Claudio Naranjo’s Enneatype 2 book

made available by Allfather (Allfather#7790)

translated (wip) by Kaw [Kaw#0001 or personality-database.com/user/459849]

INTRODUCTION:
MAIN CONTRASTS BETWEEN E2 SUBTYPES:
CONSERVATION, SEXUAL AND SOCIAL

“She who enjoys herself... radiates her self-complacency in such a way that it is instantly
shared by those around her, without her needing to make her quality explicit through virtuous
performances or acts. She’s so convinced of her merits that she does not feel she has to convince
others, not even herself.”
CLAUDIO NARANJO
The beggar disguised as a king

In general, Enneatype 2 believes that living with high emotional intensity and provoking
emotions is what counts most in life. That is why they manipulate relationships. It is, in fact, a
surreptitiously authoritarian character, as it wants to feel above others by arousing admiration
and special respect that feed its pride.

Indeed, he believes that this pride is his strength when, in fact, it is his neurotic and
destructive mode. The Two falsifies his self-perception: he feels he is a loving being and capable of
giving himself completely when in reality he is a being in need of love, who rejects his neediness,
which would make him feel too fragile and exposed to abandonment. Therefore, he projects this
need on others.

His own is disguised as generosity and that of others is captured in the net of his
availability, which despite being real, is used to feed pride and idealized self-imagery.

E2 are proud, enthusiastic, curious, passionate, frivolous, self-indulgent, ingenious,

licentious, superficial, cheerful, manipulative, intense, flattering, invasive, optimistic, naive,
exaggerated, and somewhat shameless. It is as if something Dionysian remained in them
impeccably and love was the motor of the world. They are the great hedonists of the Enneagram,
along with the gluttons (E7). However, Two has a very primary hedonism, which has to do with the
sensory and immediate pleasure of being pleased and loved.
 Like a child, it is in intimate contact with love, but also with caprice and tyranny. Listening
to Mozart, a conservation E2 gives us the possibility to feel life as an E2 feels it. There is color,
harmony, warmth, playfulness, joy, a kind of communion with the divine; and also tragedy, chaos,
sadness, and deep sorrow, skillfully concealed behind a hysterical smile, like that of the
protagonist in the movie Amadeus.

The person of this character knew love, was seen and loved. It came as a breath of fresh
air into her home, but she learned too soon that this love came at a price. In her case, being used
as an object, emotional support, or commodity between her parents, gave rise to a feeling of
humiliation and the development of Pride as a passion.

It is paradoxical that, in reality, these eternal children did not see childhood. It was the
price they paid to continue to receive the admiring love of their parents and to maintain their place
of power: a suffocating throne that allowed them to be seen but left little room to simply be a
child.

And so is his life: A relentless attempt to regain that place of privilege that only children
can have. A yearning to regain that loving look of approval and recognition that made him feel
worthy of being loved. To return, after all, to the lost paradise.

And in that eagerness, he has learned how to shine and the art of manipulation and knows
how to alternate sweet words with a more or less subtle poison, depending on the subtype. His
developed empathy is the compass that tells him what others need. And, like a snake charmer, he
will charm his lover or the person he is interested in, showering him with compliments and favors
until the other ends up thinking that it is a privilege to have him in his life. From this devotion that
he manages to awaken in the other is what the Two feeds on.

Let us begin to differentiate the three subtypes with this testimony:

“My way of being is the result of having become an adult too soon because I could not afford to be a child.
too soon because I could not afford to be a child. I thought that by "growing I thought that by "growing up" I
would be more loved by my parents, who praised me for my responsibility. Thus, I did not allow myself to
live the traits that I associated with childhood (they say they are from E2 conservation): dependence,
irresponsibility, being capricious, even tenderness. They are part of my shadow. I denied them to myself
until I came up against them in the therapeutic process.
Although I believe I am of the sexual subtype, the social is what comes later. The social aspects prevailed in
me in the first part of adolescence, when what interested me most was power; I was always a leader or
boss of something. In the neighborhood gang, in the school band, in the boy scout patrol... I liked to be in
charge. And so it was until the awakening of the sexual instinct. Then I stopped being so interested in
ambition, although not completely, and I began to dream of romantic love and to look for the ideal woman.”
Luis Hernandez

A precocious responsibilization, as just described, can be fundamental to the formation of this

character. His fantasy of grandiosity allows him to validate the idea that he is special because of
what he gives and not because of who he is. From this vantage point, he avoids contact with the
feeling of inadequacy he has had since childhood and with his urge to be protected and guided.

