Drama Got You? Make Friends With Empowered Impermanence

Hey Hedge Schoolers, <br/><br/>The fingers hit the keyboard this week during a fourth lockdown in Victoria. Life, once again, is restricted to five-kilometre radiuses, masks, remote learning, and the daily trickle of information related to numbers, bureaucracy, and political posturing. There is a deep remembrance and trepidation as the likelihood of an extended time anchored at home is looking very likely. It is this I wish to explore for this week's inquiry. <br/><br/>How do we navigate the tumultuous seas of inner and outer drama?<br/><br/>Victimhood and the Drama Triangle<br/><br/>Memes on social media have moved from "You've got this Victoria" to "You have no idea what I'm going through." Drama is to be expected right now. The language of the victim plays loudly in our ear. <br/><br/>Why me? <br/><br/>Why Victoria? <br/><br/>Why? <br/><br/>This can be a slippery slope from which to view the world, so I'll follow Bucky's lead and use a model to argue with. One model that works beautifully in this situation is the Drama Triangle. Developed in 1960 by Dr. Stephen Karpman, the Dreaded Drama Triangle is a social model of human interaction. As you can see from the image below, there are three interactions. <br/><br/>Source: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-02-25-1456419577-1160037-DramaTriangle.png<br/><br/>The triangle begins with the Victim. A position that many of us find ourselves in now. This is the poor me. Life is happening to me. Conspiring against me. The Victim feels persecuted. Their agency is non-existent and as such, they feel powerless to make positive choices. <br/><br/>The Persecutor can be a person and/or certain conditions or situations. In this case, Covid plays this role. It might be the restrictions that are persecuting or the conditions of not being able to work. These elements are targeting the victim.<br/><br/>The third and final component of the Drama triangle is the Rescuer. This can be a person or vice. Alcohol, food, social media are a few of the common vices used. The rescuer steps