C traps: compliance frames

Question 1

CATEGORY C: Compliance Frames (Power Relinquishment)

11. “Can you accept that your best thinking got you here?”
    They Want: Surrender, invalidation of self-trust

Answer 1

Deflect With:

Reversal: “What’s your definition of ‘best thinking’?”

Frame Dissection: “Are you implying that logic alone causes outcomes?”

Question 2

12. “Why do you resist support?”
    They Want: Framed resistance to justify pressure

Answer 2

Deflect With:

Reversal: “Are you asking why I have preferences?”

Frame Dissection: “Is declining this version of support the same as resisting help?”

Question 3

13. “Isn’t surrender the first step to healing?”
    They Want: Power concession

Answer 3

Deflect With:

Frame Dissection: “What kind of surrender are you defining?”

Mirror: “What do you expect that to look like in this setting?”

Question 4

14. “Why are you afraid of accountability?”
    They Want: Emotional exposure framed as growth

Answer 4

Deflect With:

Reversal: “Are you sure fear is the issue?”

Frame Dissection: “Is disagreement with your framing the same as avoidance?”

Question 5

15. “Why are you being so guarded?”
    They Want: Emotional opening under pressure

Answer 5

Deflect With:

Mirror: “Is that how it feels to you?”

Reversal: “What does ‘open’ mean to you in this context?”