submissive (or passive) behavior means shying away from saying what you really mean and not seeking to achieve your needs, particularly when someone else has conflicting needs. A submissive person is a shrinking violet, avoiding upsetting others either because they fear them or they fear to hurt their feelings.
When things go wrong, the submissive person is likely to assume that they are to blame in some way, and accept culpability when singled out by other people.
Is this really true about submissive? I think this definition of submissive is wrong. Anyone else agree with me?
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