Conservation: Daddy’s or Mommy's choice. Privilege.

“If the emperor wants me, let him pay me,

for the honor of being with him alone is not enough.”
W. A. Mozart

The E2 conservation has been the whim of mom or dad, the eternal child who continues
to seek the favor of the elders. Just as the emperor (social E2) is the most intellectual, and the king
(sexual E2) the most emotional, the prince is the most active (and dependent) of the three. He
uses his fragility and "stupefaction" to gain favoritism. He is selfish, capricious, tender, and playful.
Unlike the other two subtypes, he manipulates from a more childlike position.

Conservation Two appears to be entitled. It can act as if it were he is superior to others

and expect preferential treatment, becoming blatant in his expectation of being pampered and
having a tantrum if he doesn't get what he wants. His logic is: "I give and do a lot for others;
therefore I deserve special treatment." As if, unconsciously, she counts by the hour how much he
has sacrificed for the other. He may appear to be a “diva”.

When it is for the other, it is the subtype most prone to exhausting itself, disregarding its
own needs. He does not get enough rest and does not devote time to himself. He loves to
entertain at home and cook but does not allow himself to enjoy the dinners and parties he offers.
He unconsciously wants to have his needs met but is rarely able to ask for help but rather waits
for the other to guess. He tends, finally, to feel himself a martyr and to think that the other is
indebted to him for services provided.
 Proud of his sacrifices, his motto is "I have the right" (to be compensated). He comes to
this conclusion as a child: "I am the most important thing". And since then, he has focused on
satisfying his desires; he puts all his efforts into it. He is the most avaricious with his things and
the most selfish of the three subtypes.

The demand for rewards for the many sacrifices coexists with excessive food and drugs to
inhibit aggressiveness. The denial of problems alternates with complaints: from "I don't need
help" to "no one cares about me". He often resorts to emotional manipulation, blaming the other
to achieve the satisfaction of his needs. (And when he dares to express them, he rarely takes the
resources offered to him).

In their less healthy expression, the conservative Doses present great neglect of their
physique. Eating disorders, psychosomatic syndromes, and hypochondriac disorders are common.
In any case, repression of emotional needs or aggressive feelings can lead to serious health
problems. In reality, E2s generally take little care of themselves, as their grandiose self-image
makes them feel invulnerable.

Social: The chosen by the gods. Ambition

“I have long conversations with myself,

and I'm so intelligent that sometimes I don't understand
a word I say.”
Oscar Wilde

Social Twos are noted for their ambition to be in everyone's heart and to be publicly recognized as
people of reference. They directly seek attention and confuse being taken into consideration with
being loved. They may act in a provocative or unfriendly way in order not to be ignored. Or they
marry influential people and concentrate their energies on the couple's goals, educating their
children to succeed in this world. Model mothers and competent wives are frequent in this
character close to E3 and E1.

“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. To be talked about is frightening,
not to be talked about is worse.”
Oscar Wilde
 The social instinct of E2 is expressed in the motto "I am everyone's friend". There is a
powerful desire to be valued by everyone in their social sphere. They enjoy introducing people to
each other and organizing get-togethers at home. They are very efficient at making themselves
needed and adept at networking; today they might be called influencers. Others are surprised at
how they treat almost everyone, from the cleaning staff to the manager they don't know at all,
with a close familiarity that makes them trustworthy. Another motto applicable to this subtype is
"information is power", and they make it their own as children.

