What Guilt-tripping Looks Like
Someone trying to guilt-trip you may:
- point out their own efforts to make you feel as if you’ve fallen short;
- ignore your efforts to talk about the problem;
- give you the silent treatment;
- deny their irritation, though their actions tell you otherwise;
- show no interest in doing anything to improve the situation themselves;
- use body language to communicate their displeasure by sighing or slamming objects down;
- make sarcastic or passive-aggressive remarks about the situation.
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