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Life GamesGames People Play

Prepared By Manu Melwin JoyResearch Scholar

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

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Life Games• All games have an important

and probably decisive influence on the destinies of the players under ordinary social conditions.

• But some offer more opportunities than others for life long careers and are more likely to involve relatively innocent bystanders.

• This group may be conveniently called Life Games.

Alcoholic• This is usually a three

handed game.• The central role is that of

the Alcoholic – the one who is it.

• The chief supporting role is that of Persecutor, typically played by a member of opposite sex, usually the spouse.

• The third role is that of Rescuer, usually played by someone of the same sex.

Debtor• Debtor is more than a

game. It is a script, a plan for a whole lifetime.

• Try and Collect (TAC) is a mild money game commonly played by married couples.

• The obvious antithesis of TAC is to request immediate payment in cash.

Kick Me• This is played by men whose

social manner is equivalent to wearing a sign that reads “ Please don’t kick me”.

• The temptation is almost irresistible and when the natural result follows, he cries piteously, “ But the sign says don’t kick me.”

• Then he adds incredulously “ Why does this always happens to me?”

Now I Have Got You ,You Son Of A Bitch

• NIGYSOB is a two handed game in which the aim is justification.

• The best antithesis is correct behavior.

• In everyday life, business dealings with NIGYSOB players are always calculated risks.

See What You Made Me Do• In Its classical form, this

is a marital game and in fact is a “three star marriage buster” but it may also be played between parents and children and in working life.

• The antithesis for SWYMD is to leave the player alone or to throw the decision back to him.

Thank You

Other TA topics available on slideshare1. Strokes - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/strokes-24081607.

2. Games People Play - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/psychological-games-people-play.

3. Structural Analysis - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/the-ego-state-model.4. What is TA? - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/what-ta-is5. Cycles of Development -

http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/cycles-of-developement-pamela-levin-transactional-analysis.

6. Stages of Cure - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/stages-of-cure.7. Transactions - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/transactions-33677298.8. Time Structuring - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/time-structuring.9. Life Position - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/life-position.10. Autonomy - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/autonomy-33690557. 11. Structural Pathology - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/structural-pathology.12. Game Analysis - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/game-analysis-33725636.13. Integrated Adult - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/integrated-adult.14. Stroke Economy - http://www.slideshare.net/manumjoy/stroke-economy-33826702.