They enjoy putting themselves in the spotlight of the social arena, and have a great need
to be remembered, fearing to go unnoticed or to feel excluded. They become intimate with people
valued in the group, to the point of being their indispensable support. If they feel insecure about
their power of social fascination, they cultivate new skills. They try to impress by giving advice;
spiritual, financial, medical... or with allusions to important people as if they knew them intimately.
This puts them in trouble because the desire to be known as friends of VIPs can lead them to be
indiscreet and to reveal confidences.

Social Twos more trapped in their character structure can frustrate their own by being
scattered, with such a wide range of contacts and not paying attention to anyone. They are
paternalistic and like to do favors, but making it very clear to the other all they have done for
them. "What would you do without me?". This is the classic accomplice who covers up the
misdeeds of an important person to make people feel in debt.

Sexual: The chosen one of a man or woman. Seduction

“In Madrid I never set foot on the street, because every time I appeared at the door of the Ritz, a
legion of gentlemen threw their cloaks on the floor for me to walk on, laying before me a carpet
that had no end.”
Mata Hari

Sexual E2 moves between seduction and aggressiveness and combines fascination and
sensuality. It is the most explicit, spontaneous, and wild of the three subtypes. Just as the social
Two seduces through the intellect and the conservation from tenderness, the sexual one does it
from the carnal. He is invasive and if he wants something, he takes it, just like the sexual E4 or E8.
 He puts his empathy at the service of seduction rather than a true interest in the other. He
knows how to weave webs from which it is difficult to escape because he is passionate when he is
in the conquest. He is a person who knows he is special and wants to be unforgettable; his only
desire is to be adored again.

His basic interest is in finding romantic union, fusion, and he merges being desired, where
he is a master strategist, with being loved and valued. He may be a lavish and indulgent father, a
passionate and attentive lover, or both.

If he encounters resistance he presses and provokes, to disarm objections. He may also

accuse furiously, approaching E8. Behind his angry outbursts lies the melancholic desire for a total
and enveloping connection with the other, an aspiration close to E4.

Common confusions:

“Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
Jane Austen,
Pride and Prejudice

Social E2 can be confused with social E3 and, although subtle, there are decisive
differences. The image of the Three is more chameleon-like; on the other hand, the Two pretends
to adapt, as a means to achieve their goals. The E3 is more refined and sophisticated, and the E2
is more flamboyant, with a more personal style, which can be somewhat eccentric.

Three is more in control of his emotions, especially in public, because it is more important
to him that his image be damaged. The Two, on the other hand, in his self-aggrandizement, does
not see the consequences of his vehemence and condescension. If there is a conflict, the E3 will
keep the forms so as not to lose his image. The E2, more counter-phobic, becomes passionate
believing that he will be able to convince the other and ignores the other and ignores the signals
that indicate that he/she is in danger of being excluded.

Both are competitive. Three seeks recognition that he is good and competes to be valued
for it. The Two "knows" he is the best and wants to be given his rightful place. The E3 experiences
anxiety and self-doubt for fear of not succeeding. The E2, however, is confident that he will
succeed: His crazy idea is that he does not need to compete, when he has been competing all his
life, with his father, mother, or siblings, even from a place of superiority.
The fear is hidden in Passion

In E2 conservation, pride is not as visible as in the other subtypes, hidden as it is by an

infantile image and it has the fear of being an adult.

The proud one belongs to the triad of the image (E2, E3, and E4), so the primordial fear,
even before not being worthy of being loved, is not to be seen. To disappear off the other means
death. As a musician or an actor, E2’s feels like “without you, there is no me”. At the same time, his
pending task is to see the other, whom he only takes into account by referencing himself.

E2 conservation fears becoming helpless and not being able to support his basic needs on
his own. So he anchors himself in his most infantile part, looking for dependence and
authorization from someone to protect him.

