Title: Options for responding well to an overly-rigid person
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Content: may come across as arrogant, egotistical, righteous, controlling, intolerant, bigoted, prejudiced, and/or authoritarian; are apt to lecture about absolute truths, rather than discuss possibilities; may be rigid on a few topics or many; have trouble hearing other opinions; and they...
may (rigidly) deny, justify, or minimize these traits and/or refuse to discuss them. Does this sound like any adults or kids in your life? Rigidity refers to the way people think and express themselves on some topics. When rigidity focuses on demeaning certain traits, ideas, people, or organizations, it becomes bigotry and/or         prejudice. The opposite to personal rigidity is flexibility, open-mindedness, tolerance, and compromise,
What Causes "Rigidity"? Though each person is unique, several causes may be common.