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What do you do when a family member is aggressive?
5 Ways to Cope With a ‘Difficult’ Family Member
- Keep calm like a champion.
- Accept the difficult person fully.
- Let the other person be “right.” This is excellent practice for, well, enlightenment.
- Give yourself permission to take care of your own needs first.
- Don’t take the bait.
How do you deal with a sneaky family member?
How to deal with sneaky manipulative people
- Ignore everything they do and say.
- Hit their center of gravity.
- Trust your judgment.
- Try not to fit in.
- Stop compromising.
- Never ask for permission.
- Create a greater sense of purpose.
- Take responsibility for yourself.
How do you deal with passive aggressive family members?
Using Strategies to Cope with Passive Aggressive Behavior Don’t let yourself become a part of the game play. Confront the relative openly and politely. Share your own feelings. Don’t let your relative brush you off. Stop relying on this relative to do anything for you.
How do you deal with a difficult family member?
Start by giving the difficult person a way to focus on something besides himself or herself to feel connected and useful. If you’re having a meal with a difficult family member, you might ask that person to help your kids set the table. When you ask someone for help, provide a rationale for why that person might do you the favor.
How to deal with unwanted advice from relatives?
You can do this easily by posing questions of a completely different nature back to the relative (pick a subject she or he will enjoy talking about). Or, if you’re in a group environment, ask your question to someone else. Cut off the stream of unsolicited advice, and redirect the focus. 4. Change the Topic With an Ally
How do you deal with an opinionated family member?
If you anticipate ahead of time that an opinionated relative will give you a hard time, make arrangements with an empathetic family member (an “ally”) in advance. When the judgmental relative begins to pontificate, either have your ally interrupt and begin a new topic, or you can initiate a different conversation with the ally.