Have you ever had an interaction with someone when you have both ended up feeling bad and then wondered to yourself why this keeps happening to you or ask yourself “How did that happen again”?
Did you feel surprised at the way things had turned out, yet also realise that this has happened before?
It this is the case then its mostly likely you were involved in a “game” a “Psychological game”. And like any other type of game these are played by predetermined rules of play. It was Eric Berne who first talked about this predictable structure of games and how they could be analysed.
There are many psychological games that we play but this article focuses on The Drama Triangle. It’s informative and interactive. Have fun with it!