The sexual E2 is afraid of being alone, so he is passionate about giving. Like the
protagonist of How to Be a Jewish Mother, a delirious metaphor of her eagerness to give herself
to her children, but also of how to create deep-rooted feelings of debt and guilt.

The social subtype needs, to feel secure, to be the reference person of his environment,
for which he renounces his emotions and gives himself to his ambition or a cause.

Three mothers are talking:

-My son adores me — says one E4 — He just gave me a ticket for an Alaskan cruise.
-Mine idolizes me — replies an E3 — Last week he gave me an apartment in Miami so I
can spend the whole year in the sun.
-Well, that's nothing — says E2 — Mine goes to therapy three times a week and pays a
hundred euros a session. And who does he talk about all the time? Me!

To avoid her latent fear, E2 preserves and disconnects from her sexuality, and thus plays
the role of a girl. The sexual E2, of her intellect, to respond to patriarchal models of conquest. And
the social E2, of emotion, not to lose sight of the object of ambition, not to feel exhaustion, and
not to think of the self-demand to which she is subjected.

The lighthouse is Love...

 Each character gives meaning and value to life. In the case of E2, that lighthouse and, at
the same time, the engine is love. In love with the fantastic image they have created of
themselves, it is not surprising that they offer themselves as an inexhaustible source of pleasure,
well-being, and protection... even to those they don't care about. Their goal is to "recover" what
they experienced as unconditional love in childhood. The three subtypes look for an intense and
inexhaustible loving contact that fills the emptiness masked behind childish egocentrism from
which they are unable to detach themselves.

The E2 conservation person experiences it in relationships where she feels pampered and
protected. The social E2, when she is recognized for her worth, especially by those she considers
an authority. And the sexual E2 goes to eroticism, but always to nourish the pride of being not just
any lover, but an exceptional, unique, eternal lover that can fill the existential void.

It is said that the Two cannot love because he loves only himself. The truth is that he only
recognizes himself as worthy of love when he helps others. He does not know how to love himself
for who he is and seeks in the gaze of the other to know that he is lovable. He harbors the
irrational idea that if he is needed, he will be loved. That is why, even if he is disguised as a king, he
is nothing more than a beggar, a man hungry for love, capable of anything, including manipulation,
self-endowment, or cruelty, if necessary, to obtain it.

The princess, in love with her infantile image, seeks the affection of her protector in turn.
The queen goes further; enamored of love, she seeks the devotion of her lovers and closest
friends. The self-proclaimed empress longs for the love of her empire. Social Two did not find her
place in the family concerning her siblings. Hence she needs to please everyone. It is as if in other
"systems" she is looking for that place she failed to find in her own; pleasing the whole audience.

“We have felt orphaned by parents and siblings and we yearn for that emotional network continuously. The
more the merrier…”
Mónica Angulo

Of the three loves, all subtypes share a compassionate and erotic love. They differ in that
E2 conservation has a more compassionate component, like a mother; E2 sexual, more erotic, like
a son; and E2 social, like a father, more admiring.

The prideful establish unequal power relations. The sexual E2 is the active, the proposer,
the masculine. There is in the E2 conservation a more passive-feminine behavior. He adopts a
"down" position, without proposing so much, waiting to be told how to do things. It offers
tenderness, joy, innocence, the adventure that only a fresh and witty child can offer. Sexual E2
offers passion, fire, and intensity, as a teenager does. And the social E2, closer to the adult world
and from a very paternal role, offers security, dignity, shelter, and even salvation, if necessary.

The motto for the sexual instinct of E2 can be "I long for intimacy". It is, of all the
Enneagram, the one that is truly dependent on intimacy with others. Physical and emotional. If
the social Two desires to be friends with everyone, the sexual Two desires to be best friends with
one person. He concentrates on a few people and loves to consider himself the number one friend
of his friends, their most intimate confidant. They love to spend one-to-one moments, telling
secrets, talking about the relationship, and feeling informed about each other's favorite topics.

