#╰ 𝗧.𝗞. ┊ character study.

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NEGATIVE ENNEAGRAM TEST

Enneagram Tests are often criticized for focusing too much on the positive aspects of a person’s character. Are you ready to face your Enneagram dark side?

Type 2

The Enneagram Type 2, often referred to as "The Helper" or "The Giver," is characterized by a deep-seated desire to connect with others by offering assistance and support. While this personality type is known for their kindness, generosity, and empathy, the negative aspects of their nature can create challenges in both their personal lives and relationships. Their negative aspects tend to take the following forms:

Overly Self-Sacrificing: Strong inclination to prioritize others' needs over their own, often to the detriment of their own well-being.

Validation Seeking: Seeking approval and validation from others by constantly helping and being indispensable.

Manipulative Behavior: Tendency to manipulate situations and emotions to feel needed and valued.

Hidden Agenda: Helping others with the underlying expectation of receiving appreciation or reciprocation.

Boundary Issues: Difficulty setting healthy boundaries, leading to emotional exhaustion and burnout.

Resentment: Developing resentment when their efforts aren't acknowledged or reciprocated as expected.

Ignoring Personal Needs: Neglecting their own needs and desires while focusing excessively on fulfilling others'.

Fear of Rejection: Constantly fearing rejection or abandonment if they don't meet others' needs.

Dependence on Others' Approval: Relying on external validation for their sense of self-worth and identity.

Loss of Authenticity: Suppressing their own feelings and opinions to cater to others' preferences.

Emotional Manipulation: Using emotions to control situations, often making others feel guilty for not complying.

Avoiding Conflict: Going to great lengths to avoid conflict and disagreements, even at their own expense.

Loss of Identity: Struggling to distinguish their own desires and identity from those they help.

Exaggerated Selflessness: Displaying excessive selflessness to the point of denying their own needs altogether.

Emotional Volatility: Swinging between feelings of selflessness and moments of frustration or anger.

Martyr Complex: Adopting the role of the martyr, using their sacrifices to garner sympathy and attention.

Conditional Giving: Giving with strings attached, expecting something in return for their help.

Neglecting Self-Reflection: Focusing so much on others that they fail to reflect on their own feelings and motivations.

Unhealthy Attachments: Forming co-dependent relationships based on their role as the caregiver.

Burnout: Constantly overextending themselves without proper self-care, leading to burnout.

Loss of Autonomy: Feeling trapped by their need to be needed, which can hinder their personal growth.

Fear of Abandonment: Worrying that if they stop helping, they'll be abandoned or unloved.

Validation Addiction: Becoming addicted to the emotional highs they get from being needed and appreciated.

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tagging:

@fiercehearts (carlos) / @txoubledtwxn

@blindbastard

@sxrgeantbarnes / @ncvelty (you choose!)

@burnedbxnesrumlow

@ssolessurvivor

@audaxbellator (grace) / @fireherc

@inkedmuses (carlos) / @princedickhead / @goldenboybarracuda

@shieldretired

@walkedfire

@localwebslingers (you choose! or both?)

@stxrksarc

@stillwcndering (claire)

i know i went wild with tagging y'all, even though i've never interacted with some of you... but i've probably been admiring you from a distance and i'm curious as to what your muse's result will be, so sue me 😌