We’ve all been passive-aggressive at one time or another — even if you’re a 100 percent straight shooter.<\/p>\n
However, having\u00a0continued passive-aggressive tendencies can be detrimental to yourself because you either aren’t getting your true feelings across or you’re hurting the person you aren’t being completely honest with.<\/p>\n
Passive aggression is when a person tries to mask hositlity, anger, or even jealousy towards another person whether it’s through backhanded comments, denying they’re mad when they actually are, or even carrying out tasks in purposefully inefficient ways.<\/p>\n
It can be tough to admit when you are acting passive-aggressive,\u00a0but the first step to recovery is recognizing you have these internal issues.\u00a0Read through our suggested step by step below to get over being passive-aggressive.<\/p>\n
Step 1:<\/strong> Recognize your passive-aggressive behaviors. Step 2: Review\u00a0your record\u00a0list of behaviors. Step 3: Don’t use\u00a0common passive-aggressive words and phrases. Step 4: Figure out small steps you can take to make changes.<\/strong> Step 5: Give yourself time to make changes.<\/strong> xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"We've all been passive-aggressive at one time or another -- even if you're a 100 ...","author":252621,"featured_media":92609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,260],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/31152405\/shutterstock_267172343-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/31152405\/shutterstock_267172343.jpg","formated_date":"November 1, 2016","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#69eabf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/252621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Take the next week to\u00a0write down some instances when\u00a0you were passive-aggressive. Even if you\u2019re not sure about some situations,\u00a0write it down anyway.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Recognize where the behaviors happened. Do certain people always seem to be involved? Do most instances seem to be at work, school, or at home? Were\u00a0there any sort of triggering actions that brought it on? While it can be difficult to reflect on the past behaviors, identify\u00a0them by asking yourself these questions. It’s all about self-evaulation and understanding\u00a0why<\/em> you acted passive aggressively.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Making the effort to emit\u00a0certain words and phrases from your vocabulary can help with passive aggression. Some include:
\n\u2022 “Whatever.”
\n\u2022 “Don\u2019t be\u00a0so upset.”
\n\u2022 “You’re overreacting.”
\n\u2022 “I\u2019m fine<\/em>.”<\/p>\n
\nUnfortunately, passive-aggressive behavior is a habit — and habits don\u2019t break overnight. Instead, face your passive aggression by being more firm and direct with others about your feelings.\u00a0Directly speak to the person who’s been annoying you instead of skirting around issues. Be compassionate with people and don’t intentionally try to inconvenience others by not telling them important information or doing tasks inefficiently.<\/p>\n
\nRemember, getting over passive aggression is\u00a0a work in process and over time, you (and those around you) will feel less frustrated.<\/p>\n