Automatic relational scripts learned in childhood shape how people respond to others and to AI, producing patterns like people-pleasing, conflict avoidance, and fear of rejection. These scripts develop through repetition from parents, caregivers, culture, and adversity, becoming layered and automatic rather than chosen. Interacting with AI can reveal these hidden patterns by providing a visible rehearsal space and a low-judgment environment. Self-awareness of enacted scripts enables interruption and change. Practicing boundaries and emotional responses with AI can strengthen resilience and reduce social anxiety and loneliness, and short-term studies suggest measurable improvements after regular AI social interaction.
When I first started using AI, I felt the familiar pull of trying to please, avoiding conflict, and hesitating to say "no." At the end of each prompt, AI would ask me more questions, and I felt that twisting in my stomach, like I had to answer them. It wasn't a person, but I was still trying to be liked.
They don't arrive all at once as if we're handed our new lines. They're layered, taught, modeled, or improvised in order to keep the peace. You might have a script for when someone asks you to do something. For how you respond to authority. For how you talk to a new person, a partner, or a boss. For how you handle stress, conflict, vulnerability, and attention.
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