Position 4 – Despairer (Mini Script)Transactional Analysis

Prepared By Manu Melwin Joy

Assistant ProfessorIlahia School of Management Studies

Kerala, India.Phone – 9744551114

Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com

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Position 4 : Despairer

If my early childhood

experiences led me to

conclude “ I am not OK and

neither are you”, I may move to

this I-U- life position during my

miniscript sequence. If so, I

arrive at miniscript position 4,

the despairer, I may get there

directly from position 2 or take

a detour via position 3.

Position 4 : Despairer

Here, my racket feeling

will be in tune with my

belief that life is futile. I

may feel despairing,

hopeless, helpless or

cornered.

Position 4 : Despairer If I shift to the despairer

position while speaking to

my group at the party, I

may droop and say to

myself: “ Oh, what is the

use? I never seem to get

through to people. And

they don’t understand me

anyway”.

Position 4 : Despairer

In Kahler’s original

version of the

miniscript, position 4

was called “final

miniscript payoff”.

Position 4 : DespairerI may habitually play out

my miniscript sequence to

end up in stopper or

blamer. If I was lucky with

my parents or if I have

resolved my script issues

in therapy, I may seldom

go below the driver level.

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