What is passive aggressive behavior?
Are you anger on the inside? Do you know someone that is? And does that person act out that hostility in a passive way, not blaming themselves for anything. Maybe that person or you have a passive aggressive hostility.
What does this have to do with stress? Usually the person who has this type of behavior can live with it without much problem. Unfortunately the people around the passive aggressive become much stressed and they are the ones that have to convey to the passive aggressive that they can’t live that way.
The person with passive aggressive hostility usually comes from a non-nurturing background where they felt inadequate which develops into a history of low self-esteem. They aren’t usually hostile toward other people in a confrontational manner. They work out their hostility and anger by being non productive and being unhappy in the situation that they are currently in. They have a difficult time accepting authority and just accepting advice in general. People who have passive aggressive behaviors are at a greater risk of becoming depressed as they become older.
Healing passive aggressive behavior
One method to help an individual overcome their passive aggressive behavior is for them to become more assertive with their feelings.
Another area that needs to be worked on is their low self-esteem.
Their negativity toward everything says more about how they feel about themselves rather than their surrounding.
Communication or lack of it is also a drawback for those with passive aggressive behavior. Learning to communicate more effectively will increase their self esteem and assertiveness.
Learning that other’s feeling toward them doesn’t have an effect on who they are, is very important.
