Basically when I’m relaxed I act submissively but only when I’m on the alert I am assertive. It’s like when someone asks you a math question out of the blue versus when you know you have to be ready for one.

Is this normal? Or should I try being more passively assertive?

  • AskewLord@piefed.social
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    13 days ago

    what the fuck does any of this mean?

    i wonder if i am so out of touch, or people today are really really this insane/self absorbed.

    are you also angry at yourself when you eat because your hungry? or that you use the bathroom when you have to poo?

    or should you being more passively-pooping? why not get a colonoscopy bag surgically installed that way you can be passively pooping forever?

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      13 days ago

      I have honestly know idea what c/NoStupidQuestions even stands for anymore…

      Perhaps the name is meant to be taken as imperative. No stupid questions!!!

      Anyway, y’all can suck it.

  • Ey ich frag doch nur@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    I have a feeling there might be someone who wants to put you under unnecessary pressure in specific situations. Maybe tell them to just fuck off in general

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    13 days ago

    It is completely normal.

    I have not idea what passively assertive is but what you should do is learn when to be “alert” as you call it.

    When I am at work I am ready to go. When I am at home I am zoned out and not dealing with it unless it is time to. When I am driving,I am ready to go. When I am chilling on the stairmaster I am in he zone and focused only on the next step.

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    13 days ago

    The fact that you are using the word “submissive” in regards to your day to day actions indicates that there is something very weird about you, but probably not what you think it is.

    Please help us understand by giving examples

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      13 days ago

      indicates that there is something very weird about you,

      Keep your shirt on, English is not my first language. I looked up the antonym it gave me submissive. To submit to someone else’s will for instance?

      Please help us understand by giving examples

      Someone took a bag of chips of mine. At the time I figured fuck it they’re a buck. If I was on the alert I would’ve probably said something.

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    13 days ago

    It’s like when someone asks you a math question out of the blue versus when you know you have to be ready for one.

    I have no idea what this means, I’m always ready for math questions. After all, you won’t always have a calculator with you.

    • Two trains are on the same track a distance 100 km apart heading towards one another, each at a speed of 50 km/h. A fly starting out at the front of one train, flies towards the other at a speed of 75 km/h. Upon reaching the other train, the fly turns around and continues towards the first train. How many kilometers does the fly travel before getting squashed in the collision of the two trains?

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    12 days ago

    This sounds like you might mean you are usually very passive but, when you’re anxious, you are aggressive?

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    I’d say practice being more assertive. Both in reality and find someone to pretend or role-play with that is somewhat like you. Take turns being the angry person you need to call, or random street person asking for directions and try out different tactics and discuss. Mirror situations you’ve experienced and invent new ones that might.