What Is A Passive Aggressive Personality?
A lot of people think personality traits are a permanent condition that can’t be changed. Fortunately, that is not the case. Passive aggressive behavior does not develop in a healthy home or social environment. It results from conditions that stifle and suppress healthy expression of emotions, making it necessary for anger to come out in indirect, less direct ways. Here are some of the traits exhibited by someone with a passive aggressive personality: • A tendency to tease, taunt and playfully ridicule others. • Playing a kind of “one-up” game, comparing yourself to others in a way that puts them down. • Referring to others is a subtly demeaning manner. • Leaving others out of conversations, or generally excluding others from activities they would ordinarily be included in. • Snickering, laughing, snorting or rolling your eyes in response to what another person says or does. There are many other forms of passive aggressive behavior, but this covers some of the most common forms. It can
