Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - The Argument Clinic

Do you lose arguments? Good for you! Do you avoid arguments because you always lose? Even better for you!

It often feels like the loudest person or the one willing to continue arguing is the person who “wins” and can also feel like the person who “wins” the argument is the person who is right.

Most arguments are useless exercises in wasting adrenaline and oxygen. Both sides are right, according to each person’s world view, so to argue about who is the “rightest” of the right ones is pointless.

If you live or work in an environment of conflict that escalates to arguments, maybe you feel like you have to fight it out, too. News flash – you don’t.

Choosing to not argue is better for you physically and mentally. When you’re about to enter a situation with people who like to argue, remind yourself that it takes two people to argue, and if you choose not to play along, then there can’t be an argument. And think of something you can truthfully say in a kind and quiet way that might help to defuse the situation. “I know you feel strongly about that” or “I hear you and am not arguing with you” are examples of what you could say to calm the other person down. And if they won’t calm down, you can leave. Take care of your own wellbeing, mental and physical.

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