Here is a continuation of an earlier example of how to talk to a habitually passive-aggressive partner successfully: After the party, Akbar was very upset with how Maya reacted to his confrontation so he took a couple of days to […]
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Once you have acknowledged that your spouse is being passive-aggressive and have become better at identifying the instances when they are exhibiting such hurtful behaviors, you have two choices on what to do: First, you can choose to stay quiet.
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Passive-aggressive behavior, like all other behavior that can negatively affect a relationship, lies on a continuum. We have all engaged in behavior that has hurt our relationship in one way or the other. Perhaps we’ve criticized when we really should
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Passive-aggressive behavior can be exhibited by men or women and can begin at a very early age. Often when someone exhibits passive-aggressive behavior as a child, it is because one or both parents were also passive-aggressive and/or there was a
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Passive-aggressive behavior is an unhealthy manner in expressing anger and resentment. In essence, it is aggressive behavior masked by passivity. This type of behavior can be very detrimental to and can very seriously damage a relationship. For this reason, it
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In addition to minimizing the problem, another issue that comes hand in hand with protecting group/marital harmony is expressing anger and frustration in an unhealthy manner. Gottman’s four horsemen are one example of how terribly arguments can progress when anger
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