One concept that I found interesting this week was, Displaced conflict. This is when a person
directs a conflict towards the wrong person, and in turns then avoids a
confrontation with the appropriate person.
Usually the person that your trying to avoid is someone that you don’t
want to offend and so you direct the conflict to a “safe” person that you feel
comfortable discussing it with. The book
gives an example of a guy who is angry
at his boss and comes home to his wife and kids and abuse them with his
anger. I would have to say that the
example in the book is something that I have seen firsthand. My dad would sometimes do that as well after
a long frustrating day at work. Or I have seen my brother get made with me for
something that his girlfriend did instead. I believe that displaced conflict
happens more that one may think because it does seem to be “safer” to get made
with someone else that you feel comfortable with then the actual person
creating the conflict.
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