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Dealing With Aggressive People? Here’s How I Do It.
How to protect your energy in a toxic environment.
This week, my cousin shared that his wife’s mother constantly pushes everyone around.
Her aggressive tone dismisses and belittles everyone. She often criticises others for not meeting her standards and thinks of herself as right and others as dumb.
He spent two days at her wife’s mother’s place and grew tired of her nonstop aggression.
He shared, “I was about to lose my cool. How can someone always think of themselves as righteous and shove it in others’ faces?”
It reminded me of an incident a few months ago, when I was struggling with a severe water shortage.
I shared my story with my cousin.
A few months back, a new water tank was installed near our village. This tank had less pressure than the previous one, so my overhead tanks could not fill.
Despite many complaints, the issue wasn’t resolved.
Everyone in my village was getting a sufficient supply except me because my house was at the same height as the water tank.
I talked to the people responsible for surveillance.
