A racket feeling is a substitute either for a real feeling or for another racket feeling such as a game payoff. The upside-down racket is a path between the real feeling and the old racket feeling. In the upside-down racket a person can be drawn from appropriate feelings into the racket feeling, then to the substitute racket feeling, and finally to destructive trading stamp payoffs. Discovered in relation to ex-addicts and ex-alcoholics in TA therapy, recognition of the upside-down racket and use of the upside-down racket grid helps to prevent relapse.
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