A “double bind” is a special type of conflict which creates a “no-win” situation; i.e., a situation in which one is “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.” \n\nDOUBLE BIND\nA paradoxical interpersonal relationship involving (1) two or more individuals in an intense relationship, e.g., in family life, captivity, love, loyalty, (2) the communication of a statement that is manifestly contradictory to what it says, e.g., an order to disobey the order, a punishment that is assertedly done for love (see paradox), and (3) the inability of the addressee of the statement to step out of the relationship with the significant other, the inability to METAcommunicate or to withdraw from the situation. The effect of a double bind is that the addressee cannot decide what is real and may develop pathologies (see pathology). (Krippendorff) \n\nhttp://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/DOUBLE_BIND.html\n\nhttp://www.23nlpeople.com/double_bind.htm\n\nhttp://venus.va.com.au/suggestion/bind.html\n\nhttp://www.nlpu.com/dbinds.htm