TA in Pills - 1-3.4 - TA Theory of Personality 4
TA Theory of Personality 4 (We are victims of our nature. Nature is structured by activated personality structures.) (for * see notes at end of this blog) The previous blog ' click here ' provides a method to build a robust, strong, effective personality. We gain what is called 'social control' by having a well developed personality. We live in an environment in which we are either being manipulated by others, or we are ourselves manipulating others. We regret, feel bad, get angry, or become anxious because we either did wrong to another or some one else wronged us. Social Control is the 'latent'* capacity in each one of us which helps us to control the tendency to manipulate other people in destructive or wasteful ways. It also helps us to control the tendency in us to respond without insight or option to the manipulations of others. Assuming self-responsibility* for generating conscious awareness helps us to gain this capacity. A previous blog ...