268 - The Rescuer Archetype

According to Katherine Fauvre

Community descriptions

Karkino (Personality Cafe)^[1]

2+6: The Helper

• Double compliant.
• Pairing that is the most focused on helping others.
• They are definitely service-oriented, and their attention is focused on others, even with dominant self-preservation instinct.
• They want to be seen as providing for others and watchful of people’s needs.
• Manage their insecurities by focusing their attention onto others and helping them.
• Can be easily flustered if they don’t know how to help and be of assistance.
• They take great pride in being important in someone’s life.
• Often give out personalized help depending on the person and the situation.
• Their life feel fulfilled with a service-oriented job, especially if they know they’ve made a difference.
• Indifference and ingratitude are intolerable to them.
• This pairing definitely fear being alone for long periods of time.
• They usually don’t mind doing menial work as long as they are acknowledged for it.
• Fear of being excluded, outside of the social circle, even if not dominant social instinct.
• Anxious to be of service, may create opportunities to help.
• May be clingy and dependent to the people they trust.
• May be sensitive to flattery and compliments since they crave them and that they can be great indicators for who is kind and trustworthy and who’s not.
• May turn their attention to others so much that they forget to nurture their own needs and feel drained and frustrated all the time.
• This pairing isn’t focusing on its inner world and can be totally out of touch of what is truly important to them.
• The 6 fix helps the core 2 to be aware of potential shifts and mishaps in their environment so to better be of service to people.
• The 2 fix helps the core 6 to understand emotional and relational issues and how they can benefit from it.

2+8: The Protector

• Double rejection.
• Paring that is the most protective and manipulative.
• Enhances the natural line of connection to TWO and EIGHT.
• This is the mama/papa bear archetype.
• Manage their insecurities by looking how they can shield people from being harm or misguided.
• Help people in a forceful, direct approach.
• Very wary of being ignored and rejected.
• Can get easily riled up, then apology in fear of being rejected.
• May say that they don’t need people and are independent, yet still want others to like them and be important.
• Pride comes from taking a stand for others that can’t.
• Very emotionally guarded since they don’t want to feel needy nor underestimated.
• Can inadvertently control others by telling them how to act for their own good.
• Offended and hurt if people reject their advice or help.
• May understand better than most people how people can manipulate others for their own profit.
• May tie their worth on how their protect, advice and prevent loved one from being taken advantage of.
• Can become overly protective and suspicious of strangers trying to interact with people they affectionate.
• Show they love by being upfront and honest about what they think and feel.
• Can be forceful and threatening in the way they help.
• The 8 fix helps the core 2 to assert their needs and be more direct about what they covet.
• The 2 fix helps the core 8 soften their aggressive demeanor and understand the impact of interpersonal connections.

6+8 The Confronter

• Double reactive.
• Pairing that wants to make people state their intentions openly the most.
• Most confrontational and argumentative pairing (most aggressive tritype is 368).
• Are usually good readers of situations and people but can be prone to projecting their fears and coming off too strongly.
• May see problems where they aren't, a bit paranoiac.
• Wants to get to the bottom of sketchy businesses.
• Very loyal and protective to those under their wings.
• Very sensitive to power dynamics (personal and social).
• Each tritype with this pairing want to be protective and shield others from being misled or taken advantage of.
• Often know that they are vulnerable but almost always protect themselves from being hurt by others.
• Often deny that they are overreacting and think that they are passionate or are trying to prove their point.
• The SIX fix is almost always counterphobic when paired with EIGHT.
• This pairing denies their fear and may not identify with the most of the SIX traits at first.
• Fearsome pairing that knows how to argue and speak their minds, appearing confident.
• Can be reactive and emotional even when the subject isn’t meant to be.
• Can sense imminent danger and usually have quick reflexes.
• Want to see the truth in all situations, but often end up imposing theirs (especially with 368).
• May don’t know how to stop being in attacking mode and may make a fool of themselves.
• The 8 fix helps the core 6 garner self-confidence and the drive to act on their suspicions and challenge what they see as unfair.
• The 6 fix helps the core 8 to trust people and bond with like-minded folk.

References

[1] Karkino (2021), Enneagram Pairings Revised & Expanded Edition