Drama Triangle Journal Prompts

Updated May 6, 2026

Drama Triangle Prompts

Victim:

  • What is one small thing I actually have control over right now?
  • What story am I telling myself about why this can't change?
  • If I believed I had options here, what might I try first?
  • What would I tell a friend who described this situation to me?

Rescuer: 

  • Am I helping because they need it, or because I need to be needed?
  • What would change if I trusted this person to solve this themselves?
  • Whose problem is this really — and what is my actual part?
  • How might my help be keeping someone stuck?

Villian: 

  • What am I actually afraid of in this situation?
  • What evidence am I ignoring that this person is capable?
  • What need of mine isn't being met — and how could I ask for it directly?
  • What would it cost me to be curious instead of certain here?