13. Racket, Rackets, Racketing and Racketeering
13. Racket, Rackets, Racketing and Racketeering The Racket as pointed out by Berne is sexualisation of transactional seeking. Rackets are feelings. Rackets are also acts, doing, performing, behaving, talking, expressing, interacting, thinking, evaluating, assessing – in fact anything inauthentic Racketing occurs when persons do things of sorts to attract attention of others for the reason of extracting strokes. They are sets of scripty behaviours employed outside Adult awareness as a means of manipulating the environment and entail in the person experiencing racket feelings when they are noticed (by self or others) and stroked for the wrong reason. Setting up Rackets - The person outside of awareness sets up a condition that generates a situation that counts as racketing. I board the train and remember as I sit that I am not carrying a valid ticket and then argue angrily with the conductor to allow me to travel. This engagement gets me to experience racket feelings of my choice li...