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"I must help others"

Helpers are warm, concerned, nurturing, and sensitive to other people's
needs.

How to Get Along with Me

• Tell me that you appreciate me. Be specific.


• Share fun times with me.


• Take an interest in my problems, though I will probably try to focus
  on yours.


• Let me know that I am important and special to you.


• Be gentle if you decide to criticize me.

In Intimate Relationships

• Reassure me that I am intersting to you.


• Reassure me often that you love me.


• Tell me I'm attractive and that you're glad to be seen with me.

What I Like About Being a Two

• being able to relate easily to people and to make friends


• knowing what people need and being able to make their lives better
  


• being generous, caring, and warm


• being sensitive to and perceptive about others' feelings


• being enthusiastic and fun-loving, and having a good sense of humor

What's Hard About Being a Two

• not being able to say no


• having low self-esteem


• feeling drained from overdoing for others


• not doing things I really like to do for myself for fear of being selfish
  


• criticizing myself for not feeling as loving as I think I should


• being upset that others don't tune in to me as much as I tume in to
  them


• working so hard to be tactful and considerate that I suppress my real
  feelings

• are very sensitive to disapproval and criticism


• try hard to please their parents by being helpful and understanding
  


• are outwardly compliant


• are popular or try to be popular with other children


• act coy, precocious, or dramatic in order to get attention


• are clowns and jokers (the more extroverted Twos), or quiet and shy
  (the more introverted Twos)

• are good listeners, love their children unconditionally, and are warm
  and encouraging (or suffer guilt if they aren't)


• are often playful with their children


• wonder: "Am I doing it right?" "Am I giving enough?"
  
  "Have I caused irreparable damage?"


• can become fiercely protective

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

Discover the 9 Types of People


HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages


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