Arthur closed the book that night feeling a strange sense of freedom. He realized that most "games" were just desperate attempts to get "strokes"—the units of human recognition we all crave.
Arthur saw it clearly now. Linda didn't want a solution. Her wanted to prove that no one could help her, giving her the "payoff" of being uniquely misunderstood. Breaking the Script Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transa...
The next night, Arthur attended a dinner party. He watched the guests not as friends, but as players. He saw "The Game" in action—what Berne called a series of ulterior transactions with a concealed motivation and a predictable "payoff." Arthur closed the book that night feeling a
The reservoir of raw emotion, creativity, and old fears. and old fears.