Building Firm Personal Boundaries: Handling Manipulators and Verbal Aggressors

Handling Different Scenarios

● Passive-Aggressive Statements:

“Oh, I guess someone like you wouldn’t understand.”

○ Response: “Could you clarify what you mean by ‘someone like me’? It seems you’re implying something negative.”

**● Critical Insults: **

"You never do anything right.”

○ Response: “Are you trying to make me feel incompetent? That’s how it comes across.”

Public “Jokes” at Your Expense:

“Well, we all know who’s the laziest one here!”

○ Response: “Are you joking at my expense to embarrass me in front of everyone? I’d like to understand.”

What other scenarios have you experienced?