You are the most generous giver. You give and you give in the hopes of receiving love and acceptance in return. Others know they can count on you to spare a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on. Unfortunately, you’re so busy caring for the needs of others that you often neglect your own wellbeing. You may have trouble drawing boundaries and get disproportionately affected by rejection.

Family, friendship and love are at the centre of a Type 2’s life. They genuinely adore others. They feel moved and inspired by the ones they admire, and are motivated to help whenever they struggle. They are always thinking of others’ needs. They learn to love what you love, familiarise themselves with your interests, celebrate your successes, and nurse your wounds. All they want is to be loved in return.

In this way, they can be self-forgetting, changing themselves to suit others to the point where they might not know who they really are. They’re also not very good at setting boundaries, and can be intrusive in their care for others.

Unfortunately, Type 2s can become manipulative in trying to win others’ approval. They give in order to receive (without even realising that this is a tactic they’re using), and feel rejected whenever they don’t get what they expected to receive. Like lovers spurned, they may respond in anger or guilt others into helping them in return.