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Passive-aggressive behavior is, by definition, abusive - it contains a pronounced component of aggression. To consistently frustrate someone else's expectations and efforts is abusive.

Passive aggressive behavior, even without rage or violence, stops the flow of a healthy relationship based on communication. This is because the person will say one thing and do another. The other person is always on edge, because cause and effect of actions get so out of whack. A victim will try to understand the situation and talk to the abuser without getting the satisfaction of a reasonable answer. In fact, the abuser may stonewall any discussion of the topic at all.

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Did I pushed my husband to cheat twice because I am an abusive wife?

Probably, if he's not happy at home he'll go somewhere else and who would be happy with an abusive wife??ANSWERNo regardless of the dynamics of the relationship you have with your husband - he is responsible for his own behavior. If you are abusive and you want to stay with him, get help. If you are not abusive you need to decide if you want to be with this person who would not only cheat but blame you for his own bad behavior. It's a lot to think about.


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What motivates people to harass?

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Why don't others realize it is abusive to tell any other person to calm down?

We just had a question on this site asking "How do you tell your brother to calm down?" which was answered in some detail, beginning with the statement that it is emotional abuse to tell someone to calm down. So it would seem that if someone is telling others to calm down, you could cite that answer, or ask them to look it up themselves under the exact working that I have quoted. Of course, people will not necessarily be convinced, just by reading something on the internet, however, it is still better to be able to refer someone to a published opinion rather than just your own opinion.

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Because they show their friends the public persona, but you happen to see the abusive person. An abusive person does not "appear" abusive to the outside world. It is the false person the public sees, while their family sees the abusive side. If these people don't believe you about the abuse you endured, find someone to tell who will. They may share the same abuse-condoning cultural and social background.


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