We've talked about ego states, we've talked about transactions, and we just talked about the five ways people keep their own reality going so that they're not able to solve their problems in the here and now.

We talked about the first way, which was redefinition, and now we're going to talk about the second way, which is called symbiosis. There are functional and dysfunctional types of symbiosis, so let's start with the definition. Symbiosis is when two or more people act as if they have less than three ego states each.