Tag Archives: aggression

Can you fight with love?

It’s difficult to escape popular understandings about fighting with other people, even loved ones. Do you remember the old clichés? “Fight fire with fire” “The best defense is a good attack” Most of your experiences teach you to respond to other person’s perceived attack with another attack, so the dispute instead of being resolved escalates [...]

What makes you a good enemy?

Fighting or arguing is part of any relationship. Conflict is inevitable for the process of growing in your relationship. Even the strongest relationships can go through some tough times. Some  relationships fall quickly into pitfalls if not carefully handled and that is what this article is all about: finding out if you are a good or bad [...]

Emotional Abuse – Overt and Covert

In recognizing forms and signs of abuse, it is necessary to establish that abuse can take many forms, and they are not always as obvious as yelling or beating. Overt abuse is the more obvious form of abuse. The abuser is often aggressive and physically and/or psychologically violent. They may employ vicious name-calling, act with [...]

How to deal with emotional turmoil?

Conflict-seeking people have mastered all your emotional buttons, and they push them with regularity. Here, we want to remember that it takes two to tango. When you are ready to deny them the drama and adrenaline rush (by behaving calmer and less reactive in stressful situations) they initially react very negatively, almost as if they [...]

Build relationship skills: assertion

We find too many times in situations where there is friction and a deep sense of frustration of basic emotional needs. In life, we deal with other people sometimes as short in skills as we are to be able to talk and express needs and negotiate positive solutions. Haven’t you found yourself in a deep [...]