Counter Injunctions

Prepared By Manu Melwin JoyResearch Scholar

School of Management StudiesCUSAT, Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

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Counter Injunctions

These parent to parent

messages were

originally called counter

injunction because they

were thought to run

counter to the

injunction.

Counter Injunctions

The counter script is a set

of decisions made by the

child in compliance with

the counter injunctions.

Counter injunctions

consists of commands

about what to do or not

do, plus definitions of

people and the world.

Counter Injunctions

We often get thousands of these from our parents and parent figures. Typical ones are– Be good.– Don’t be naughty.– Be my princess.– Work hard.– Come top of the class. – It’s bad to tell lies.

Counter Injunctions

Most of the time, we use our counter scripts in positive ways, to look after ourselves and fit in comfortably with society. As grownups, we don’t need to think whether we should belch at the table or run out in the road of traffic.

Counter Injunctions

Most of us, though, have a few counter script messages which we have decided to use as part of a negative script set up. If I carry the message “work hard”, I may win in college and workplace but sacrifice relaxation and may lead to payoff of ulcer, high blood pressure or heart attack.

Counter Injunctions

There are five commands in particular which play a special role in the counter script. These are called drivers. They are

• Be perfect.• Be strong.• Try hard.• Please others.• Hurry up.

Counter Injunctions

The name driver is used because the child feels a compulsion to follow these commands. He believes he stays OK so long as he obeys the driver. All of us carry these five messages around in our counter script, though in varying proportions.

Counter Injunctions

when I replay a driver message internally, I exhibit a set of behaviors that typically accompany that driver. These driver behaviors are consistent from person to person. By studying someone’s driver behavior, we can reliably predict some important features of their script.

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