Demeaning--"I don't think you are ever going to fully understand. You just aren't that insightful." Demoralizing--"You are never going to amount to anything." Many people use demeaning and demoralizing language when they "think" they are telling someone how they feel. When we express anger appropriately we tell the other person about ourselves and when we rage we tell the person about themselves.
Raging--I'm going to tell you about you. Anger--I'm going to tell you about me.
Which one do you tend to gravitate to--shaming, blaming, demeaning, or demoralizing?
In tomorrow's blog I will go into two more raging behaviors.
There are 51 lessons on anger posted in this blog.
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