These common phrases may seem harmless, but they’re secretly sabotaging your relationships—here’s what to say instead.

Recognizing passive-aggressive behavior is the first step to dealing with it. Passive-aggressive behavior is a way of expressing anger or resentment indirectly, without confronting the issue openly.

A viral infographic encouraged people to swap out “passive aggressive” terms from their work emails for more polite phrasing. But should we really be encouraging women to soften their communic ...

Passive-aggressive behavior occurs frequently in everyday interactions with our friends, romantic partners, family members ...

This tactic keeps the victim on the defensive and allows the gaslighter to avoid scrutiny of their own faults, maintaining control over the relationship dynamic. Passive-aggressive gaslighters ...