These parent to parent messages were originally called counter injunction because they were thought to run counter to the injunction.

1. Counter Injunctions

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3. Counter Injunctions
These parent to parent
messages were
originally called counter
injunction because they
were thought to run
counter to the
injunction.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Thank You

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