The Eight Basic Loser Scripts
I. | The biosurvival loser: |
“I don’t know how to defend myself.” | |
II. | The emotional-territorial loser: |
“They all intimidate me.” | |
III. | The semantic loser: |
“I can’t solve my problems.” | |
IV. | The sociosexual loser: |
“Everything I like is illegal, immoral, or fattening.” | |
V. | The neurosomatic loser: |
“I can’t help the way I feel.” | |
VI. | The metaprograrmming loser: |
“Why do I have such lousy luck?” | |
VII. | The neurogenetic loser: |
“Evolution is blind and impersonal.” | |
VIII. | The neuroatomic loser: |
“I’m not psychic, and I doubt that anyone is.” |