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Article

Unconscious Constraints to Freedom and Responsibility

Pages 172-175
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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Definitions of freedom and responsibility vary according to context, family, culture, and religion. Our personal views and behaviors are also significantly affected by one or more of three unconscious motivators that channel our emotional energy in different ways in our ego states. This article discusses these three motivators: the survival motivator (“Survia”), the passionate/expressive motivator (“Passia”), and the transcience/quiescence motivator (“Transcia”). It also describes the characteristic attributes of each motivator and the conflicts that may arise between the inner dictates of the motivators. Examples illustrate bow such dilemmas can be multiplied in social relationships and how emotional balance is maintained by rotating among our motivators.

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Fanita English

Fanita English, M.S.W., is a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst and a Psychology Diplomate from the Sorbonne. She twice received the Eric Berne Memorial Scientific Award (for her work on rackets and episcripts), has practiced as a therapist in Chicago and Philadelphia, lectured at various universities, and conducted workshops worldwide since 1970. She can be reached at 1, Baldwin Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401, U.S.A., or by e-mail at .