Characteristics of Passive-Aggressive Behavior

This is a way of exhibiting aggressiveness and negative behaviors indirectly or passively. An individual who is a passive aggressive does not express negative emotions such as anger, irritation, and hatred directly, but looks for ways that would somehow cover up his or her true emotions. To others, such people may at first seem to be generous and caring; however after spending some time with them, one may realize how their behavior can be damaging.

A person who shows such behavior is suffering from a personality disorder. Passive aggressive behavior may get triggered in a person due to genetics and environmental factors both, while the environment may play a bigger role. The main reason why one may develop this is because he or she would not have been allowed to express their true emotions earlier.

This is usually the time of one’s childhood, during which the child has the fear of conforming to the parents’ wishes or else being severely punished. Therefore, from the very beginning, the child learns to suppress his/her true emotions and exhibit the fake ones.

While working with other people, they may plan to spoil things for them and that too from behind their back, which is without expressing their true motives. One who has to spend time with such an individual may become highly frustrated and confused about the true intentions of the other person.  

Being close to such a person may result in a number of problems to one’s own personality, such as having self doubts and low self esteem. When confronted for the situations that they might have spoiled, such people usually come with a number of justifications for their behaviors, and may blame it to several factors. At times, they may not even seem to be aware of their troublesome attitudes.

When they look at themselves, they do not see the mess that would have been created due to their behavior. In their own eyes, they seem genuinely caring, generous and helpful. The following are a few characteristics which are common to them:

They exhibit extremely inconsistent and confusing behaviors, as whatever they do would be contradictory to what they had said. They will try their best to avoid responsibility till they can, and for this they will stay away from forming close bonds with others. Forgetfulness, being extremely bitter, sarcastic, argumentative, rebellious and impatient are some other traits.

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