…and the ship, Seduction

“We seduce using lies

and pretend to be loved for ourselves.”
Paul Geraldy

Seduction comes naturally to all the proud. They do it without hardly any conscience about
it, without measure or the slightest scruple, and without taking responsibility for the
consequences it may cause. The three subtypes despise, in their innermost being, people who
give in to their seduction. They enjoy manipulating and humiliating their "lovers".

The word seducer is associated with the Two in general, but it applies especially to the
sexual E2. All nine types know how to seduce, each in his way, but the sexual E2 seduces by
paying a lot of attention to the other, always available to listen to his problems. A particular
availability to sex can also be part of the picture.

He focuses his passion on the act of conquering and on eroticism itself. If he suddenly
doubts his ability to fascinate, he begins to “besiege” the other, invaded by the fear of not being
desired. He hardly accepts "no" for an answer.

If the social Two likes to widen their circle of friends, the sexual E2 prefers to have friends
only for him/herself, becoming extremely jealous and possessive. He watches the other if he is
afraid of losing sight of him or having him out of his reach, controls him compulsively, and is
unable to accept a bad reaction, even setting traps or tormenting the object of his romantic
obsession.

If the sexual E2 attracts with all his sexual energy, with every part of his person, the
conservation E2 seduces with apparent innocence, with his naivety, with his ignorance and
inexperience. You cannot not protect someone so tender and helpless, who awakens the maternal
and paternal instinct. He gives himself less permission to choose and gets involved in
relationships devoid of erotic love.

E2 conservation uses seduction to achieve privilege. Of course, she wants to be desired,

but in a "different" way. She does not sell herself as an erotic object but as a rejuvenating pill,
promising: "With me, you will never be bored". In return, she receives in perpetuity the title of
"princess of the house" or "mommy's right eye".

The social E2 is active in the conquest, but less passionate than the sexual one, since his
purpose is not so much to be desired but to obtain power through his love relationship.

His seduction is directed to the group, when what he really needs is intimacy, and from
the intellectual, trying to reproduce the place of power he obtained as a child. To this end, he
offers protection, contacts, advice…

Neediness and Over-abundance

Two are among the most narcissistic characters. With his fantasies of great
self-importance, he has built up a concept of himself as a special person, which in reality hides a
total lack of confidence in his worth. The excessively inflated self-image covers up a devalued one
which, if it emerges, provokes an unbearable shame that can lead to despair.

The E2 does not show its weaknesses. That would mean appearing vulnerable, i.e.
defective, useless, in the eyes of others, a direct path to rejection and abandonment. To
camouflage his humanity, he presents himself to the world haughtily and with a special glow. Like
a skilled actor, he resorts to the mechanism of repression, with which he camouflages any need or
emotion that makes him connect with the inner sense of fraud and lack.

The three subtypes repress, above all, envy. The one that contacts it the most is the E2
conservation. To hide it, the Two seems to offer a generosity wrapped in optimism, without
explicitly asking for anything in return. Thus, his pride is nourished by a sense of superiority (it
would be better to call it invulnerability) that only allows him to express his weaknesses indirectly,
through manipulation, whims, disguised contempt, or hostile anger.

The generosity of E2 is not very authentic, because rather than donating, what it does is
to flatter. It depends a lot on the admiration it arouses, becoming very attentive to what it gives
and neglecting what it receives. Consequently, he is little inclined to gratitude.

The sexual and social E2s appear so full and fortunate that they seem immune even in the
face of illness or death. Says Karen Horney, speaking of neurotic pride:

“They avoid any thought that might damage their pride. The most significant example is to avoid
thinking about death because the idea of growing old or dying like any other mortal is unbearable
to them. Oscar Wilde's Dorian Grey [a social E2] is an artistic presentation of the pride of eternal
youth.”

"I was very surprised when I realized I was getting older; someone like me shouldn't have
an expiration date," notes a woman of this subtype, Ana Baza.

