In this episode of the Awareness to Action Enneagram podcast, Mario Sikora, María José Munita and Seth "Creek" Creekmore return to their previous series on the Enneagram subtypes and talk about the subtypes for Type Five, “Striving to Feel Detached.” Type Fives are typically misread as insensitive and the hosts discuss why that is and how self-protection drives their sensitivity.

“There’s this myth that they’re insensitive. They don’t feel, but the truth is that they feel overwhelmed more easily. They can be more sensitive to stimulation. They can be more sensitive to environmental impacts, and therefore, they have to create this buffer. So a lot of what looks like stinginess or holding on to myself is kind of self-protection.” -Mario [07:46]