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I'm bad at standing up for myself but great at standing up for people I love. So I'd say I'm in between.
Wbu? Does it depend on who you're standing up to/for?
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Are you good at confrontation?
Anonymous(25-29)I’ve actually spent most of my life confronting people and defending those around me, as well as myself. I made a career of actually standing up to “bullies”. It translates into real life a little different but I’m quick to defend those I care about…I don’t back down!
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I am usually the one who stays calm… It works wonders…
It is like blowing the raging volcano with your calmness.
It almost always makes them feel relaxed and want to communicate their anger in a healthier way.
Second, I use humor, during confrontations, to ease the situation.
Third, I solve verbally by making all of their arguments look miserable next to my arguments…
But, I don’t like that, I prefer peace and solving the problem by sharing each other our feelings, instead of me making them feel like surrendering in front of me because of my strong arguments.
There’s no joy in it for me, mainly because even if I win, I dislike arguments so much, they still keep me exhausted, so I win by calmness, you be calm and they’ll surrender.
503 opinions shared on Relationships topic. Not sure if I'm good at it but it's not difficult for me to do. The difficult part is keeping my composure if people get aggressive. I feel my body prepping for war when that happens. And that's bad because I might invite it just for the thrill of it. But they have to swing first.
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50/50…. verbally, I wish I was better. I’m good at talking shit when I play sports, although if I want to, I can get kinda mean, and at the end of the day, it’s just sports and it’s not that serious, or shouldn’t be. But in regular life, I feel like I let a lot of things slide. Sometimes that’s good, but it can be a shot to my pride.
My biggest thing is I don’t have “medium-mad.” I go straight from passive into aggressive, there’s no “assertive” in the middle. Like the second things escalate, I might just be like “ok, cool, or maybe I’ll just put you in a fucking coma.”🤦♂️😂 I should probably make more of an effort in debating my way through a disagreement, haha. Fortunately, at this point in my life, I’m not faced with those situations as often as when I was younger.
Physically….. different story. I kind of seek out confrontation when I play hockey, or not really seek it out, but I’m not that mad when it happens. Honestly, it’s probably the healthiest outlet I have for aggression. You can do things on the ice you’d catch a charge for if you did it at a bar or in the street. And usually it’s all peace afterwards, nobody gets cut up or shot up outside of the rink.
I’m kind of protective by nature, so usually I’ll be standing up for teammates. Often, it isn’t physical, I just skate over and basically be a presence, because more often than not I’m one of the big guys on the ice, and the smaller guys will chill out. But if you mess with a teammate, I’m the first one in there, I consider that to be my role on the team. Most of these guys are just out for a night of exercise and a night away from the wife and kids, there are just a handful of idiots, and I think of myself as an in-between…. not out there to start shit, but definitely enough of an idiot to step in and be the one to get physical. And I’m lying if I said I don’t enjoy a lot of it😂
Goalie chopped my teammate here, so I stepped in. Got broken up too quickly😞 I come sprinting in at the end, and MISSED the kid💀 But I tried, lmfao. My guy started it anyway😂 This one was on my own behalf though😂 But I GOT HIM😴💤💤💤 @Lisia... I have to agree with you on both points... sometimes I am so taken aback, or stunned by someones actions or words that I get caught off guard as to what to say or do... and LATER react by rethinking what I SHOULD have said or done. Sometimes when confronted, we cannot 'think on our feet' and for the moment, cannot respond appropriately. I confronted a thug in his car, pulling his girlfriend by the hair with her screaming, "You're hurting me"... I was in the Police Academy at the time coming home from a class, and did not get my Baton from the car, and this asshole was about 6 foot square, when he jumped out of the car, and if I had the baton, I probably would have struck him several times, and thought about it later. We called police and the coward ran... the girlfriend ran too.
When i was younger I was really bad at it. I hated confrontation. But now I'm very good about it. You have to force yourself to push through the feelings of not wanting to. Because sometimes it's necessary. You'll feel so much better when you do it. Standing up for yourself is soo important.
556 opinions shared on Relationships topic. I great at confrontation , because it does not have to involve aggressive behavior , that will never work anyhow , all you make is far more conflict , but I was involved greatly in conflict resolution in my sales roles in land , and also being here in Thailand ( where you NEVER confront ) , there is a thing called " saving face " , all of these things , its how you approach it , aggressive response = aggressive action , sometimes this is particularly difficult for people from the USA here , but there is none of that " in your face " , you act like that , you will not last long.
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Yes. Professionally, I deal with confrontation on a daily basis.
In general, the less that is said, the better. Silence is a powerful weapon and in practice is the ultimate "fuck you" in any confrontation. Most people unconsciously react to confrontation. This comes from an inward need to defend one self. Such reaction demonstrates lacking self control. The ability to take a deep breath and quietly assess whether a response is required, demands a god-like level of self control that those offending have no other option but to offer their begrudging respect.
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Yeah I'm old and ugly enough that my tolerance for someone's bullshite is pretty much measured in microns. I have no problem telling people when they're out of line. What are they going to do? Not come to my birthday party? F em. More cake for me and the rescue kittens.
Pretty much alike you on this.
I really don't care if someone gets verbally offensive against me. I don't even think it's worth it as they're only gonna believe what they wanna believe.
But yes, someone gets rude or disrespectful to people I love, I push to the limits to make them stand in their place. Good thing for them to remember next time they choose to be disrespectful.-
I'm much gentler if I'm the one being threatened. I try to diplomatically talk my way out of it.
If someone I care about is being threatened though, I become much more forceful and assertive.
If I use an analogy, say a dog bites my arm. I'd try to get it to stop biting my arm without hurting it. But if a dog bit my wife's arm, I don't care about the dog's safety at all. My wife's safety overrides everything.
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Much depends on the situation, who is the opponent and how much I care
At work I have no mercy. Iron logic rules.
With people I keep close, I very often take a step back if there is no chance for compromise. There will be other times and opportunities.
But if someone tries fancy stuff with my people, I will fight.
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I would say I'm very good at confrontation. The military often makes you cut through the bs to get anything done but you must maintain professional bearing.
However I've found as a civilian I tend to "lack sensitivity" in said situations for myself and on behalf of others
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Confrontation is just one other thing I’m bad at.😂 I talk a good game to others about what I’d like to do and say but when it comes to actually confronting someone, I turn into a coward pretty quick.
I am and am not good at confrontation. I can stick up for myself and others but I also usually get flustered to the point I make people more laugh than anything.
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Standing up for myself yes, confrontation I avoid at all costs by proactively not letting things get to that level
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There's two types of confrontation, physical and verbal, I only use the one necessary for the situation, depending on the situation.
yea usually i can very easily stand up for myself & other people
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yes, I can usually bring the ship to dock... across the storm
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Good in both...
Don't be affraid to stand up for yourself siren victoria mermaid lisia, in the end you're a half mermaid, you can swim fast in the ocean and no one can follow you 😁
517 opinions shared on Relationships topic. I pick my battles. I'm ok for other people but let more slide when it's for myself.
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