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type two


radiant altruism
selfless empathy
appreciative nurturance

demonstrative sentiment
intrusive intimacy
sanctimonious vainglory

manipulative blame
coercive hysteria
parasitic victimization


Type two people care more than most about goodness and kindness. They can become trapped by compulsive goodness, either by giving too much or by demanding too much of others. One of their talents is an intuitive ability to sense what is needed, and lovingly supply it.

Except in rare cases, people of type two show a flavoring from one of the two adjacent wing points, so we can say they are two with a one wing (2/1) or two with a three wing (2/3).

Like all humans, twos also come in three instinctual flavors: social (2sc), sexual (2sx), or self-preserving (2sp). In addition, twos also experience nine distinct levels of mental-emotional health (briefly described by the phrases at the top of this page). Therefore, it is possible to distinguish fifty-four distinct subflavors of type two.

Twos are also influenced by the connections shown as colored lines in the diagram above.
what do twos look like?


ones threes
contents respond junction