One of the 243 portraits · LHLLM
The Rescuer
I take in strays and lose track of myself.
You collect other people's troubles like stray cats.
You open your door to anyone who needs it, and rarely close it again. Your own paperwork, your own health, your own quiet time all wait their turn behind whoever needs you most this week.
Soft-hearted · Overextended · Sheltering
The five together
Soft-hearted, private and easily overwhelmed, you take in strays of every kind, lose track of your own affairs while tending theirs, and need more quiet than you get.
The Rescuer's result is high on Agreeableness, low on Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability and in the middle on Openness. Each band is wide on purpose: a score near a boundary can fall either side on a retake, and the portrait describes the pattern, not a precise point.
About 3 in 1,000 people
0.30% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Rescuer is an uncommon combination.
Bands are relative to a general adult reference sample. Honesty-Humility is measured in your Snapshot and appears in your report; it is not part of the portrait.
What The Rescuer might recognize
- You have taken in a person, an animal, or a problem that was not yours to fix.
- You forget your own appointments while remembering every detail of someone else's crisis.
A question worth keeping
What would you have to believe about your own worth to let someone else go a week without your help?
Six lenses
The Rescuer in relationships, at work, and under stress.
In relationships
What you bring, what you need, where it strains.
These six lenses on The Rescuer come with the membership.
Written for this exact combination, alongside 90 trait pages, a strengths constellation and a growth plan.
Read them in the membershipOne band away
Move a single dimension and the portrait changes. These are the ten neighbours of The Rescuer.
- Extraversion mediumThe Comforter
- Extraversion highThe Hugger
- Agreeableness lowThe Lone Wolf
- Agreeableness mediumThe Daydreamer
- Conscientiousness mediumThe Nurturer
- Conscientiousness highThe Caregiver
- Emotional Stability mediumThe Neighbor
- Emotional Stability highThe Gentle Soul
- Openness lowThe Homemaker
- Openness highThe Poet
The traits behind The Rescuer
A portrait is a pattern across five measured dimensions. Every trait is reported as a percentile against the reference sample; the three bands and the portrait name exist to make the result easier to talk about, and the percentile is always shown alongside. Each dimension has its own page explaining what it means, what the research says it predicts, and how it can change.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Extraversion?
How much you enjoy being around people, talking, and doing lively things, and how much energy that gives you.
- High band, above the 70th percentileWhat is Agreeableness?
How kind, trusting, and cooperative you tend to be with other people, and how much you put getting along ahead of getting your way.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Conscientiousness?
How organised, careful, and reliable you are about getting things done and keeping your promises.
- Quiet band, below the 30th percentileWhat is Emotional Stability?
How calm and even you usually feel, and how quickly you bounce back when something upsets you.
- Balanced band, 30th to 70th percentileWhat is Openness?
How much you enjoy new ideas, art, imagination, and experiences that are different from what you already know.
The Snapshot also measures Honesty-Humility, which appears in your report but is not part of the portrait code. How much you tell the truth, play fair, want only your fair share, and avoid showing off, even when you could get away with more.
Questions about The Rescuer
- What is the Rescuer personality?
- The Rescuer is one of the 243 Wellington portraits: a pattern of bands across the five Big Five dimensions rather than a fixed type. I take in strays and lose track of myself. Soft-hearted, private and easily overwhelmed, you take in strays of every kind, lose track of your own affairs while tending theirs, and need more quiet than you get.
- How common is The Rescuer?
- 0.30% of a reference sample of 596,850 adults share this combination. The Rescuer is an uncommon combination among the 243 portraits in the reference sample, and the share will move as the norming sample grows.
- How do I find out if I am The Rescuer?
- Take the free Wellington Snapshot: 60 questions, about 7 minutes. You answer all the questions first, then you sign in with an email so your answers are saved and your results can be shown. There is no card. Your free results name your portrait and show your five dimensions.
- Is The Rescuer a personality type?
- Not in the sense of a box you are sorted into. Wellington measures continuous traits and reports each as a percentile against a reference sample. The Rescuer names the combination of bands your scores fall in, and a score near a band boundary can land on either side on a retake. Wellington describes ordinary variation in personality; it is not a diagnosis and is not designed for hiring. Read more about types and traits
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