RelationshipTalk

When the Pattern Speaks Louder Than the Apology:

Why Passive Aggression Drains Relationships At Home and At Work.

Most people think passive aggression is a mood, a bad day or “someone being off.”

But your nervous system is not reacting to the bad day,  it is reacting to the pattern. The body recognises emotional truth long before the mind is ready to name it. You can rationalise every incident, excuse every silence, overlook every shift in tone, but your system still keeps score. It responds not to the moment, but to the repetition.

A single forgotten text is manageable.A single sigh is easy to dismiss.A single cold shoulder can be explained away. But

The Stairway to Relationship Downfall

The Signs We Often Miss

Relationships rarely collapse in one dramatic moment. They unravel slowly, step by step, long before we recognise what is happening.

Social science tells us that the early warning signs are often subtle, consistent and easy to dismiss because they do not feel big enough to matter.

Yet those small data points matter.

FROM SURVIVING TO RECLAIMING

The Shift That Changes Everything

Living with the effects of Narcissistic Victim Syndrome (NVS) is like walking through life with your nervous system on high alert.

• You’re not just feeling angry, your amygdala is firing constantly, scanning for threats that may never come.

• You’re not just tired,  you’re in a cycle of adrenal fatigue, emotional dys-regulation and fragmented sleep.