How A Controlling Husband Can Reduce his Need for Control
Is your husband showing a strong need for control? Here is a little discussed aspect of a passive aggressive relationship: when one person has a strong need for control another person, doing controlling behavior, and the other resists and escapes doing passive aggression. What is the dynamics involved? This is an egg and chicken dilemma, […]
Stop confusing your brain!
Being in an intimate relationship with a passive aggressive person creates a paradox – while you are together to create and encourage a romantic relationship, his passive aggression urges him to avoid intimacy and withdraw from connection. When he shuts down and turns away from you, it can feel as if you’re the only one […]
Confronting a Passive Aggressive Partner
When presented with passive aggressive behavior from your partner, your first instinct might be to confront them, to lay it all out on the table. This is a tricky business; if the situation is handled improperly, your partner will most likely sulk, give you the silent treatment, or simply walk away, leaving you empty-handed and […]