In George Simon Jnr's brilliant book Character Disturbance [Affiliate link], he talks a little about passive aggression and distinguishes it from covert aggression. On pages 74-75 he says: Passive-aggression is an often misunderstood and mislabeled personality type. The official psychiatric manual doesn't even recognize this as a personality pattern any more....Unfortunately, clinicians and lay people alike… Continue reading Covert aggression is not the same as passive aggression
Tag: identifying abusers
broad term that relates to identifying an abuser once in a long term relationship
When the Abuser is a Pastor
(Jeremiah 23:1-4 ESV) "Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!" declares the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: "You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I… Continue reading When the Abuser is a Pastor
