Enneagram Type 2 thread

[Chae]

I'm trying to find 2's integration examples

[Stellafera]

I'm trying to find 2's integration examples

Yeah, 2 gets a lot more written about their disintegration point than their integration one. I think 2-->4 is about acknowledging what traits they have to offer and learning to define themselves like 4s.

I think part of the problem is that the positive points of 2 can easily sound too positive compared to the rest of the enneagram. They don't verbally ask for much and they work to be really likeable people that everyone can love? Sheesh, just sunshine and rainbows, which is... kind of the intention of Type 2, but it feels out of place with the rest of the enneagram. I feel like the natural reaction for people describing the type is to thus work from a framework of "how can I make this sound NOT great", and that's how 2 turns into the manipulative bitch type that nobody wants to be.

Part of the reason why I gave the Pinkie Pie example was because she's an example of an obviously Type 2 character who is also a genuinely nice person.