why do some enneagram types just not fit the typical stereotype well this might be because of
counter types and maybe you're a little confused going uh what's a counter type hillary well let
me explain okay so all nine types have a counter type and this video today is about the type two
and so i'm gonna break it down from the top to the bottom of how we get to a counter type so
we're gonna start with your type which is a type two and then you have your wings which is a one
and a three those are the only options for the type two and if you want more information about
that i've done a wings video for you guys i'll link that right here but then we're moving on
to the subtypes which is what we're gonna kind of dive into today and all nine types have three
subtypes attached to them and those would be self-preservation
social and sexual and so you have the type you have the wings and then you have the subtypes
and from there you have lines and arrows and paths but we're not going to even go there today
we're going to keep it simple for you guys so you have the self preservation the social
and the sexual like i said and one of those is going to be your counter type and it's actually
different for all nine types and so you can't just say that the social is the counter type for
all nine types it doesn't work that way for you who's a type two your counter type is gonna be the
self preservation instinct and we're gonna dive deep into that today but first i'd
love to introduce myself i'm hillary i'm your certified enneagram life coach and i love to teach
the enneagram in the simplest and easiest way possible i run enneagram and coaching where i do
a ton of coaching i do typing and coaching and different things like that if you want more
information about that i'll link that all down below in the description box but let's go ahead
and dive into today's video which is a deeper teaching of the type 2 counter type which happens
to be self-preservation where i'm starting today is that all three subtypes of the two
deal with pride it actually is the core weakness of the two but it looks differently within all
three subtypes and within the self-preservation they do struggle with pride but not like the other
two subtypes theirs is actually a lot harder to spot and so while that subtype does struggle with
pride like the other two it's way harder to spot it in a self-preservation too self-preservation
twos this is the subtype that is a little more indulgent than the other two subtypes this one
wants to have fun experiences maybe indulge in shopping and food and activities this actually
can be to distract themselves from their own feelings of self abandonment and deprivation
and so for the self-preservation too sometimes they're indulging because they want to distract
themselves from those types of things that they're feeling one way to tell the difference between a
self-preservation two and the social two and the sexual two is the self-preservation to
subconsciously i would say unconsciously um presents themselves as a little more childlike
and playful and that kind of behavior than the other two and if you're two that's ever thought
man sometimes i feel like i could be a six maybe it's because you're self-preservation too because
that is one thing the self-preservation two can look like is the type six at times and so
sometimes it's confusing to know like am i a six am i two and and this might be one of
those reasons why and it can look like um the self-preservation to being a little bit
more fearful and less trusting in relationships that's kind of what it looks like for them another
thing about the self-preservation too is they are really sensitive and can be easily hurt especially
to anything that might sound like disapproval or criticism to them that's really going to
hurt their feelings i think it's good i mean that kind of stuff can hurt everybody's feelings but
it definitely is filtered through differently for the self-preservation too they are a little bit
more tender a little bit more sweet but they also can be guarded another thing that can help you
identify if you're a self-preservation too or not is do you have an invisible wall up do you
put up this wall maybe you're not even aware of it but a lot of times the self-preservation
too has an invisible wall that they might not even know that it's up but other people can
feel it when they're around them and so um more than likely it's due to you know them
they've been hurt or different things like that and they've kind of built this invisible wall up
and so that's one thing to look for if you're trying to decide between the three subtypes
that's all i have for the self preservation too today hopefully this helped you decipher are you
a self-preservation two or are you a social or sexual also known as one to one i should say
that and so those are the three subtypes and we love to know which one you use first which
one comes first in your life which one is your first instinct and that's how we decide between
being the self-preservation the social and the sexual um that self-preservation instinct
has more to do with self-preservation right they're thinking about you know their own needs
and then social they're thinking about socially what are the needs socially and then sexual it's
more about that chemistry that one-on-one peace between them and another person or anything and so
that's a very very quick overview um i definitely didn't do a good enough job on that like i said at
the beginning of this video i've already done a complete teaching on the subtypes of the type 2.
it's linked in the description box down below if you want to go give that a watch and
double check if you're a self-preservation two or you're the other two types so i never like
to close these without letting you guys know i do offer typing sessions and coaching sessions
and different things like that all of that information can be found down below if you're
wanting more and you want me to come alongside of you in your journey of figuring out your type
or if you just want coaching if you just want coaching customized to who you are as a type
2 i'm here for you i got you covered so but that's all i have for today until next time bye guys