Being Judge and Jury As Soft Rage--Lesson 12

When someone is angry but doesn’t know how to express it appropriately they very often fall back on a tactic that was probably used on them since childhood and they have become masters of in adulthood—judging. This form of raging requires that the individual have an imaginary robe and a gavel handy at all times. They judge your behavior, the way you speak, stand, sit, eat, work, play, make love, buy groceries, make repairs, raise your children, tie your shoes, etc.

Judges also get to play jury to decide guilt or innocence regarding the offenses they see you committing—“I sentence you to the silent treatment for forty-eight hours,” or “Off to rehab for twenty-eight days,” or “No sex for you for a month.”

When couples or colleagues fight it goes something like this:
“Here’s what you did wrong. Here’s what you should have done, thought, said, said this way instead of the way you said…”

Question: Have you ever played judge and jury with someone you love or work with?

In Lesson 13 some other forms of soft rage will be presented.

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