Two conservation, on the other hand, needs people to come and see him, to be pampered;
there is a fear of being left alone in his illness. He is more in contact with the lack than the other
subtypes. This adult who goes out into the world as a child feels less capable, more insecure,
more easily devalued, and needier. He expresses his need more openly, allowing himself to claim
and protest more than the sexual and social Two, more self-sacrificing and resistant.

When you receive something, the first thing that comes to E2 conservation is that it is
undeserved. It also shares with the E4 a certain insatiability: after a whim comes another, and
another...; as if there were a lot of pending desires waiting for the occasion to be satisfied. And
what he doesn't have and what he doesn't know he can show as something "funny": "Well, I don't
know anything". "I have no idea... nor am I interested".

The proud feel a step above the others, convinced of being important; and they, at the
same time, are self-sufficient. The Sexual is overabundant by excellence. They do not lack
anything; they need, like the "mamma" with big tits full of milk for everyone and have us all
trapped. How could such a full, wonderful and special person need something or someone? It
seduces who has it, not who needs it, and he won't allow himself to show a crack in that
well-assembled image of overabundance.

The sexual proud character seeks to be someone through love life. He mitigates his
anguish by being irreplaceable. His feeling of importance is nourished by the pleasure he gives.
The conqueror and the femme fatale are the characters of a passion of conquest that goes
beyond falling in love or falling in love; what excites him is to be indispensable to the object of
desire.

The sexual E2 covers his miseries very well with seduction. Intellectually, to adapt to what
the other desires, he may be interested in something, but always superficially. He arouses much
envy because he seems to get everything he sets his mind to, but he also fails. Now, this is
covered up by his fantasy or his stupefaction, so that others can only see the luminous part of the
facade.

The social E2, finally, is the subtype that establishes the least contact with the neediness.
He anesthetizes himself by turning to action. Like the Sevens, it has a dense agenda full of
activities, which makes it feel indispensable. Like the other subtypes, he takes refuge in fantasy; in
his case, elaborating plans, coordinating projects, or making contacts.

He likes to feel like the ringmaster of a circus. To the social E2, having problems to solve
gives him a sense of meaning to his life and allows him to disconnect from his needs. In the
maddening rhythm to which he submits himself, he keeps the feeling of being insufficient under
control and, if for some reason he falls ill or suffers a failure, he locks himself up at home until the
storm passes and hardly anyone knows about his situation.

Deep self-evaluation

The self-affirmative strategies of this enneatype are common defenses. The apparent
grandiosity of E2 is corroded at the base by continuous feelings of humiliation, inferiority, guilt,
inadequacy, and inauthenticity.

The Two harbors the intimate conviction of a radical lack of value, and that is what triggers
the compensatory impulse of pride, which inhibits envy. To keep the fragile scaffolding of pride
standing, it must act to receive continuous gratifications. The sexual subtype finds them mainly in
sentimental relationships, the social subtype obtains its triumphs in other spheres.
Fantasy. It's better to dream

Where the E2 best navigates is daydreaming. Fantasy is the strategy used by the three
subtypes as a refuge from pain and frustration. Since childhood, he has needed to escape from a
messy emotional world that no one helped him to structure or give him an outlet. He has learned
to create a tailor-made reality, more palatable than the one outside the door or even in his own
home, developing a great ability to disconnect. Coloring any failure or loss as something
unimportant ends up in more or less covert depressions.

The princess imagines that the whole kingdom has realized how unique and wonderful
she is, in a fairy tale and wonderful she is, in a fairy tale where all her wishes are fulfilled. The
queen dreams that she is the sublime lover, mother, daughter, and companion, whom they adore
unconditionally. And the empress delights in knowing she is magnanimous and imagining great
works that will be applauded for their creativity.

Emotionalization. "I feel, therefore I am".

Emotionalization, as the opposite of intellectualization, is the opposite of

intellectualization. common to the proud. They get "enraptured" believing that only if you feel with
Intensity is it authentic. Since "life is emotion," they like to inject emotion into everything. They
substitute the word "think" for "feel" as if that makes it more real (what one thinks can be refuted;
what one feels, cannot).

