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Baitball Blogger

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35. I had those issues.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:32 PM
Dec 2012

I would nervous laugh at morbid statements.

My father: Your uncle died.

Me: ha-ha-ha-ha!

My laugh muscles would be so strong, going in the wrong direction that there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Why is Passive Aggressive a bad thing? [View all] Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 OP
It solves nothing? Chan790 Dec 2012 #1
Erm...sounds like bullying. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #2
So is passive-aggressiveness. Chan790 Dec 2012 #5
But, what if they are victims or innocent parties? Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #6
They have learned a maladaptive method of coping siligut Dec 2012 #29
Because it's dishonest and manipulative MrScorpio Dec 2012 #3
What if the passive-aggressive behavior is a response to a situation that autocratically is Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #4
I'm not talking to you anymore. nt MrScorpio Dec 2012 #7
It's working! You win! You win! Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #8
The Art of War teaches to attack an opponent's weakness through asymmetrical combat. Chan790 Dec 2012 #9
I'm the opposite. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #10
Um, you have no idea, do you? Flaxbee Dec 2012 #11
Your father would be in the position of power, so I could absolutely understand Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #12
It spirals out of control. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #13
The key is to determine what makes them passive aggressive. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #14
Check out Meta. HappyMe Dec 2012 #15
Now I'm confused. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #16
Here you go -- HappyMe Dec 2012 #18
Tres Wonderful. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #20
Passive resistance is cool MrScorpio Dec 2012 #24
... Kali Dec 2012 #26
No resistance libodem Dec 2012 #38
I couldn't think last night libodem Dec 2012 #47
It isn't really emotional withdrawal. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #17
Well put. That puts the whole passive-aggressive thing in perspective. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #19
it is cowardly, dishonest and purposely has no intent to resolve. nt seabeyond Dec 2012 #21
It's deemed cowardly, sneaky, etc because folks using it are hard to identify HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #22
I wonder if you're making the same mistake I did. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #23
I checked out that link, no I don't think I confused it. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #25
Good question. Overtly aggressive can be harmfull in many ways. elleng Dec 2012 #27
I have to see more examples of passive aggressive behavior before I'm Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #28
It all comes down to anger TM99 Dec 2012 #30
This I found interesting: Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #31
There should be more to good therapy than just 'talking' TM99 Dec 2012 #40
Keep all of that in mind, because some day soon I will be asking for support Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #42
Will do. nt TM99 Dec 2012 #44
Such a good libodem Dec 2012 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Dec 2012 #32
Truly would be a different world if we ALL operated under these rules. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author eugene jones Dec 2012 #34
I had those issues. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #35
If I did that, I'd get the shit beat out of me Taverner Dec 2012 #37
Because marriage therapists gotta work too... Taverner Dec 2012 #36
True. One should have the right to withdraw from something rather than fight treestar Dec 2012 #39
Why would you ask that? Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #41
Effective label to stick on opponent, since counter responses have been refined retread Dec 2012 #43
it helps we grownups datasuspect Dec 2012 #45
I'm not half as eightened as I think I am libodem Dec 2012 #48
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