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Lack of assertiveness
Name(s):
Unassertive people
Nature
Few people have adequate self-respect to clearly and honestly communicate their needs in response to those of another. As a result, personal relationships are littered with fear of self-exposure, shame and deceit.
Broader
Fear of intimacy
Reduces
Acute myocardial infarction
This problem is a member of 6 aggravating loops
Aggravates
Shame
[in 2 loops]
Deception
[in 3 loops]
Sycophancy
Subservience
[in 1 loop]
Aggravated by
Inhibiting shyness
Strategy(ies)
Being assertive
Abstaining from assertiveness
Value(s)
Lack
Unassertive
Reference(s)
Vikler, Henry: Assertiveness
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems