levels of maturing for type 5

pioneering visionary
1: liberation	participative, knowing, clear-minded and deeply comprehending feel connected to the world let go of forced knowledge and self-image let go of belief that mind is separate from environment.
perceptive observer
2: psychological capacity	curious, fascinated, interested “i am an intelligent, perceptive person” emphasize perceptiveness, intelligence, curiosity, independence reject participation and dependence on others basic fear: being helpless and incapable with no energy basic desire: to be capable, knowing, and competent.
focused innovator
3: social value	relate to others primarily through being inventive and exploratory feel that they are a good person when they’ve mastered something fully desire: to master something and gain confidence strategy: reinforce self-image through mastery, knowledge, and innovation.
wake-up call	withdrawing from reality into concepts and mental models
studious expert
4: imbalance (social role)	tend to withdraw to intensify understanding and concepts (interpretation and theory) knowledgeable and prepared want to feel safer and confident by relying on mental constructs and knowledge take on role of the expert
intense conceptualizer
5: interpersonal control	manipulate others by staying preoccupied with projects and detached from others avarice (shadow) arises when needs are minimized and resources hoarded insists on being seen as intelligent and perceptive desire to shut out intrusions to concentrate without interruption.
provocative cynic
6: overcompensation	argumentative and intellectually arrogant make legitimate observations but extreme interpretations lack of confidence in ideas and feeling hopeless or cynical want to scare off any threats to inner world undermine others by treating them as incompetent or incapable.
red flag fear	i'm ruining my life and wasting opportunities
isolated nihilist
7: violation	isolation leads to increased sense of rejection reject the world in return, devaluing beauty and others desire to cut all connection with world and others violate self-image of being expert by isolating.

adapted from Riso & Hudson: Wisdom of the Enneagram