The silent treatment, also known as the “cold shoulder treatment,” consists of feigned apathy, total silence, and being distant on purpose. One person displays an attitude of complete disinterest for the spouse, as if the other person would be a complete stranger.
This form of emotional abuse can be very disorienting. Being ignored on purpose by [...]
November 23, 2009 – 3:43 pm
Did you ever wondered how to deal with your husband but had no one to turn for advice?
Or just wanted to get someone with an external perspective to advice you on how to approach a specific situation that has been troubling your mind for too long?
If that is the case, then we have news for [...]
September 24, 2009 – 10:46 pm
A Passive Aggressive Husband Needs a Special Kind of Wife
Passive aggressive behavior does not happen in a vacuum; it requires an adequate partner to play the game with. This interaction is created between two people-one person who resists proximity and responsibility and the other one who accepts too much frustration to feel a minimum of [...]
September 2, 2009 – 10:11 pm
Sometimes, when wives ask themselves: Why is he behaving in this nasty way? they try to find an answer to the sadness and disappointment of having to live with an abusive person.
If you are going to get into a marriage with a passive aggressive person, you’d better have a very strong self-esteem. Which, of course, it is a silly piece of advice, because if you really had a healthy, sound, strong sense of who you are, then you will never put up with a passive aggressive [...]
There are some characteristics of a passive aggressive manager, which in present times look like the necessary tools for survival of the meanest. These tactics sometimes get confused within the authority aura that higher ups exude, but after some time there is no more denial possible. Your own reactions are telling you to watch out [...]
If you are a veteran of “office wars,” then perhaps you have experienced a lot of backstabbing, sabotage and nasty behaviors, right? As a normal consequence, you think that there is very little to be done to control this competitive behavior. You have become resigned to a certain degree of aggression every day in the [...]
What is the connection between being able to manage conflict, anger and negative attitudes such as passive aggression and this wholesome character trait named resilience?
Very easy:
Resilience is what you develop when you learn to confront all those interpersonal obstacles with good solutions.
It is very easy to use “fighting fire with fire” reactions…it’s almost automatic, [...]
We are living in confusing times…the news keep bombarding us with information that is worrisome, difficult to act on and in general scary. What can we do to develop what is needed, a sense of resilience?
Where is this sense of inner strength coming from?
Sometimes our strength comes from having a positive sense of self. We [...]
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Also posted in Healthy Marriage, Marriage and Communications, Relationships, Self-Esteem
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Tagged attitude change, connections, healthy relationships, isolation, loneliness, recognition, resilience, Self-Esteem
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There are a lot of people walking about with a sense of false entitlement, as if others owe them something. They don’t even need to express what they need, because others have to guess or assume what is expected from them. Many of a “cold shoulder” episode between partners stems from this assumption
Let’s unpack what [...]