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Learning to deal with confrontation is a healthy part of mental & emotional health & sends a message to the other parts of yourself that you are unwilling to compromise your own happiness, respect or profitability for another.
Confrontation is a natural part of life & those who seek to avoid it are also those less likely to take risks that will benefit their life, shy away from adversity, develop people pleasing habits & for the most part are willing to put up with a mediocre life for means of comfort.
Being scared of confrontation is the same as being afraid of yourself because refusing to confront others means that when it’s necessary for you to take accountability for your own behaviour, you’d rather choose avoidance & escapism. Avoiding confrontation is the best way to
remain in poverty & lack consciousness.
Many of us are taught to fear confrontation either because we have parents who are passive & timid, or because we had parents who were not reinforcing & encouraging & taught us that shrinking ourselves & not inconveniencing others is the
Many of us are taught to fear confrontation either because we have parents who are passive & timid, or because we had parents who were not reinforcing & encouraging & taught us that shrinking ourselves & not inconveniencing others is the
best way to stay safe.
Would you rather stay safe, or happy?
When situations arise to confront others & we miss them, we run the risk of developing sickness, because we are suppressing energy & pushing it back down inside of us, usually leading to self resentment, criticism &
Would you rather stay safe, or happy?
When situations arise to confront others & we miss them, we run the risk of developing sickness, because we are suppressing energy & pushing it back down inside of us, usually leading to self resentment, criticism &
frustration with our own short comings - depression.
Even if you feel scared, nervous, or sick, you need to be able to put those feelings aside to confront those who you feel have short changed you, even if the offence seems slight & minor.
There are cordial ways to confront
Even if you feel scared, nervous, or sick, you need to be able to put those feelings aside to confront those who you feel have short changed you, even if the offence seems slight & minor.
There are cordial ways to confront
others. And for the most part people seem to be quite level headed, mature & welcoming when it comes to being confronted with something they could change, especially if the offence may have been unintentional.
Seeing confrontation as something that inevitably sparks drama &
Seeing confrontation as something that inevitably sparks drama &
opposition is the first obstacle to overcome.
Confrontation is a natural and NORMAL part of life. Continue to repeat this to yourself.
Respect yourself more. This way others will also respect you & your boundaries more.
Confrontation is a natural and NORMAL part of life. Continue to repeat this to yourself.
Respect yourself more. This way others will also respect you & your boundaries more.
What’s worse? The temporary feeling of discomfort, or the self resentment years later when you are still thinking of what you should have/could have said & done.
