When someone is giving you the silent treatment, the worst thing you can do is beg them to talk. There are other things you can say. Most people have heard of the silent treatment, but not everyone has experienced this. The silent treatment is a tactic used to punish or…
Watching extroverted colleagues enthusiastically brainstorm during yet another mandatory networking lunch is enough to make any deep thinker want to run into the woods. This breakdown examines why abandoning the superficial corporate grind for a quiet, structured counseling career is the smartest survival tactic for intensely analytical introverts. Introverts constantly…
We’ve all witnessed immature behavior from adults, but what is emotional immaturity? And what are the signs of an emotionally immature man? Emotionally mature people are empathic, self-aware, and manage their emotions. They take accountability for their actions. Emotionally immature men are defensive, avoid conflict, and don’t take responsibility. Here…
How do you know if someone is missing you? Look for signs from the universe. The universe leaves us breadcrumbs in places only we can understand, but these breadcrumb clues are useless if we don’t recognize them. I’ve searched the internet and found these signs from the universe that someone…
Did you know that some things you say make people instantly dislike you? You’d be surprised by how annoying and disrespectful these statements can be. I’ve found, in my lifetime, that people instantly dislike you when you say certain things. These could be cringey quotes, narcissistic statements about themselves, and…
What can you say to shut down a toxic person? What can you do? How do you protect your boundaries against someone who has little respect for you? There are several ways you can do this. So, you want to shut down a toxic person who is violating your boundaries,…
Toxic people wind us up, bring us down and make life awful. Whether they bully, interfere, abuse, control or depress us, they bring only negativity to our lives, but cutting them out entirely isn’t always possible. We might work with toxic people, or they could be family members or neighbors.…
Sometimes a joke is just a joke, but often bullies will add, “I was just joking”. It’s quite an effective get-out clause. It implies you’re too sensitive and invalidates the hurt behind the message. If you know someone who repeatedly uses this phrase and you’re wondering if you can’t take…