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Type 5's Core Motivations
Core Fear: Being annihilated, invaded, or not
existing; being thought incapable or ignorant;
having obligations placed upon you or your
energy being completely depleted.
Core Desire: Being capable and competent.
Core Weakness: Avarice-Feeling that you lack
inner resources and that too much interaction
with others will lead to catastrophic depletion;
withholding yourself from contact with the world;
holding onto your resources and minimizing your
needs.
Core Longing: "Your needs are not a
problem."
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