23/10/2023
The three roles of the Drama Triangle: Victim, Persecutor and Rescuer are all about getting our needs met. However, in the Drama Triangle, the driving force behind those needs is always negative. The roots of the roles are always found in pain, negative beliefs, shame and insecurity.
Getting hooked into a drama is an unconscious and reactive process. We don’t usually go into relationships thinking “I really hope I mess this up” do we?? Most people have good intensions, but somehow those good intensions get derailed.
In a Drama, only one person can occupy one role at each time, but in the space of an argument a person may swap from one role to another very quickly. If one role is not working, they'll switch to another.
Drama’s Can be External or Internal: External means that there are other people in your drama. Internal means that the drama is within yourself; and involves the messages that we give ourselves.
