Conflict

List of Passive Agressive "Crazy Makers" by George Bach

• Avoider: Refuses to fight.
• Pseudoaccommodator: Pretends to give in and continues to act the same way
• Guiltmaker: Try to make others feel responsible for causing pain: “It's OK, don't worry about me…”
• The Mind Reader: Go into character analysis and say what their partner really means or what’s wrong with their partner.
• Trapper: Set up a desired behavior for their partners and then, when it’s met, attacking the very behavior they requested. “Let's be totally honest with each other...” and then attacks the self disclosure.
• Crisis Tickler: Almost brings about what’s bothering them but never quite expresses themselves. If someone is concerned about finances, “Gee, how much did that cost?”
• Gunnysacker: They put their resentments into a sack which they pour out at a later date and overwhelm an unsuspecting victim.
• Trivial Tyrannizer: Do things that they know will get their partners goat—leaving dirty dishes in the sink, fingernail clippings in the bed, turning up the TV too loud, etc.
• Beltliner: Strike below the psychological beltlining by using intimate knowledge to hurt their partner.
• Joker: Kids with partners and block the expression of important feelings.
• Withholder: Instead of expressing anger honestly and directly they hold back something—courtesy, affection.
• Benedict Arnold: Get partners back by sabotage, by failing to defend them or encouraging ridicule from others.