Good to Know: What is Passive Aggression and What to Do About It

Passive aggression is an attempt to express negative emotions without talking about them openly.

This is a pattern of behavior in which a person shows anger indirectly - for example, by loudly slamming a door, using veiled insults or deliberate neglect.

How passive aggressors behave

Passive aggressors cannot refuse you and do not openly enter into conflict.

If such a person doesn’t like something, he will never admit it.

Otherwise, he will no longer be able to justify his behavior. He will agree with everything, but will do exactly the opposite.

Passive aggression is not a separate diagnosis or a symptom of a mental disorder or illness, but a form of behavior.

Any healthy person experiences anger, anger and aggression.

Some people exhibit passive-aggressive behavior only occasionally or in certain contexts.

Others develop an unhealthy habit of masking their harmful motives.

What to do if you have passive aggression

If you notice that you are expressing passive aggression towards another person, try to stop yourself and directly tell the other person that you are angry and what exactly upsets you (do not blame him, talk about your feelings).

Allow yourself to experience negative emotions, do not be shy to show them.

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• 29 December 2023

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