Character Therapy | Mistrust/Abuse

Hey everyone! It’s time for another installment of Character Therapy, or How to Use Psychotherapy to Create Realistic Characters!

In the overview video (go watch it if you haven’t!), I introduced everyone to what schemas are and how I outline character arcs using four things: Lie, Want, Truth, Wound. This time, we’re taking a deeper look into the Mistrust/Abuse schema and how it can drive your characters’ decisions! Stick around to the end of the video for a tactic on how to use schemas to bust writer’s block!

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[maximaspushpakumar]

That was great learning. Substantial stuff and efficiently presented. Congratulation!

[rawbeetsalads]

Would have liked to hear about the way this schema manifests in the narcissistic personality, as this is often the basis of their abuse, neglect, suspiciousness, etc. You see it in ASPD as well. In fact, Robert Hare said suspiciousness is a core piece of psychopathy and that harmless people are not suspicious.