5 - CM - COSA>MIEP

Like 3s, 5s want to impose their emotion onto others, but the desire for metaphysical pleasure and physical Action makes that imposition take a different form. 5s create drama. They like conflicts, pranks, and the like. Something that produces strong, real, instinctive emotions. They try to involve everyone they can in their conflicts. Sometimes the absence of a conflict is a conflict in itself. Both men and women like to create problems out of nothing, to satisfy that desire. Politically, they will always align themselves with the side that they perceive to be “the resistance”.

5s are looking for some sort of robust system of beliefs; they, despite their love for conflicts, are looking for a stable relationship, where they know their status (girlfriend/husband, for example). They want the society to be hierarchically structured, where they can use their communication skills to ascend said hierarchy. Most believe in astrology. Even though they gossip among their friends about how controlling their partner is, they like it because it shows them that their partner accepts them as a part of their (partner’s) system.

When I said that 5s actively look for conflicts, I was somewhat misleading. In reality, they see minute issues, and their pattern recognition does the rest for them. They highly value symbolism and history. If you gave them red roses instead of yellow, that means something. If you are 1.5 minutes early for a date, that means something, usually something bad, because otherwise, how would 5s create conflicts? Such behavior we usually call romantic, romantic acts bring us metaphysical pleasure.

Again, the existence of a fight, a conflict is very important to 5s. 5s believe the survival of a society should be one of its most important values. They have dampened sensory experiences; they can’t taste or smell very well, for that reason, they prefer spicy food. Also, for that reason, they like rough sex. Masochists. That dampened sensory experience allows them to train their body to its limit, and 5s do like to look good. That ability to train the body in turn can make them great athletes (Ronaldo, LeBron). But where 1s and 15s become athletes for fame, 7s and 9s do so to punch someone in the face, 5s do it for the emotions from the sport, for the feeling of competition.