Prohibiting messages are toxic messages that we received in childhood from significant figures, mainly from parents. There are only 25 of them. Not a few. Take the common situation of the message DON'T BE YOURSELF! "Don't be yourself" is a prohibitive message that can harm a person's psychological well-being. This message can cause a person to feel fear of being unaccepted, unwanted, imperfect, etc. People who have heard from parents in childhood phrases like: “Behave decently, don’t run through puddles, walk only where it’s dry, don’t show your anger in public, don’t yell at me here! Better wear this T-shirt. You look ridiculous in that one Even your brother can do it, but you can't Be obedient may have fears of being themselves and changing their personality to fit in with other people. They may hide their true feelings and thoughts so as not to attract attention or cause negative reactions from others people. However, being yourself, and expressing your feelings and thoughts, is an important part of a healthy life and relationships. Understanding and accepting yourself for who you are can lead to better self-esteem, healthier and more open relationships and a fuller life. This can lead to yourself! To yourself, an authentic and such a special person. The drama is that parents do not send such transactions on purpose! ( largely). By accident, without thinking about the harm of ordinary educational phrases or because similar phrases shaped their childhood or even unconsciously. The good news is that in therapy a client and a psychologist can discover this message, on the basis of which the child made a decision about himself and about how to live. In this case, an adult has a chance for his own life! The inner child can make a new decision, and a caring inner parent will support him in this. This is how magic happens in the offices of transactional analysts✨It should be noted that the phrase “Don’t be yourself” could be uttered with some irony or as a joke, so you should understand the context of this phrase and analyze your own attitude towards it before drawing conclusions about its potential to cause harm.