The document discusses the concept of 'one injunction covering another injunction' in relation to an individual named Jack, who struggles with feelings of closeness and emotional sharing due to early childhood commands from his mother. It highlights how these injunctions influence his adult behavior, leading to a cycle of loneliness and withdrawal in relationships. To overcome this pattern, Jack must confront and redefine his understanding of existence and intimacy.

1. One injunction covering another injunction

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Research Scholar
School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala, India.
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3. One injunction covering another injunction
Don’t exist was not the
only injunction Jack got
from his mother. She also
gave him Don’t be close.
Jack might use this lighter
injunction to defend the
heavier one. As an infant,
he might make the
compound decision: “It is
Ok for me to go on living,
so long as I don’t get close
to anyone.”

4. One injunction covering another injunction
When in his script as an adult,
Jack will unawarely play out
this early decision. He will
appear to others as physically
distant and unwilling to share
his feelings. He will likely find
it difficult to give or take
strokes, especially physical
ones.

5. One injunction covering another injunction
Jack may not be comfortable
with this pattern. He may feel
stroke deprived or lonely, and
set out to get closer to
someone in a relationship.
But it is probable that he will
prevent himself from doing
this for more than a short
time. Then he is likely to find
a way of drawing away from
the other person, perhaps
setting up to reject or be
rejected.

6. One injunction covering another injunction
Consciously, Jack feels sad
and upset about being
alone again. But in his
unaware little professor,
he is breathing a sign of
relief. Had he kept on
being close, thus breaking
mother’s don’t be close
injunction, he would have
had to face her homicidal
command “Don’t exist”.

7. One injunction covering another injunction
Here again, if Jack wants to
abandon this scripty set up
and enjoy closeness, he
needs to begin by taking
the sting out of the Don’t
exist injunction. He can do
this by deciding to live, not
matter what.

8. Thank You

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