“Why don’t passive aggressive people talk back?”
This was a search term that summoned my blog on some search engine earlier today, and I feel the need to answer it.
Passive aggressive people thrive on guilting and manipulating people so that they can get what they want. They’ll cry, shut down, hurt themselves, make you pity them, absolutely anything to make you feel like you have no other choice. Absolutely anything, that is, except be direct or entertain the idea that the world does not, in fact, revolve around them.
They’ll take biting digs that serve as fuel as your fire, bring up shit from the past that should have died long ago just to stab you in the eye, they’ll turn people against you, and they will flat out ignore you until you come forward and beg to make amends.
It’s just how this sort of seriously messed-up folk functions. They are the opposite of the aggressive abusers who aren’t afraid to blow-up, scream, and throw you into a wall, but the abuse they impose is just as damaging as their more explosive counterparts.
The pest way to deal with the passive aggressive sort? Realize that you personally cannot actually help or change them. Get them and yourself into counseling so you can learn to communicate with them in a healthy way for your own sanity’s sake. If you can, that is. Most are so manipulative that they refuse to get help for themselves. And if all else fails, distance yourself. They are more abusive the closer they get to you. Last resort? Break off contact. You will be surprised how fast the pain and frustration fades, and how much better your life is without them looming over your heartstrings.
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