[Daily OM]: If you've ever found yourself
repressing your anger and behaving in other ways to get your point
across, you may be someone who is adept at engaging in
passive-aggressive behavior. Although passive-aggressive behavior is
recognized as a psychological disorder, it also describes the behavior
that many people use to cope with confrontational situations.
Such
behavior has the outward appearance of being peaceful, yet it is really
an attempt to express oneself in seemingly passive ways--usually without
accepting responsibility for doing so. For example, someone who doesn't
want to attend an event with a partner might engage in behavior that
causes them to be late or miss the event without ever admitting to their
partner that they never wanted to go to the function at all.
Procrastination, inefficiency, stubbornness, and sullenness are some of
the many ways that anger can be expressed indirectly.
It is important not to judge ourselves when we engage in
passive-aggressive behavior. You may want to consider that you are not
owning your feelings or your expression by indirectly expressing
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