I’m aware of my thoughts, and I’m always thinking. I need to know I am loved, and everything will be okay almost immediately after an issue has been exposed and resolved. Usually, waiting is out of the question when there is a problem. But it’s not just struggling in one aspect of my life, it overflows into everything and will consume me until I can fix it. When my relationship is struggling, I struggle. I’m a very emotional, passionate person, and I cannot hide how I feel, whether it be overly happy or the inevitable resting bitch face. My attitude is determined by the kind of love I feel I’ve received from the people most important to me that day. ![]() How does this lens of heart impact your actions and thoughts? Are you aware of thoughts and do you feel your body much?Ībsolutely everything that I do is centered around how I feel. Type Two’s are in the Heart Triad, which means you experience the world through emotion/relationship. I think I’ll still struggle with feeling like I don’t deserve that free time, but I’m starting to recognize that it’s absolutely necessary for me to stay mentally healthy.ģ. I actually do need time to myself, for myself! And more importantly for my son. I’ve stated this is a peculiar time because recently I’ve noticed that I feel like I’m drowning. There will be judgment from family members or people surrounding me that feels like I’m pushing my child aside if I take even one night to go out with friends. I latch onto the sense that I’m not the center of attention and someone else (my son especially) deserves that attention that I almost thought about giving myself.īeing a single parent adds a lot of different layers to this. I can’t even go shopping for myself without putting everything for me back and replacing it with something for someone else. I feel like if I were to take any extra time for just myself, then some aspect of my life would unravel. Lately, I find myself searching for just a second of silence so that I can do absolutely nothing. I have NEVER been this kind of exhausted before. I’m recently divorced and have a ten-year-old son that I’m essentially raising on my own. This question comes at a very peculiar time for me. ![]() What do you feel like would happen if you took time for self-care, for silence and rest, and/or invested in activities that made you feel happy and fulfilled? I’ve found that just genuinely caring about someone will help us both.Ģ. I love black sheep - I am one -and I love making another black sheep feel like they belong even more.įast forward to today… I still feel like I can “read” people, especially those struggling with something, but instead of prying until I’m allowed to intervene, I listen. ![]() It was all for self-gratification so I could say they needed me. And what makes it worse, I wasn’t actually helping to benefit them. However, on the flip side, I now realize that most of the time I was pushing myself on people even some who truly did not want or need anything. In those times I find myself still looking for clues because there’s no way they wouldn’t need me.īefore I was aware that I was a Type Two, and what that meant, I thought I really had my stuff together, and people really trusted me. There are times that I have been completely off in regards to what that person needed or wanted. I like to think that when I notice it, it is real, but it isn’t always. Sometimes it feels like I can look at someone and they are begging for help through their smiles. How does this attunement play out in your everyday life? Talk to us a little about what it feels like to be intensely attuned to other people’s needs. Welcome, Brittany, we’re so excited to hear from you! Thank you for such insightful responses, I know I learned a good deal about you and being a Two from all you’ve shared.ġ. Just as a reminder, Don Riso and Russ Hudson - Enneagram gurus - roughly define Type Twos as people who, “are either the most genuinely helpful to others or, when less healthy, the most highly invested in seeing themselves as helpful… The love and concern they feel - and the genuine good they do - warms their hearts and makes them feel worthwhile.” Twos are generally concerned with emotions, relationships, and finding love/deep connection. Today on Enneagram Paths we have Brittany Straub, an awesomely inked lady (check out the picture of her sleeve below) who also happens to be an Enneagram Type 2w3. “When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”
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