Explore your tendency to amp up your emotions (or your emotional intensity) in response to feeling misunderstood.

Self-Preservation 4 Subtype

Let go of your need to control your schedule. Allow others to make more decisions about how you spend your time and be more flexible with your agenda.

If you identify with Type 5 and are willing to look at your blind spots and feel any pain that arises, you will eventually experience a deep and wonderful sense of connection to everything, including yourself.

In other words, they attribute positive qualities to others without realizing that they are placing their own goodness outside themselves.

The second part of the growth journey for this type involves recognizing how they try to be understood and appreciated by over-focusing on their suffering as a way to earn love, and acknowledging, owning, and integrating all the positive aspects of their life experience. When they do this, they learn to identify less with what they perceive as a

Feel invigorated and unconcerned about hoarding time, energy, and other resources. Stop avoiding situations in which other people may make demands on you—which could include just wanting to know more about you.

First, embody Type 3's ability to prioritize tasks over feelings and work to become more efficient and pragmatic. Focus on work, goals, and practical tasks to divert attention from the emotions you dwell on more than you need to. Let go of whatever feelings threaten to distract you from what needs to be done. Get interested in the positive emotions

Share your feelings more often, even if others are not sharing theirs.