Silent Treatment Turns to Anger at the Holidays
The Silent Treatment causing anger at the holidays is not an oxymoron! Holidays bring out emotions in many of us that we are not used to dealing with the rest of the year, often feelings that are unexpected or even confusing. The worst of those emotions anger that simmers or surfaces that can cause us […]
The Passive Aggressive As A Love Starved Baby?
THREE Wrong assumptions about life, of which two are very important for passive aggressive relationships, are explained here: 1.- We believe that everyone has the same capacity for intimacy, so it is only a question of “bonding with each other,” and love will be there…WRONG! When one person’s model for […]
Does Society Allows Passive Aggressive Men?
Passive aggressive men share certain ideas about what makes a man “man” We know that passive aggressive behaviors originate from childhood pain and an inability to deal with painful emotions, and that way men interact with women, especially in the home, is often dictated through a system based on control and domination. Let’s say that […]