[MENTION=7842]Z Buck McFate[/MENTION]
I'm not sure if it's the descriptions or the people's interpretations of them, but they seem to emphasize the "other" like a 2 only wants things from others. To me this falls in the 3-6-9 attachment triad, it isn't 2. 2s have pride in not needing things from others, or not having needs at all. Things I get from other people tend to not make me happy, in fact, the opposite happens, the more I get from others the worse I feel about myself. It's hard to think of it in terms of transactions because my self image depends on my own denial that I'm getting anything in return. So there's that.
So I guess what's most annoying is that there is potentially a hidden neediness in 2s that gets misrepresented as the outward neediness that other types have, completely missing the point of what 2s are.
Thanks for this Haven. I guess all I would want to know from here is how you as a 2 would answer the OPs question....?
What you wrote above does not contradict my understanding of e2 in spite of me greatly anticipating it would based on the reactions in this thread (you didn't directly question anything I wrote but Z Buck did.) And I'm wondering if the two of you are missing the implication written into the OPs question.
For example... If someone asked me about an e7 that was "super interested in all that is new and was focused on the future" <-I couldn't tell you jack squat about this individual's level of awareness, entrancement or health. Why? Because possessing an eye for the "new and unfolding" is not only one of our natural gifts/talents...it is also something many e7s use in an unhealthy way in an effort to dance around and avoid our core fears...do you see?
If someone asked me about an e7 that had no interest in the new and emerging...now I know something is "off" and it is that "offness" that will be the primary focus for me when providing an explanation for why this may occur. Does it mean the person is automatically a mistyped e7? Not by a long shot. But whereas in the previous example I couldn't tell you what state that e7 was in...here I know there's some sort of issue/conflict taking place.
We are not talking about a healthy, aware e2 in this thread. Due to the very nature of the OPs question...we are talking about an entranced e2 if we are talking about an e2 at all.