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