Only emotion counts, then. Except for guilt, which they hardly experienced. If anything, a
narcissistic embarrassment of: "How could someone like me do..."

But all three subtypes deny what they feel, blame others for their discomfort, and hide
when they feel vulnerable. With the E2 conservationist, it is not easy to know what is wrong with
him because he lives on the surface of his emotional world, in constant denial of pain and
aggression. He is the most tearful but gives himself less permission to show his anger and when
it comes out, it is a form of irritability complaints, and tantrums. Although he is very sensitive, he
finds it difficult to connect with external aggressions; he reacts late.

Sexual and social behavior does have more direct contact with rage and can stage
disproportionate and one hundred percent manipulative tragicomic situations.
“I call it "vaudeville". Life is a theater, a game where there are hardly any limits and where there are hardly
any limits and where emotions if they are not intense and dramatized, do not seem authentic; they simply
are not. This waste of energy and dishonesty wears out the relationship with the other.”
Ana Baza

The sexual Two is the most theatrical and intense. It allows itself to get angry and reacts
quickly to external aggression. Social Two is more rigid and stiff. He is more guarded than the
sexual Two, especially in public, and when he finally explodes, he does so from a position of power
that assures him success. He can then be ironic, cruel, or merciless, with himself and with the
other.

“I feel that I have great masochistic defenses. I swallow and endure telling myself things so as not to feel
what is painful and hard to face; until I finally connect with that rage and explode and from there it is
disproportionate and disproportionate. So much so, that I can be very hurtful and I don't see the other
person at all.
Then I am ashamed of myself for having reacted in that way... and I begin to suffer because of the image I
project. (The big difference with E8 is just that, that he does not regret or feel that internal judgment against
himself).
In an argument with my partner, after swallowing a lot, I have cut his head to the point of making him cry
because I have hurt him so much. And I didn't even see it! When he cried if it went into that "Ugh, maybe it's
gone..." The scolding was that of a mother reprimanding the child for what he had not done well.”
Mónica Angulo

The social E2 is the most intellectual of the proud. To go out into the world and succeed, to
be a leader, he needs to use his mind to organize, strategize and make decisions, leaving aside
emotional lukewarmness. He, therefore, inhibits his emotions more than the other subtypes.

Sexual E2 is the most anti-intellectual subtype. In his life, there is no room for reasoning.
He disregards the intellectual; he even despises it, since his feelings are the most important thing.
Therefore, he flees from reasoning and common logic. They are the most impulsive, provocative,
and wild. He needs to feel free, does not tolerate limits, and loves transgression. In this, as in the
search for intensity, it is very close to E8, becoming destructive or self-destructive.

E2 conservation can be more intellectual than sexual if it thinks that it will bring
pampering and attention or that it will bring him pampering and attention or guarantee the
protection of a loved one. protection of a loved one. Also, in its desire to appear independent, it
needs to nourish its intellect. But it does not reach the levels of the social E2.

From dependency…

All the Two are emotionally dependent, although each with its camouflage. E2
conservation is the most dependent, although she believes she is not and the world has a
self-sufficient image.

Many move away from their family with the idea that distance will lessen dependence, but
this often doesn't work. They do not know how to maintain relationships without becoming
dependent, which is why it is so difficult for them to form their own family and make
commitments. This differentiates her from sexual and social partners, who are less afraid of
pairing and unpairing.

With sexual E2 it's different. She lives each romance as if it were the only and definitive
one. In any case, if she depends on anything, it is on love and feel loved. The social ones, on the
other hand, are intolerant to any limiración, own or others, and act from the counter dependence,
while love does not interest them too much.

…to the responsability…

None of the three subtypes are attracted to ordinary things or routine, and find everyday
responsibilities very boring. Each in its way seeks to give life a more intense, luminous, and
peculiar tone.

