From the course: Persecutors, Victims, and Rescuers: How to Deal with Psychological Games Players
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Within families
From the course: Persecutors, Victims, and Rescuers: How to Deal with Psychological Games Players
Within families
- Games-playing comes from our childhood because that's when we're learning how to interact with other people. So we learn games from our parents, either copying them or responding to them. For example, a game like Uproar, where the father waits for the late-night return of his teenage daughter and then has a big row about her behavior, often culminating in the slamming of bedroom doors. This game will probably be played again 20 years later when the daughter has a teenager of her own. The game of Uproar, just taking it as an example, is more than just a row. Thinking about the drama triangle, the father is persecuting and the daughter is the victim. Or maybe not. Maybe the father honestly sees himself as the rescuer or the victim of her behavior. Or maybe she knows it'll upset him to come back late and is doing it deliberately as a persecutor to get him back for something else. And maybe the mother will try to rescue the…
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