Thus, Fives do not expect anything from others, except to be left alone to pursue their own interests unimpeded by anyone else’s demands or needs, especially their emotional needs. It is as if they were saying, “I won’t ask much from you if you don’t ask much from me.” Independence—or perhaps more accurately, nonintrusion—is therefore sought by Fives as a way of attaining safety and the feeling that they have control of their lives.
