Say to yourself: “they’re just as scared of us as we are of them.” It’s true far more often than you think.
Also applicable to many interpersonal conflicts.
When two people get into a fight, especially two people in some kind of intimate relationship, it’s common for both to feel under attack by the other and that they are just trying to defend themselves against the other’s hurtful words.
In arguments of a more political nature, it’s also common for two people to both be really scared of something and be stuck in a mode of trying to get the other to see how scary it is.
Also applicable to many interpersonal conflicts.
When two people get into a fight, especially two people in some kind of intimate relationship, it’s common for both to feel under attack by the other and that they are just trying to defend themselves against the other’s hurtful words.
In arguments of a more political nature, it’s also common for two people to both be really scared of something and be stuck in a mode of trying to get the other to see how scary it is.