E2 conservation, because of its childlike attachment, is the least responsible of the three.
He has been quite sheltered as a child. When asked to do something, he tends to think: "I can't", "I
don't know how to do it", "I'm too busy" or "I'm exhausted". Instead, he overflows with energy for
pleasurable things. Sexual E2, on the contrary, with its overabundance, sells better its capacity to
take responsibility and shows more willingness to care and sacrifice for others. Because of his
eagerness for power and to manage groups, the social E2 is the most responsible and
hardworking and assumes high responsibilities in the different areas of his life. responsible and
hardworking, and assumes high responsibilities in the various areas of his life. For this, he needs
to be extremely demanding, rigid and controlling.
…to freedom

Another trait that defines the proud, unrestrained, and given to excess, is his taste for
freedom. What he longs for is to be pleased. That is, to do what he wants when he wants, with
whom he wants, and how he wants. He calls that freedom.

Conservation Two is capable of giving up freedom in exchange for affection and protection.
The social Two buy it by being someone important and thanks to the status they acquire; although
they are dependent on their group image. Those who claim their freedom and use it in a more
intense, provocative, and rebellious way are the sexual Twos.

Permissiveness

All three subtypes are rigid and, in their polarity, permissive and self-indulgent with their
failures or forgetfulness. The social E2 is condescending with others' mistakes, but only as a
manipulative strategy. And with himself, he can go from high demand to an absolute lack of
awareness of his responsibility.

E2 conservation is very flexible in its daily life. He doesn't care where he leaves his laundry
in the kitchen and accepts it when someone else moves it, because he values the freedom of
others very much. He tries to get others to do what he wants with his childish seductiveness,
sweetness, and docility, but he needs to make sure that he has approval; that is, that what he
wants is also what the other wants, and he gets very frustrated if the other makes a bad face at
him.

The sexual E2 is the most permissive, but also the one who is quickest to become
demanding and to demand great sacrifices so that the other demonstrates his unconditional
support.

Doing to Be

All three subtypes are characterized by being dynamic. The conservation is the one who is
most focused on doing for the other, unconcerned with self-care. They are also the least focused
in their activity. He may know where he would like to get to but dawdles along the way.
 Sexual partners are the most emotional of the emotional and, although they are electric,
they move only when there is a clear objective in sight, because of the intense emotionality with
which they impregnate everything that exhausts them. At work, they pretend to do, but they
focus on what they like, they get lost in the details and appearance is worth more than content.

The social E2 is the most disciplined but sometimes fickle. He uses his mind to detect
opportunities and moves quickly to concrete them. Too bad he can't do everything he commits to.

Each of the subtypes is involved in a different level of activity, to which he must be

attentive. The E2 conservation, which is the timidest, has to be sure that it will obtain a place of
privilege. If not, he is overcome by paralysis, waiting for an order or permission to be given. The
impetuous sexual E2 acts without weighing the consequences, neither for himself nor for others.
And the Social plans, in its grandiloquent fantasy, more than it can accomplish and carry out.

Ambition

The E2 conservation person seeks power through the other, i.e., he uses his efforts to
conquer the power figure rather than to conquer the power figure, uses his efforts to conquer the
figure of power, more than in wanting to achieve power by himself. This differentiates it from the
social E2, who is colder and stronger.

The conservation prefers above all to ensure a comfortable and pleasant life and avoids
the efforts that would entail having a lot of power or being very important. However, ambition
remains, and it takes the form of demands, especially with others. His process must always be
upward, and if not, he will let fantasy make him think he is.

Motherhood
Sexual E2 is the most maternal. She tends to be involved in relationships of great
craziness, permissiveness, and impulse, more focused on her conquers than on her children, but
she displays generosity.

E2 conservation is more like a mother who plays. She can be lived as her friend and have a
hard time living as an adult mother. She gives a lot but expects even more (recognition and love).
She anguishes about how as her children grow up she loses importance.
 The social E2 gives the appearance of being bigger, more mature. She maintains an image
of being all-powerful in front of her children so that they depend on her and need her presence
more forcefully. She is a mother who shows off, and "gives herself to the world".