Title: 5 Signs of a Rigid Personality and How to Deal with People Who Have It - Learning Mind
Headings: 5 Signs of a Rigid Personality and How to Deal with People Who Have It
5 Signs of a Rigid Personality and How to Deal with People Who Have It
Here are some of the signs that you are encountering a person with a rigid personality, and how to deal with this type of people.
OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder)
Playing the blame game
Unattainable expectations
Arguing black is white
Unnecessary confrontation
References:
Lauren Edwards-Fowle, M.Sc., B.Sc.
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Content: You will know you are dealing with a rigid personality if somebody refuses to accept the truth even when it is laid out in front of them. This type of rigid behavior comes from a need for cognitive closure. They are trying to eliminate all uncertainty and in doing so have settled on an outcome that cannot be argued with. To try and change the thinking of a rigid personality takes great effort on both parts. If you have something set in stone within your psyche, it takes significant mental willpower to be able to turn that thinking around. Be gentle. A rigid personality often has a very low threshold for the uncertainty that they can endure. Try to empathize with their way of thinking, and introduce alternative answers as a possibility rather than certainty. This will help their thought process to gradually adapt, rather than a point-blank refusal. Unnecessary confrontation
People struggling with a rigid personality do not necessarily know that other people think a different way.