ABSTRACT
Recognizing subpersonalities is also very useful in our interactions with other people. For example, when we criticize someone, they very often find it hard to take, because they take it personally. But once we think and speak in terms of subpersonalities, the process is much easier. 'I think your Martyr is trying to make me feel guilty. Do you agree?' We have stopped saying that the whole person is at fault. Now we are drawing attention to a problem for us. And we are putting it in a way that shows that it may also be a problem for the person themselves. It is more straight and more accurate to speak in this way.
