Yin and Yang
Each quality that we hold is at one end of a continuum and is accompanied by the opposite end of that continuum. For example, as we possess an ability to love, we also possess an ability to hate. Just as the light needs the dark for it to exist, each quality has its polar opposite. One can imagine the yin and yang, which links to concepts of duality and interconnectedness. When we focus on our self-concept, there are some qualities, which we more or less, own or disown. Below are a few examples of polarities in relation to self-concept:
Life script
Life script is another major theoretical concept within transactional analysis.
Basically, life script is the idea that we tend to have an unconscious life plan – like a story – that we make up as children about ourselves and our lives, which we tend to keep to and follow even when we are adults.
