In our article last week, we examined the Parent Ego State, its types and its importance for the individual in detail. In this week's article, I would like to talk to you about the Adult Ego State. Have a nice read..
Adult Ego State is the part of ourselves that thinks, decides, and approaches problems realistically and solution-oriented. We learn new information by using the adult side of ourselves, we store this information, evaluate it and use it when the time comes. For the simplest example, doing a mathematical operation, reading a book and thinking about it, learning a new skill, setting a goal and making a plan to achieve it are the behaviors we do while in the Adult Ego State. In short, the Adult Ego State collects the necessary information, evaluates the processes and makes calculations for the individual to survive and cope with change and difficulties. Evaluates events objectively, away from stereotypes and emotions. In the Adult Ego State, we evaluate events from the perspective of the present, not the past and future. We identify alternatives and possibilities suitable for the situation we are in and act with a realistic point of view.
Adult Ego State also checks and evaluates messages from Parent and Child. It examines internalized, unjudged data from the Parent and emotional, reactive data from the Child, as it looks at events from external reality and is objective. It decides whether the data is correct, whether it fits the present conditions. In short, the Adult is the part of the self that is decisive and capable of evaluating the data of the other two egos.
The Adult side of a healthy individual is dominant over the Parent and Child side. Although all three ego states must contribute to the individual, the Adult Ego State provides general control of the reactions and behaviors of a healthy individual. For this reason, in TA, the profile of a healthy individual in which the three ego states work together in harmony, with positive attitudes and behaviors, and where the adult is in control, is called "Integrated Adult". One of the main purposes of Transactional Analysis Therapy is to bring the individual to the "Integrated Adult" profile. So “Integrated” How to reach the "Adult" status? It enables the person to analyze his own ego states, and also helps him to analyze and regulate his transactions with others in order to strengthen interpersonal relationships. In other words, TA therapy is a learning process. It makes the individual an expert who can analyze their own transactions. During the therapy, the person who learns which message comes from which ego state will be able to examine these messages from a realistic point of view, thus strengthening the Adult side. Thus, the Adult of the individual will be liberated, able to experience free will and the creation of new options without the limiting influence of the past. I wish you healthy and happy days.
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