Tag: Combative

I could see it in her eyes. I scared her to the point of shivering. At the time, I didn’t care. I didn’t apologize. But a week after the incident, the guilt of the pain I caused started to set in, and I knew that changes had to be made.

This wasn’t the first time my aggressive and combative communication style had killed a relationship. It was a toxic behavioral pattern — one that I was repeating too many times to count — and it was impacting my life both personally and professionally.