Post by ashliy on Dec 28, 2016 22:33:01 GMT
Silent Treatment
Definition:
Silent Treatment - A passive-aggressive form of emotional abuse in which displeasure, disapproval and contempt is exhibited through nonverbal gestures while maintaining verbal silence.
Description:
The silent treatment is a common way of displaying contempt for another individual while avoiding confrontation about that contempt or without giving the target of the contempt an opportunity to resolve the issue or dispute. The goal is typically to invoke FOG - fear, obligation or guilt - in the mind of the target individual.
Note that just being quiet or declining to have a conversation is not the same thing as the Silent Treatment. Many times, exiting a conversation is a healthy and constructive thing to do as part of a conflict resolution strategy, to exit a circular conversation, to escape verbal abuse or just to compose yourself.
Silent Treatment is a technique often used by people who suffer from personality disorders, but it is also sometimes used by non-personality-disordered individuals when they are feeling angry.
The silent treatment is a classic form of passive aggressive confrontation. The silent treatment can last from as little as a few hours to months or even years.
Examples of The Silent Treatment:
For more than 24 hours, a mother speaks to every member of the family except one.
A husband is willing to talk to this friends on the phone but refuses to speak to his wife.
An employee openly talks to other co-workers but refuses to talk to one.
outofthefog.website/top-100-trait-blog/2015/11/4/the-silent-treatment