents the nature of the Sexual "instinct", and is based more in an aversion/misunderstanding what "Sexual" actually means. Teachers Mario Sikora and Maria Jose Munita of Awareness to Action use the alternate names of Navigating, Transmitting, and Preserving, which I think do a better job of capturing what each Instinct is actually going for.