7Recognizing the impact of Drama Triangle dynamics in your life might knock your socks off or even turn your shoes around! After reading this practical book, we can guarantee that the way you see the world around you will never be the same. You'll be able to spot the Drama Triangle everywhere: in your friends' and family's high drama; in tv sitcoms and talk shows, movies and mainstream news; and behind Washington's gridlock. You'll hear it in the chatter around the water cooler at work, and distorting your most intimate conversations (even those in the bedroom!). That's because three out of every five social transactions contain Drama Triangle dynamics. This book takes the mystery of out of the Drama Triangle. It looks at its historical, social and developmental roots and gives simple, straight-forward ways to break free of these conflict-causing dynamics.