Types 5 - 6 - 7

The Head Center Types are preoccupied with what is really trustworthy in this shaky world, and because there are no guarantees in life, they experience an undercurrent of fear that drives them to take on the tone, “Whatever happens, I’m going to constantly create situations I can rely on!” 

Type 5 Provocation 

Illuminating my ignorance, questioning my unemotional perception of reality, or bringing me in touch with emotions and personal obligations that I don’t understand and don’t want to understand because I’m all about unsentimental, unbiased discovery 

Type 6 Provocation

Raising doubts in my ability to support you, raising doubts in your ability to support me, and raising doubts in my ability to assess the ability for either of us to provide any solid support… 

Type 7 Provocation

Holding me accountable to my commitments (aka spoilers of my freedom!), bringing to my mind any of the countless ways I’m missing out on life, slowing me down, or reminding me of my emotional pain 

Type 5 in Fear 

The Hermit – I pull out of the world to live immersed in my cave of facts that I study and study and study until I become an expert, since data is the only thing I can trust in life; definitely not humans who (unless they’re like me) are, by definition, a curiously odd, feelings-driven species i.e. an irrational creature

Type 6 in Fear 

The Nervous Nellie – I get clammed up thinking on overdrive, “What should I do?, should I really do it?, what will happen if I do do it?, am I sure I should do it?, who can tell me what I should do?, how do I know they know what I should do?, what if someone else has a different idea of what should be done?, and so on in a paralytic loop that usually either keeps me in a stagnant state or is overturned by aggressive action that denies the actual complexity of the issue just so I can feel like I’m really moving somewhere and I can totally trust myself, whether or not it’s a good direction to move in and I’m truly trustworthy 

Type 7 in Fear 

The Runner – I sprint away from all the difficulties that affect me emotionally, which keep building up throughout my life, undealt with, only to plunge into the ocean of lavish, thrilling, fast-paced, diverse experiences which I trust as the only thing that can provide my happy sense of self, while I exist in a doped-up state of rushing adrenaline, forgetful of the troubles that continue to follow me