Not Overthinking The Parent, The Adult and The Child - A Discussion of Transactional Analysis
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May 3, 2020 AI Snips
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Hat Rule Passed Down
- A patient avoided hats on tables because her mother's strict rule came from a grandparent's disease-fear story.
- She kept the rule without understanding its original context until asked to reflect.
Garbage Habits From Childhood
- A wife resisted buying a garbage disposal because Depression-era habits taught saving scraps to feed pigs.
- That childhood recording influenced her adult consumer decisions until she reflected and changed.
Emancipate The Adult
- The Adult state gathers external data and evaluates Parent and Child recordings objectively.
- Emancipating the Adult gives freedom to change reactions and choose responses.