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Are You the Victim, the Rescuer or the Persecutor? Exploring the Drama Triangle
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In Episode 48 of The Intuitive Health Podcast, Dr Anthony Rafferty breaks down the complex relational dynamics of the "Drama Triangle" — made up of three core roles that can be unconsciously taken on during conflict.
These behavioural patterns include the powerless victim, the over-giving rescuer, and the controlling persecutor. Dr Anthony explains how these familiar, often inherited patterns serve as defensive armour or responses to childhood conditioning, such as inconsistent caregiving or parentification.
Left unchecked, these roles carry heavy energetic consequences—like leaky boundaries and karmic loops—that keep individuals trapped in repeating relational cycles across generations. Tune in to discover how to identify your default "home role," safely regulate your nervous system through incremental exposure, and consciously step out of these survival dynamics to reclaim your authentic self.
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