Aggressive behaviors often characterized by action — such as manipulating others, hurting themselves or those around them, or engaging in harmful conversations with malicious intent. However, ...

Some people are directly aggressive, meaning they aren’t afraid to express exactly how they feel. And other people are passive-aggressive. “Passive-aggressive behavior is best described as a pattern ...

They sound harmless, but they’re not. And yes, you’ve probably said at least one of them.

Passive behaviors frustrate others by preventing them from efficiently pursuing goals by not making decisions or acting. Frustrated individuals feel disempowered as they wait on passive individuals ...

There are a lot of labels for this common dynamic — active vs. passive, over-responsible vs. under-responsible, martyr vs. victim — but the pattern is one where one person is always initiating — ...