The passive aggressive person

The passive aggressive person is a fear based individual low suffering from low self esteem poor communication skills. When people grow up in a homewhere it is unsafe to express authentic feelings, when there is no otherway to express feelings of anger, they can develop a passive aggressivestyle as their way of releasing their anger and coping with an environmentunsupportive of authentic expression of feelings. To deal with this personality disorder it is important to be direct. When faced with this personality type, don't take it personally, but don't take it lying downeither. Set boundaries and give consequences and the person will have to face up to their behavior and realize that they are busted.Typical passive aggressive behaviors include: Procrastinating, doing poorwork and playing victim when confronted about it, not acknowledging what you requested, doing the opposite of what you asked of them, or simply blowing you off with a "whateverrrrrr" attitude.You may find yourself getting angry at them, and feeling controlled bythem. If you ask them if they are angry, they may respond by denying that they are, and make you doubt your gut feelings. Trust your gut as they may be projecting their anger into you so that they can control and manipulate you.Today we Shrunk the Tune: "Some Day, I'm Gonna Getcha......" by Blondie.