"Twos need to be needed, they want to be important in the lives of others, and they want people to come to them for approval, guidance, and advice."
Not necessarily putting our own sense of self-worth into the success or failure of assisting others to find their happy, but instead, when others are happy we are happy. Life becomes much calmer for a successful 2.
I am 2w1:3, fluctuates with 8.
THE HELPER
Enneagram Type Two The Caring, Interpersonal Type:
Generous, Demonstrative, People-Pleasing, and Possessive https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-2/
coupled with 8 when life gets stressful
THE CHALLENGER
Enneagram Type Eight The Powerful, Dominating Type:
Self-Confident, Decisive, Willful, and Confrontational
It is true. Sort of like the quiet, unassuming INFJ and their darker side.